Hurricane Irma roaring towards the East Coast !

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While we are still struggling with all of the flooding and damage in Texas from hurricane Harvey, we have another one named Irma, that looks like it will impact our East Coast, and is predicted to be at least a cat 4, and possibly a cat 5 , by the time it makes landfall.
At this point, Irma is still over 2,000 miles out in the Atlantic; so it is only a guess on where this hurricane might go, but they are already starting to warn people on the East Coast to think about evacuating or at least preparing for this latest storm.

There is also another storm that is in the Pacific, but coming across Mexico, and once it does that, it could strengthen after it gets into the warm water in the Gulf, so the threat in that area is not over yet either.
It will be next week before we know where Irma will actually go; but we can at least have a good indication by the time this storm gets closer.

 

Trade, have you been through a hurricane there? I was in Alabama, but we were way up in Huntsville, at Redstone Arsenal, so never thought about hurricanes, though a tornado had torn thru town a few years before we got stationed there.
 

So frightening. My heart goes out to the people in the path of such destruction. Major earthquakes are devastating, but at least they are infrequent. These weather storms seem to be worsening.
 
Just discovered yesterday that carpet in living area was wet. Came through the floor. Maintenance folks came down with their wet vac and worked on it. Found out several folks in complex has the same problem. Just too much water at one time. Thought I did not have damage but maybe its contained!!. They advised me to have it cleaned in a few weeks.
 
Terry, was all of Houston affected, or just certain areas of the city? Sounds like your city is going through a hellish period.

About "Irma," when they say "heading for the east coast," how far north does that mean? Yikes!
 
Sunny, according to what I've read, they don't know yet what the path of Irma will be. There are conflicting predictions, but the news said they are just speculation at present, it's a couple weeks out.
 
Butterfly said:
Trade, have you been through a hurricane there? I was in Alabama, but we were way up in Huntsville, at Redstone Arsenal, so never thought about hurricanes, though a tornado had torn thru town a few years before we got stationed there.
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Not yet. Just moved here three years ago. But before that I lived in Florida all my life. I experienced a few there. But Mobile is in Hurricane Alley. They get more here than where I lived in Florida.
 
We're over 200 miles inland, but Hurricane Hugo hit Charlotte in '89 big time. First storm I know of to hit that far inland. In comparison to TX, and many other areas, it was minor, only 1 life lost here. That was because a tree fell on a bedroom roof. Big thing to us then, but with present situations, it's not even worth mentioning.

Being without power for a few weeks is an inconvenience. Harvey reminded us losing everything other than the clothes you're wearing is far worse. Those who make the decision to live on the coast know there are dangers, but I couldn't go through that worry. Our distance away from the coast gives a false sense of security. Still, after so much worse, I will never remember back on it as so severe, as I have before.
 
Sunny said:
Terry, was all of Houston affected, or just certain areas of the city? Sounds like your city is going through a hellish period.

About "Irma," when they say "heading for the east coast," how far north does that mean? Yikes!
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Just certain areas, here in Clear Lake we just had water coming under the floor but other parts had a horrible time and still are. The grocery stores are still doing limited hours. I had stocked up on essentials so I have not had to go there yet.
 
Here is the latest model to predict where they think that hurricane Irma might make landfall, which is right in Miami, Florida, and if the storm keeps on strengthening , it could evolve into a Cat 5 before it makes landfall. The predicted day for this hurricane to hit Florida is (at this point) on September 11th; but the storm could change course, and come ashore someplace else and at a different time.

 
Our Carolina's coast is overdue, and I always especially worry about our little piece of heaven, our family beach of choice, lived there for a year, Wilmington/Wrightsville Beach. There are so few original homes left, but homes can be rebuilt. The main issue is always lives being lost, and these storms are becoming so much worse.

We're prepared for the hit, just very worried over how bad.
 
We're watching Irma carefully as the Spousal Equivalent is getting ready to take off on a bucket-list motorcycle trip. He hopes to leave Florida this weekend and possibly make it all the way up to Maine. We'll see. I'm pretty sure that at the first sign of bad weather, he'll high-tail it back home.
 
This one could be a knock out especially if it hits our area directly. The old house has been through a lot of hurricanes, but nothing this powerful. Anything over a one, maybe two would leave very little to go home to. Once a Florida carport is tore off, it opens up part of the roof area and everything inside gets soaked. Keep your fingers crossed that all Florida dodges this monster.
 
Pappy said:
This one could be a knock out especially if it hits our area directly. The old house has been through a lot of hurricanes, but nothing this powerful. Anything over a one, maybe two would leave very little to go home to. Once a Florida carport is tore off, it opens up part of the roof area and everything inside gets soaked. Keep your fingers crossed that all Florida dodges this monster.
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It is NOT looking good for missing Florida at this point. Until it actually gets there, we can only have guesses at which direction the storm will go, but the main "spaghetti models" show it going straight up through all of Florida, and the governor has all ready declared an emergency for the whole state.
Most people in Texas didn't evacuate because they had no idea just how serious hurricane Harvey was going to be; and by the time they realized that it was going to be a monster storm, no one could safely get away from it .
Hopefully, Florida will make sure that they start moving out anyone who will be in the path of the storm, just in case it turns out to be another really bad one. I think that it is now a Cat 4, and getting stronger.

It is probably a good thing that you are still up north, and I am praying that your home will be safe when the hurricane comes by, Pappy.
 
The summer that three hurricanes hit us, we lost power for four days for one, three days for another and just a few hours for the third. No damage though, except for a new sapling in my front yard. I found it down the street after the first 'cane and dragged it back to replant. It was even further down the street after the second one. Replanted it again. I never found it after the third one.
 
jujube said:
The summer that three hurricanes hit us, we lost power for four days for one, three days for another and just a few hours for the third. No damage though, except for a new sapling in my front yard. I found it down the street after the first 'cane and dragged it back to replant. It was even further down the street after the second one. Replanted it again. I never found it after the third one.
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In 2004 we lived in Winter Haven Florida. The eyes of Charlie, Frances, and Jeane, all passed right over our house. It was surreal. It was like there was some kind of hurricane homing device was planted in our house. By the time they got that far inland Charlie was down to a category 2 and Frances and Jeane were just 1's or strong TS's. But it was still miserable. Charlie just blew though and was over in a couple of hours but it took down loads of big trees and power lines. One of them, I forget if it was Frances or Jean slowed down to almost stationary and kept pounding us with TS force winds for two full days.

Right up until the night before Charlie was forecasted to hit Tampa. So people evacuated inland to where we were. Then at the last minute Charlie veered east and hammered them while Tampa went almost unscathed.
 
The latest charts for hurricane Irma are still showing the storm moving up the East Coast; but possibly, it could stay offshore as it passes Florida's east coast. If it does not come ashore, then it might continue up the coast as a stronger storm since it is still in the warm waters off of the coast; so this could turn into a worse scenario than if it comes onshore and settles down a bit.
Here is the latest update that I found, and it shows the pattern they are expecting now, plus Jose behind Irma, and then it looks like yet another storm forming behind that one !

 

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