Irma
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here is a start... doesn't detail whether or not it was that at the point of landfall. I saw a similar list the other day seems like it had the barometric pressure at landfall i'll see if i can find it for you. you are welcome BTW
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Atlantic_hurricane_records#By_pressure
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Atlantic_hurricane_records#By_pressure
The 1935 Labor Day hurricane was 892mb when it made landfall. Lowest ever recorded was Wilma in 2005 at 882mb but that was over sea. For comparison - Camille was 900mb.
Staying put in Orlando. Prepared to be without power for a few days. Just need to finish up a few things: bread, ice and sandbags to cover the front door's threshold.
Maybe since I was there, but I was under the impression that Camille was the lowest pressure measured. Thus, the reason it is still considered the worst storm to hit the Gulf Coast in the modern era (20th century to current).
I have read different values somewhere other than wiki. Will try to find it.
I have read different values somewhere other than wiki. Will try to find it.
My gf's mom lives there. Beautiful place. Glad you are prepared. Latest track just shifted slightly West, which puts us in the Northeast quadrant of the eye wall where the worst of it will be. I'm staying optimistic and hoping the track doesn't put us in the worst area. Saying worst case is Cat 3 level wind gusts with sustained winds at 90mpg, but....no one will know for sure until it's a few hours away, which is why you PREPARE! Best case is not a lot happens and I'm prepared for the next one.
At a minimum we're expected to lose power for a few days.
At a minimum we're expected to lose power for a few days.
My family is still living down in the Everglades and are getting up to Louisiana after hundreds of miles of bumper-to-bumper traffic. For all of us up here trying to watch local news from down there, there is an app called News On. You can watch the live local feed from Orlando, West Palm Beach, and Miami. Thinking about the rest of y'all down in Florida.
Are people actually evacuating Orlando?
The reason I ask is it seems insane that people are trying to evacuate from Florida completely. You don't want to mess with storm surges, but if I was thinking about looking at low level three winds, I would probably ride it out before I tried to evacuate up three quarters of the length of florida, then wait for the storm to clear out to the north, and then try to drive back down through the devastation. And if I was already 3/4's up the length of Florida, I wouldn't want to evacuate because I wouldn't want to make the roads more crowded and outside of the immediate coastal area, I would think winds would be relatively weakened at that point to where tornados would be the real concern for people in well built homes.
The Weather channel repeatedly saying that being in the interior didn't make you safe seemed exactly backwards. Outside of maybe the most southern part, I would have thought evacuating to the interior would be what you would want to do, rather than put all those people on the road.
But maybe because of Florida being a peninsula without the ability to bring water and power from the east/west/north, it will be bad for longer.
You traded him to a formerly rogue, now legitimate Louisville message board for a Kentucky fan they were growing tired of?
Strong Campaign for a Darwin award right here:
"I have been here 15 years and been through so many storms. We have been told many times to evacuate," said Scott Abraham, who lives on the 11th floor of a building on Miami Beach. "I don't think it's going to hit us directly. If it does, I think we are safe. We have food. We have supplies. We have everything we need."
"We are ready to rock and roll with the storm," he said.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/08/us/hurricane-irma-evacuation-florida/index.html
The "so many storms" he's been through include a weakened Hurricane Matthew, a Hurricane Wilma that landed on the west side of Florida, and Hurricane Jeanne which landed over a hundred miles to the north of Miami Beach. So basically, he has seen the fringes of three hurricanes and some some tropical storms (which are actually kind of cool if you are in an area that gets high winds enough that you don't have to worry about a lot of damage), and has decided that riding the storm out in a high rise on a barrier island is a good idea. Idiot. And he's an idiot that's going to make the job of a first responder that much tougher.
"I have been here 15 years and been through so many storms. We have been told many times to evacuate," said Scott Abraham, who lives on the 11th floor of a building on Miami Beach. "I don't think it's going to hit us directly. If it does, I think we are safe. We have food. We have supplies. We have everything we need."
"We are ready to rock and roll with the storm," he said.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/08/us/hurricane-irma-evacuation-florida/index.html
The "so many storms" he's been through include a weakened Hurricane Matthew, a Hurricane Wilma that landed on the west side of Florida, and Hurricane Jeanne which landed over a hundred miles to the north of Miami Beach. So basically, he has seen the fringes of three hurricanes and some some tropical storms (which are actually kind of cool if you are in an area that gets high winds enough that you don't have to worry about a lot of damage), and has decided that riding the storm out in a high rise on a barrier island is a good idea. Idiot. And he's an idiot that's going to make the job of a first responder that much tougher.
I chase but I don't think I want to be in front of this one. That said, if it was closer I probably would be. That's just too far to drive.
Better get that milk too. Always have to have the ingredients for French toast when in storms or freezes
My son is in Jacksonville. He's staying and has several of his shipmates piled into his apartment.
We (wife and kid) don't live there anymore but my blood family does.
They have 3 properties and several boats. They are more worried about the boats!
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I don't personally know anyone evacuating but some idiots on my facebook seemed like they were trying to a few days ago. One want to go to California. lolz...
Well I hope for all of their sake that the boats continue to be the only thing in peril. I wouldn't be on an island near Florida with my family for anything.
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