SportsAndLady;1870508 wrote:Have a friend in Tampa area who has decided to stay put even though they just ordered a mandatory evacuation. He's so dumb.

I'll withhold judgement on his intelligence, but the last projection I saw (and eyeball-estimated myself) shows this hugging the east coast from Miami to Jacksonville. Hard to tell. Now that I've said it, it will dive west for sure. I'm wondering if Tampa's order is based on Houston and Harry? Seems like overkill now, but ......

My nephew and his wife are in West Palm Beach just above Miami, and they're staying the weekend - she's a nurse and is scheduled to work Saturday night and Sunday night, and he's considering staying at the hospital with her, which is probably a good idea. He's a grad student and teacher at a nearby school which has cancelled classes the rest of the week.

Zunardo;1870511 wrote:I'll withhold judgement on his intelligence, but the last projection I saw (and eyeball-estimated myself) shows this hugging the east coast from Miami to Jacksonville. Hard to tell. Now that I've said it, it will dive west for sure. I'm wondering if Tampa's order is based on Houston and Harry? Seems like overkill now, but ......

My nephew and his wife are in West Palm Beach just above Miami, and they're staying the weekend - she's a nurse and is scheduled to work Saturday night and Sunday night, and he's considering staying at the hospital with her, which is probably a good idea. He's a grad student and teacher at a nearby school which has cancelled classes the rest of the week.

I don't usually nitpick on this stuff but I lol'd at hurricane Harry.

Also good luck to the nurse. Hospitals/nursing homes have to turn into such shitshows right now. I couldn't imagine evacuating someone on a ventilator with a dozen critical meds running. Going to be a long week for her.

It isn't as easy as shit I'll just evacuate. Many times it changes course while you left days before, hotels are filled up, traffic is a nightmare, etc. I evacuated last year and we got barely a 1 with no damage. I get why people stay, however if projected a direct hit I'd be out of there. And like Zunardo said, a lot of people "can't" leave due to their jobs.

friendfromlowry;1870515 wrote:I don't usually nitpick on this stuff but I lol'd at hurricane Harry.

LOL. Ya got me, FFL. I must have been thinking it was a "hairy" storm.

Savannah has ordered an evacuation, and unless path changes Charleston will order an evacuation on Saturday (luckily they turn I-26 west only so it goes from 2 lanes each way to 4 lanes east, all the way to Columbia. The added traffic from FL and Georgia is going to be terrible. I will at least be waiting until Sunday.

gut;1870483 wrote:I'm not sure underground bunkers protect you all that well from flooding.

Yeah, I tried to suggest that he should just not risk it, and if his house was as well-protected as he thinks, it'll be there when he comes back. He did put up the hurricane panels all over the windows and such, but I'd much rather he get his ass to Tennessee or someplace safer.

The gaming company I used to work for is on the gulf side of Florida. Most of them are staying as far as I can tell.
Three of them were in the Houston area but they're fine and managed with only very minor flooding.

Bunkers don't exist in most of Florida due to the proximity of sea level in the better part of our state. A safe room is the appropriate term generally originating at finish floor levels of a home with the walls and ceiling fully encased with reinforced concrete. I have built may of these and with that said we will be riding out Irma within the confines of a safe room. My location, at this point, is on the less furious side of the storms track but that could change as Irma closes in. With a slight shift of track to the west I have fear of what to expect when we reveal ourselves to reality after it passes.

Left our house in Captiva at 6:30. Went to the airport to pick up a car and had about a 45 minute stop to get food, plus another 20-25 minutes stop but am just now in Gainesville. About 2 hours or so to Georgia. One of the most surreal experiences I've ever had seeing all of these people leaving.

oooooooh boy!

[h=1]Huge construction cranes loom over Miami as Irma threatens[/h]


http://wavy.com/2017/09/07/huge-construction-cranes-loom-over-miami-as-irma-threatens/

Keeps tracking a bit more west, might even miss direct miami hit. Bad for florida, good for my area, for now. Crazy how hard it is to pin down a path.

salto;1870630 wrote:oooooooh boy!

[h=1]Huge construction cranes loom over Miami as Irma threatens[/h]


http://wavy.com/2017/09/07/huge-construction-cranes-loom-over-miami-as-irma-threatens/

If this thing goes through there....those buildings are going to get trashed

salto;1870656 wrote:

You are an idiot

salto;1870630 wrote:oooooooh boy!

Huge construction cranes loom over Miami as Irma threatens

http://wavy.com/2017/09/07/huge-construction-cranes-loom-over-miami-as-irma-threatens/

Interesting how they'll let the cross-section rotate freely, like a weather vane. Theoretically that should minimize the resistance from the storm. Still, I wouldn't want be within its radius while Irma blows through. You could probably see it swaying back and forth, too.

Zunardo;1870667 wrote:Interesting how they'll let the cross-section rotate freely, like a weather vane. Theoretically that should minimize the resistance from the storm. Still, I wouldn't want be within its radius while Irma blows through. You could probably see it swaying back and forth, too.

Makes sense. They're also like 80-90% air. It said in the article they are engineered to withstand Cat 4 145mph winds - there's a good chance they can withstand much more, but not 100%. Again, it's not a bet you want to make with your life, but I'll be surprised if they come down. Or there are 12, so maybe odds would say 1 or 2 come down (if Irma does hit as a Cat 5).

iclfan2;1870522 wrote:Savannah has ordered an evacuation, and unless path changes Charleston will order an evacuation on Saturday (luckily they turn I-26 west only so it goes from 2 lanes each way to 4 lanes east, all the way to Columbia.

My daughter and family live in the Savannah suburb of Richmond Hill. He is Army and not allowed to leave until 5 p.m. today and stay within a 500 mile radius. They will be headed to a cabin in a state park near Knoxville.

My wife and I were down there last year and part of the Matthew evacuation. They did the same thing with I-16 as they are doing with I-26.

Terry_Tate: "One of the most surreal experiences I've ever had seeing all of these people leaving." Yes.

BRF;1870681 wrote:My daughter and family live in the Savannah suburb of Richmond Hill. He is Army and not allowed to leave until 5 p.m. today and stay within a 500 mile radius. They will be headed to a cabin in a state park near Knoxville.

My wife and I were down there last year and part of the Matthew evacuation. They did the same thing with I-16 as they are doing with I-26.

It's looking like the track continues to tick west, Savannah may even get off with only TS strength winds, but storm surge and rain could be an issue. It'll be interesting to see if they do reverse I-26 now that Charleston isn't in the direct path 3 days out. I won't be leaving, but need to take all of the stuff from outside and put it into my garage.

Isn't Fort Lauderdale like the yacht capital of the world? I'm interested to see what happens to all these boats. Apparently, they are hoping they survive being tied down properly. My question is the amount of slack rope needed to allow for a 10ft storm surge (plus waves), would in theory allow for drifting out from actual waterways over areas that will beach/wreck the boat as waters recede.

Interestingly enough, it looks like they are also tying the boats together cross-channel....which might be able to limit drift since you don't need as much slack in those ropes because the boats should rise and fall together.

I keep thinking someone is going to come back to find their yacht in the middle of their living room.

My sister lives in Miami. Did not get out in time. Heading to a shelter with BF and child.

So this thing has tracked West for days and it's going to hang a 90 degree right turn now? I just don't see it. I bet it circles farther West and slams the West side of Florida

Spock;1870696 wrote:So this thing has tracked West for days and it's going to hang a 90 degree right turn now? I just don't see it. I bet it circles farther West and slams the West side of Florida

Well that's pretty much what they're predicting.

Must be a bank shot off cuba

Spock;1870696 wrote:So this thing has tracked West for days and it's going to hang a 90 degree right turn now? I just don't see it. I bet it circles farther West and slams the West side of Florida

Is this bet based on your extensive knowledge of meteorology?

Spock;1870696 wrote:So this thing has tracked West for days and it's going to hang a 90 degree right turn now? I just don't see it. I bet it circles farther West and slams the West side of Florida

Harvey did something not completely dissimilar while the eye was still over the gulf per the meteorological maps I saw.