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Posted this in General Discussion, but thought it would be a good fit for this Irma thread.
While I was Irma surfing I ran across an interactive, crowdsourced Irma Photo/Video Story site. It doesn’t look like it’s been in operation long, but certainly looks promising:
https://www.arcgis.com/apps/StoryMapCrowdsource/index.html?appid=65f0dde429504c3cb07f0cae0f2c4be6
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My biggest concern now is having to bring in all the loose things on my patio. Every pot will have critters of some kind in it. 🙄
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http://www.dailypress.com/features/family/home-garden/dp-now-garden-qa10252007-story.html
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Great! Thx. I had never heard of that. 🙂
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This hurricane is going out to the Atlantic. It began to turn right, about an hour ago. Something to the West is about to push it east, as indicated in Stella’s first pic.
http://www.wjhg.com/templates/2015_Fullscreen_Radar
Been talking with my Mom, she’s been taking notes on lined paper. They’re prepared to bug out, and go to her brother’s place in GA.
She did the same thing when Bob hit north of Boston, when we lived there. I remember standing in the eye, in Melrose, MA, with a few pothead buddies. She’s a bit of a meteorology buff. Which may explain why I love taking pictures of lightning and mackerel skies, sunrises and rough seas.
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It’s turning towards the east, but probably not enough to completely miss Florida, especially south Florida.
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Pray it does.
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Definitely. The problem is that people who will need to evacuate can’t afford to wait and see, especially those in south Florida.
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I agree. And, either way, I think Miami is in for it. I think I saw some mandatory evacuation orders for some areas down there.
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Key West, for one.
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Oh, yes. I just assummed they would have already evacuated Key West. But, I did hear them talking about areas in Miami.
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On Drudge, Broward County is evacuating…… Mom go north and west. Until you pass P-Cola….NOW!!!!!
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Hm.
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I’m nowhere near the coast. And, this is just above the country Miami is in.
BROWARD ORDERS COAST EVACUATED AS HURRICANE IRMA FORECAST PLACES SOUTH FLORIDA AT CENTER
“The Broward evacuation covers neighborhoods east of Federal Highway, barrier islands, mobile homes and low lying area, County Mayor Barbara Sharief said a news conference Wednesday. The county will open 14 shelters, starting at noon Thursday.”
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/weather/hurricane/fl-reg-hurricane-irma-wednesday-20170906-story.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broward_County%2C_Florida
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My old CI Warrant bud in Miami is sitting it out. He was with the PD for Andrew and is too stubborn to leave. He has his dried food, AR, 1911 and a whole lotta booze…he’s happy but then he was a W3.
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Path of least resistance.
Easier to pass to the side
of a long island than
go over it and lose energy.
Interesting exclusion of
Hurricane Watch coloring
of islands in Bahamas,
near Florida and obviously
in the direct path of Irma.
Surely, just an oversight ( 😉 ).
P.S.- Don’t forget about Jose.
Next week should be a douser.
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This is interesting. Our Sheriff Grady Judd won’t let criminals and sexual predators find safety from the storm with decent people. 😯 Gee, if they had done this during Katrina, there wouldn’t have been rapes, etc. He says they won’t have to sit out the storm out in the elements because he will give them a really secure place to shelter………the county jail.
HURRICANE IRMA: POLK SHERIFF WARNS ID’S WILL BE CHECKED AT EVACUATION SHELTERS
http://www.tbo.com/news/weather/hurricanes/hurricane-irma-polk-sheriff-warns-ids-will-be-checked-at-evacuation/2336439
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I think this is a splendid idea. It’s nice to see non-criminal citizens being put first for a change, and wonderful for this sheriff to first of all consider the wellbeing of the children and the vulnerable – and act on his conviction.
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I really like Grady Judd. He is all law and order.
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He’s not golfing… 😉
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My Dad used that last line – but added to it:
“No rest for the weary, and the righteous don’t need it!”
Said tongue-in-cheek, the point being that there’s always work to be done and you just keep going until it’s done whether you’re tired or not…..
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When I was a kid in Florida the 1928 hurricane that killed about 3000 people was still fresh in many minds. That blew the water outta Lake Okeechobee and drowned cities around it. There are bigger levees there now but the area’s also far, far more populated.
I mentiobed this to a local weatherguesser who just said that ‘everyone’s been ordered to leave’ but knows as much about south Florida as the backside of the moon. Sorta dropped the hint that everyone was ordered to leave for Katrina and look how that worked out.
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I woke up this morning to heavy rain, wind, and a really dreary day (N.E. Georgia). Early this afternoon, the sun broke out, and a cool breeze. It’s a cold front! Forecast is a low of 51 degrees tonight. I f this is a cold front moving through Georgia, wouldn’t this help steer Irma to the East?
I don’t know enough about weather, but I’ve not heard one forecaster mention this cold front! We’ve been having temps in the 90’s for a long time with high humidity. Now you can feel a real crisp change in the air. I sure hope this helps to steer the storm away!
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Whoa! Thermoneter on the concrete pstio says 71 degrees but when I stepped out onto the front lawn there was an unaccustomed chill in the air.
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Unaccustomed chill seems to have frozen the spell check in place.
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