Hurricane Irma - #3

[CARIIS]

Whew now that was an experiance will catch up tomm hope you all are doing ok

 

[CARIIS]

Irma and lightening

http://www.businessinsider.com/hurricane-irma-latest-update-projected-path-track-florida-2017-9

 

[CARIIS]

http://www.businessinsider.com/hurricane-irma-latest-update-projected-path-track-florida-2017-9

 

[CARIIS]

look how she cooled the water

here is the next wave off of Africa

You can tell yesterday was the historical peak of hurricane season because we have another tropical wave coming off the coast of Africa. This area of disorganized showers and storms is several hundred miles west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands. Some gradual development is possible over the next few days.

https://weather.com/maps/satellite/atlanticoceanweathermap

https://marine.rutgers.edu/cool/sat_data/?product=sst&region=eastcoast&nothumbs=0

 

[rsd1200]

Naples Pier - appears to be in pretty good shape.

http://www.naplesnews.com/story/wea...extensive-flooding-and-wind-damage/654420001/

Not to be petty, when homes and lives have been lost, but, it's nice to see that she stood firm. It was rebuilt in 2015/16 iirc, so I was hopeful. Thanks for the post.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Update on the Florida Keys - Re-entry into the Keys for residents and business owners in Key Largo, Tavernier and Islamorada at 7 a.m. Tuesday.

Entry requires a yellow re-entry sticker or proof of residency or business ownership in those three cities. A roadblock will be put around Mile Marker 74, just before Sea Oates Beach where part of the road has washed out. An FDOT road crew will repair the road [today]. (See Oates Beach is the key just north of Layton [Long Key].

Returning residents should consider that there are limited services. Most areas are still without power and water. Cell service is spotty. And most gas stations are still closed.

Mariners Hospital in Tavernier will open at 7 a.m. today.

Crews are continuing to work to clear U.S. 1 as quickly as possible. FDOT has inspected all the bridges along U.S. 1. They cleared all the bridges to Mile Marker 16 as safe. They are waiting for reports on the safety of the remaining bridges.

https://keysnews.com/article/story/...eys-for-upper-keys-residents-business-owners/

 

[Henry2326]

The article did make me way more optimistic about the pinellas park house but the one on vena del Mar I don't hold out much hope for

Sent from my SM-G930T using Tapatalk

Hold out hope....that area was clearly spared. Not much news about flooding compared to other places. Hope all is ok.

Sent from my VK815 using Tapatalk

 

[JerseyGirl]

Yeah, at one point I saw three different network news feeds showing exactly the same thing. Three reporters standing in the rain in Downtown Miami fake leaning into the 30 mph wind pretending that they were in the middle of the hurricane. Everyone of the reporters involved with that BS should be fired for fake news. That's why I haven't owned a TV in 15 years, and don't miss it. I watched the entire thing on Periscope from people who were actually in the eye of the hurricane. I don't think any of the reporters were even within a 100 miles of the hurricane.

I could not believe TWC was filming in Miami while the storm barreled into the west coast. They even had a reporter on the ground in Naples and they STILL were filming Jim Cantore and making shock news out of a crane or two bending over and some water in the streets!?!?

I couldn't believe it, I am so glad there were so many live webcams, crazy storm chasers, twitter and Snapchat to provide me with on the ground weather reporting on the west coast. Even the guy filming live in his make-shift "weather home office" in Alabama streaming other people's live stream was more informative than TWC. Thank you Right Side Broadcasting Network!!! Check out the footage at the 9:30 mark Link below, 12 hours of filming, we all were exhausted after that!

[video=youtube;mguqotRlO6s]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mguqotRlO6s&t=14404s[/video]

I lost all respect for TWC. After that fiasco, I think Jim Cantore has TWC by the balls and they were afraid to stop filming him.

 

[CARIIS]

i did not know till last night the JAX was in such a mess. Have Jax posters posted?


With the flamingos some of the were being held any riding in golf carts just a day at the tee!!

Record Flooding In Jacksonville and Charleston today:

The City of Jacksonville tweeted that the flooding “is an incident of historic proportions. The St. Johns River has not seen these flooding levels since 1846.”

Meanwhile, Charleston’s downtown streets were experiencing “incredible flooding,” according to the NWS.

The surge in Charleston came from the Atlantic Ocean, and forecasters predicted that the water would push about a mile inland.

The Post and Courier*reported that at least 100 roads in the Charleston area were shut down due to storm surge flooding, and reported that by 10:30 a.m., NOAA's tidal gauge in the area was at 7.5 feet.*

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/09/1...sonville-incredible-floods-in-charleston.html

Sent from my VK815 using Tapatalk

 

[JerseyGirl]

i did not know till last night the JAX was in such a mess. Have Jax posters posted?

I haven't seen our Jax members post yet. I am assuming they are without power.

 

[CARIIS]

power outages info by county

Boy were they off

Orlando 192, 000

Tampa 23 not a typo

https://www.duke-energy.com/outages/current-outages

 

[Henry2326]

Comments from Mike on Mike's Weather Page today:

"Couple quickie takeaways from Irma that hold true no matter what decade:*
- They always flip-flop and wobble
- Heaviest action to the NE (north and east)
- They race towards fronts
- Expect the unexpected
- Your gut is as good as a model sometimes
- Dry air and shear are killers
- Land interaction is usually never good
- Big systems blow... literally across a larger area
- And finally... we all love weather and weather connects us"

http://spaghettimodels.com



Sent from my VK815 using Tapatalk

 

[MaryG12]

No power yet, got sick last night and upchucked (high-sodium canned veggies do not settle well with my stomach), waiting on the landlord to phone back about removing the boards from our windows. Living room and kitchen are really dark...

 

[JaxFlaGal]

Hi, checking in from Callahan FL, northwest of Jax. All families in our community are safe with minimal damage. The community has no power, cell coverage, internet, not landline phones. We we are able to leave the community today once floodwaters receded off the roads. no lines down anywhere but unfortunately while we are not far from Jacksonville we are so rural that even the old school phone lines need power for repeaters to push phone signal to us. No estimates for power restoration so that we can communicate to the outside world. Time to learn ham radio before the next storm ��

 

[JaxFlaGal]

If you have some, add about 1/3 C baking soda to your shallow bath. When we had a lake cabin, and I was in menopause, it helped tremendously to make me feel cooler and fresher.

We have power, and I feel blessed. I am thinking of you.

thanks I will try this!

 

[JaxFlaGal]

Yeah, at one point I saw three different network news feeds showing exactly the same thing. Three reporters standing in the rain in Downtown Miami fake leaning into the 30 mph wind pretending that they were in the middle of the hurricane. Everyone of the reporters involved with that BS should be fired for fake news. That's why I haven't owned a TV in 15 years, and don't miss it. I watched the entire thing on Periscope from people who were actually in the eye of the hurricane. I don't think any of the reporters were even within a 100 miles of the hurricane.

I agree completely! A friend loaned us a generator last night and we could get TV news, but none of it was very relevant to our immediate community. Social media connects us to what is really happening. I wish we still had satellite internet as a backup to DSL and cell, because with a generator we would have Internet. Heading home to our internet-less zone. Miss y'all!

 

[JerseyGirl]

If anyone has Snapchat (you can download it to your cellphone) you can find real-time snaps from anywhere. I can find snaps from all over the country, although for now I'm focusing on South Florida. I didn't even know this feature existed until I spoke to my millennial showed me what it is and how to do it. If anyone needs instructions, let me know.

I've been watching the Snapchat Map in the Florida Keys since they opened up about 50 miles of highway today and people are returning to assess the damage (very devasting) . While looking around the Florida map I see Orlando is red-hot with snaps, mostly from tourists whom after 2 days were allowed back in to DisneyWorld today.

 

[momrids6]

Hi, checking in from Callahan FL, northwest of Jax. All families in our community are safe with minimal damage. The community has no power, cell coverage, internet, not landline phones. We we are able to leave the community today once floodwaters receded off the roads. no lines down anywhere but unfortunately while we are not far from Jacksonville we are so rural that even the old school phone lines need power for repeaters to push phone signal to us. No estimates for power restoration so that we can communicate to the outside world. Time to learn ham radio before the next storm ��

Hi neighbor! Camden County here. Most still without power, internet, cell. Gas is running out at the few places open- due to the influx of S FL people trying to get S. Landlines are spotty at best. Still under evacuation order- so still hanging out in Waycross.

 

[JerseyGirl]

FEMA said that about 25% of the homes in the Florida Keys were destroyed and another 65% suffered major damage.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/12/us/irma-damage-aftermath/index.html

The full breadth of Hurricane Irma's catastrophic attack on the Florida Keys is just now starting to emerge.

It's still not clear how many casualties Irma caused on the Keys.

 

[JerseyGirl]

The Southernmost Point took a beating, but she survived:

https://twitter.com/hashtag/keywest