JCC Weather/Natural Disaster Discussion

4 am, woke up after a surprisingly restful sleep. Power hasn't gone out, which I'm surprised. Rain has fallen almost to nothing, but the wind intensity is still at its peak. Staying inside.

 

And just like with the Big Three of 2004, this part of Orlando went through a hurricane without incident and without losing power.

From that I'm seeing on social media, just like back then, too, this part of Orlando is very lucky.

Edit:

Gators, fish, and manatees in the streets: http://wncn.com/2017/09/10/gator-spotted-in-downtown-florida-street-manatees-rescued-as-irma-hits/

 

I'm puzzled about the BBC claim that the Tampa Bay Area has not actually been hit by a major hurricane since 1921.

Did the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane not qualify?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1935_Labor_Day_hurricane

The pictures there sure look like the eyewall skimmed the edge of Tampa Bay.

 

The Labor Day hurricane was a liberal hoax by the FDR administration and fake news.

 

Things could have been a lot worse in Florida, but were as bad as they possibly could have been on the islands that got Irma's full category 5 treatment. Hopefully they will get the help they need. Send some if you can.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/10/world/americas/irma-caribbean-st-martin.html

 

Went for a run this morning. The wind is stronger than a normal day, but it's pretty nice out. Damage around my area is very minimal.

 

Glad to hear some FL members made it through with minimal-to-no damage.

 

I have some elderly friends in Tampa who were unable to evacuate but rode out the storm at their house without any incident. I'm grateful for all my acquaintances who either live in Florida or have vacation homes in Florida that the storm wasn't worse. My friends who have a place in St. Thomas weren't so lucky. Fortunately they weren't on the island during the storm, but the damage there is pretty bad, and they're not going to be able to get back to survey/salvage for quite a while.

 

Jacksonville is flooding.

 

I took a drive with my sister and my nephew some people got it way worse then us some streets you need a jeep or something Its like a lake over the street. we were able to go to the store my mom is making Fried Chicken for dinner! My sisters coworker and friend wasn't as lucky as us her roof got ripped off and we took pictures of one of the Parents houses from my Nephews boy scouts they had to evacuate they were in zone b we were in zone d so there wasn't a mandatory evacuation for us although my crazy red neck neighbors evacuated to a shelter, they were here back when Charlie hit.

one thing I found hilarious Is my cat didn't care that It was storming out he just slept through the whole thing with his furry belly and paws facing upright totally relaxed! he is a big fat 10 year old Domestic Short hair with black and white his nose is black he almost looks as if he was painted. Domestic Shorthairs there ancestors are from Egypt/Northern Africa! before the storm got really bad and we were closing our storm shutters on our Lanai My cat he was sleeping peacefully on the corner of our pool deck before we got him in. I so wish I could have the temperament of our cat. Our dog on the other hand, Boxer mix was a nervous wreck pacing the house he is an old guy about 13 years old...

 

Just spent several hours helping my parents clean up tree debris and patch up their roof. I'm exhausted.

 

Emergency flooding declared in Charleston, South Carolina

 

Ugh - I hope any tornadoes give your area a miss..

 

Glad to hear that people have been making it through the storm safe. I was worried about you!

 

I was worried about everyone except Daveed; that mofo's too hard to kill...

 

He had to live to drop the Chile bomb.

 

the one where Jose does a long slow 270 degree turn and slams into Satellite Beach

 

I think it should hit Barbuda again. It's like Aliens...

 

Uh, that sucks. Not her wine glass holding arm's shoulder I hope?

 

Here in Atlanta, the tropical storm version of Irma keeps going and going. We've had heavy rain and bursts of heavy wind going since noon, and it's not supposed to slow down at all until midnight. Lots of power loss and downed trees in the metro area in general, but luckily for us we've had neither of those issues so far. It's nothing compared to most of Florida, but still.

 

Aftermath: Friends and family are okay, but many don't have power and don't expect it for days... or even weeks. I realize how lucky I am, especially seeing the height of the storm here. Damage is mostly small tree limbs around here. Idiots were already on the road around 7 am, when we still had tropical storm force winds and a curfew. The running joke is that the "I-4 Eyesore" - this big, unfinished building that has sat for 20 years towering over the area - is the one building everyone wanted the storm to destroy but survived intact.

This week is going to be busy - I work with handling disaster unemployment claims in the state. While I don't deal with them directly, we're going to have to get up to speed to make sure people can sign up as quickly as possible.

Also: Jose, what the hell?