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Irma just hit 5th gear and looks like sfla is gonna get its shit pushed in.

I suggest you load up the missus and hit 95N and go pester your kids for a while.

Not like it could do much damage to Houston. Everything that was gonna get fukked, already is.

Coogs, might wanna hold off on hanging new sheetrock.

This might be the week when Mar-a-Lago becomes Mar-a-Mar.

We'll be ready. Survived two named hurricanes that were retired: Charlie and Wilma. I've got aluminum accordion shutters on all house openings (doors windows, sliders) and can close up the house in about 1/2 hour. Got a full tank of propane to cook when power is out and plenty of water and other necessities. This is a photo of outside my den window after Wilma in 10/05.

My Norfolk Island Pine took a beating but it came back. You can see Wilma's winds here came from the north (right in the photo).

My neighbor had a tree next to his pool that decided to go for a swim. Wrecked his pool cage. We had no damage to the house.

Of course if a storm spawns tornadoes, all bets are off.

"Have a good time!"

-Cheetolini

Cheers Wolf, this thing gets into the 87-89 degree gulf waters we are fucked within 75 miles of center...

Perhaps if Irma makes a direct hit on Mar-a-Lago we taxpayers can many millions of dollars!

Yuge!

Nothing to see here. Move along.

Sin,
Rush Limburger and friends

Best of luck Wolfman. Might want to rethink the whole ride it out part though. Days without power and therefore AC sucks.

Diego in Seattle wrote:Perhaps if Irma makes a direct hit on Mar-a-Lago we taxpayers can many millions of dollars!

Yuge!

Based on past history, even without a direct hit the Donald will probably net a few $million.

http://fortune.com/2016/10/24/donald-tr ... ar-a-lago/

Papa Willie wrote:Too bad Irma couldn't go over to California and help out. And by that, I mean not the rain - just the winds.

We gots plenty of wind. From Sacramento to SLO it tends to blow.

This one is going to be a Cat 6 !

Never been through a hurricane. I'm quite confident it sucks, though.

O the other corner of the country, in some spots, it rained a little bit (<.10") about 3 weeks ago. Only time in 2.5 months. Much of the state is on fire, including the one just east of Portland, that was caused by some kids thinking it would be funny to hike a mile up the Eagle Creek Trail (most hiked trail in the state), and fire off a smoke bomb to make everyone think there was a fire. There wasn't actually a fire... til the smoke bomb set one. A bunch of people (~150) had hiked up to Punchbowl Falls to go swim (it's a thing), and couldn't get out, and had to hile 13 miles up a trail the next morning to get rescued. The wind is blowing straight into Portland (at least it's hot as fuck, so we got that going for us), and everything is covered with ash -- it's like super light snow.. There's no clouds, but it was fairly dark all day. A person can do a Trump-staredown at the sun. Smells funny, too.



Good luck, Southern folk.

Dinsdale wrote:Never been through a hurricane. I'm quite confident it sucks, though.

O the other corner of the country, in some spots, it rained a little bit (<.10") about 3 weeks ago. Only time in 2.5 months. Much of the state is on fire, including the one just east of Portland, that was caused by some kids thinking it would be funny to hike a mile up the Eagle Creek Trail (most hiked trail in the state), and fire off a smoke bomb to make everyone think there was a fire. There wasn't actually a fire... til the smoke bomb set one. A bunch of people (~150) had hiked up to Punchbowl Falls to go swim (it's a thing), and couldn't get out, and had to hile 13 miles up a trail the next morning to get rescued. The wind is blowing straight into Portland (at least it's hot as fuck, so we got that going for us), and everything is covered with ash -- it's like super light snow.. There's no clouds, but it was fairly dark all day. A person can do a Trump-staredown at the sun. Smells funny, too.



Good luck, Southern folk.

Welcome to autumn in SoCal.

This could be the biggest ever!! Thanks!!

Mikey wrote:This could be the biggest ever!! Thanks!!

It might even be.........



YYYYYYYYUUUUUUUGE

Papa Willie wrote:

Mikey wrote:This could be the biggest ever!! Thanks!!

I was kidding. Kinky prick.

I was talking about Irma, and doing my best Trump Twitmitation. Stop being so sensitive.

Papa Willie wrote:I am sensitive, and my boots keep poop and chihuahua semen off my feet.

So you're in good shape until you put your foot in your mouth.

smackaholic wrote:

Mikey wrote:This could be the biggest ever!! Thanks!!

It might even be.........



YYYYYYYYUUUUUUUGE

Or at least another yuge insurance scam.

Wolf, are you in a Zone A area (looks like you might be)?

Diego in Seattle wrote:

smackaholic wrote:

Mikey wrote:This could be the biggest ever!! Thanks!!

It might even be.........



YYYYYYYYUUUUUUUGE

Or at least another yuge insurance scam.

A Royal Scam.

People are generally not very bright.

*Click* it and you will agree.


https://twitter.com/whoisab_sod/status/ ... 5685287936








#Darwin

The Twitter page was pulled.

This is the video.
Not Irma.
Typhoon Hato.

That is not Superman.

Looks like this thing may pass close to us. The islands are under "mandatory" evacuation. I will close up all my shutters tomorrow morning. Essentials are well stocked. My biggest concern is possible flooding. I'll have a full report including photos when the dust settles.

Wolfman wrote: when the dust settles.

I see what you did there.

Good luck riding this thing out...

Mandatory Evacs all around here...good luck Wolf, hopefully power outages are the worst we deal with. Houston still has it worse unless this beast gets into Gulf waters.

About 20 miles Northwest of Tampa. Damn path keeps shifting West. Can only wait till midday Saturday when this PoS probably makes it's turn North and we know who's in the crosshairs. Happy opening NFL weekend ! :x

Your storm shutters may protect you from the wind, but I doubt they'll protect you from this big of a storm surge!

GTFO!

I'm 8 feet above sea level. Gambling on it not being a problem for me.An evacuation order might change my mind, but I see none coming. The Weather Channel is sure doing a good job of scaring the B-Jesus out of folks.

Looks like the better part of the keys will be below sea level for a bit.

Wolfman wrote:I'm 8 feet above sea level. Gambling on it not being a problem for me.An evacuation order might change my mind, but I see none coming. The Weather Channel is sure doing a good job of scaring the B-Jesus out of folks.

Don't know where you're at, but:

Lee – mandatory for Cape Coral west of Burnt Store Road and south of Cape Coral Parkway, east of Del Prado Boulevard to Viscaya Parkway, North Fort Myers south of Bay Shore Road from Moody Road to State Road 31 and areas south of North River Road from State Road 31 to Fichters Creek, areas of Iona south of Maple Drive, west of U.S. 41, San Carlos Park west of U.S. 41, Estero west of U.S. 41, north of the Estero River, Bonita Springs communities along Estero Bay and the Imperial River Basin, all of the barrier islands.

Wolfman wrote:Gambling on it not being a problem for me.

Change your mind yet? Looks like you're right in the worst part of its path. Be safe.

My uncle is in Land O'Lakes and I'm worried. Punta Gorda? I'd be a wreck. Get out Wolfie.

Wolfie, if you have an attic, you might wanna start putting valuable shit up there. Could be the only thing above storm surge. Good luck you crazy old bastard!!!!

This is coming for one of my media partners who has years of experience in weather and emergency services. He has correctly called the fire weather up here for the last three months and is contracted to multiple agencies and business's.

RogueWeather.Com
9 hrs ·
HURRICANE IRMA UPDATE

In all my years as a serious weather geek, I have been hearing the various worst case scenarios for Florida and the Southeastern US if a truly powerful Category 5 hurricane were to ever hit. Real apocalyptic stuff. Major wind damage. Walls of water 10 - 20 feet high sweeping across the lower Florida peninsula sweeping away homes, bridges, roads, everything before them. But, in the back of your mind you wonder if it could ever get that bad.

I had thought Andrew's hit in 1992 was as close to that worst case as we could see. That was a very devastating event. Just ravaged Southern Florida in all kinds of ways. The effects of Andrews are still felt today. And the biggest effect of it was not seen at first or even in the first 10 years following it. But it is sure seen now. Andrew unleashed a wave of escaped exotic wildlife that were being kept as pets. Especially reptiles. And now Florida is awash in an epidemic of an exploding population of pythons and nile monitor lizards that their introduction into the wilds of Florida was the result of Andrew. These creatures unleashed have created havoc on native wildlife and also for humans in terms of losing pets and livestock to them.

But now we have Irma. And this is a far, far more powerful storm than Andrew was. It is also heading on the true worst case scenario. Because in the true worst case for Florida, the storm would move north up the west coast of the peninsula. This is exactly the path it is now expected that Irma is going to take. As the winds wrap back around Irma's center of circulation, they are going to push the water out of the Gulf of Mexico back to the east and drive them inland. The big problem here is that the Gulf of Mexico is very shallow to the west of Florida. This makes the water very prone to stack when driven by the winds of a hurricane.

This then causes it to gain height and turn into a wall of water being driven inland. So I see now they are expecting a storm surge on the west coast of Florida of 10 - 15 feet on the central to southern portions of the west coast. That is not survivable. That amount of water that will come in and the force behind it will devastate almost if not all of the private residential dwellings. You will not be able to flee to a roof because the force of the water, the debris in it will hammer homes and bring them down. Larger well constructed multi story structures may fair better. But, the devastation that should result from a storm surge of 15 feet is going to be of epic, to biblical levels. There is only one way to make sure you survive this.

LEAVE NOW! If you have not already made your way out of Southern and Western Florida, you need to do that now. If you are in low lying areas on the eastern side of Florida and they are telling you to leave, you better heed that warning.

This is going to be as bad as it gets. I am deeply concerned for what is set up to happen here. Whoever it is that you pray to, you best hit your knees now and plead for mercy. If you have family or friends in Western and Southern Florida who have not left, you need to do everything you can to get them out of harm's way. Because based on the models right now and what it is showing for storm surge impact, not leaving is very likely going to be a fatal decision.

I heard an Emergency Operations Manager in Florida telling people yesterday, "do not bother calling 9 1 1 when this thing really hits, nobody is going to answer your call. You will be all on your own left only to the mercy of God." He was not being overly dramatic. He was telling a cold hard truth.

BSmack wrote:My uncle is in Land O'Lakes and I'm worried. Punta Gorda? I'd be a wreck. Get out Wolfie.

According to TWC, they'll be getting 9+ feet of surge.

It doesn't look good for Wolfman.

I am hoping that the silence coming from Wolfie means they evacuated.

Left Seater wrote:I am hoping that the silence coming from Wolfie means they evacuated.

Judging by Friday night radio, it means he's gone to bed b/c he's "cooked."