Hurricane Advice

[User395221]

lol my fiance is stressing about it like crazy...he needs this advice.

I had a practical lesson when I was up north during a cyclone alert. We were creeped out, all of the locals were like "meh, forgeddaboutit!" (it didn't happen, BTW, the cyclone just went somewhere else, or fizzled away or whatever). It's like the british slogan "keep calm and carry on".

 

[theuglyduckling]

lol i keep telling him to just stop worrying that even if we did get the storm we will live we wont die its just a storm.

 

[Flashpoint]

Just a little something to scare you even more.

Here is an interesting article on Hurricane Irma. Worst case scenario, I guessand it may be just a "what if" article.

I checked the Hurricane Center where - if I read it right, says Irma currently has a windspeed of 115 mph. There are also two other "disorganized disturbances", one in the Gulf of Mexico that could become a cyclone and another one behind Irma.

Maybe someone on here, who is better versed in meterology, can make better sense of the data?

Category 6? If Hurricane Irma Becomes The Strongest Hurricane In History, It Could Wipe Entire Cities Off The Map

http://sonsoflibertymedia.com/categ...hurricane-history-wipe-entire-cities-off-map/

Hurricane Center
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gtwo.php?basin=atlc&fdays=2

Enjoy

 

[theuglyduckling]

they froze the prices at the stores here. i think people are think it is going to come for us, but im not gonna stress over it. i found a weather picture but these things keep changing so cant say for sure.

http://edition.cnn.com/interactive/storm-tracker/

but i think pr is going to slow it down by 10 MPH lol.

 

[Bunnylady]

Category 6? If Hurricane Irma Becomes The Strongest Hurricane In History, It Could Wipe Entire Cities Off The Map

Boy, some people do enjoy fearmongering, don't they?

Irma has been in an area conducive for strengthening, yet has continued to have winds in the 110 - 115 mph range. Most of the models are keeping the wind speed between 110 - 130 throughout the run; even the highest "outlier" doesn't get anywhere near 180. "Wipe entire cities off the map?" That is just irresponsible.

Yes, it is a strong storm. Yes, it is expected to get stronger. And yes, it is beginning to look like Irma is determined to be a problem for someone - a lot of someones. Yes, I am working on my hurricane prep when I'm not on the computer. Hopefully, it won't be needed, but it certainly won't hurt; this is historically the peak of the season, and we have a lot of warm water out there.

But mentioning being on my computer, that map from the NHC stays on a tab on my screen at this time of year. There have been several x's that have appeared in those places over the last few weeks that haven't amounted to anything; they are something to be aware of, but no cause for alarm - yet.

 

[HenOnAJuneBug]

When I first read (in another place) that Michael Ventrice (forecaster mentioned in the article) said he hadn't seen anything like Irma in his 10 years of hurricane forecasting (that sounds really scary, doesn't it), I had to laugh. Of course he hasn't. Until last week there hasn't been a bad hurricane for 12 years. He doesn't have the experience. And that article mentioned above is just fear mongering BS.

 

[User395221]

they are something to be aware of, but no cause for alarm - yet.

Even if those markers stay there, and they will hit/affect where we are, alarm gets us nowhere. Preparation, yes. contingency plans, yes, tuning in to the advice stations as to what you should be doing etc etc. Freaking out just achieves nothing.

EDIT: in one sense we are lucky that we get plenty of warning (imagine what it would have been like back before radio and tv - suddenly there's a hurricane on you) in another sense, having that information can keep us constantly stressed.

 

[Flashpoint]

Boy, some people do enjoy fearmongering, don't they?

Irma has been in an area conducive for strengthening, yet has continued to have winds in the 110 - 115 mph range. Most of the models are keeping the wind speed between 110 - 130 throughout the run; even the highest "outlier" doesn't get anywhere near 180. "Wipe entire cities off the map?" That is just irresponsible.

Yes, it is a strong storm. Yes, it is expected to get stronger. And yes, it is beginning to look like Irma is determined to be a problem for someone - a lot of someones. Yes, I am working on my hurricane prep when I'm not on the computer. Hopefully, it won't be needed, but it certainly won't hurt; this is historically the peak of the season, and we have a lot of warm water out there.

But mentioning being on my computer, that map from the NHC stays on a tab on my screen at this time of year. There have been several x's that have appeared in those places over the last few weeks that haven't amounted to anything; they are something to be aware of, but no cause for alarm - yet.

That's why I said it seemed to be a "what if" type of story. That said, it appears the folks on the Weather Channel (according to my brother since I can't get it), are going all out "what if'ing" on their broadcasts. Other news outlets in Florida are already warning people to be ready and to make sure disaster kits are up to date, their evacuation plans figured out, and making sure they have sufficient food and water.

Forwarned is forearmed.

When I lived in Florida, I wasn't impacted much by Hurricane Andrew since we moved there after the fact. Nor was I really prepared for a hurricane as living in western Maryland mostly precluded having one. We only got the rain storms that caused flooding.

However, a couple of following storms at the end of that season or the beginning of the next one (CRS here), was a different story. During one, I lost every bit of paper I owned - documents, photographs, anything that could get waterlogged - was. Even though those items had been packed in totes and heavily taped, most of it was destroyed and almost all of it was irreplaceable.

The next storm was so bad that neighbor's all around me had trees in and on their houses/garages and roads were blocked. The wind and rain damage was pretty extensive and we were out of power for days.

It was terrifying to sit in a mobile home and watch the roof roll up and down like a wave, but we couldn't leave as there was no place to go with the flooding of roads and downed trees. We were located in a very rural area with the closest towns being St. George across the river in GA and Callahan FL about 13 miles away.

It even found me with alligators in my front yard when the St. Mary's River flooded. Fortunately, the home was anchored really well and it set up really high off the ground, so our deck was out of the water. Since my husband was an avid believer in wood pallets, he had built the chicken house on top of several, so they were pretty safe from the water.

But my husband still stood guard on the deck - just in case one of the 'gators decided to make a closer visit.

 

[Bunnylady]

Yeah, one of the pieces of advice is, if you live in a mobile home, evacuate. Even if your home isn't in an area of mandatory evacuations, a mobile home isn't a safe place to ride a storm out. Kinda like with tornadoes - they talk about sheltering in an interior room on more substantial structures, but with a mobile home, the advice is just get out.

 

[theuglyduckling]

the governor here is closing the schools tomorrow for the kids and claims to be getting the pr national guard ready. they say the predicted storm path is closer to pr now and my mother in law went out to do some hurricane food shopping and says "there are 300 people in the store freaking out about the storm right now". i think the 300 is an exaggeration but i find it a bit funny. on a good note the stores have ice cream two dollars off in preparation for the coming storm. yes!!

my sky has changed from looking bright and sunny to now looking like sunset.