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Posted on 08/28/2019 1:34:36 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Hurricane Dorian battered St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and brushing Puerto Rico. Taking aim at the Florida Atlantic Coastline, Hurricane Dorian is projected to be a major hurricane (Category 3) at landfall.
Satellite Imagery Dorian
NHC Public Advisories
NHC Discussions
Florida Radar Loop (with storm track overlay)
Buoy Data with Storm Track overlay
Are these modeling firms are promoting themselves on twitter as the one to make the big call ?
This smells like it
Exactly. So on large screens those small images come out HUGE and look like spam on FR.
“Your image is 1100 pixels wide which is too wide for FR.”
Not for people with normal sized monitors.
We have never had to in this particular area... no real water danger present. There was flooding from Irma last year just east of here... sort of historically a flood area. But here we are fairly high above lakes {water level}. Wind {tree damage} and loss of electricity is the greatest threat in this neighborhood.
We stocked up on non-perishable food, filled the auto gas tanks, stored about 150 gallons of water, stocked up on batteries, battery-operated TV - all that sort of thing. I have the solar tower and storage batteries and 2 1500 watt sine wave inverters - enough for some basic needs - fans, charge phone, radio ... that sort of thing.
And, of course, the Grace of God. We are basic preppers - but due to many distractions there were things I wish I had gotten to this Spring. Thanks for your concerns.
1. Pay attention: What you consider oddball small screens like phones and tablets may be the only access folks have when their electricity is out due to a hurricane. Sometimes people from Colorado just need to think outside their little box head.
2. Review post #1.
3. Review post #1 again.
“What you consider oddball small screens like phones and tablets may be the only access folks have when their electricity is out due to a hurricane. “
Outside of the past few days, there was no hurricane.
50% of people use mobile phones and/or tablets as their only source of internet access. Your large monitor is not the norm anymore. Get with the program or get off the thread, Colorado Toad.
Goodbye.
That model has always been an outlier. Most of the models (and the ones I consider most reliable such as the UK Met) still predict a northward jog keeping Dorian well off the FL coast.
https://apps.sfwmd.gov/sfwmd/common/images/weather/plots/storm_05_ens.gif
“50% of people use mobile phones and/or tablets”
That doesn’t mean you screw it up for the the other 50%.
Don’t mess with the host while the public service is being conducted.
5:00 PM update - Hurricane warnings now issued for Florida.
5PM update...
- still moving almost directly west (7mph forward speed... down gradually from 12 on Friday morning)
- Still 185 mph sustained max winds
- Still way too close for comfort to coast of Florida
- Expected to crawl up the Atlanta seaboard.... thrashing the shore for very long periods of time even if it never technically comes ashore.
Summary Of 500 PM EDT...Information
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Location: About 95 MI...E of Grand Bahama Island
About 175 MI...E fF West Palm Beach
Max Sustained Winds...185 MPH...
Movement:...W at 5 MPH...
Pressure...910 MB...
CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:
A Hurricane Warning has been issued from Jupiter Inlet
to the Volusia/Brevard County Line.
A Storm Surge Warning has been issued from Lantana
to the Volusia/Brevard County Line.
A Hurricane Watch has been issued from the Volusia/Brevard County Line
to the Flagler/Volusia County Line
A Storm Surge Watch has been issued from the Volusia/Brevard County Line
to the Flagler/Volusia County Line.
Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 45 miles from the center and
tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 140 miles.
On/Off Hurricane List Mash Here--> 
1. Review post #1.
2. Get lost.
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