For anyone wanting to follow this storm closely, especially as it goes through the islands...@johnmoralesnbc6 is our local meteorologist who has been tracking Irma from the beginning. He's been answering questions in both English and Spanish and has been doing fb videos when new advisories come out.
Down here, we trust the guys that got SFl through Andrew. He's one of them.
Track is looking better for my parents, worse for my inlaws/us. Our area of coastal VA was battered by flooding from Matthew - we are not equipped for a storm like this, even assuming it lessens to a 3.
It's also worthwhile to note that Irma is 400 miles in diameter. That's the distance between Miami (South Florida) and Tallahassee (North Florida). The entire Southeast is going to be touched by this.
The updated tracking is making me hyperventilate. MH was trying to talk about it last night, and what we would do, and I was on the edge of an anxiety attack. By the time it reaches VA, I'll either have a few day old newborn or be in the process of having a baby. While flooding is less of a concern, loss of power is definitely a concern. And then I feel bad about freaking out, because others will definitely be hit harder than us.
I think I might still have a portable generator. I'll look tonight. If I do, you're welcome to borrow it!
The updated tracking is making me hyperventilate. MH was trying to talk about it last night, and what we would do, and I was on the edge of an anxiety attack. By the time it reaches VA, I'll either have a few day old newborn or be in the process of having a baby. While flooding is less of a concern, loss of power is definitely a concern. And then I feel bad about freaking out, because others will definitely be hit harder than us.
I think I might still have a portable generator. I'll look tonight. If I do, you're welcome to borrow it!
I may just take you up on that! Even if just for some peace of mind.
Post by secretlyevil on Sept 6, 2017 9:45:34 GMT -5
Well this morning's tracks are making me feel a little more optimistic. We've decided to hunker down. Have already gotten a few supplies. H is going to try to get plywood today. ::fingers crossed::. I ordered a few random things I could get with same day shipping from Amazon.
For clarification, it's not that it's creating the same energy in the earth as an earthquake, its that the background noise that you sometimes capture on seismic equipment is a bit elevated. So wave movement and wind are elevated.
-I was a seismic interpreter for almost decade or in the oil industry and we would see similar noise if there was a storm or high wave action when the data was collected. It's a bit different from being an earthquake seismologist but the concepts are similar. It's noteworthy but not as scary as some are making it out to be.
For sure. I just thought it was scientifically cool.
Why would the media exaggerate the threat of a hurricane? Here's Limbaugh's theory:
There is symbiotic relationship between retailers and local media, and it's related to money. It revolves around money. You have major, major industries and businesses which prosper during times of crisis and panic, such as a hurricane, which could destroy or greatly damage people's homes, and it could interrupt the flow of water and electricity. So what happens?
Well, the TV stations begin reporting this and the panic begins to increase. And then people end up going to various stores to stock up on water and whatever they might need for home repairs and batteries and all this that they're advised to get, and a vicious circle is created. You have these various retail outlets who spend a lot of advertising dollars with the local media.
The local media, in turn, reports in such a way as to create the panic way far out, which sends people into these stores to fill up with water and to fill up with batteries, and it becomes a never-ending repeated cycle. And the two coexist. So the media benefits with the panic with increased eyeballs, and the retailers benefit from the panic with increased sales, and the TV companies benefit because they're getting advertising dollars from the businesses that are seeing all this attention from customers.
He is such a worthless waste of air. He hasn't been in the spotlight recently so...here you go. AND YOU KNOW there are people out there thinking he is the end all be all so therefore they do nothing...and end up paying for it.
There are only 707 people in shelters in PR. I'm so frustrated. Come on people MOVE.
In addition to losing power a lot of people have lost water as well.
My family in San Juan is still not super worried. They think they will "only" get 80mph winds, though reports I'm seeing are up to 130mph. "all is quiet" since it won't really hit until tonight according to my uncle.
And apparently they purposely turn the power off as a "protective measure" because its supposed to help bring power back quicker after the storm.
I've never heard of that but I've never been there when they've had hurricanes (that I can remember).
I have grandparents in FL south of Orlando, and several states away from me and the rest of my family. I'm trying to figure out how freaked out I should be. They are refusing to leave and will not accept help to leave. They aren't on the coast, but does that even matter? Their town is only 150 ft above sea level from what I understand and there are many many lakes nearby. My grandfather has early Alzheimer's and my grandmother is in renal failure. I just feel sick.
I'm reading the discussion on our neighborhood board right now - apparently the worst they've seen was Isabel when the water went to 8.5' (hit at beginning of high tide) and power was out for a week. Our house is elevated to 9.5' but so many older structures are still sitting at ground.
One lady was bemoaning the flooded streets back when we got a big rainstorm last fall. Someone had to politely inform her that was Hurricane Matthew. In a weird way, that made me feel better. We came damn close to a flooded car during that storm in our old house, but apparently here the water stayed in the streets.
If it hits close to us as a Cat 2 I think we'll be ok. Wishing we were farther inland and not so near a tidal creek, but that comes with the geography of this area.
I was out picking up some stuff at Target and thought I would check out the Lowes across the street (HD was madness, and I hate it anyway), and they had some of the thickness of plywood that I wanted. Everyone was buying cheap stuff that is really thin and doesn't stand up to projectiles...I guess because it was cheap. They weren't even planning to double it to make it safer.
Two guys came up while I was trying to find someone to help me load it or find out if they would deliver it. We started talking about the merits of the different sizes and they wound up buying all of the 5/8 stuff so I had to go thicker, but they felt bad that I had to take the heavier stuff, and they volunteered to put my order into their van and deliver it to my house. One guy is actually a contractor, so I thought I should give him something for his time, but he wouldn't even take money to buy lunch.
There are only 707 people in shelters in PR. I'm so frustrated. Come on people MOVE.
In addition to losing power a lot of people have lost water as well.
My family in San Juan is still not super worried. They think they will "only" get 80mph winds, though reports I'm seeing are up to 130mph. "all is quiet" since it won't really hit until tonight according to my uncle.
And apparently they purposely turn the power off as a "protective measure" because its supposed to help bring power back quicker after the storm.
I've never heard of that but I've never been there when they've had hurricanes (that I can remember).
Governor Roselló said yesterday that they were not going to turn the power off this time around. I don't know if that changed or not. My brother still has power. He is pretty stressed out.