Latest is Cat 4, heed the warning.....or not, your choice.
Why Dorian is Expected to Strengthen and Grow in the Next Few Days | The Weather Channel
Why Dorian is Expected to Strengthen and Grow in the Next Few Days | The Weather Channel
Hurricane Dorian
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Ya know how you sometimes crave stuff when you know ya can't get it?
During Irma I'd gave $50 for a candy bar.
I'm ready this year!
During Irma I'd gave $50 for a candy bar.
I'm ready this year!
JohnZMI
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I did the same thing 18 years ago - installed my 18-KW automatic Generac three weeks before the (in)famous northeastern grid failure left everyone in this area (except us) without power for three days in early August, 2003. Timing is everything!
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I've been here 40 years, over a dozen hurricanes. This one's like Charley 2004, a giant chainsaw. I'm not going anywhere; lots of older/ immobile folks for neighbors that are staying put. Besides, the blue "evacuation route" signs lead to Disney/Universal which is down the block. We have what we need now, nobody has what they need in a 150 mph wind / 20" rain per 24 hours. Stay safe and out of the "Fear Stampede" going on as we speak. Joe
Do not listen the the "talking heads" It is NOT a CAT 4 right now. It MAY become that,
As of right now it is 85 mph winds a Cat 1.
Hurricane Dorian Public Advisory
East Cost Middle of Fl around Melbourne looks like the spot not to be!
No one said it was a C4 right now. The prediction is C4.
Straight from FNC:
"Forecasters believe the storm will strengthen into a dangerous Category 3 hurricane by Friday, staying well east of the southern and central Bahamas before making a turn toward Florida by Sunday afternoon.
At that time, the latest NHC forecast is for the storm to be a Category 4 storm as it approaches Florida."
"Kennedy Space Center braces for Hurricane Dorian as NASA protects launch infrastructure."
"Forecasters believe the storm will strengthen into a dangerous Category 3 hurricane by Friday, staying well east of the southern and central Bahamas before making a turn toward Florida by Sunday afternoon.
At that time, the latest NHC forecast is for the storm to be a Category 4 storm as it approaches Florida."
"Kennedy Space Center braces for Hurricane Dorian as NASA protects launch infrastructure."
cherrypointmarine
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Pharmer , I've got you beat ! I was born here , and I'm 61 . I
My wife gets mad because I refuse to let the weather people get me worked up . I have a generator , gas , a fridge in the garage full of water , and a pool . Pool you ask ? If we lose power , I refuse to take a cold shower , I just jump in the pool .
My wife gets mad because I refuse to let the weather people get me worked up . I have a generator , gas , a fridge in the garage full of water , and a pool . Pool you ask ? If we lose power , I refuse to take a cold shower , I just jump in the pool .
Oh ye of little faith
Best wishes for all in the potential path!
Sal, I suspect you won't even know a storm passed through it does happen to land near you.
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RULE SUSPENSION! HURRICANE RULE SUSPENSION!!!!
We DO NOT, repeat, DO NOT, want pictures.
I did the pool thing in Homestead, Fl. after hurricane Andrew.
It's ok the first or second time and then you have to clear the algae, scum, snakes and everything else that likes standing water.
Tiresome.
Good luck and I hope it whimpers out for you all.
It's ok the first or second time and then you have to clear the algae, scum, snakes and everything else that likes standing water.
Tiresome.
Good luck and I hope it whimpers out for you all.
Sorry, I wasn't actually born in FL due to a little event called the Korean War. I got hatched on an army base. But I was raised in FL since age 2. Some of my earliest memories are hurricanes. my father taught Bill Nelson in elementary school. He didn't brag about it. I take hurricanes seriously.
If you lose power and need lights inside bring in some of the solar power yard path lights. They will last for several hours. Don't forget to put them back out in the sun for recharge The next day.
I hope the heads north or loses potency before landfall
Good luck all.
Steve W
I hope the heads north or loses potency before landfall
Good luck all.
Steve W
Holding a good thoughts and sending prayers for everyone.
Be safe All, Fred
Be safe All, Fred
Got a little taste of what its like here in Kansas early this morning. Thunderstorm roared through with 93 mph straight line winds. Have two trees down on my house and the roofs ripped off a couple of barns. Hoping Dorian fizzles out for you folks.
With the latest course updates, and if it holds to it, it looks like it will go right over Okeechobee. If so, this will be the first real test of the dike/floodgate systems since being built in the aftermath of the '45 hurricane that drowned most of the sugar industry on the south side of the lake. Depending on the tides and the timing, the Caloosahatchee basin could be in for some flooding.
Stay prepared and safe!
Not sure which would be worse to me.
Tornado: you get a 30 minute warning at best. And its over in 30 minutes or less.
Hurricane: days of advance warnings, long term rain & wind.
Think I'd pick the tornado and get it over with. Have had several close calls with tornadoes but not a direct hit.
Not sure which would be worse to me.
Tornado: you get a 30 minute warning at best. And its over in 30 minutes or less.
Hurricane: days of advance warnings, long term rain & wind.
Think I'd pick the tornado and get it over with. Have had several close calls with tornadoes but not a direct hit.
We lost the barn, power, and miles of fences to a tornado when I was a kid.
Weeks of work to find the cattle, rebuild fence lines (mostly temporary), get things running again. Months before we got all the fences finished and the barn rebuilt.
I rode out a hurricane on the GA coast in the early 80's. Took months to get all of the boats out of the marsh and cleaned up. Incredible amount of work.
Couldn't say which was worse. Actually don't want to remember that much.
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LVSteve
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I was born and raised in Cincinnati, moved to FL. in 2001.
If you lived there April 3rd 1974, you would rather deal with a hurricane than a tornado. When you see entire towns destroyed like Sayler Park, and Xenia it's bad.
Tornadoes are nuts, neighbors house was severely damaged, and ours just lost a few shingles.
When you see the black top pulled off the road, ya know it's bad.
I bet Rusty has some stories too.
Hey Ol' Fred!
You got an inside line to the Man Above? Keep 'em coming, maybe a tick to the north? Off the coast?
At any rate this from the same folks who predicted Monday it would dissipate near the Bahamas on Saturday.
Thanks to all for keeping us in your thoughts, still a ways to go.
Wilma, in 2005, almost breached the dike directly behind where is used to live. And I mean directly, i.e. where I walked up the dike from my house. The dike was gone up to its crest on the lake side. Fortunately the winds changed at that time when the eye crossed over.
Been many a tax dollar spent and being spent to reinforce the dike since Wilma. Hopefully it holds up. Or we will have death and destruction eclipsing Katrina. :-(
Glad I'm not on Walkers Caye.
I'll say the prayers....
And as a qualified veteran, I'll say this: if you're hunkering down, stay hunkered. If you're going, you should already be gone.
I'll say the prayers....
And as a qualified veteran, I'll say this: if you're hunkering down, stay hunkered. If you're going, you should already be gone.
THE PILGRIM
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A BIL was went down to you know where.
Saw on Facebook he's headed North!
Just read he's in N GA.
Saw on Facebook he's headed North!
Just read he's in N GA.
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Which way? My wealthy across the street neighbor sparked up his giant Diesel Ram dually 5th wheel, dragging a house sized slide out. He left yesterday morning for Key West, reserved a campsite last October. Wife and I just got back from sushi, it's outside his house. Musta ran into the "mandatory evacuation" happening down in West Palm. The two Kayaks on the top of the truck might just come in handy though. Joe
Thats the thing about Florida, it's a long way to the mountains, isn't it.
Getting out by road is a tough bet.
Hope our compadres down around Palm beach and Lauderdale are prepared.
Man, I dislike hurricanes.
Getting out by road is a tough bet.
Hope our compadres down around Palm beach and Lauderdale are prepared.
Man, I dislike hurricanes.
Old Corp
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Prayers lifted for all of those in the path.
Our area is still recovering from Florence LAST September. Without power 12 days - enjoyed our whole-house Generac immensely.
Having worked Security Contracting last year in Puerto Rico during power restoration for Hurricane Maria, I've already been contacted to see if I'd be willing to deploy to Florida if called. Guess if I will if opportunity presents.
Y'all stay safe!
Our area is still recovering from Florence LAST September. Without power 12 days - enjoyed our whole-house Generac immensely.
Having worked Security Contracting last year in Puerto Rico during power restoration for Hurricane Maria, I've already been contacted to see if I'd be willing to deploy to Florida if called. Guess if I will if opportunity presents.
Y'all stay safe!
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