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[GamerSoul]

At this point, I'm sick of the waiting and the anxiety and just want to get this over with.

True. And all the crappy memes are kinda annoying now.

 

[MiamiWesker]

I'm the opposite, but maybe that's because I've been in Florida my whole life.

Give me days to prepare instead of something that can happen out of no where.

Yeah as shitty as this week has been at least I know I am safe. I'll take that any day over a random event.

 

[StriKeVillain]

I have family in Orlando and I feel like they're going to be just fine with the newest models. Glad the storm is trending west.

 

[sflufan]

Is there a Euro model prediction update? I haven't seen any for awhile.

I believe that it will update at 0000 Eastern time.

 

[down 2 orth]

Is there a Euro model prediction update? I haven't seen any for awhile.

Yep, in a few minutes (on the hour).

 

[Captain Zyrain]

Any updates from the keys? Marathon especially?

 

[fluffydelusions]

11 PM NHC Advisory

LOCATION...23.5N 81.0W
ABOUT 30 MI...50 KM NNE OF VARADERO CUBA
ABOUT 90 MI...145 KM SE OF KEY WEST FLORIDA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...120 MPH...195 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 305 DEGREES AT 6 MPH...9 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...933 MB...27.55 INCHES

 

[Zombegoast]

Still a Cat 3 and moving NW.

 

[SteveO409]

https://twitter.com/PerezLocal10/status/906709655811915782

flooding already in a neighborhood in miami..

 

[JABEE]

Found Florida man.

https://twitter.com/antwanstaley/status/906543148037484549

lol

 

[AlphaSnake]

So the current models are showing it going even further west again?

Friend's picture from MCO an hour ago, right before she boarded her flight:

No shit, right.

I love Disney World but MCO is kind of shit.

I don't mind MCO. It beats the pants off JFK and LGA. And Newark! The lines are fairly quick too. But yeah, that's what the airport once looked for me too at 3AM when my flight out of NYC was delayed.

What sucks about MCO right now is the late night maintenance on the monorail at Terminal A (I think). So if you land after a certain hour, getting back requires taking a bus to the other terminal and taking that terminal's rail to the hub. Like wtf...just have the bus take me all the way to the hub.

 

[sflufan]

NHC is now calling it to be Category 3 going up the west coast and moving further westwards. That's an ever so slight piece of good news.

 

[jorgejjvr]

Seems like it's missing Miami, and might get here as a category 3

 

[AlphaSnake]

11 PM NHC Advisory

LOCATION...23.5N 81.0W
ABOUT 30 MI...50 KM NNE OF VARADERO CUBA
ABOUT 90 MI...145 KM SE OF KEY WEST FLORIDA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...120 MPH...195 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 305 DEGREES AT 6 MPH...9 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...933 MB...27.55 INCHES

It slowed down again!?!

I'll be 50 by the time this thing reaches the Orlando area. And I'm 32!

 

[skullmuffins]

New path looks like it has it as a cat 3 through the Keys & up the coast but the track has shifted a bit more westward which seems bad for Tampa. Center line looks just left of Tampa Bay.

 

[DopeyFish]

power out in the keys

 

[____]

https://twitter.com/PerezLocal10/status/906709655811915782

flooding already in a neighborhood in miami..

1) Extremely unsmart and potentially deadly to walk through standing water. Could be downed power lines.

2) I “evacuated” but my apartment is in North Miami ;_;
And North Miami ain’t that big...

 

[down 2 orth]

Looking rough for Naples, Sarasota, and Tampa.

 

[StriKeVillain]

It slowed down again!?!

I'll be 50 by the time this thing reaches the Orlando area. And I'm 32!

Yup, Orlando is going to be just fine. Praise be to Cuba.

 

[ibitegirls]

https://twitter.com/PerezLocal10/status/906709655811915782

flooding already in a neighborhood in miami..

looks like sewers are all backed up. not good for Miami

 

[Zombegoast]

So is this going to be another Floyd?

 

[EBreda]

power out in the keys

Just came back on.

1 camera left at basik.co

 

[Phreaker]

power out in the keys

I was watching this live feed, when the power went out. Somehow it's still going: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGD1byu7gJc

Edit: Oh, back on now at least where this cam is. Now off again...

 

[TumblingHippo]

Yup, Orlando is going to be just fine. Praise be to Cuba.

It can still wobble to the right at the last moment, just like last year (though that was in our favor). Also this storm is so huge that hurricane force winds can still be felt in Orlando. No one should let their guard down until after the storm passes.

 

[fluffydelusions]

So is this going to be another Floyd?

Was stationed in SC for floyd...we had to evacuate and it ended up a dud for that whole area. Got to see Powerman 5000/staind/sevendust concert though in Atlanta lol...this was before any of them were known...was at a hole in the wall place

 

[cjdunn]

At this point, I'm sick of the waiting and the anxiety and just want to get this over with.

Yeah, same. So to keep busy, while watching Will Smith's PUBG twitch backlog, I filled a 7 gallon canister with filtered water and put my consoles into waterproof boxes.

...because priorities.

 

[sflufan]

New path looks like it has it as a cat 3 through the Keys & up the coast but the track has shifted a bit more westward which seems bad for Tampa. Center line looks just left of Tampa Bay.

Considering that at one point a Category 4 landfall was (and could still be) a real possibility for the Tampa Bay area, this new projection is lesser than that evil.

 

[gaiages]

Yeah, same. So to keep busy, while watching Will Smith's PUBG twitch backlog, I filled a 7 gallon canister with filtered water and put my consoles into waterproof boxes.

...because priorities.

I mean shit I secured my consoles before anything else. Like, I'd really rather not have to rebuy expensive consoles, they're the most costly things I own!

 

[cartoon_soldier]

Looks like this will be much weaker than estimated, good to know.

Stay safe still everybody.

 

[Crimsonlink]

I wanna watch IT but until this thing passes its not happening.

Also makes me hope the other 2 misses completely.

 

[I H8 Memes]

Anyone know a way I could find out what the maximum wind gusts are in st pete right now? Everything I find shows current wind speed. I want to get a sense for what I'm in for vs what theses gusts feel like.

 

[Gamerman1]

It slowed down again!?!

I'll be 50 by the time this thing reaches the Orlando area. And I'm 32!

Ugh. Slower it goes the more it can regroup and the more exposure areas will have to its winds and rain. Please speedup to 20mph...thanks. lol

 

[Blizzard]

It can still wobble to the right at the last moment, just like last year (though that was in our favor). Also this storm is sohuge that hurricane force winds can still be felt in Orlando. No one should let their guard down until after the storm passes.

That may be true for gusts, but NOAA now has Orlando at almost 0% chance of sustained hurricane force winds.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at1+shtml/213811.shtml?hwind120#wcontents

 

[Phreaker]

Anyone know a way I could find out what the maximum wind gusts are in st pete right now? Everything I find shows current wind speed. I want to get a sense for what I'm in for vs what theses gusts feel like.

Maybe try this map and select the Gust checkmark? http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/floaters/11L/html5-vis-long.html

 

[xKilltheMx]

I mean shit I secured my consoles before anything else. Like, I'd really rather not have to rebuy expensive consoles, they're the most costly things I own!

hey fellow Tallahassee where did you evacuate to? Looking at the most recent track I'm not sure I wanna leave but I'm leaning towards rather safe than sorry.

 

[Poltergust]

That may be true for gusts, but NOAA now has Orlando at almost 0% chance of sustained hurricane force winds.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at1+shtml/213811.shtml?hwind120#wcontents

Does this mean Orlando is not likely to have widespread power loss?

Huzzah!

 

[perfectchaos007]

Considering that at one point a Category 4 landfall was (and could still be) a real possibility for the Tampa Bay area, this new projection is lesser than that evil.

Yep it will struggle to have US landfall wind speeds of Harvey at this point. And its moving fast and wont stall until its up near Tennessee. Florida should come out of this relatively okay.

 

[Omega Kirby]

Hurrican Irma blew its load on Cuba.

 

[Einchy]

That may be true for gusts, but NOAA now has Orlando at almost 0% chance of sustained hurricane force winds.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at1+shtml/213811.shtml?hwind120#wcontents

I'm not gonna die after all.

 

[Sunster]

So St. Pete is more fucked than Tampa now?

 

[Lkr]

Yep it will struggle to have US landfall wind speeds of Harvey at this point. And its moving fast and wont stall until its up near Tennessee. Florida should come out of this relatively okay.

I hope but at this point I'm prepared for the worst. Woke up expecting hurricane winds for hours come tomorrow night and now I'm told I might not get them at all is nice but I've come too far to put my guard down

 

[Poltergust]

Yep it will struggle to have US landfall wind speeds of Harvey at this point. And its moving fast and wont stall until its up near Tennessee. Florida should come out of this relatively okay.

The Keys, SW Florida, Tampa, and (possibly) the panhandle are gonna take heavy damage, though. That said, it's better than what was projected 24 hours ago where literally every metropolitan area in Florida would be taking heavy damage.

 

[perfectchaos007]

I'm not gonna die after all.

Looks like you're going to work on Monday

 

[t hicks]

That may be true for gusts, but NOAA now has Orlando at almost 0% chance of sustained hurricane force winds.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at1+shtml/213811.shtml?hwind120#wcontents

 

[Alligatorjandro]

This update is positive for Jacksonvile

 

[Steejee]

Poor Cuba took it on the chin to bring down Irma a bit (supposedly no fatalities, but Cuba not being very open with info), but at the speed it's going that could be a looong trip across the warm waters to Key West.

 

[BladeoftheImmortal]

Hurricane would be the perfect time to Rob banks.

 

[sinkfla87]

Well it was fun while it lasted guys. I'll see you in the crucible. GUARDIAN OUT.

No, but really I have a bad feeling we're going to get fucked.

 

[GreatMightySymp]

Had some power fluctuation but no power loss yet in Palm Springs. Comcast went out for a good half-hour, though. Worst wind/rain is coming tomorrow morning/afternoon, though.

Hoping that everyone in the west coast of FL is going to be safe, with the sudden change in the last few days.

 

[storybook77]

A CAT 3 is still pretty damn powerful and for those of us in Georgia and Alabama spending on which we she goes, still need to be ready for heavy rain and wind.

Here in central Georgia I remember the flood in the mid 90s where a tropical storm stalled right over us.