Irma and Jose

[Silent Earth]

Sound like a 1960s folk band but , IRMA is back up to a Cat 5 Hurricane and to make matters worse JOSE is now expected to also become a Cat 5 and is following a similar route to Irma, and the Met office is detecting the beginnings of another storm off the Coast of Africa.

 

[Silent Earth]

The Great Escape
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4867090/Captivating-image-shows-flights-fleeing-Florida.html

 

[Dani]

I have stayed for many a hurricanes, but Irma is not your typical girl. . . she is packing a deadly punch. Storm surge is the biggest issue. I've seen the aftermath of 15 - 19 ft storm surge first hand. Nothing left for miles except piles of wood, cars yards to miles from where they were parked. Bodies with clothes ripped off miles away. It truly is devastating, almost unreal even when you are seeing it. I understand the wanting to stay. To want to start clean up as soon as possible cause once you leave you can not just go back home. You want to protect what is yours. . . that home and all your possessions that you have have worked so hard for.

Homes can be rebuilt and possession can be replaced, but your life can not. My heart and prayers are for Florida right now. I hope that everyone who decided to stay is right with God cause they maybe meeting Him sooner than they thought. Mav, I am sorry to have heard that your cousin and her daughter are staying. May Gods hands be on them to protect them.

 

[Brent S]

I worked S of Atlanta yesterday by about 30 mins. That was the ride down. Coming back took over an hour. It was moving at least but averaged 35 mph. Bumper to bumper N bound. Surprisingly though, we didn't see too many fla tags. Yes there were lots of them, but Ga outnumbered them by far. The ride from central fla takes me 8 hrs normally. I'm reading its 24 right now.

 

[Silent Earth]

I have stayed for many a hurricanes, but Irma is not your typical girl. . . she is packing a deadly punch. Storm surge is the biggest issue. I've seen the aftermath of 15 - 19 ft storm surge first hand. Nothing left for miles except piles of wood, cars yards to miles from where they were parked. Bodies with clothes ripped off miles away. It truly is devastating, almost unreal even when you are seeing it. I understand the wanting to stay. To want to start clean up as soon as possible cause once you leave you can not just go back home. You want to protect what is yours. . . that home and all your possessions that you have have worked so hard for.

Homes can be rebuilt and possession can be replaced, but your life can not. My heart and prayers are for Florida right now. I hope that everyone who decided to stay is right with God cause they maybe meeting Him sooner than they thought. Mav, I am sorry to have heard that your cousin and her daughter are staying. May Gods hands be on them to protect them.

The bloody evil looking thing could make H Andrew look like a spring shower, its bigger than France, back up to full Cat 5 strength and likely to cruise at 13MPH right up the middle of FLA, If the winds (200MPH plus gusts) dont get ya the Storm Surge (12 to 20m ft) or the Rain ( up to 50 inches WILL, then its the looters and disease and shortages after to worry about.

 

[DrHenley]

The models show Jose turning north about the same time as Irma, which means that it will stay far away from the U.S.

 

[WGregMiller]

I worked S of Atlanta yesterday by about 30 mins. That was the ride down. Coming back took over an hour. It was moving at least but averaged 35 mph. Bumper to bumper N bound. Surprisingly though, we didn't see too many fla tags. Yes there were lots of them, but Ga outnumbered them by far. The ride from central fla takes me 8 hrs normally. I'm reading its 24 right now.

I've just been out this morning. Way north Alabama and a lot of vehicles from Florida. That's telling me that the hotels are filling up way north of Florida.

The remnants of this thing are (at the moment) supposed to be here Monday night or Tuesday.

 

[DrHenley]

Birmingham hotels were booked solid two days ago. Gas stations here in Columbus GA are running dry.

 

[Silent Earth]

The models show Jose turning north about the same time as Irma, which means that it will stay far away from the U.S.

And straight for Bermuda then New England

 

[user 6493]

I lived in J-Ville from 1978 to 2004,and never took a hit,,I have some family still there and it is looking like they are going to miss out on the worse of it,,,it is a relief knowing they should be safe this time

 

[user 7704]

I worked S of Atlanta yesterday by about 30 mins. That was the ride down. Coming back took over an hour. It was moving at least but averaged 35 mph. Bumper to bumper N bound. Surprisingly though, we didn't see too many fla tags. Yes there were lots of them, but Ga outnumbered them by far. The ride from central fla takes me 8 hrs normally. I'm reading its 24 right now.

Brent it was the same here in Middle Tennessee yesterday. Took my daughter 15 minutes to drive about 4 blocks. And took me 1 hour for a usual 15 minute drive. I was ready to get home to the woods.

 

[WGregMiller]

Brent it was the same here in Middle Tennessee yesterday. Took my daughter 15 minutes to drive about 4 blocks. And took me 1 hour for a usual 15 minute drive. I was ready to get home to the woods.

It's pretty bad here around I65...

The state put up a webpage to help people find hotel rooms. Even the dumps are full. Pretty screwed up....

 

[Brent S]

It's pretty bad here around I65...

The state put up a webpage to help people find hotel rooms. Even the dumps are full. Pretty screwed up....

I'm really glad I got out of fla. when I did.

 

[WGregMiller]

And it looks like this one is going to miss you as well.

 

[Brent S]

And it looks like this one is going to miss you as well.

Can't say I'm not pleased with that! I was expecting to be securing everything in the yard tomorrow, but I don't even think I'm going to do anything now. I am thankful.

 

[WGregMiller]

Can't say I'm not pleased with that! I was expecting to be securing everything in the yard tomorrow, but I don't even think I'm going to do anything now. I am thankful.

The weather people are saying we get rain Monday - Thursday....

Means I'm mowing grass tomorrow. And to think I was gonna goof off....

 

[Brent S]

The weather people are saying we get rain Monday - Thursday....

Means I'm mowing grass tomorrow. And to think I was gonna goof off....

Don't be like me, I've goofed off on the grass for so long now that it's about two feet high! I'm thinking at this point that it will wither and die sometime in the winter!

 

[Psalm7]

The little town I work in is right off I24 and was packed full of Florida vehicle's. The area I live in is more remote and not affected.

 

[jontte]

okay,and Gazrok is where on that FL map?

 

[Brent S]

okay,and Gazrok is where on that FL map?

I believe Gaz was inland from Tampa by thirty or forty miles. He Is on the worse side of the state for this anyways.

 

[Brent S]

We are just now getting the worst of it. Trees are blowing around pretty good in each wave, but it isn't so bad. I grew up with afternoon thunderstorms worse than this in fla. lots of trees and some billboards have come down but so far we still have power. It is supposed to calm down about 9pm tonight. Did see that Jacksonville got a good bit of flooding, but not too bad with the winds.

 

[DrHenley]

What's amazing is that it is simultaneously hitting Montgomery AL, Atlanta GA and Charleston SC. Montgomery and Charleston are 372 miles apart!

 

[Dani]

Irma was more a wind maker than anything else. . . there was some flooding but not too bad. At least that was good.

 

[user 7704]

Fisk University in Nashville has cancelled classes for tomorrow, but no County schools are even closed. That is so odd. Universities are usually the last to cancel.

 

[DrHenley]

Universities are usually the last to cancel.

That was the old days before they became populated with snowflakes.

 

[user 7704]

That was the old days before they became populated with snowflakes.

True

 

[WGregMiller]

They're closing a lot of K-12 schools here. Redstone Arsenal and Marshall Space Flight Center as well.

When Ivan came through, it was east of here. They shut everything down and it was sunny and windy. Will they ever learn?

 

[user 7704]

Isn't Ivan the one that hit really close to I65? We drove through about a week later and it was pretty bad.

 

[WGregMiller]

Isn't Ivan the one that hit really close to I65? We drove through about a week later and it was pretty bad.

Yes. By the time it got to North Alabama it was wind.

 

[Silent Earth]

What's amazing is that it is simultaneously hitting Montgomery AL, Atlanta GA and Charleston SC. Montgomery and Charleston are 372 miles apart!

I know you Americans like to do everything bigger than everyone else but that is ridiculous.