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re: Hurricane Irma - Spinning Down
Posted on 9/11/17 at 1:19 pm to alphaandomega
Posted on 9/11/17 at 1:19 pm to alphaandomega
keys are "closed", tensions rising
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12:00 p.m.: Tensions ran high at the entrance to the Florida Keys late Monday morning as families waited in the heat to return home. Some still hadn't heard from friends and relatives who had stayed behind.
Officials from the Monroe County Sheriffs Office said they were only letting utilities companies and a few contractors from the Department of Transportation pass. But after two unmarked cars went through the checkpoint, Keys residents waiting at a RaceTrac gas station erupted in protest. "That's bullshite!" a bearded Keys resident, who refused to give his name, shouted at the police. "Those people are tourists!" When a deputy sheriff approached him, the man put his hands behind his back and dared the official to arrest him.
"People are dying in there. They're thirsty, they're hungry," he told the official. "I say we all just get in the car and drive. What are they going to do? Shoot us?" another man yelled to the others waiting at the gas station.
"This stuff right here is the reason why next storm they aren't going to get people out of the Keys," said the man, who identified himself as a Cudjoe Key resident but did not want to give his name. "I've been in the Keys for 40 years. This is the first time I ever evacuated and it'll be my last."
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Posted on 9/11/17 at 1:19 pm to Muice
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A girl I know in Snell Isle was fine and didn't get water - just some landscaping lost (I think I remember you posted your location and It was close) she said they don't have power right now though.
Was that the potted plant Cantore was talking about?
Posted on 9/11/17 at 1:26 pm to cgrand
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This is the first time I ever evacuated and it'll be my last."
I gather he wont have to worry about evacuating after the next storm.
Posted on 9/11/17 at 1:26 pm to cgrand
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"People are dying in there. They're thirsty, they're hungry," he told the official.
Jesus frick, it hasn't even been a week, if people in the Keys that didn't evacuate didn't at least prepare supplies for a week, then I don't feel sorry for them one bit.
Posted on 9/11/17 at 1:26 pm to Redbone
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Get ready to decipher for us ingorants and put up with more idiot insults.
No need, its pretty obviously going to Mobile Bay
Posted on 9/11/17 at 1:27 pm to lsunurse
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Just checked her fb again. Still no new posts from her. She has gotten a few more posts from fb friends asking her is she is ok and she hasn't responded to them. I'll keep checking her fb and update on here if I see anything.
I saw drone footage of flooding in Naples (south of Liz) that looked extensive, but not very deep. Impassable roads, but little or no water in houses.
Jeff the storm chaser guy has a NWS Maximum Wind Gust Nap on his twitter feed. There was a 142 just north of Naples, possibly Bonita Springs. Her last post was right as the eye wall was reaching Bonita Springs.
Some of the local newscasts I watched last night were expressing concern about the Imperial River in Bonita. I don't know how close Liz is to it, but I think I remember her posting that she wasn't too far from East Terry, which is in the area of some creeks that feed into the river. Maybe that's causing a problem for her.
She's just east of I-75 and ~9 miles from the gulf. It's hard to imagine that she had severe flooding, but we just don't know.
Her power was out by late morning and there's a shitload of outages, so it may be a while before it's restored. She doesn't have a generator, but she could charge her phone in her car. I'm guessing her internet and mobile service had their infrastructure whacked, so she can't communicate.
Hopefully, she's got her windows open and is enjoying a cool breeze, while sipping on a cold adult beverage. I know she has ice. I told her to get plenty of ice because you can never have too much ice in general, but after a hurricane in particular.
Posted on 9/11/17 at 1:29 pm to Rakim
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My god Jacksonville downtown is still getting storm surge
The Saint Johns river flows north, was at flood stage from the nor'easter befkre Irma even cam3, amd now she's driven even more water up the river amd its high tide.
Flooding for inland Jacksonville areas is far worse with this than the coastal areas.
Posted on 9/11/17 at 1:31 pm to cgrand
quote:He might very well be right.
This is the first time I ever evacuated and it'll be my last."
Next time will be his last if he ends up sleeping with the fish.
Posted on 9/11/17 at 1:32 pm to Tiger in NY
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No need, its pretty obviously going to Mobile Bay
Posted on 9/11/17 at 1:33 pm to LSUBoo
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say we all just get in the car and drive. What are they going to do? Shoot us?" another man yelled to the others waiting at the gas station.
That ole baw is ready to cut grass and get to work on his Fixer Upper today
This post was edited on 9/11/17 at 1:35 pm
Posted on 9/11/17 at 1:35 pm to NYNolaguy1
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This is the first time I ever evacuated and it'll be my last."
I gather he wont have to worry about evacuating after the next storm
He's am idiot, by all accounts, Cudjoe Key took the absolute brunt of this. He is lucky.
Posted on 9/11/17 at 1:38 pm to Pinecone Repair
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Those damn trees are awful. The only tree worse than an ornamental cherry is a Bradford pear.
I'll trade ya. I've got three 100ft poplar trees in my back yard. They're massive.
Posted on 9/11/17 at 1:41 pm to cgrand
This is one of the reasons I hate evacuating. If you leave, you're at the mercy of your local political entity as to when you can return to your home. It's often bullshite. After Gustav, they keep evacuees out of Jefferson Parish for 3 days. Unless, of course, you knew a cop or had a political crony. Never mind that several hundred thousand residents never left, so it wasn't like the place was a ghost town.
Admittedly, the situation in the keys is different. There's only one road in and it's likely damaged or destroyed in some areas. All of those bridges need to be inspected for damage or undermining.
Meanwhile, in Ft Myers, my cousin and his teenage son are probably cleaning up their yard. They rode out the storm in a large condo tower and are fine. However, his wife and younger son evacuated to eastern TN. They have an 800 mile drive through the remanents of Irma to look forward to.
Personally, I'd rather be doing yard clean up.
Admittedly, the situation in the keys is different. There's only one road in and it's likely damaged or destroyed in some areas. All of those bridges need to be inspected for damage or undermining.
Meanwhile, in Ft Myers, my cousin and his teenage son are probably cleaning up their yard. They rode out the storm in a large condo tower and are fine. However, his wife and younger son evacuated to eastern TN. They have an 800 mile drive through the remanents of Irma to look forward to.
Personally, I'd rather be doing yard clean up.
Posted on 9/11/17 at 1:43 pm to S1C EM
So WSVN in Miami start broadcasting live from a gas station saying they have gas. Lines form and the pumps aren't even turned on. Now folks are getting upset.
Whoops!
Whoops!
Posted on 9/11/17 at 1:44 pm to Gator5220
Reporting from Johns Creek. Power was out for 3 hours but just came back on. Still flickering off and on. Really windy.
Posted on 9/11/17 at 1:46 pm to LaBR4
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That ole baw is ready to cut grass and get to work on his Fixer Upper today
He said he lives on Cudjoe. He might not have anything to fix up.
Posted on 9/11/17 at 1:53 pm to White Roach
Posted on 9/11/17 at 1:54 pm to White Roach
For anyone that is wondering about power restoration, here is a little bit of news from the Associated Press:
Nearly 7.2 million homes and businesses are without power in multiple states as Tropical Storm Irma moves through the Southeast.
The vast majority were in Florida. The state’s emergency management officials said the storm cut power to more than 6.5 million account holders across the state as of Monday afternoon.
Eric Silagy, the CEO of Florida Power & Light, said Irma caused the most widespread damage in the company’s history. It affected all 35 counties in the utility’s territory which is most of the state’s Atlantic coast and the Gulf coast south of Tampa. The most extensive damage was likely in the Naples area, but a full assessment was ongoing. He said 19,500 electric workers have been deployed in the restoration effort.
Still, he said, it will take days for many people to be restored and, in some cases where the damage was extensive, weeks.
Meanwhile, Duke Energy reported Monday morning that more than 860,000 of the homes and businesses it serves in Florida were without power.
Georgia reported more than 570,000 homes and businesses without electricity, and there were 190,000 in South Carolina.
Nearly 7.2 million homes and businesses are without power in multiple states as Tropical Storm Irma moves through the Southeast.
The vast majority were in Florida. The state’s emergency management officials said the storm cut power to more than 6.5 million account holders across the state as of Monday afternoon.
Eric Silagy, the CEO of Florida Power & Light, said Irma caused the most widespread damage in the company’s history. It affected all 35 counties in the utility’s territory which is most of the state’s Atlantic coast and the Gulf coast south of Tampa. The most extensive damage was likely in the Naples area, but a full assessment was ongoing. He said 19,500 electric workers have been deployed in the restoration effort.
Still, he said, it will take days for many people to be restored and, in some cases where the damage was extensive, weeks.
Meanwhile, Duke Energy reported Monday morning that more than 860,000 of the homes and businesses it serves in Florida were without power.
Georgia reported more than 570,000 homes and businesses without electricity, and there were 190,000 in South Carolina.
Posted on 9/11/17 at 1:57 pm to loogaroo
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From satellite it looks like the middle keys washed away
They are probably covered on water, not washed away
Posted on 9/11/17 at 1:58 pm to ChopBlockOclock
Alpharetta has been ok so far.
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