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Florida-bound Hurricane Irma strengthens back into a Category 5 as it makes landfall in Cuba
Hurricane Irma is forecast to hit the Florida Keys as a Category 5 storm.
Meteorologists expect Irma to make landfall in the Keys between 5 a.m. and 7 a.m. ET on Sunday. Overnight projections of Irma's path showed less of a threat to the Carolinas as the monster storm appeared likely to move directly up the middle of Florida and curve inland.
PHOTO: Hurricane Irma forecast tracker. (ABC News)
The National Weather Service's Key West office issued a dire warning in the wake of the updated forecast.
***THIS IS AS REAL AS IT GETS***"Obviously Hurricane Irma continues to be a threat that is going to devastate the United States," Brock Long, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), said at a press conference Friday morning. "We're going to have a couple rough days."
***NOWHERE IN THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE SAFE***
***YOU STILL HAVE TIME TO EVACUATE***
Please RT. #Irma pic.twitter.com/VWLMEDWoUs
— NWS Key West (@NWSKeyWest) September 8, 2017
The National Hurricane Center on Friday cautioned that Irma is "extremely dangerous," with maximum sustained winds of 155 mph, which are strong enough to uproot trees, bring down power poles and rip off the roofs and some exterior walls of well-built frame homes.
PHOTO: Hurricane Irma forecast tracker. (ABC News)
The National Hurricane Center issued its first hurricane warnings for Florida overnight, warning residents that "preparations to protect life should be rushed to completion."
Mandatory evacuation orders have been issued for barrier islands, coastal communities, low-lying areas and mobile homes across Florida, including the counties of Brevard, Broward, Collier, Indian River, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach and St. John. According to the Florida Division of Emergency Management, 5.6 million Floridians have been told to evacuate.
Hurricane and storm surge warnings for Florida as of early Friday, Sept. 8, 2017. (ABC NEWS)
Meteorologists predict Irma will continue to weaken as the storm moves inland Sunday into Monday. Irma will approach Jacksonville on Monday around 8 a.m. ET with winds of about 75 mph, which would make it a dangerous Category 1 hurricane. Then, Irma should weaken rapidly to a tropical storm, depression or a remnant low later Monday as it moves across state lines into Georgia, then potentially Alabama and Tennessee on Tuesday into Wednesday, meteorologists say.
Disney World announced in a statement Friday afternoon that its theme parks and water parks -- as well as Disney Springs and the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex -- would be closing early Saturday and remain closed through Monday. Disney's resort hotels will remain open.
The worst of Irma's winds and storm surge are projected to be near Marathon and Key Largo, but meteorologists say Miami and heavily populated southeastern Florida will still be on the strongest side of the storm.
More at: https://www.yahoo.com/gma/dangerous-...opstories.html
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Robert Heinlein
Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler
Groucho Marx
I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.
Linus, from the Peanuts comic
You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith
Alexis de Torqueville
Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it
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If it goes up the Gulf Coast it will be brutal. They haven't been whacked for almost 100 years.
Reading bad reports from places already hit. Looters and panic setting in, people are trapped on the islands with a bunch of sub humans.
Keys are going to get obliterated, and man, Fl must have pissed off the gods. Looks bad.
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2016
The epitome of libertarian populismOriginally Posted by Ron Paul
/sigh
It looks like the winds are gonna blow Georgia up into Tennessee. It'll take months to get rid of the smell.
No doubt we'll have an influx half-backs, too.
Is it wrong that I would like to see some keys resident that stayed behind to protect his home and property smash this smug reporters face in?
My kid is in Clearwater.. plans to ride it out. Her house is 54' above sea level.. I keep saying the wind doesn't care about sea level but just in case she's got bug out stuff and her cat carrier all set and is ready to come here.. about an hour north in normal traffic.
We are lower in elevation but further inland and much better prepped here
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Just watched an old video from "Georges" some neighbors made for Hurricane relief. That was Cat 3.. (memories)
This one looks like it will be a mess..
Stay Inside. Stay safe. and make new friends rebuilding.
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wonder how long the streams will stay up.
Last edited by specsaregood; 09-09-2017 at 11:41 AM.
I'll bet this one stays up the longest
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Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Robert Heinlein
Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler
Groucho Marx
I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.
Linus, from the Peanuts comic
You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith
Alexis de Torqueville
Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it
A Zero Hedge comment
Wilma, 2005
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Wilma#Florida_2
Major, deadly hurricanes in and around FL for centuries
https://www.winstonpersonalinjury.co...s-hit-florida/
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-h...treasure-ships
Naturally occurring feature of this area of the world.
STFU and GTFO.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/florida-gun-owners-encouraged-apos-213111921.htmlA Florida man who suggested shooting guns at Hurricane Irma out of "stress and boredom" has found that his idea has captured peoples' imaginations - with over 46,000 signing up to join in.Hurricane Irma is due to hit Florida on Saturday, and the state is currently experiencing the largest ever mass evacuation due to a hurricane in American history.But Ryon Edwards, 22, came up with a novel way of amusing himself during the storm: firing bullets into it.He started a Facebook "event", and as of Friday evening 46,000 people say they are interested."A combination of stress and boredom made me start the event," he told the BBC."The response is a complete and total surprise to me."I never envisioned this event becoming some kind of crazy idea larger than myself. It has become something a little out of my control."Graphics suggesting how to shoot at a hurricane have sprung up online, with the suggestion that if you fire correctly the bullet might not come back and kill you.Since Mr Edwards came up with his "masterplan", other similar Facebook pages have been created - including one suggesting using flame throwers to scare away the storm."It's time we took a stand against this bully!" reads the event description. "This is our home, nobody drives us out of our own territory."Join me in this fight as we shoot flames at Hurricane Irma and dissipate her on the spot."
Last edited by Danke; 09-09-2017 at 12:29 PM.
Good luck trying to get out now. Most stations from Tampa south were out of gas and diesel. Even tow companies were having trouble keeping their trucks fueled to stay operational.
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Last edited by dannno; 09-09-2017 at 08:24 PM.
"He's talkin' to his gut like it's a person!!" -me
"dumpster diving isn't professional." - angelatc
"You don't need a medical degree to spot obvious bullshit, that's actually a separate skill." -Scott Adams
"When you are divided, and angry, and controlled, you target those 'different' from you, not those responsible [controllers]" -Q
"Each of us must choose which course of action we should take: education, conventional political action, or even peaceful civil disobedience to bring about necessary changes. But let it not be said that we did nothing." - Ron Paul
"Paul said "the wave of the future" is a coalition of anti-authoritarian progressive Democrats and libertarian Republicans in Congress opposed to domestic surveillance, opposed to starting new wars and in favor of ending the so-called War on Drugs."
Liberty is lost through complacency and a subservient mindset. When we accept or even welcome automobile checkpoints, random searches, mandatory identification cards, and paramilitary police in our streets, we have lost a vital part of our American heritage. America was born of protest, revolution, and mistrust of government. Subservient societies neither maintain nor deserve freedom for long.
Ron Paul 2004
Registered Ron Paul supporter # 2202
It's all about Freedom
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