Irma shifted again...now we will be in the cone in ala.

[dixiegrrrrl]

Hopefully the inland journey will wring a lot of rain out of it, and it will be a low wind tropical storm, and that cone will narrow.

[irisblue]

1. Dixie, you need to board up your place or evacuate?

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. We personally will be fine

Our house sits in a very sheltered spot and not even a direct hit by Ivan in 2004 did serious damage.
the town and county floods in some places, south of me.

gonna be a lot of fla. evacuees who will be getting wet in this area, tho.

[defacto7]

9. Glad to hear you'll be safe.

Just wish we had a little of your wet out west. Trade ya some dry for some of your rain!

[dixiegrrrrl]

10. Doesn't seem fair, does it?

and bad drought in the Notheren plains.

It is almost as if Mother Nature is rebelling against Trump and his fascist cronies.

[greeny2323]

2. Stay safe! Wind speed maps.

These two wind speed probability maps are also useful.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at1+shtml/035421.shtml?hwind120#wcontents

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at1+shtml/035421.shtml?tswind120#contents

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. Those are gonna be very important graphics by Sunday.

thanks....

[marybourg]

5. I was looking at a chart of previous FL hurricanes,

and it looks like this one, if it follows the predicted course, will be the first one with a vertical south-to-north path through the entire state. I didn't realize that had not happened before.

And then on CNN in the gym tonite, I saw a comparison between the size of this one and the size of Andrew, which only crossed a small part of the peninsula, but caused so much damage. This one is much bigger. This is really terrifying. Even to me. And I'm way across the country from it!

[HipChick]

12. I lost everything in Andrew....my house is actually in the first few seconds on this archive

Irma is much bigger than Andrew....I left FL after that..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=16CkGSfW_Ts

[marybourg]

13. The devastation was incredible.

My bro was a volunteer pilot, spotting people on rooftops, for helicopter and ground rescue. And this one is so much bigger. I watched a few moments of the video you linked. It's terrible. Don't blame you for leaving.

[ananda]

22. Yes, it's a real motherfukker!

I think it will be worse than Katrina,
and that was a monster.

So what do we call this one?

Megamonster?

[rufus dog]

6. Sorry for you, but isn't this better?

The cone going inland thus not getting refueled by the ocean? Also don't the storms peter out inland?

[Phoenix61]

7. They do lose power over land

but Irma is so strong it's still going to be a nasty storm. Also, hurricanes tend to spawn tornados. It is definitely better for the coastal areas of Georgia and the Carolina's.

[defacto7]

8. Yes and no..

Usually land slows things but if the energy of the storm and the amount of saturation it holds is greater than the land effect, the storm weakening will be slower.
This storm is massive and that mass is more of a danger than its wind speed. Andrew was fast but the mass of this one will be the driver. It's all pretty unprecidented so no one really knows how it will play.

[dixiegrrrrl]

17. No. Ala is a tornado magnet.

And we have had a lot of flooding locally from a series of storms, as recently as 3 days ago.
So, would have appreciated the opportunity to remain dry this time around, even from a reduced Irma.

[rufus dog]

19. Thanks you for the explaination

out on the West Coast so Hurricane knowledge is limited.

Wasn't clear on the previous deluge.

Please be safe and best wishes.

[dixiegrrrrl]

20. Any smoke reduction up there?

any rain in site?

[rufus dog]

23. SoCal is not bad

The LA fires are under control. Pacific Northwest is getting killed. Actually through Montana too.

[L. Coyote]

11. It might go all the way to Texas instead.

[liberaltrucker]

14. My hometown in Walker County is within that cone

Definitely gonna keep in touch with family. Take care
and be safe.

[Are_grits_groceries]

15. I don't trust that storm at all.

Now I'm out of the cone.
It could zig or zag either way.
Anything is possible with this one.

[dixiegrrrrl]

18. exactly.

Harvey and Irma are breaking all the rules. who the heck would have thought a hurricane would make landfall 3 times....
I lost a house to Opal, who made a sudden shift at 2 am when we were all sleeping.

[beachbum bob]

16. don't get too excited, it will be just be rain...

nothing spectacular to speak of

[dixiegrrrrl]

21. Unspectacular tropical storm rain will be bad for us here.

Already we have had flooding from recent series of storms.
Half the trees in my county are still at angles from Hurricane Ivan, and a 50-60 mph wind will blow them down, onto roads, power lines, the soil is saturated already.

You have mistaken my dismay for excitement, I believe.