Hurricane Irma - #2

[liltexans]

[video=twitter;906707549738684416]https://twitter.com/TB_Times/status/906707549738684416[/video]

 

[bluedivergirl]

You should have thrown the furniture in the pool!

tosses pool furniture in the pool Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017 so it doesn't fly around during the impending hurricane.

http://www.startribune.com/powerful-category-4-hurricane-irma-aims-at-caribbean-islands/442714053/

LOL ! We don't have a pool!

He did slide into the hot tub once. I've never seen a cat make a faster exit.

 

[CARIIS]

God it looks like the radar loop is speeded up look at how fast the bands are swirling

 

[bluedivergirl]

[video=twitter;906707549738684416]https://twitter.com/TB_Times/status/906707549738684416[/video]

I am so sorry for them.

 

[JerseyGirl]

This Key West cam is still up and streaming on time:

[video=youtube;hGD1byu7gJc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGD1byu7gJc[/video]

Power (lights) in Key West keep going off and coming back on.

Oh well, the lights were on when I posted.

 

[jmcgladr]

When I hear a live cam feed with sound of the Irma winds - it reminds me of a sub-alpine back country camping trip my partner & I took years ago in Washington State. Stupid us - we didn't check the mountain weather forecast before we set out.

We enjoyed a rigorous, yet beautiful, hike up Bald Mountain to Cutthroat Lakes and set up camp with our brand new tent. The next day, we explored the trails, took in the breathtaking scenery, and picked wild blueberries.

Late on the second day on the mountain, heavy rain clouds gathered overhead & it started sprinkling, so we tucked ourselves inside our sleeping bags and were contentedly reading our paperback novels, when we suddenly heard an eerie sound. We looked at each other in disbelief and terror. It was the wind roaring up & over the mountain like a freight train. "This can't be good" we said, bracing ourselves for what was apparently coming.

Throughout the night, we were assaulted by death-defying winds with only our tent between us and the elements.

Needless to say, after the first onslaught, we forgot about reading our paperback novels. The powerful wind gusts kept coming, hour after hour all night long - one terrifying freight train after another, threatening to derail the entire mountaintop.

Each time the wind swept over us, our tent flattened a mere inch or two above our faces - rattling & rippling beneath the currents like a demon-possessed sheet, portending inevitable doom. After each gust passed, our tent popped right back up to its original form and we burst out with incredulous, maniacal laughter that it hadn't been ripped to shreds.

I remember taking a mental inventory of where I had seen any tall trees standing. Thankfully, since we were at subalpine altitude, there weren't many tall trees. I was terrified of a tree being uprooted and crushing us.

We were exhausted when morning finally arrived and when the winds finally receded. We broke camp faster than I've ever broke camp in my life and hi-tailed it outta there.

When we arrived back home, we learned that some other hikers had been tragically killed on another mountain during the same wind storm. A tree had fallen on them. My partner and I were very saddened by the news - especially since we had narrowly escaped death ourselves.

I'll always remember that truly frightening freight-train sound of the wind - fearing at the time that I may not survive to tell the tale.

Hearing that sound on the live-cam of Hurricane Irma in Key West reminded me of that harrowing night.

I pray that everyone in Irma's path survives - humans and animals alike.

Tornado type winds do occasionally happen in Washington and it's scary when they do. I used to live in WA State and in the early 2000s, we lived in the rural Renton WA area. In December 2003, we had a windstorm that was very much like a tornado. It felled the tall, mature hemlock trees in our neighbourhood, put holes in the roofs of a number of our neighbours and crushed the car of another. We were lucky to have no property damage, but the only way out of our neighbourhood was blocked by trees and live wires, and the power was out for many days. Luckily, we had a gas stove and woodstove that helped us get through. I remember crushing coffee beans with a mortar and pestle, lol. We helped our neighbours cut up the fallen trees. This is a news report about that storm: https://www.google.ca/amp/www.seattlepi.com/local/amp/Windstorm-pounds-wide-area-1131391.php

But even the worst Washington storm pales in comparison to what Floridians are facing. My prayers are with them too.


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[popsicle]

[video=twitter;906717041150894082]https://twitter.com/RyanMaue/status/906717041150894082[/video]

 

[sorrell skye]

Would hetero guys call that .......

Yer so bad, Cariis...

 

[bluedivergirl]

fftobed:Off to bed.

 

[CARIIS]

http://streamfare.com/msnbc.html

stunning the reality here is he says the the cat does not have as much impact as we think

for the storm surge period its the ways its running up stuff

wind speeds is physical damage it moved a bit west at tanpa area

we walk around 3-4 miles an hour she is moving aroumd 6 mph

 

[popsicle]

[video=twitter;906718983713370112]https://twitter.com/ABC/status/906718983713370112[/video]

[FONT=&quot]Lawlessness reported by French and Dutch authorities in St. Martin; extra troops being sent in to restore order.
http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/wir...s-nightmares-49729870?cid=social_twitter_abcn
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[MaryG12]

fftobed:Off to bed.

Me too.

fftobed:

 

[sorrell skye]

Does anyone have any news about Homestead, FL?

A couple of days ago, I saw a young mother being interviewed on one of the MSM channels. She was hunkering down in Homestead with her baby. She said she had stockpiled water, formula, diapers, etc.

When the reporter asked her if she was worried about the storm surge, she said "I have to think positive".

I was outraged when I heard her say that - thinking positive has NOTHING to do with it!

I hope they're okay. I've been worried about them ever since - especially her baby, who has no choice in the decision to stay.

 

[Henry2326]

NHC 11:00 is relatively the same as the last forecast except for the top portion of the cone. It has moved West.

The storm has slowed to 6 mph moving along the Cuba coast. The NHC has lowered their forecast to cat3 through most of the West coast, changing to a cat1 at FL moving into GA.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at1.shtml?cone#contents

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[jmcgladr]

[video=twitter;906712903868469249]https://twitter.com/PascoSheriff/status/906712903868469249[/video]

[FONT=&amp]To clarify, DO NOT shoot weapons @ [/FONT]#Irma[FONT=&amp]. You won't make it turn around & it will have very dangerous side effects
https://www.yahoo.com/amphtml/news/florida-gun-owners-encouraged-apos-213111921.html
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Only in Florida would you even need to make such an announcement! Seriously, shooting a bullet *into* high winds seems like a good idea to people? Have they ever spit out a car window? Lol.

Edit: And FLAMES? Doesn't warm air exacerbate hurricanes? Makes zero sense.


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[sorrell skye]

Me too.

fftobed:

Please check in tomorrow MaryG! Try to get some rest.

 

[CARIIS]

Only in Florida would you even need to make such an announcement! Seriously, shooting a bullet *into* high winds seems like a good idea to people? Have they ever spit out a car window? Lol.

Edit: And FLAMES? Doesn't warm air exacerbate hurricanes? Makes zero sense.


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that is what i thought only in Fl

i was referring to bombs or missles or someting miles out in the middle of the ocean

next someone is gonna say bows and arrows

 

[kaen]

Good thoughts and wishes to all in FL tonight. I hope all are safe and warm and dry.

 

[CARIIS]

here is another pic of the vanishing ocean

http://www.wftv.com/news/trending-n...he-ocean-disappear-near-the-bahamas/606282968

 

[Spellbound]

I have to go to bed, too. But I hate leaving you all here ..... I am worried about what tomorrow might bring, PLEASE .... be wise, stay safe, and make it through this intact. I sure love you all!

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