Who's in the path of Hurricane Irma now a Category 5, with 175 mph winds?
 

I'll keep the OP updated.

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ATT is allowing all users free talk/internet/textbto all customers through Sept. 17th.

Verizon is allowing all users free data

Irma Twitter update:
https://twitter.com/search?q=hurrica...Ctwgr%5Esearch

NOAA Storm surge map:
http://noaa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Map...4dd7b277935fad

NOAA damage exposure predictor:
https://coast.noaa.gov/floodexposure/#/select

https://gis.fema.gov/maps/disaster/dec_4337.png

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Is Miami screwed?

I'm in the Tampa area. This area has never taken a direct hit from a hurricane. I live on the water just off shore on an Island.

Talking to the old timers, this one has them spooked. Maybe its what happened to Houston, Katrina and this is a Cat 5?

Most of these hurricanes come up from Miami and head up toward us. They lose a lot of power by the time they get up here to us. But, a cat 5 could be a Cat 2/3 by the time it hits our area.

Talked to some co-workers I worked with in the past that live in the Miami area and all of them are heading north. Kind of freaked me out when I offered my place for them to make it north and they said, not far enough north, you need to get out too.:eek:

Stay safe everyone. This one looks worse than the last.

i was going on a trip to Miami Thursday, and flying to Puerto Rico Saturday. Plans have been cancelled.

Time to get out now before traffic gets congested.

Damn man that was some bad timing for a vacation.

Sarasota here, lots of people spooked on this one. Same people who are normally quite passive about hurricanes.

You cant evacuate the whole state. :eek:

Hopefully Alex Smith

Same here.

wasnt my choice.

wifes friend scheduled wedding in PR for peak hurricane season. ROFL

I feel bad for them more than myself.

Weren't you going on in the Houston thread about how Texas sucked at evacuation and everything was nice and peachy during Florida evacuations? Cmon man, you guys can get out.

Too many variations of where it could go to do anything but prepare. Depending on the model and direction we could be right in the middle of the hurricane or 200 miles west. Today and tomorrow will tell more

Yeah, its too early to reliably predict when it turns north. But, they all turn north. A Cat5 would effect the whole state no matter where it comes ashore.

Yep Most of them don't look good for FL though.

http://www.myfoxhurricane.com/custom...els_storm1.jpg

Monitoring... Outside of buying water and keeping car tanks full, no action until Friday/Saturday.

Jfc

I dunno man...do you have the option of working remotely? If it was me I might just pack up the laptop and take a mini vacation now to be safe and avoid the mass exodus.

Your in a better spot than me. You wont be affected by the storm surge water. I've got 8.5 feet and then its at my door. But, if it goes through Miami there wont be any significant storm/water surge.

Be safe BRC & DaKC

This is one hell of a tool to track what this thing is doing. Some of those waves are 35+ right now, damn!

https://www.ventusky.com/

There's A LOT more energy to be gained. Suck up more of those feeding NWerly winds and look out.

Looks like another one is queuing up right behind it.

Stay safe Florida guys.

After that last mess, I would be pretty quick to pull the trigger on getting the **** out.

there is also something building right off the coast of mexico

I hope you guys are safe, considering recent event... Sure would be nice if it didn't come in the gulf..........

Praying it just hooks back out to sea.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Oh my ... Hurricane <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Irma?src=hash">#Irma</a> just entered &quot;beast mode&quot; ... incredible convection flaring. Satellite estimates now &gt; T 7.0 and Category 5. <a href="https://t.co/nk5U2r5QsO">pic.twitter.com/nk5U2r5QsO</a></p>&mdash; Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) <a href="https://twitter.com/RyanMaue/status/904917482074492928">September 5, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Dvorak intensity system goes to 8. The Haiyan typhoon was an 8

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Haiyan

Nothing like colored radar images to freak people out

If water, food, and other essentials are all sold out in local stores, remember there is still time to order them through Amazon Prime with 2 day shipping.

IRMAGEHRD

Doing the same in Orlando.

Fingers crossed.

Click through the Forecast Hours. This is at 132. It then runs right up the entire state.

https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/anal...&xpos=0&ypos=0

We have an Amazon shipping center here in the Tampa area. We can get 1 day shipping.

A Cat5 hurricane hitting Miami and going straight up the middle of Florida? :eek:

Right....if it stays a Cat 5 everywhere in FL will see some effect. I am 50 miles inland from the coast off Jacksonville. If the hurricane goes straight up the middle of FL i am outta here for a few days. If it veers off the coast I can probably ride it out here but will send the rest of the family inland (maybe to family in KC).

I hope this loses it's Cat 5 status...

Same here.....stocking up on water...keeping gas tank full and, the essential one, making sure I am stocked up on all my prescription meds.

I am home today because someone in our neighborhood thought it was cute to let air out of the tires of cars parked outside.

Heading up to Atlanta with the family before the storm hits.

All that rain heading to New England on Thursday, bring your rain cleats, Chiefs.

Be smart and safe everyone.

Stay safe everyone

Gotta be real fun in the South Florida area when after a hurricane of this magnitude you have to survive the flooding, the criminal gangs of Haitians trying to loot and shoot you and then all the alligators swimming around streets and neighborhoods looking for an easy meal as you wade in chest high water!

I'll pass on Florida.....

I live in Key West, so needless to say I'm shitting bricks.

Yeah I've been there a couple of times and if my memory serves me correctly, there isn't any high ground around there. You better high tail it out of there dude.

Get off of ChiefsPlanet so you can go outside and board your place up. I suggest duct taping your roof down, too.

Still time to order this.

https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/2e9...b83422e73.jpeg

Don't laugh. That stuff works.

Does that shit come in 55 gallon barrel drums? Staylor might need about a dozen of them if they do.

Up in Jacksonville, FL.. watching Irma pretty close. I've been through several hurricanes, but this looks like a freaking beast. It is at 180 mph sustained wind. Wherever this hits is going to be some terrible devastation.

Damn.. that is crazy. I guess the silver lining is those charts don't have it going over to Houston again.,

Just went out and got bottled water and a few dry provisions. Still have some stuff left over from Matthew in October.

Jax here. Supplies are already snapped up. My plan is to head to Tallahassee and camp. I did that for floyd and it worked great. Took the tent and golf clubs and played 3 days at FSU.

The real issue with these that go straight north from Miami is the traffic on the highway. 8 million in Miami alone. Sometimes better to head south instead. Always thought the stadium is good place to hide too.

Yep.. that is what I have been thinking as well. Haven't seen Tallahassee in quite a while.. or Atlanta. Gonna wait a bit, of course, to see how bad it is looking first.

Amazon Prime works great.. just got more light sources, batteries, and glass gallon jugs for water. All being delivered tomorrow or Thursday at the latest.

Yeah, just got some backup power supply stuff from Prime. Will be here Thursday.

just got some backup Power for the phones and better flashlights from Amazon. Delivering tomorrow.

West Palm Beach here. I can see the intercoastal and Atlantic from my balcony. Stocked up on supplies this weekend before it got nuts. Went out for lunch today and all of the stores are slammed. Pretty nuts to see the traffic in every store parking lot. Looks like black Friday out there.

Car is gassed up. Only way I am leaving is if it is a Cat 5. Have a back up plan in Orlando if it comes to that. Stay safe everyone.

220 mph gusts, 180 mph sustained winds. Only 6 hurricanes have had higher winds since they started tracking hurricanes.

Time to pack up and head north, Florida guys. It's not worth it to stick around.

We were going to head to friend in South Carolina but that thing could head there too.

I was out earlier at WalMart having my tires looked at.......they put out 4 skids of water when I was there..about 45 minutes later it was all gone.

We have the supplies and other things stocked up too....still hoping for a better turn of events.

Most recent forecast gif.

https://i.imgur.com/xUPloAr.gifv

Are you on the coast Buck?

Yeah boy

https://i.imgur.com/YGU5vK0.png

One of my best friends is in West Palm Beach, less than a mile inland.

That Bitch is headed straight for my house!!

WhoooHooo!!!

Last Hurricane that looked like this I made $150,000 in 5 months.



Bring it BIIIIIIITCH!!


Rich girly men down here are going to be chasing me down the street to shove money in my pockets.

Daughter in Cape Coral is shipping the grandkids up tomorrow.

What do you do?

WRONG!!!


It's SO Worth it.

When you moved from SD you probably didn't sign up for this shit.


Good luck.

I do CAD and Machinist work now, but I did Windows, doors, carpentry....Just put it this way. I can fix anything, And there is going to be PLENTY to be fixed.

The kicker, is that the people in my surrounding areas have so much dough, you can float them crazy bids and they don't even blink.

Shit, I was making 750/day average using nothing but a chainsaw.

Last year I replaced everyone's golf screens on their patios. $200 for the first floor, $300 for the 2nd floor, and $400 for third floor. With 2 other guys. Made a decent chunk of cash, but I don't ever want to climb a 40 foot ladder again.

Smart move.

Do you have a truck?

Do you have tools?

If so you should be begging for this ****er to hit you.

WTF is a golf screen?

Linear or Logorhythmic?

My dad used to put me on 40fters with with a 24ft walk board running across off the top 3rd rung when I was like 14. That shit would wobbling all over the place. Scary as shit. No fall protection.

Now I climb those screened pool enclosures like spiderman.

The harder it it hits, the easier the work though.

Like I said, If it nukes the place. All you need is a truck and a chainsaw.

I focus on window replacement after that. GOOD money there. Nobody wants a hole sucking out AC for very long..

It's just a screen that covers the outside of your patio if you live on a golf course so that golf balls don't **** you up when you're sitting on your patio.

WhenTF did Buck move?

13 months ago

How do you like the east coast? That is quite the jump from one puddle to another.

Boy, that's really gonna **** with the tb/Miami football game