Hurricane Irma
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Hurricane Irma
I hope everyone in Florida survives hurricane Irma. Everyone was hoping it would miss Florida but it looks like a direct hit, especially Key West and all up the way up the west coast and the spine of the state. It now has an incredible eye that's about 45 miles across. It's a cat 4 now but may go back up a cat 5 before it hits Key West.
It looks like we're in it's path as we're about 30 miles north of St. Pete, about a mile from the water. Irma should be here around 10:00 AM Sunday.
Mandatory evacuation orders will be here tomorrow but I'm not leaving.
Both major routes north out of Florida, I-75 and I-95 have been solid cars in both lanes going 25 MPH.
There are a lot of old Corvettes down here. I hope they survive. My 66 is in the garage. I hope it survives too.
Edit: I just noticed that there was another thread on hurricane Irma. I can't seem to be able to delete this one though.
It looks like we're in it's path as we're about 30 miles north of St. Pete, about a mile from the water. Irma should be here around 10:00 AM Sunday.
Mandatory evacuation orders will be here tomorrow but I'm not leaving.
Both major routes north out of Florida, I-75 and I-95 have been solid cars in both lanes going 25 MPH.
There are a lot of old Corvettes down here. I hope they survive. My 66 is in the garage. I hope it survives too.
Edit: I just noticed that there was another thread on hurricane Irma. I can't seem to be able to delete this one though.
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We're in evac Zone E at my daughter's house in Pinellas County....in the 'high' part...wind is the only issue as the homes here are a bit old...her house has newer windows in it though...
But who knows -- the 'track' could switch eastward again in the next 4 hours.
Its past time to 'bolt north'...
But who knows -- the 'track' could switch eastward again in the next 4 hours.
Its past time to 'bolt north'...
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We're in evac Zone E at my daughter's house in Pinellas County....in the 'high' part...wind is the only issue as the homes here are a bit old...her house has newer windows in it though...
But who knows -- the 'track' could switch eastward again in the next 4 hours.
Its past time to 'bolt north'...
But who knows -- the 'track' could switch eastward again in the next 4 hours.
Its past time to 'bolt north'...
Good luck to you and the rest of you in harms way.
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Here's another Irma thread here now on its 5th page. Started out as a "how do I protect my car?" but is now a general "be safe" and "how can I help" thread.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...p-or-down.html
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...p-or-down.html
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Earlier in the week, they were saying that if Irma went through the extremely warm water of the Florida Straits, it would spin up as high as 225 mph. Fortunately, it looks like it's slowed down to 130 mph after hitting Cuba so they're now predicting it will ramp up to 150. I can't even wrap my head around 225.
We're in the middle of the State, about an hour north of Orlando. We're going to take some wind but our elevation is 183 feet so no flooding or storm surge. If anyone is in an area that will flood or have storm surge and wants to get out, your options for leaving the State are probably disappearing at this point. If you can get over here to the Mount Dora area, you and your family are welcome to come. Just let me know. Don't stay in an evacuation area. Get out. We have 2 generators plus another one on the motorhome. Lots of food and water. I can fit one more car in the garage. To top it off, our homeowner's insurance agent is coming over to ride out the storm with us so I think we have everything covered <LOL>.
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We're in the middle of the State, about an hour north of Orlando. We're going to take some wind but our elevation is 183 feet so no flooding or storm surge. If anyone is in an area that will flood or have storm surge and wants to get out, your options for leaving the State are probably disappearing at this point. If you can get over here to the Mount Dora area, you and your family are welcome to come. Just let me know. Don't stay in an evacuation area. Get out. We have 2 generators plus another one on the motorhome. Lots of food and water. I can fit one more car in the garage. To top it off, our homeowner's insurance agent is coming over to ride out the storm with us so I think we have everything covered <LOL>.
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I'm on vacation in Michigan/Indiana at this time and this is my first internet log-in in awhile. Just wanted to wish all the best to you guys in the path of this hurricane/storm. Stay dry and hang in there. I hate this stuff!
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Prayers to all in its path.
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I am in Palm Beach County (West palm area). The Corvette and Nomad are locked in the garage, the house is shuttered and we have all the supplies recommended. It appears that the east coast of Florida might be spared the brunt of this storm as it heads to the west, for now anyway. All that means is that we will get 50-75 mph winds versus the 135+ that was originally forecast.
We hope that it continues to push to the west to keep our west coast Floridians out of harms way.
Be safe out there.
Dan
We hope that it continues to push to the west to keep our west coast Floridians out of harms way.
Be safe out there.
Dan
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Good luck to you guys down there. We are thinking of you. We stay on Pine Island (near Ft Myers/Cape Coral) every winter in a place right on one of the canals. Not sure if that place will make it through this one without significant damage.
Be safe.
Be safe.
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If the storm followed the track forecast before Friday, it would have followed a path slightly offshore and parallel to the east coast of FL. Had that happened, the storm would have made landfall in Miami-Homestead, then gone offshore around West Palm so would have been over land for a very short time and only losing minimal strength. Once offshore again it would have re-strengthened back to CAT 4. As you might know, the CCW rotation in the northwestern quadrant of a hurricane typically produces the highest winds.......in this case for the east coast those winds would have been directly onshore and with the eye wall only a few miles offshore probably sustained 140-150 MPH pushing tons of water up against the east coast. Catastrophic surge would have occurred up and down the entire east coast of FL.
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I got down to Mt Dora Thursday and prepped what I could at the house. Then drove to Gainesville to ride it out with my brother and family. My parents and sisters are in Miami, inlaws are in St Pete. Losing communication is going to be nerve wracking.
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I am in Miami (Doral) already getting high wind and rain bands. But Irma continues to move west over Cuba. The further west it moves before the projected move north the better. They are still projecting the turn north which would be bad for the west coast of Florida. The last update the eye is now directly south of Miami over the north part of Cuba. The land fall on Cuba has cut it down to a stage 3.
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If the storm followed the track forecast before Friday, it would have followed a path slightly offshore and parallel to the east coast of FL. Had that happened, the storm would have made landfall in Miami-Homestead, then gone offshore around West Palm so would have been over land for a very short time and only losing minimal strength. Once offshore again it would have re-strengthened back to CAT 4. As you might know, the CCW rotation in the northwestern quadrant of a hurricane typically produces the highest winds.......in this case for the east coast those winds would have been directly onshore and with the eye wall only a few miles offshore probably sustained 140-150 MPH pushing tons of water up against the east coast. Catastrophic surge would have occurred up and down the entire east coast of FL.
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How was the traffic up to Gainesville? Did you take I-75? 441?
I'll give you an update on local conditions here in town once this thing passes.
Be safe.
Steve