Current Events > As a Florida resident this storm is freaking me out...

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Lived in Miami for a long time; not there anymore but still in FL. This storm is going to be bad and it seems like not enough people are taking it as serious as they probably should.

https://s.w-x.co/wu/wind-prob-11am-sep8.jpg

There is an expected 10ft storm surge for much of the coast, even going up into the Gulf now. Then you also have essentially the entire state within the zone of super heavy winds and the track that will take the storm directly up the center of the state. People are treating this storm like its just another hurricane that is going to graze the cost but its not. Its huge, and stronger than what people are expecting it to be.

Many people I speak to are just staying in south florida and hoping for the best. This wasn't a great idea but its probably better than trying to leave at this point. They just need to get food and water and be ready to bunker down. There are going to be fatalities, and destruction but the real issue is that its going to take forever to clean up. People are going to be stranded without basic services for potentially weeks.

The most recent models all have it moving further west before heading north which is putting all the people from Naples to Tampa in the threat of a major storm that until today they weren't really expecting. The models earlier in the week had it grazing the east coast so the west coast of the state didn't really think they were going to get it so bad.

It has the potential of causing major damage to several major metropolitan areas and the state just doesn't have the resources to recover quickly if all the major cities get hit at the same time.

I'm scheduled to work for the emergency management service over the next couple days. If there are any FL or GA residents on CE that want updates let me know. I will likely have access to information pretty quickly and I will try to pass it on when I hear it.

Any other FL/GA/SC/NC people, prep for the worst and hope for the best. I hope I'm completely wrong but the next 5 days are looking like a major mess that not enough people are taking seriously.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwBS6QGsH_4
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I'm a teacher and I have no idea how our school year is going to be after this. No school Monday either. I'm just hoping it's not bad.
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it falls on deaf ears, some failed to listen to advice to evacuate.
i would of gotten the **** out of there.
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kingdrake2 posted...

it falls on deaf ears, some failed to listen to advice to evacuate.
i would of gotten the **** out of there.

It's not that fucking simple. There's not really places for everyone to go.
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Patty_Fleur posted...

It's not that fucking simple. There's not really places for everyone to go.

Yes and no. Sure, it isn't as simple as just leave. But its like you can either stay in an area where you know you are going get a major impact from winds, surge, and lack of resources or you just drive away and get to a shelter or hotel for a few days. Can everyone do that? No. But most of the people that stay are completely able to leave. They just don't want to leave their stuff.
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I'm bunkered down in Bonita. It's gonna suck, but I'm ready.
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The National Weather Service's official twitter just said:

*** THIS IS AS REAL AS IT GETS ***
*** NO WHERE IN THE KEYS IS SAFE ***
*** YOU STILL HAVE TIME TO EVACUATE ***


Part of me wants to laugh but its really just scary.
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Past all the internet bullshit and political rhetoric breaking our brains, please be safe.

whitelytning posted...

The National Weather Service's official twitter just said:

*** THIS IS AS REAL AS IT GETS ***
*** NO WHERE IN THE KEYS IS SAFE ***
*** YOU STILL HAVE TIME TO EVACUATE ***


Part of me wants to laugh but its really just scary.

when the gov't agencies are that blunt you should worry
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Its expected to continue strengthening so there is a real possibility of it making landfall as a cat5. Literally the entire state of Florida needs to take this extremely seriously. Even if it makes landfall on the west coast of Florida, Miami will still be hit with hurricane force winds. This storm is a monstrosity and the level of danger it poses can not be emphasized enough.
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officially back to a cat 5.
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I left miami and am now in ft myers. hopefully we don't get too fucked
at this point I just say fuck it. I could go to gainesville, but past that I need to be close to come to work soon to help emergency stuff
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party in the city where the heat is onnn

all night on the beach till the break of dawwwn
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Mass props for trying to get information out anyway possible. CE as a whole appreciates it.
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11:00 pm update came out. Nothing too drastically different. Its starting to brush against Cuba right now, will be interesting to see the damage there, still on track to begin to turn north in the next 12 hours.


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if your options are stay and die, or leave, people should leave. even if it means hours of driving. I mean what? are you too lazy to save your life? I would leave my state if I thought staying would kill me.

It moved directly to my city we will see the eye of god fucking scary.
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I'm leaving to go north for a little while. Even if it misses me I don't want to chance it. Winds that strong will kill
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I think the east coast is going to be safer than the west.

I lived in Florida for a long time.
People are freaking out because of what happened in Texas.

That's not to say that this hurricane shouldn't be taken seriously, but the areas that needed to be evacuated, have already been.
People in more northern areas will just have heavy winds, loss of power etc....the usual hurricane stuff.

South Florida people know about this very well.
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lol that looks like a schlong and balls.
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think i'm headed to weston tomorrow morning, ft myers is right in the eye
fuck this shit
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My sister is in Gainesville..

Is it going to hit her? School is cancelled for Sunday and Monday.
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A decade of fear mongering by liberals under Obama has made many people wary of more doomsday stories.

Sad that Democrats cried wolf for so long.
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I evacuated out of Hollywood on Thursday to Orlando. Even if the worst of it misses my place and Orlando gets a decent one, I feel fine about getting out. Orlando's far enough inland it's hard for a real murderer of a storm to keep strong long enough up the state to get there at full strength. There was a real shot when we left that the eye was coming down the east coast and you can't fuck around with that. If you evacuate and it was necessary, it saves your life. If you evacuate and it turned out not to be necessary, you come home to your house being mostly in tact.

prince_leo posted...

think i'm headed to weston tomorrow morning, ft myers is right in the eye
fuck this shit

Gotta do it. At least it shouldn't be as hellish getting east across Alligator Alley as it is for the people trapped on 75, the Turnpike, and 95.
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nayr626 posted...

My sister is in Gainesville..

Is it going to hit her? School is cancelled for Sunday and Monday.

Just about everybody's gonna get something. It isn't gonna be historically bad for Gainesville though. You probably get a real hurricane, your power goes out, some unlucky folks lose their houses to trees falling, etc., but it's not gonna be as bad as it was out in the Caribbean.
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CW_McGraw posted...

nayr626 posted...

My sister is in Gainesville..

Is it going to hit her? School is cancelled for Sunday and Monday.

Just about everybody's gonna get something. It isn't gonna be historically bad for Gainesville though. You probably get a real hurricane, your power goes out, some unlucky folks lose their houses to trees falling, etc., but it's not gonna be as bad as it was out in the Caribbean.

That's good.

This is her first hurricane. She moved there to go to University. Hopefully she's safe!
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CW_McGraw posted...

Gotta do it. At least it shouldn't be as hellish getting east across Alligator Alley as it is for the people trapped on 75, the Turnpike, and 95.

that's what i'm figuring. hopefully we don't get stopped by FHP since Scott said stay where you are after midnight tonight
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Stay safe Florida ppl
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The national hurricane center's 8:00am update just came out and contained some decent news. The storm has stayed over the northern part of Cuba longer than expected and the winds have died a little. Its a lower end cat 4 right now and has shrunk in size a little. It should be starting to make the move north northwest soon and they all say it will strengthen and get back to a high 4 or cat 5 once it is back over warmer water heading towards FL. FL will start feeling the winds later today and tonight will be a scary ride for anyone that stuck around in south FL.

Decent link to a bunch of different live feeds in another thread that will be fun to watch later today:
http://basik.co/

I'll keep updating throughout the day.
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nayr626 posted...

CW_McGraw posted...

nayr626 posted...

My sister is in Gainesville..

Is it going to hit her? School is cancelled for Sunday and Monday.

Just about everybody's gonna get something. It isn't gonna be historically bad for Gainesville though. You probably get a real hurricane, your power goes out, some unlucky folks lose their houses to trees falling, etc., but it's not gonna be as bad as it was out in the Caribbean.

That's good.

This is her first hurricane. She moved there to go to University. Hopefully she's safe!

She goes to UF? So do I. Usually, Gainesville doesn't get hit hard at all.
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Cool video of the surge taking water out of Tampa Bay. https://twitter.com/i/videos/tweet/906920227614724097

Looks like its going to making landfall again south of Naples.

Key West was fortunate to have the storm say east of the Island, they didn't get hit too hard with wind but the surge is going to cause a lot of damage and some of the other keys got it pretty bad. High tide is later this afternoon and its going to be bad for any of the low elevation areas from Naples to Tampa.

Miami and Lauderdale avoiding some of the heavier winds but they still won't see a peak until later tonight but its looking positive for them compared to what was expected.

Later today its supposed to hug the west coast and hit Tampa/Sarasota pretty hard. Tallahassee is also now expected to get pretty serious wind tomorrow morning.
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Rebuilding Florida is going to be a task of epic proportions.

I feel sad seeing this happen to my home state.
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https://twitter.com/BrianEntin/status/906920269402558464

Brickell under water.
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