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    Quote Originally Posted by WillBrink View Post
    Hurricane time in FL. Right now, looks like a possible cat 4 that's aimed pretty much at my front door. I have very little prep to do as I'm not one of those derpa derps who lives in a hurricane prone area rushing around last minute for water and chit. Top off car with gas, pretty much done. FL peeps ready? Of course my AC decides this week was the bestest time to die, so 5.5k later, and a long hot week, new AC online to enjoy storm. GF's big generator and Zombie box are on standby (1), as is beer, spam, ammo. The essentials....

    FL went 10 years between major storms up till I moved to FL, but it's really just wind and rain for all but vast majority who live right on the water, in trailer parks, etc. The state has to give people the impression it's the apocalypse or people won't prepare then blame the state when they get jammed up good.

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    2 years ago Irma ran right up my ass in Naples, just finished fixing my house 2 weeks ago from that storm. None of us in the Florida peninsula are truly in the clear. I was well prepared 2 years ago, I am well prepared today. Good luck with everything, worst case you live in the 1800s for a week or so.

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    This storm ain’t gonna do shit.

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    Yet another hurricane that is unlikely to affect us in Minnesota.

    I've been keeping track. Our record for lack of hurricane damage is pretty good.
    Last edited by Hmac; 08-30-19 at 20:00.

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    You just get Somalis instead lmfao

    Quote Originally Posted by Hmac View Post
    Yet another hurricane that is unlikely to affect us in Minnesota.

    I've been keeping track. Our record for lack of hurricane damage is pretty good.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hmac View Post
    Yet another hurricane that is unlikely to affect us in Minnesota.

    I've been keeping track. Our record for lack of hurricane damage is pretty good.
    Know all about Minnesota. Wife if from the falls. My first visit to meet her parents 30+ years ago.... 39 degrees the night of July the 7th. I'll stick with the occasional hurricane!

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    So far no northern turn and has been a Cat 5 all day. Not a lot of time left to skirt the coast and every hour that passes is putting the cone more westerly.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Belmont31R View Post
    So far no northern turn and has been a Cat 5 all day. Not a lot of time left to skirt the coast and every hour that passes is putting the cone more westerly.
    Everyone is betting on an area of high pressure to steer it north. Problem is it's moving very slowly (5mph vs 10mph) and that means it gets stronger the more it spends time over warm water. That also means areas of high pressure won't have the same level of influence if the storm that arrives is a 5 rather than the 3 everyone was expecting it to be a couple days ago.

    The Bahamas will act as a slight buffer but warm waters off the coast will strengthen the storm. So this one is very much a wild card that is in play and you won't know exactly where it's going until the day before. There are lots of ways things could improve, but there are lots of ways things could actually get much worse.

    It would be nice if this got steered northeast before anything really made landfall.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SteyrAUG View Post
    Everyone is betting on an area of high pressure to steer it north. Problem is it's moving very slowly (5mph vs 10mph) and that means it gets stronger the more it spends time over warm water. That also means areas of high pressure won't have the same level of influence if the storm that arrives is a 5 rather than the 3 everyone was expecting it to be a couple days ago.

    The Bahamas will act as a slight buffer but warm waters off the coast will strengthen the storm. So this one is very much a wild card that is in play and you won't know exactly where it's going until the day before. There are lots of ways things could improve, but there are lots of ways things could actually get much worse.

    It would be nice if this got steered northeast before anything really made landfall.



    Running out of time to turn north. Latest update is a heading of 270 which obviously directly due west. Only positive is the speed has gone down to 2MPH and wind is down a little bit.


    Not a weather expert by any means but I can't think of any other Cat 5 that just sat out there at 2MPH. Usually these things come in at 15-20 MPH

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    Quote Originally Posted by GH41 View Post
    Know all about Minnesota. Wife if from the falls. My first visit to meet her parents 30+ years ago.... 39 degrees the night of July the 7th. I'll stick with the occasional hurricane!
    39 degrees on July 4th vs 98 degrees and 98% humidity for the entire summer. AND the occasional hurricane, with or without zombie Haitians. Man, for me, that’s not a difficult decision in the slightest.

    I hope you all that are in the path of this thing a) stay safe and b) aren’t inconvenienced too badly
    Last edited by Hmac; 09-02-19 at 07:16.

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    The last thing we want to see play out is what is predicted.... It riding the gulf stream up the coast! They have ordered an evacuation here effective 12 noon today (HHI). We live on an island and they will close the bridge to incoming traffic at noon. 90% of our labor force lives off island so very little will be open. What is open will sell out quick. This is all happening with the storm 3-4 days away.

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