Hurricane Irma headed toward Florida

[John813]

Irma up to 180mph winds.

God bless those on the Islands.

 

[DFWJC]

The gulf waters cooled off since Harvey made it's long, slow path in. I can't see how it hits a 5.

IRMA is a Cat 5 now.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/05/us/hurricane-irma-puerto-rico-florida/

 

[DasTex]

IRMA is a Cat 5 now.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/05/us/hurricane-irma-puerto-rico-florida/

Its not in the gulf...Atlantic still warm waters

 

[Trouty]

Thoughts and prayers are with you Florida CowboysZone fam

http://www.heraldtribune.com/news/2...-likely-headed-toward-florida-early-next-week

 

[DFWJC]

Its not in the gulf...Atlantic still warm waters

I hear you brother. But the current gulf water temps are actually slightly warmer than the Carribean.. at least per Intellicast Services water temp 24 hour updates

Splitting hairs anyway.
A Cat 5 is a Cat 5

 

[Trouty]

I will pray for these folks. This is just horrible. Just horrible.

CowboysZone fam in FL, we love you and are praying for you

 

[Tabascocat]

Luckily, this one is expected to move through fast, flooding should not be a problem, just the wind. Lets hope it hugs outside the East coast rather than the West coast of Fla.

 

[DFWJC]

Thoughts and prayers are with you Florida CowboysZone fam

http://www.heraldtribune.com/news/2...-likely-headed-toward-florida-early-next-week

One scenario has it hooking north to my family's hometown on the Outer Banks.
Those folks have already been taking a brating the last few years. Poor Cape Hatteras; as spectacularly beautiful as it is, it's a freakin hurricane magnet.

Would love to see it hook north and miss the states entirely.

 

[FloridaRob]

People are already on a full panic. No water on shelves, gas lines are long and people are all stressed to the point of verbally attacking the store owners who are barely able to keep up with the business much less plan ahead for anything. I witnessed one customer berating a worker in a convenience store for not putting a sign out that they were out of low grade. And we are 40 miles inland and 200 miles north of Miami. Go8ng to be a crazy week. I think people,are so scared that what happened in Houston is going to happen here. Maybe this us how you plan for devastation. Got 15 cases of water and cars are full. Not worried about flooding in my yard. Probably the highest ridge in lakeland.everything flows downhill. If water stands in my yard, no need to send anyone to Lakeland. Everone is dead.

 

[Reality]

People are already on a full panic. No water on shelves, gas lines are long and people are all stressed to the point of verbally attacking the store owners who are barely able to keep up with the business much less plan ahead for anything. I witnessed one customer berating a worker in a convenience store for not putting a sign out that they were out of low grade. And we are 40 miles inland and 200 miles north of Miami. Go8ng to be a crazy week. I think people,are so scared that what happened in Houston is going to happen here. Maybe this us how you plan for devastation. Got 15 cases of water and cars are full. Not worried about flooding in my yard. Probably the highest ridge in lakeland.everything flows downhill. If water stands in my yard, no need to send anyone to Lakeland. Everone is dead.

Same thing happened after Katrina. That said, it's better to be panicked and over-prepared than to sit back and assume it's another false alarm.

 

[Ranching]

People are already on a full panic. No water on shelves, gas lines are long and people are all stressed to the point of verbally attacking the store owners who are barely able to keep up with the business much less plan ahead for anything. I witnessed one customer berating a worker in a convenience store for not putting a sign out that they were out of low grade. And we are 40 miles inland and 200 miles north of Miami. Go8ng to be a crazy week. I think people,are so scared that what happened in Houston is going to happen here. Maybe this us how you plan for devastation. Got 15 cases of water and cars are full. Not worried about flooding in my yard. Probably the highest ridge in lakeland.everything flows downhill. If water stands in my yard, no need to send anyone to Lakeland. Everone is dead.

Good luck and God bless

 

[John813]

Luckily, rain shouldn't be an issue. Expecting under a foot of rain.

Issue is the wind speeds are too damn high. Not sure I believe the forecasts of the winds dropping to Cat4 when the storm will be entering warmer waters and low shear/little dry air.

So far, better forecasts so far in regards to models/ensembles for Florida. Been on a east shift since last night. The GFS and EURO both see it going on the east coast/off it.
That can all change with so much time left.

 

[FloridaRob]

son in law has been working in the Keys the last few months and living on his boat. He is taking everything off his boat and evacuating today. He knows his boat is going to be gone next week. He waited over an hour for gas yesterday.

 

[Reverend Conehead]

Enough hurricanes already. Sheesh.

 

[Silver Surfer]

Enough hurricanes already. Sheesh.

Making up for lost time..... hasn't been a big one in over a decade.

 

[Reverend Conehead]

Making up for lost time..... hasn't been a big one in over a decade.

I was in Hurricane Iwa in Hawaii in 1981 or 82. It sucked quite a bit, but my house was on a hill and could not be flooded. Sending out prayers to all the people affected.

 

[bigdnlaca]

My mom went thru Irma this morning. Said it was an awful experience and compared it to Hurricane Donna.

A lot of water got into the house and the house is elevated at least 3 ft from the ground but she is alright and that is all that matters.

 

[JohnnyTheFox]

Prayers for everyone there, be it human or animal.

 

[Reality]

My mom went thru Irma this morning. Said it was an awful experience and compared it to Hurricane Donna.

A lot of water got into the house and the house is elevated at least 3 ft from the ground but she is alright and that is all that matters.

Glad to hear she's okay!

 

[Trouty]

People are already on a full panic. No water on shelves, gas lines are long and people are all stressed to the point of verbally attacking the store owners who are barely able to keep up with the business much less plan ahead for anything. I witnessed one customer berating a worker in a convenience store for not putting a sign out that they were out of low grade. And we are 40 miles inland and 200 miles north of Miami. Go8ng to be a crazy week. I think people,are so scared that what happened in Houston is going to happen here. Maybe this us how you plan for devastation. Got 15 cases of water and cars are full. Not worried about flooding in my yard. Probably the highest ridge in lakeland.everything flows downhill. If water stands in my yard, no need to send anyone to Lakeland. Everone is dead.

Luckily, rain shouldn't be an issue. Expecting under a foot of rain.

Issue is the wind speeds are too damn high. Not sure I believe the forecasts of the winds dropping to Cat4 when the storm will be entering warmer waters and low shear/little dry air.

So far, better forecasts so far in regards to models/ensembles for Florida. Been on a east shift since last night. The GFS and EURO both see it going on the east coast/off it.
That can all change with so much time left.

My mom went thru Irma this morning. Said it was an awful experience and compared it to Hurricane Donna.

A lot of water got into the house and the house is elevated at least 3 ft from the ground but she is alright and that is all that matters.

Bless you guys and your family's.

Please, Lord, protect these people and the others in the path of the hurricane.