Is it just me, or is the East coast getting hammered worse than the West coast?
On the first hurricane thread people were making fun of a model by Joe Bastardi showing exactly that. Showed it hitting Miami, going south of FL, then north a little, crossing back across the state, and then up the east coast to NJ. It was generally the path of Hurricane Donna, I guess. I confess I know absolutely nothing about hurricanes.
It looks that way to me.
I think they thought they were off the hook when Irma overshot and missed landfall at Miami.
And I think the rest of the state breathed a sigh of relief when it didn’t come straight up the middle of the state.
There was some early criticism of the east coast evacuating when the storm was going to hit the Gulf side, but based on what I’ve been seeing, the east coast is getting HAMMERED. Lots of water being driven ashore, and lots of tornadoes.
The southern part of the stae has been getting pounded since Irma started beating on Cuba then as it somewhat stalled and pivoted in its turn to the north.
The evacuations were wise even if you are not in the path of the eye itself.
This storm is a monster.
East is getting a lot of storm winds, tornados, rain and some wind damage. The surge, 100 mph winds etc are all in the west. The center of the storm is what we are concentrating on but the storm is bigger than the whole state.