Hurricane Irma - #2

[CARIIS]

Might as well start a thread - ugh!!

He is at 967 now

When ranking hurricanes by strength, the obvious choice is to compare wind speeds. But since measurements of the most extreme winds are difficult to obtain, we instead compare hurricanes by their lowest central pressure, a measure that has a strong relationship to wind speed; generally, the lower the pressure in a hurricane, the stronger its winds.

The lowest pressures can be found here

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Atlantic_hurricane_records#By_pressure

Most intense Atlantic hurricanes
Rank	Hurricane	Season	Pressure
hPa	inHg
1	Wilma	2005	882	26.05
2	Gilbert	1988	888	26.23
3	"Labor Day"	1935	892	26.34
4	Rita	2005	895	26.43
5	Allen	1980	899	26.55
6	Camille	1969	900	26.58
7	Katrina	2005	902	26.64
8	Mitch	1998	905	26.73
Dean	2007
10	"Cuba"	1924	910	26.88
Ivan	2004
Source: HURDAT[SUP][1 [/SUP]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Atlantic_hurricane_records#By_pressure

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

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[JerseyGirl]

The Florida Keys have opened 4 shelters as a last resort. This is your last opportunity to seek shelter if you do not evacuate the Keys today:

The four shelters will open at 7 p.m. Saturday. No services will be available at those sites. And, they only will be open until tropical storm force winds subside.

With Irma becoming a bigger threat to the Keys with its latest shift, county managers decided to open these buildings to provide a safe location to ride out the storm. Irma could make landfall somewhere in the Middle Keys early Sunday morning with potentially catastrophic winds, then continue toward the Southwest coast. These shelters will close again after the unsafe weather conditions have passed. They are not recovery shelters.

The shelters are:

▪ Coral Shores High School; 89951 Overseas Hwy; Plantation Key FL 33036 (MM89.9 ocean side)

▪ Marathon High School; 350 Sombrero Road; Marathon, FL 33050 (MM 50 ocean side)

▪ Sugarloaf School; 225 Crane Blvd.; Sugarloaf Key, FL (MM 19 gulf side)

▪ Key West High School; 2100 Flagler Ave.; Key West, FL 33040 (MM 2)

Should you decide to shelter in place, you may register your location with Monroe County. To register download the Virtual Badge app https://www.virtualbadge.com/ to your smartphone and complete the registration form.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weather/hurricane/article172116092.html

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Key West and Florida Keys webcams:

http://www.liveduvalstreet.com/

more webcams from around the Florida Keys: http://www.fla-keys.com/webcams/

 

[Jax49]

Expert on the weather channel said the water in the Everglades is warmer than the Straits of Florida. Stay safe everyone.

 

[Bently]

Can we bring over the members list from the last thread?

ETA cut/paste from last thread post #984

Quote Originally Posted by Jax49 View Post
Screen name with location list:

CARIIS = Orlando, Florida

Henry2326 = Charleston, South Carolina

Jax49 = Jacksonville, Florida--40 miles inland

oceanblueeyes = south Georgia (Lee County)

Turanna = Jupiter/West Palm Beach

Shin Masamura = Lakeland

Momrids6 = south east Georgia coast

Tripplogan = Jacksonville

Cat99 = Jacksonville

southernmimi = south Georgia

No it's not (NIN) = Bonita Springs FL, 1 1/2 miles from the beach

MaryG12 - Sarasota

katsrfun = Vero Beach, Florida

KinderedSpirits = Miramar (close to Miami)

Lonetraveler = Wilmington, North Carolina

SeesSeas = West Central FL, Pinellas County, half mile from Tampa Bay

Greater Than = Miami

ATasteofHoney = barrier island (Florida)

AC's Grandma = near Tampa (out of state for now)

fraudqueen = north-central Florida, 3 blocks from Atlantic

Tabirey = Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

bluedivergirl = near Ocala

Skully = north of Tampa

MoxieVi = Ocala

THATchick1021 = Dunedin (Zone E)

 

[popsicle]

[video=twitter;906496763992965122]https://twitter.com/ColeANjax/status/906496763992965122[/video]

[video=twitter;906499514063835136]https://twitter.com/ColeANjax/status/906499514063835136[/video]

[video=twitter;906500020878405632]https://twitter.com/ColeANjax/status/906500020878405632[/video]

 

[JerseyGirl]

Governor Rick Scott put out a call for nurses to help at special needs shelters across the state

Scott tweeted "CALLING ALL NURSES" Friday, asking for 1,000 volunteers.

Special needs shelters have been set up across the state for anyone who needs reliable electricity or may be concerned about needing medical assistance.

The governor asked for any nurse willing and able to help at a shelter to email:
BPRCHDPreparedness@flhealth.gov for more information.

http://www.fox13news.com/news/hurri...-special-needs-shelters-during-hurricane-irma

 

[Spellbound]

Thank you for pinning the members list to the top of new threads, KayElJay!! Much easier to find and keep track of them now. :gomods:

 

[popsicle]

[video=twitter;906499968671895553]https://twitter.com/NWSSPC/status/906499968671895553[/video]

[FONT=&quot]7:50am CDT [/FONT]#SPC_MD[FONT=&quot] 1631 , [/FONT]#flwx[FONT=&quot], [/FONT]https://go.usa.gov/xRF6Y

 

[popsicle]

[video=twitter;906502015542493184]https://twitter.com/yukonblizzard/status/906502015542493184[/video]

#Irma[FONT=&quot] seems to be crawling as it continues to weaken temporarily. Radar loop from Camaguey, Cuba. [/FONT]#HuracanIrma[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]#Irmahurricane

 

[popsicle]

Cole Heath‏Verified account @ColeANjax[FONT=&amp]
[/FONT][FONT=&amp]Beaches close at 10am. Curfews in place 10p-6a now. [/FONT]http://ift.tt/2vVizOP

#HurricaineIrma[FONT=&quot] rumor control[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]https://www.fema.gov/hurricane-irma-rumor-control …

 

[Greater Than]

Almost 27,000 have already lost power in Miami-Dade county.

I still have power, so I'm going to vacuum while I can. LOL

I'll check back in with you guys in a little bit.

 

[GigTu]

This cam is still up, for now.
https://www.earthcam.com/usa/florida/miamiandthebeaches/?cam=miamibeach1

The below Miami beach cam and Keys beach cam posted earlier are both OOO.

https://www.earthcam.com/usa/florida/miamiandthebeaches/?cam=miamibeach4

http://www.liveduvalstreet.com/

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Sep 9 2017, 9:00 am ET

Florida Braces for Potentially Catastrophic Hurricane Irma

by Saphora Smith, Kalhan Rosenblatt, Erik Ortiz and Elizabeth Chuck

Hurricane Irma hit Cuba's north coast "hard" early Saturday, the National Hurricane Center said, as as Florida's governor warned of an "unbelieveable" storm surge as high as 12 feet.

The deadly storm was downgraded to a Category 4 hurricane overnight, with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph, and was about 225 miles south of Miami at 8 a.m. ET, the center said in an update.

It is expected to reach the Florida Keys Sunday morning.

Irma weakened as it passed over terrain in Cuba but the NHC said it was likely to restrengthen as it crossed relatively warm waters on its path to Florida...

https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/h...s-prepare-ahead-hurricane-irma-s-fury-n799861

 

[Bently]

Contra flow on I-16 opened at 8:11 am this morning from Savannah Georgia towards Macon, Georgia. Current conditions are all good (the marks on the maps are showing the lanes east are shut down)



googlemaps.com

Heard from another friend on the water in Pinellas County, she also now wants to leave, but said the same as another this am 3 miles from her... she is scared she will now get stuck on the interstates if she leaves.

 

[JazzTune]

Oceanblueeyes, your most recent post telling us your dh arrived home safely was one of the posts we were all waiting for!

So sorry I don't know how to quote your post from the prior thread, but it was a relief to read. I can't imagine how thrilled you were to see him come in the door!

Sounds like traffic was the pits. Ten miles in one hour?! How awful to be stuck in all that.

Thank goodness he's home safe, and now you have your entire family gathered together. I have good vibes that all of you are going to do just fine. No matter what though, come what may, at least you're all together.

Thanks for that great update, and please stay safe!!

 

[bluedivergirl]

Almost 27,000 have already lost power in Miami-Dade county.

I still have power, so I'm going to vacuum while I can. LOL

I'll check back in with you guys in a little bit.

I've been cleaning, too. Partly it is to fend off anxiety, partly because even the cleanest home feels dirty if it is hot and humid.

Be safe!

 

[JerseyGirl]

This cam is still up, for now.
https://www.earthcam.com/usa/florida/miamiandthebeaches/?cam=miamibeach1

The below Miami beach cam and Keys beach cam posted earlier are both OOO.

https://www.earthcam.com/usa/florida/miamiandthebeaches/?cam=miamibeach4

http://www.liveduvalstreet.com/

The Live Duval Street cam had been working all this time and now it's down?

I found another one from the Galleon Resort Marina:

http://www.fla-keys.com/webcams/galleon-marina/

 

[Bently]

Almost 27,000 have already lost power in Miami-Dade county.

I still have power, so I'm going to vacuum while I can. LOL

I'll check back in with you guys in a little bit.

Sep 9, 2017, 5:49 AM ET http://abcnews.go.com/US/hurricane-i...ry?id=49697542

Just hours after Hurricane Irma strengthened Friday night to a Category 5 storm as it made landfall on Cuba, the monster storm went back to a Category 4 storm around 5 a.m. Saturday, the National Hurricane Center announced. Its maximum sustained winds decreased to 150 mph, but the storm remains strong as it moves closer to South Florida at a speed of 13 mph. As of 5 a.m., it was 245 miles southeast of Miami. Just three hours earlier, it was 275 miles south-southeast of the city.

The storm's track has shifted slightly to the west, creating a "very, very dangerous situation for western Florida," says ABC News meteorologist Daniel Manzo. Major hurricane conditions will slam communities on Florida's west coast, including Naples and Fort Myers, he added. Landfall may also occur as far north as Tampa as a strong Category 3 hurricane.

South Florida is already experiencing power outages, according to the Florida Power & Light Company. As of 3 a.m. Saturday, in Miami-Dade County there were 9,613 outages affecting 1,124,252 customers. In Broward County, which includes Fort Lauderdale, there were 456 outages affecting 939,339 customers.

Also ahead of its arrival, The Associated Press reported late Friday night that many ATM machines across southwest Florida were out of cash as people stocked up in case Hurricane Irma power outages make credit card transactions impossible.

 

[JazzTune]

ATasteOfHoney, your post too letting us know you were off the island was such a relief! Again, I'm sorry I don't know how to quote from the prior thread.

Thank you very much for the update. Please take care and stay safe!!

 

[Bravo]

Thanks all for the updates. I just got caught up. Stay safe all. We are with u in spirit.