Is this storm perhaps moving faster than thought? Could it move through more quickly?
S & DIL ended up heading to Raleigh, NC to stay with her mom & stepdad. They made it yesterday early in the afternoon and I know they are happy that they don’t have to get in the car to drive today.
My mom in Vero Beach has lost cable but not electricity or phone. Windy and rain there now
I don’t know. It looks to me moving very slowly at 8 mph. I could walk almost that fast. If you look at the track, it changed from moving north with west tilt to north with slight east component. Barring any change in the direction, it should make a land fall sooner instead of going all the way to Tampa. @wis75 you may be spared! Yay.
@CT1417 In our area, They connect generators to gas line that never goes out.
It is awful. These family members are her cousins, 10 years younger, drove up to MD, could easily have brought her. I cannot imagine how they just left her, did not even ask her if she wanted to ride up with them. Very upsetting.
I’m in SE FL about 1/2 hour north of Ft. Lauderdale. We still have power but it has flickered a few times. I know some neighborhoods around us have lost power. Winds are strong but so far all I can see are a few branches and palm fronds down. I think the worst is supposed to come late this afternoon. I am currently running g my dishwasher and throwing some slice and bake cookies in the oven- try to use all that power before we lose it!
^good idea to cook stuff you can eat later once power is out (it’ll almost certainly be).
Our thoughts are with you.
^You may get lucky. The worst to come may not be so bad. Already I see no scary purple in the hurricane map. It’s now red, blue and green mostly.
@thumper1 – according to the radar imagery, the storm is moving just west of north at around 11 kts (13 mph). There’s still a cycloidal component to the motion (with the “points” on the left/west side), so you’ll see its motion go from N to NW then appear to pause at the “point” on cycloid, followed by motion to the NE and back to N during a cycle. This motion looks like it happens over a four hour period, so we should see another “point” happening in an hour or so.
Getting 100 mph winds in West Miramar- it sounds bad, but we’re very fortunate and we still have power.
The storm anti-surge videos from the Naples area are scary. If the water goes down 5 feet so fast, it’ll go up 10 feet even faster.
“according to the radar imagery, the storm is moving just west of north at around 11 kts (13 mph). There’s still a cycloidal component to the motion (with the “points” on the left/west side), so you’ll see its motion go from N to NW then appear to pause at the “point” on cycloid, followed by motion to the NE and back to N during a cycle. This motion looks like it happens over a four hour period, so we should see another “point” happening in an hour or so.”
According to what I’m seeing reported by NWS right now, Irma is moving at N 9mph.
My mom just got report from friend in her building in Ft. Lauderdale area that they still have power.
The NHC has a nice animation of the various wind speeds in hurricanes (by category):
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutsshws.php
BTW, regardless of the exact landfall, I think area from Marco Island to Everglades City is going to get pummeled. The east-west coast there is perpendicular to the winds on the east side of the eye. Not much human activity there, fortunately. Marco Island is covered with houses and buildings and will take a good beating.
So, seasoned travelers-- question: Is it better to check in on lie or not check in on line if we want flexibility? We are scheduled to fly mid morning from Atlanta, and wot know til morning if the flight is going But, we plan to get there very early, assuming (a) it isnt cancelled and (b) the roads are clear and the driver can make it. So, if we get there early and want to be rebooked on an earlier flight, if there is one, is it better if we have not yet checked into our booked flight?
@jym626 I have only a survey of one and not much experience. H and I flew home from Denver the Friday of the 4th of July weekend. Different tickets as he was on business. I checked in in advance, he checked in at the airport and he was offered money to rebook, I was not having checked in as soon as I could. But since everything is so booked anymore, it seems even the earliest flights are flying at full capacity.
Can you fly tonight instead?
Clip of a meteorologist “standing” in the middle of the storm. https://streamable.com/29frg
If you don’t want to click on the link, google: “Meteorologist Vs Irma In Key West, Florida”
Ugh
I wonder if the age of social media makes people more likely to do this kind of thing? So it will go viral? I feel like he could have really been hurt
I always check in as soon as available. If anything goes wrong on the way to the airport, I don’t want the check-in window to close on me. You can check now on earlier flights, perhaps be placed on a wailtlist if you are certain you can get there.
@veruca I’m not sure. He really is a meteorologist though and he’s trying to take a measurement of some sort. Why he couldn’t have just stuck his hand out the window though- I don’t know.
The reading was 117 MPH if anyone was wondering. In the eye wall.