It's that time of year again

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Going to have to watch this one. The forecasted strength for when it gets to Florida has been significantly upgraded since yesterday.
 

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Yes, virtually all of the forecasts are calling for this storm to hit Florida and Georgia sometime over the Labor Day weekend. Right now, the path and strength are a bit uncertain, but the probability is quite high. As the front passes through the Caribbean, it is expected to strengthen, and there may be winds of 100mph with rainfall total as high as 10 inches. Anyone living in this area should start preparing NOW.
 
Always have to keep a watchful eye when these storms strengthen. As of now looks like it could be a bad Labor Day weekend in Florida.
 

Don M. said:
Yes, virtually all of the forecasts are calling for this storm to hit Florida and Georgia sometime over the Labor Day weekend. Right now, the path and strength are a bit uncertain, but the probability is quite high. As the front passes through the Caribbean, it is expected to strengthen, and there may be winds of 100mph with rainfall total as high as 10 inches. Anyone living in this area should start preparing NOW.
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I'm going to be watching it over here too. Just in case it decides to do a Katrina move and cross over Florida into the Gulf.
 
Living in Northeast PA, we don't have: Major tornadoes
Cat. 5 strenght hurricaines.
6 and above earthquakes.
Monster forest fires
So I feel kind of safe. It's got to be hell , each year, looking down the barrel of a shot gun, loaded with one of the above. And if there ever was a place that needs a rest, it's Puerto Rico.
 
Don M. said:
Yes, virtually all of the forecasts are calling for this storm to hit Florida and Georgia sometime over the Labor Day weekend. Right now, the path and strength are a bit uncertain, but the probability is quite high. As the front passes through the Caribbean, it is expected to strengthen, and there may be winds of 100mph with rainfall total as high as 10 inches. Anyone living in this area should start preparing NOW.
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I'm worried about the impact of this storm. I have family members living in Georgia and Florida. My friend is also on a cruise to Puerto Rico and then was supposed to spend a few days in Puerto Rico. So for the next few days I'll be on pins and needles worrying.
 
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I'm worried about the impact of this storm. I have family members living in Georgia and Florida. My friend is also on a cruise to Puerto Rico and then was supposed to spend a few days in Puerto Rico. So for the next few days I'll be on pins and needles worrying.
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Hope your family and FL and GA don't suffer any damage, Sassy. The cruise ship will change it's course I'm thinking, if it hasn't already.
 
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I'm worried about the impact of this storm. I have family members living in Georgia and Florida. My friend is also on a cruise to Puerto Rico and then was supposed to spend a few days in Puerto Rico. So for the next few days I'll be on pins and needles worrying.
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I've never set foot on a cruise ship, but just looking at them they seem so top heavy That I don't know how they stay upright even in calm weather.
 
It's been upgraded even more since this morning. Now it's forecasted to be a Major Hurricane by the time it gets to Florida.
 

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This sounds bad but it is the truth. Every time a system starts off the coast of Africa and works it's way toward the U.S all of us in the potential storms zones hope it hits somewhere else other than our areas. Harvey two years ago gave Texas enough water to last a decade. It will take Houston 5-7 more to fully recover.
 
I have friends in the Florida panhandle, they haven't recovered from the last hurricane. I feel so badly for Puerto Rico.
 
The way the future path is shaping up, it's starting to look a lot like Katrina. It looks like it's going to cut accross Florida and into the warm water of the Gulf of Mexico. When Katrina did that it ramped up from a category 1 to a category 5 overnight.
 
We are watching it closely. We are on the Gulf coast, my sister is 140 miles across the state on the Atlantic coast. Historically her area gets more storms than here in the Tampa bay area. Neither of us needs it.
 
September is the peak month for Hurricanes. Two more areas that I am watching.

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The projected path of this one is remarkably similar to Dorian's path.

However it is a much weaker storm.

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