Irma

[thefuzz]

Just now, iBBB said:

 

Yup, then can ride the river all the way up....gaining all the while.

At least we had a fairly cool August on the coast...the water here has fallen 8-9 degrees since the end of July...inshore.

[Darth Biscuit]

19 minutes ago, thefuzz said:

Totally depends on if it pulls a DWill and grunts it's way into the backs of blockers, or pulls a CMC, and bounces to the outside.

If it slams full on into FL, it will lose a lot of steam, but if it jumps back out and hits the gulfstream again, it can pick up where it left off.

Best case, it's a 1/2 by the time it makes landfall in SC/NC...worst case, it builds back up to a high 3, and makes landfall between Hilton Head and Charleston, and heads into CLT.  That would likely cause the most damage, and loss of power.

 

I'm guessing that ILM is going to get a pretty good taste of it before it's all said and done.

This.  Basically it's either Miami bears the full brunt of what could still be a Cat5 storm, or it slides east, scrapes the entire cost of FL and slams into northern SC, where we here in SE NC will on the north and east side and get the worst winds.  Pretty much lose, lose however you look at it, just don't know who's going to lose most yet... :(

It's still currently a Cat5 with 180MPH sustained and about to hit warmer water.  No telling what this thing could do.  it could be really bad.  If I was in S Florida right now, I'd be heading north in a hurry.

[thefuzz]

1 minute ago, Darth Biscuit said:

This.  Basically it's either Miami bears the full brunt of what could still be a Cat5 storm, or it slides east, scrapes the entire cost of FL and slams into northern SC, where we here in SE NC will on the north and east side and get the worst winds.  Pretty much lose, lose however you look at it, just don't know who's going to lose most yet... :(

It's still currently a Cat5 with 180MPH sustained and about to hit warmer water.  No telling what this thing could do.  it could be really bad.  If I was in S Florida right now, I'd be heading north in a hurry.

Best case...it makes a hard right turn to sea...that ain't happening though.

It's either Miami gets a TKO, or NC/SC gets slammed with a Cat 2-4 depending.

 

[Darth Biscuit]

Nothing I've seen shows me that it's even considering a NE turn unfortunately so you're right...  nothing good.

[Jimmy]

[pantherclaw]

Was just watching the latest update it doesn't look good for you guys. My Florida is going to take the brunt of Irma, you guys going to get hit pretty good. Depend on how much rain it brings you guys and there could be a lot of flooding. I'll be praying for you guys.

[Shufdog]

 

[Still Brooklyn]

Made it to North Litchfield. Sunny and warm. May as well enjoy it while I can.

[Jeremy Igo]

Latest... 

 

Bullseye

 

[rhyslloyd]

Panda Watch is saying 3-6" of rain here in Charlotte with sustained winds of ~40 mph with gusts north of 60 mph.  Certainly not ideal, but it's much better than it could have been.  Although, we're still nearly a week away, so that could all change.

[ncfan]

Center is still real damn close to me in downtown Lauderdale.  Mandatory Evacuated today at noon.  95 and the Turnpike was a parking lot and most if the gas stations out of gas through Orlando

[stirs]

heading further west

Charlotte looks like a cakewalk at this point

[Cat]

So is this going to mess up my satellite feed for the Panther game Sunday? That's really all i need to know.

[Davidson Deac II]

2 minutes ago, Cat said:

So is this going to mess up my satellite feed for the Panther game Sunday? That's really all i need to know.

Great minds think alike.  I hope and pray I am not forced to listen to Mick Mixon.