Posted on 08/29/2023 5:56:20 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
Aug 29, 2023 #NBCNews #Hurricane #Florida Florida is preparing for Hurricane Idalia as the state is threatened with record-setting storm surge and significant flooding. NBC News’ Al Roker, Tom Llamas and Gabe Gutierrez have the latest weather updates.
I was looking at the forecast track and told mr. mm it looked like it was going to come back for a second try.
It's not unheard of.
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Thank you.
I don’t perspire and cannot be without a/c or at least moving air. Losing power means no ceiling fans and no a/c. I am not so much worried about the wind and the rain as I am about losing power.
Also, once it starts raining, the interstates flood, making leaving impossible.
I live 90 minutes north of you and have lived here for almost 25 years and have experienced more than a few hurricanes (My first was Floyd.).
Here is my advise if you haven't gone through a few: 1) Unless your house is in a vulnerable location, e.g. on the water, I would not leave my house unless it was a large cat 4. Most household damage is caused because the owners are not at home. If a window breaks and you are home, you can mop up the floor. If you are not at home and cannot get back for a few days, the water damage can be substantial. I had a friend that left home and could not get back for a week. He had one broken window and the water caused his ceiling to collapse. Also he had to throw out his refrigerator, because the ruined food contaminated it. I told him that next time he was going to leave to give me a key and I will check up on it.
Get a power inverter that you can hook up to your car. The inverter should be powerful enough to run a refrigerator. If you do not have an inverter, freeze pop drink bottles and place them in both the freezer and cooler portion. If your refrigerator was made in the last 30 years, most likely will stay cool for almost 72 hours. DO NOT OPEN the refrigerator until the power comes back on, because you are letting warm air in.
Fill a cooler with ice and enough food for a couple of days, so you do not have to open the frig.
When you start drinking your wine start with the expensive bottles first, because you will only drink them after you have finished the cheap ones.
Get a solar cell phone battery charger. Your cell phone has a light, so a flashlight is surplusage. Also since the cell phone can take pictures, you can send funny pictures to your friends.
I can go on and on, but you get the idea.
Of yes, one last important thing, fill up every water source you can, e.g. sinks and tubs, you don't know if they will shut down the water supply.
Thanks - I left when Florence hit but stayed for the next one which turned out to be a tropical storm. I just can’t get overheated.
See comment #25 above.
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Ron has a fantastic chance.
Ron has a fantastic chance.
No. The storm might make cat 3 by the time it hits FL but will weaken over land. It won't be a hurricane by the time it gets to NC although the NWS will say it still is based on cherry picked winds. Your winds will be 40-50 sustained, maybe gusts to 70. Some trees might fall on power lines so be prepared for that.
Just checked Wilmington NWS and they are downgrading all the threats (e.g. tornado, surge) but keeping the flood threat. But they keep saying this: it's not Florence, It's not going to stall.
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Prayers to all affected by the storm.
I’m in Wilmington DE. We should both evacuate, because both places suck.
Hopefully it will quickly go back in the Atlantic instead of in the Appalachians and dump a ton of rain there.
What? 2024 is shaping up to be a disaster of epic proportions, right around the corner.
It looks like the system will be a tropical storm by the time it gets up to Wilmington.
Currently, as it moves south, then to the east of Wilmington, you’ll get some storm surge, so if you are close to the water, you need to know how high you are and check the weather reports to see what the expected storm surge might be and prepare accordingly.
If it stays along the same path, it shouldn’t be too bad.
You can go to the nhc, and interactive map for Idalia, then click on ‘track’ to see the estimated path better.
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at5+shtml/213341.shtml?gm_track#contents
You can go to the peak storm surge forecast to see general details of the forecast storm surge
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at5+shtml/213341.shtml?peakSurge#contents
Hope that helps.
It’s a good idea for anyone within 200 miles of the Gulf or Atlantic coasts to check nhc.gov at least weekly June through October. More frequently August & September.
I am probably preaching to the choir, but fill up your car now. The gas stations run out about 24 hrs before hand. Due to flooding around Jacksonville the gas stations could not get refills for about four days after Florence.
Idalia moving closer to Florida coast, forecast to hit as strong hurricane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJctYpT8i2k
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