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Hurricane Irma Live Thread Part II
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Posted on 09/07/2017 8:09:47 AM PDT by NautiNurse

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To: NautiNurse
What has me concerned...

As Hurricane Irma bears down, most Florida flood zone property is not insured

821 posted on 09/08/2017 5:31:43 AM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: Erik Latranyi

Some in my family think they are perfectly safe in East Orlando.
Maybe they are....
....I can’t persuade them to leave.
And believe me I have tried.


822 posted on 09/08/2017 5:32:58 AM PDT by Guenevere
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To: Hatteras

Lol, there’s Miami, then across the southern most bridge it leads to south beach. South Beach doesn’t go that far up. You wouldn’t have to be an athlete to walk the length of ‘South Beach’


823 posted on 09/08/2017 5:33:18 AM PDT by HollyB
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To: Road Warrior ‘04; DuncanWaring; NautiNurse
I would not put the generator out before the hurricane. Read your owners manual - most generators should not be left out in pouring rain. You should have a tarp with poles or some covered area for it, but not inside a structure like your garage. Carbon Dioxide is a killer. Store the generator in a garage or shed for now, bring it outside at least 10' from your house or garage, and fire it up when the power goes out. Test it out now. Get it running and leave it on for about 5 minutes. Have the fuel nearby. As an optimum, you should have 25 gallons on hand for it. Once things go south, it will be very difficult getting gas after the storm. If you can, purchase 5 gallon gas containers now. After the storm, people will line up like crazy at gas stations trying to get gas for their generators. But the gas stations will not allow you to fill up with unauthorized containers.
824 posted on 09/08/2017 5:34:29 AM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: Guenevere

My friends in Tampa went inland. Two different friends in Cocoa - one went to Georgia, the other is still contemplating. Sigh


825 posted on 09/08/2017 5:35:12 AM PDT by HollyB
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To: HollyB

I have a relative on Cocoa Beach who refuses to budge


826 posted on 09/08/2017 5:38:10 AM PDT by Guenevere
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To: eastforker

Who’s innocent? Not you or me. Not according to the Lord. And that’s part of the problem-thinking you’re innocent.


827 posted on 09/08/2017 5:40:04 AM PDT by NELSON111
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To: NautiNurse

Not true. My folks are in Naples 10 miles inland. They are not in a flood plain and therefore no flood insurance requirement. Thankfully they have it anyway but I do not know how many of their neighbors do.


828 posted on 09/08/2017 5:40:24 AM PDT by Mom MD ( .)
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To: mewzilla
"Georgia has opened shelters for Irma evacuees who can make it that far."

I heard yesterday that Mobile has too. I'm expecting I-10 west will be very busy.

829 posted on 09/08/2017 5:42:28 AM PDT by blam
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To: NELSON111; eastforker; NautiNurse

Guys, please take your discussion to another thread or via private message. I am an evangelical Christian myself and have strong opinions on the subject, however this is not the thread for it. Please see Nauti Nurse’s posting guidelines from post #1. Thanks very much.


830 posted on 09/08/2017 5:47:56 AM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: SkyPilot

I can respect that.


831 posted on 09/08/2017 5:51:00 AM PDT by NELSON111
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To: NautiNurse

1/5 vehicles going S on I75 at Perry, GA is a bucket truck


832 posted on 09/08/2017 5:54:24 AM PDT by gasport (Smash the Beast - starvation takes too long)
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To: NautiNurse
I would tend to agree with you, except we have witnessed a big, powerful storm do exactly that before. Does anyone remember which storm that was that essentially turned on a dime?

Sorry, i thought the last post had one that like that, but there is more than one Hurricane's unexpected turn:

Hurricane Charley’s sharp turn baffles scientists By Gaia Vince A last-minute swerve to the right by Hurricane Charley which devastated the coastal Florida town of Punta Gorda over the weekend, has baffled experts. The 258 km/hour hurricane that flattened the US town on Friday afternoon, killing at least 20 people and injuring many others, was predicted to hit land 70 miles further north, but changed direction within minutes of the coast. “There was a sudden intensification and a veering to the right of track , and we’re all trying to work out why,” said Mark Saunders, a tropical storm expert from Benfield Hazard Centre at University College London, UK. Daily news 16 August 2004 https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn6285-hurricane-charleys-sharp-turn-baffles-scientists/

Hurricane Floyd was the only hurricane to make landfall in the United States in the 1987 Atlantic hurricane season. The final of seven tropical storms and three hurricanes, Floyd developed on October 9 just off the east coast of Nicaragua. After becoming a tropical storm, it moved northward and crossed western Cuba. An approaching cold front caused Floyd to turn unexpectedly to the northeast, and late on October 12 it attained hurricane status near the Florida Keys. It moved through southern Florida, spawning two tornadoes and leaving minor damage. The hurricane also produced rip tides that killed a person in southern Texas. Floyd maintained hurricane status for only 12 hours before the cold front imparted hostile conditions and caused weakening. It passed through the Bahamas before becoming extratropical and later dissipating on October 14. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Floyd_(1987)

Hurricane Isidore was the ninth named storm and the second hurricane in the 2002 Atlantic hurricane season. Isidore was the fifth of eight named storms to occur in September.[1] The tropical cyclone peaked as a Category 3 hurricane, causing damage as well as four fatalities in Jamaica, Cuba, Mexico, and the United States.[2] Isidore is noted for threatening to strike the northern Gulf Coast as a Category 4 hurricane, but instead striking as a moderate tropical storm due to a track change that brought the storm over the Yucatán Peninsula for over a day, which significantly weakened the cyclone. Its primary impact was the heavy rainfall which fell across southeast Mexico and from the central United States Gulf coast into the Ohio Valley.[3]...Due to Isidore's unexpected southward turn i nto the Yucatán Peninsula, Isidore weakened significantly to a tropical storm which limited potential damage along the United States Gulf Coast.

833 posted on 09/08/2017 5:56:19 AM PDT by daniel1212 (Trust the risen Lord Jesus to save you as a damned and destitute sinner + be baptized + folllow Him)
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To: WorkerbeeCitizen

Hard anchor in a storm you have to be ready for the ups and downs the water level there’s really no good way to Anchor that thing I don’t know what to tell you


834 posted on 09/08/2017 5:57:24 AM PDT by rodguy911 (Home of the free because of the brave!MAGA!)
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To: mewzilla

Yesterday 14 hours to go from Isla Morada to the villages in North Florida bumper to bumper on I-75 I 95 Turnpike almost every major road really tough driving


835 posted on 09/08/2017 5:58:33 AM PDT by rodguy911 (Home of the free because of the brave!MAGA!)
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To: NautiNurse
Jeff Piotrowski, Storm Chaser was live a few minutes ago. Good reporting and forecasting. His summary? GTFO anywhere south of Lake Okeechobee. Southern FL is going to be wrecked for weeks or months. He thinks I95 may be a highway of death if Miamians leave SAT AM and clog the roads and get caught in the surge.

He, along with Joe Bastardi is worried about a VERY westward trek and hit SW coast near Naples/Ft Myers.

836 posted on 09/08/2017 6:00:03 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!)
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To: MustKnowHistory

I made it to know I made it to North Florida gas is really tough and nephew crazy drivers on the road back roads may be the best bet for anyone traveling because the main roads are going to become parking lot sooner I hear dade county is evacuating bad for all major roads.


837 posted on 09/08/2017 6:01:24 AM PDT by rodguy911 (Home of the free because of the brave!MAGA!)
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To: DCBryan1

This morning it looks like most of the models are starting to agree with landfall near Naples/Fort Myers


838 posted on 09/08/2017 6:01:52 AM PDT by Mom MD ( .)
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To: justa-hairyape
The Global Warmers are trying to do the impossible. Stop hurricanes like Irma. Good luck with that climate changing objective. Only one thing can stop Irma now.

See post 820 on the 1780 Atlantic hurricane season. Nothing new.

839 posted on 09/08/2017 6:05:15 AM PDT by daniel1212 (Trust the risen Lord Jesus to save you as a damned and destitute sinner + be baptized + folllow Him)
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To: Hatteras

I hope this thing does not knock the Carolinas down.


840 posted on 09/08/2017 6:08:48 AM PDT by rodguy911 (Home of the free because of the brave!MAGA!)
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