You have chosen wisely!, this appears to be on a track similar to Matthew but over the weekend it has chugged at a brisk pace due west that a track back out to sea seems all but impossible at this point. I've already gotten the generator ready and will get a lot of gasoline today, with the disturbances is supply due to Harvey, (there are no refineries here in FL) gas WILL be in short supply later in the week. Here are this mornings computer models,Man I'm glad I moved out of Florida.
This is a fast-moving system so that helps a bit in that regard, what's scary is living around 100-125ft pine trees and the possibility of one toppling down on the house. I have a genny and have dealt with loss of electricity before, but if your dealing with 120-130MPH winds, severe structural damage WILL happen. Add into the mix that FEMA is already addressing the Harvey disaster I don't see how they will be able to respond to this one at the same time. Oh, Irma will only get bigger+stronger due to it's southerly track since it will be able to feast on the warm Caribbean waters. The University of Miami also noted that Atlantic waters are above average and above average at depth as well. Sometimes a hurricane can weaken slightly due to itself churning up colder water as it gets stronger, not possible with the latest water temp. data.Disaster preparedness sounds fun except for the whole house flooding thing.
Nope, I'm out in 15 minutes to go and start to fill all my gas cans and buy emergency food's. Wish us luck..
Nope, I'm out in 15 minutes to go and start to fill all my gas cans and buy emergency food's. Wish us luck..
LOL, yea, I'd say so!. Anyway before I scoot out I found a neat tool that shows everything at once, here's the link, https://www.ventusky.com/?p=29.1;-81.0;4&l=temperature thing is they still can't get a good idea of when it makes that turn but it's looking more+more that it happens just south of the key's then rip's through the entire state, ouch!.This could be a problem for our routine Friday night snapper fishing.
Well, I don't think it will be a repeat of Ike, all of the models predict the turn before it gets into the gulf, just watched a local forecaster that has been uncannily accurate going back to '04. He looked like the Grim Reaper doling out the worse news that nothing is going to prevent Irma from becoming a cat 5 storm by Thursday. He was honest in saying this all comes down to steering elements in the upper atmosphere like Troughs+ridges, these are what will dictate where this monster winds up. I got my gas cans all filled today, price for non-ethanol was $3/gallon. Home Depot, Harbor Freight, Lowe's, are all out of generators already!. At least people in FL are taking this seriously as they should.As my wife has been pointing out
Irmas track is very similar to the one Ike took
Well, I don't think it will be a repeat of Ike, all of the models predict the turn before it gets into the gulf, just watched a local forecaster that has been uncannily accurate going back to '04. He looked like the Grim Reaper doling out the worse news that nothing is going to prevent Irma from becoming a cat 5 storm by Thursday. He was honest in saying this all comes down to steering elements in the upper atmosphere like Troughs+ridges, these are what will dictate where this monster winds up. I got my gas cans all filled today, price for non-ethanol was $3/gallon. Home Depot, Harbor Freight, Lowe's, are all out of generators already!. At least people in FL are taking this seriously as they should.
Didn't you just stick around for Harvey?Stay safe my friend. Anything Cat 2 or higher and my family and I evacuate.
Didn't you just stick around for Harvey?
Problem with that is the availability of gas, plus you saw the mayhem when the evacuation for Katrina was unfolding, many people don't have road-worthy vehicles capable of reliable highway travel and the inevitable break-down's brought everything to a crawl. Back in '99 Floyd was barreling down at Daytona so I finished my 2nd shift and we packed up important stuff and went to Orlando (at my in-laws). The next AM an evacuation was ordered and again, mayhem ensued, I-4, the main corridor that runs through central FL got so jammed up that people had 2-3 hours in but had not made it 10 miles out. Most just cut across the median and went back home fearing facing a cat 5 sitting on a jammed freeway. Floyd took a last-minute turn and only grazed us with 75MPH winds. Thing is, the highway system's are simply not set up properly for a mass evacuation, during the Floyd deal they were close to closing all the east-bound ramps on I-4 and using those lanes as well but by that time those stuck had already returned home. Kind of a dammed if you do and possibly fuc**d if you don't.Throw in the mix I have a dog and few hotels accept dogs, I do have a brother-in-law in Tampa though, last year he asked us if we wanted to come over AFTER Matthew had passed LOL. Anyway, thanks for the best wishes..Stay safe my friend. Anything Cat 2 or higher and my family and I evacuate.
Possibly, but I'd hold off until we see where it actually winds up going. If it makes it's turn after the edge of FL it will then have the warm Gulf waters to feast on, you might be driving to a real mess.Do you think it's worth visiting pensacola this Friday/weekend? Any chance the waves will be pretty intense by that point?
Do you think it's worth visiting pensacola this Friday/weekend? Any chance the waves will be pretty intense by that point?
Problem with that is the availability of gas, plus you saw the mayhem when the evacuation for Katrina was unfolding, many people don't have road-worthy vehicles capable of reliable highway travel and the inevitable break-down's brought everything to a crawl. Back in '99 Floyd was barreling down at Daytona so I finished my 2nd shift and we packed up important stuff and went to Orlando (at my in-laws). The next AM an evacuation was ordered and again, mayhem ensued, I-4, the main corridor that runs through central FL got so jammed up that people had 2-3 hours in but had not made it 10 miles out. Most just cut across the median and went back home fearing facing a cat 5 sitting on a jammed freeway. Floyd took a last-minute turn and only grazed us with 75MPH winds. Thing is, the highway system's are simply not set up properly for a mass evacuation, during the Floyd deal they were close to closing all the east-bound ramps on I-4 and using those lanes as well but by that time those stuck had already returned home. Kind of a dammed if you do and possibly fuc**d if you don't.Throw in the mix I have a dog and few hotels accept dogs, I do have a brother-in-law in Tampa though, last year he asked us if we wanted to come over AFTER Matthew had passed LOL. Anyway, thanks for the best wishes..
all of the grocery stores are already cleared out. thankfully my wife freaked out for the last one and we already have 4 cases of water, juice, etc. We also have more guns/bullets than the neighbors, so 4 hours into having no power I'm declaring Mad Max rules.
Picked up 10 gallons of gas which is basically useless but makes me feel good... I think.