Hurricane Irma
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Waffle Houses boarded up?
Just kidding during a time of stress.
One of these days, John Holmes, one of these days....
Well, my two USF kids are back home with me on the east coast. Crazy.
I'm beginning to get the idea they really are just guessing at this point. Irma has already continued westward further than anyone predicted...Damned thing may hit Texas for all we know.
My daughter's at UF and just decided to come home...Could be worse here, but I told her to use her judgment.
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They really have screwed the pooch with this. I get hurricanes are unpredictable, totally understand this, not blaming a person at all; but damn, our technology has been way off.
My 80 year father-in-law lives in Jax and decided to not leave. We begged him to go to PC, had a place for him to stay and everything. Thank god he said no, he'd be in a way worse position if he had left.
Crazy how unpredictable these jokers can be.
My 80 year father-in-law lives in Jax and decided to not leave. We begged him to go to PC, had a place for him to stay and everything. Thank god he said no, he'd be in a way worse position if he had left.
Crazy how unpredictable these jokers can be.
Growing up in PC right on the water, we once evacuated twice from the same hurricane (Elena in '85). It went past in the Gulf, did a 180, and came back!
Well considering they chose to go to UF maybe you should have decided for them...
It's clear of Cuba now and looks to be initiating a more northward path, although Irma has been a quite a wobbler. Brother in Tally is swooping up Mom from Allegro and heading up to the Ga mountains. This hurricane is a rare bird in terms of size and strength. These two variables probably work against the atmospheric factors that would normally influence lesser cyclones,
Because Walton County is right on the edge of the cone of death, the south end is under a tropical storm watch.
I'm far from freaking out. I'm more worried about what the forecasted inch of rain will do to one of my road construction projects.
Not saying you are. I have family in Bay County and am just saying people in the Panhandle shouldn't fret too much at this point before we get a better idea when it's going to head north, if at all.
I grew up in PC as well and remember Elena. I was only 7, but it was the first time I remember prepping for a hurricane etc.
Elena was my first real hurricane memory that impacted us. I grew up in the Tampa area, didn't it just sit in the gulf and pound the west coast with rain?
And I remember people taping their windows back then. My only guess as to why was to keep the glass from going everywhere if broken. Not sure why else it was done.
I haven't seen the northward movement yet. As of 2:00 it is still moving W at 9 MPH.
We call it our wedding hurricane. We got married while it was just hanging out there off the coast. It only started to move on the very last day of our honeymoon.
Can't. Have to wait for Mrs BFT's mother who we will be taking with us as she is in the direct path as well. Still doing some packing as well.
Protect Mrs. BFT at all costs. We relish her cryptic, but accurate post game analysis.
Can't stop watching. Saw another guy just get drenched. These idiots may be dead by this time tomorrow
It looks to be rapidly intensifying last hour as the eye has come off of Cuba
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It looks to be an eye's width north of projected path, eye now visible on Key West Radar.
https://www.sfwmd.gov/weather-radar/current-weather-conditions
