Damn. Just heard that Idalia might be Cat 4 by landfall. Tampa Bay's

[highplainsdem]

WFTS - ABC Action News - meteorologist. Livestream on YouTube:

[leftieNanner]

1. Ugh

Let's send Vivek down there to experience the hoax of climate change.

[vercetti2021]

2. And a lot of people no longer have insurance

Whoops...

[highplainsdem]

6. "Whoops"?

[vercetti2021]

7. Yep whoops

Sadly people are gonna see first hand effect of climate change and the cost of it.

[highplainsdem]

13. Yes, it is sad. There are likely to be fatalities. And a lot of survivors losing

everything they own. I wouldn't say anything like "Whoops" about that. "Whoops" to me is something like spilling a drink.

This is tragic. No matter how much we dislike DeSantis and some other RWers in Florida, this is tragic.

And Tallahassee is, I think, the most liberal, Democratic city in Florida, and a lot of people who are not climate change deniers are about to get hit by a Category 4 hurricane.

[vercetti2021]

24. Perhaps I should have worded it better

Just all around sad that they'll be at the expense given now.

[Warpy]

34. The moon is in the House of Picked Nits today

I've seen quite a few examples. "Woops" is a perfectly good substitute for "oops!" as in "Shit, I didn't see that coming."

"Whoops" is generally seen as celebratory, although I'm hard pressed to figure out how anyone could have mistaken your meaning

I am just hoping that they did see it coming after Michael in 2018 and Ian last year and if they have that lovely sea view, they'll pack their shit, crate the pets, and GTFO of Dodge until this thing passes. I hope there are no hurricane parties and that no one is foolish enough to try to ride it out within a couple of miles of the ocean. A storm this strong tends to erase everything near the beach.

A day or two of discomfort in a sturdy building several miles inland is a small price to pay for staying alive.

[Deuxcents]

15. A lot of people don't have insurance because

Insurance companies have packed up and left Florida and their customers..some without notice. I cannot imagine what people are gonna go thru

[Vdizzle]

28. They saw a losing bet and left.

Florida is lost to climate change. Now it’s just a matter of how long it has left before it is completely uninhabitable. Move away from that state as soon as you can if you live there now.

[2naSalit]

3. I was expecting it to be...

The water is so warm it's hot. There will be serious flooding in its path.

[highplainsdem]

20. At least it's moving fast. Heard earlier that it's likely to drop 8 inches of

rain instead of 2+ feet. But even 8 inches will cause flooding.

[notemason]

4. That's Hugo strength

and Hugo was extremely destructive.

[highplainsdem]

5. Just said the Hurricane Center confirmed it'll be Cat 4, over Tallahassee or

very close tomorrow morning as a Cat 4.

[Cha]

9. Tallahassee is inland, right?!

[Phoenix61]

11. Yes, but only 20 miles. nt

[Cha]

16. Mahalo, Phoenix.. I never

knew it was that close.

Should have looked a MAP!

[highplainsdem]

14. Yes. No storm surge, but the winds will still be Cat 4.

[Cha]

17. TY.. I've been in a Cat 4 Hurricane.

[carpetbagger]

31. And temperate hardwoods snap like toothpicks.

When Michael hit, the whole inland area along the Appalachicola near Marianna looked like it had been logged.

[Cha]

8. Oh NO for everybody But my

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Nephew & his Fiancee live in St Pete and they're getting married Oct 1 and I'm going to their wedding.

TY hpd

[highplainsdem]

19. When I was very young my family lived on the Gulf Coast, the Emerald Coast, west of where

Idalia will hit, and one of my brothers had hoped to retire there (but his wife doesn't want to be that far from their grandkids).

A former neighbor of mine moved back to St. Pete years ago, but I don't know if she's still there.

I hope you'll have a great time at your nephew's wedding, Cha.

[Cha]

21. Mahalo, hpd.. I just hope

Idalia doesn't destroy anybody or thing in its path

[dem4decades]

10. And yet their 2 Senators and governor fail to address climate change.

What's wrong with Florida?

[peggysue2]

12. Oh, dear God

A Cat 4 would be catastrophic in many of these low lying areas. Hope everyone who needed to get out did, indeed, get out. These storms are nothing to fool with or try to tough it out. Mother Nature is a lot bigger and badder than we are.

Stay safe, Florida!

[Cha]

18. Yes.. and I have an Airbnb Booked

in St Pete for September 29, 28, & Oct 1st.. for my Nephew's wedding on Sunday Oct 1st.

It said it had beach access!

[AmBlue]

27. St Pete has dodged a bullet

Don't get me wrong.... there's a lot of driving rain and wind here, and probably a lot of downed trees in the morning. But for the most part, the storm is passing us by on it's way northward, just offshore and running parallel to the coast. It's going to hit just south of Tallahassee.

[Cha]

29. Mahalo So Much for that On the

Ground Report from St Pete, AmBlue!

I've been worried and Hoping the Best for you all!

It seems like the last Hurricane in Florida that St Pete got Lucky, too.. I reached out to my Nephew's SO and she let me know they were ok.

We here on Kaua'i were in a Cat 4 on 9/11/92 and it took us 5 years to rebuild.

[onethatcares]

35. secondary report from Lealman Area St Pete

just took the dog out to do her duty and we've gotten some rain and gusty winds. No branches down, no flooding in this area that I can see It's 8:55 a.m. Wednesday 8/30/23

Again, St Petersburg dodges a bullet.

[Cha]

37. Amazing & So Welcome!! Mahalo, onewhocares!!

Thank you so much!

It's just now 9am on Kauai

[kentuck]

22. That doesn't look good.

Today was the anniversary of Katrina.

[liberal N proud]

23. Just got the alert, cat 4 at landfall

Still cat 1 as it passes back out to sea between Savannah and Charleston. Right over us at Hilton Head

[Cha]

26. Best of Good Luck... Say Safe!

[roamer65]

25. Life at 523 ppm CO2e.

It is what it is.

Humans have chosen this future.

[AlGorerhythm]

30. I am in the Tampa Bay area...

For what it's worth, it is raining here. It's been raining off and on for about 12 hours. There's no wind to speak of and the rain is really more of a shower.
Idalia's path has moved about 15 miles to the west/ northwest. That small move will probably spare the Tampa Bay area any significant storm damage.
I sincerely hope that the rest of the state is as fortunate as we are.

[4lbs]

32. Wow. Hopefully it will wind up little more than the fury of Hurricane Hilary.

At least in my part of Southern California,
Hilary was down to a mere tropical storm by the time it reached us (not even Cat 1).

In my area, it was little more than a big rainstorm, dumping maybe 1 inch of rain in 24 hours, and only wind gusts to 30 mph. Last year's Sep 2022 thunderstorm in my area was much worse for me. I feel fortunate though. Even though my house is really old (going on 70 years old), it escaped any damage.

Other parts of SoCal did not fare as well. Just 70 miles to the north in Imperial Valley and Riverside, and in the Los Angeles area (around 110 miles north of me), that's when things got bad comparatively. Maybe 3 or 4 inches of rain in a day, flooding, 60 mph wind gusts, some power outages, etc. Some trees were blown over, and roads were blocked as a result. Not too many houses were damaged irreparably though.

I hope that Idalia tapers off considerably in similar fashion that Hilary did for me by the time it reaches you.

But, since this is Florida, hurricanes always seem to really hit that state hard and often, every year. Uggh.

[C Moon]

33. Oh no. Do what is best our Floridian friends. Scary!

[BannonsLiver]

36. Maybe AI can be used to more accurately predict landfall.

My understanding is that AI can be useful in many situations.