Will all our floridians stand and be counted?

If they stand , they’ll get their feet wet.

Here. JL currently in The Villages. Storm keeps moving west, which has moved the path of the eye closer to me as it travels up the state, if it does travel up. I’m curious to see the 11:00 update if I’m awake.

@JLeslie – i didn’t realize it was moving that far west, but I just looked at the NHC page. Originally the hurricane (or what was left of it) was going to go right over Atlanta. Now it looks like it’s going to be west of Atlanta and perhaps hugging the Ga/Ala. line.

Since I live on the NE side of Atlanta, that’‘s not a bad thing for me.

@JLeslie Now it looks like the eye is going to pass over you around Monday 4 AM. Here is the link I use. NOAA Irma track

Is the eye the most dangerous part? I know nothing about Hurricane physics.

@Coloma The Eye Wall is where the highest speed wind are in a Hurricane, inside the eye the winds die down.

I see, thanks. ^

I wish we could move everyone to the mansion.

It looks like the path continues to move west. I just woke up at 2:50 am Saturday.

@Coloma The eye wall has the highest winds, as Tropical_Willie said, but inside the eye the skies are blue, it feels like the storm suddenly ended if the eye passes over you. The eye can be many miles wide and give beautiful weather for more than an hour. The problem is the backside of the eye the winds go from nothing to 150 in practically an instant (or whatever the Hurrucane too windspeeds are). Now, on the back side, the winds are the opposite direction of what just came through, so items that have been weakened by the winds on the front side get snapped back the other way, and that’s when things can be really bad.

Please, all who are in the path of the storm, please check in as soon as possible after it passes.

If you are near of in the path it might be helpful for you to know a little about the winds and their direction. A little knowledge will help you make sense of what you’re seeing.
When it gets over Florida, Hurricane Irma will be heading almost directly North. The winds are spinning in the counterclockwise direction. The eye of the storm is 90 degrees to the wind direction. So if the storm is going to be passing right over your house you should expect to see first winds blowing from the East. They wil increase and increase and increase until you hit the eye when it will get quiet for about an hour. Your ears might pop. Check your barometer if you have one. It will read incredibly low. That will be followed by winds from the west at high speeds, gradually decreasing as the hurricane moves North.

If you are not in the direct path you can effectively watch the eye move by pointing your finger 90 degrees to the wind.

I’m sorry Ii have to make a science experiment out of everything but I’m an engineer and can’t help it.
Stay safe.

I was taught many years ago, “Put your face into the wind then raise your right arm and point with your finger, that is where the center of the storm is located.”

@LuckyGuy – I can confirm from past experience that a 115 lb, 18 year old female in a windbreaker can jump straight up in 74mph onshore gusts and land about a foot and a half behind where she took off.

@LuckyGuy In Florida they flood us with information about wind direction, how fast the forward motion is, the worst quadrant of the storm, and possibilities of tornadoes forming.

Once the tropical storm winds start up the news coverage will be continuous on many tv and radio stations. Some will start even sooner as outer rain bands start to come through. They’ll report minute to minute where it’s going, it won’t be like now how we wait for the 2:00/5:00/11:00 update. We’ll hear people calling into the stations reporting what’s going on where they are. Some people will call in with bad situations, because they didn’t evacuate, it always happens.

If people lose power, but have battery radios (I do) they will be able to know how much longer it will be really bad if they are in the eye wall, or where the eye is going. It helps get through it when you are being pounded and things are banging around outside.

It looks like Irma is passing over you right now!

Last night was brutal! We lost power at 9:30pm I think? We went to sleep and woke to very high winds about 11:30pm. We were in and out of sleep as winds became crazy strong. Some time in the very wee, dark, hours my husband woke me to ask if I thought it would be bad if he went outside. I didn’t hear anything, I assume we were in the eye. I told him to make it very fast. I still don’t know what he went to check on. Next thing I knew I was waking up again to very very strong winds (I don’t remember falling back to sleep when my husband went out) and my husband had the radio on for a little bit. Then back to sleep.

I want to say that they should pay me to forecast the track, because when I saw it come in on the east side of Naples I said that it looks like it’s coming straight for my city, but the professionals still were saying Tampa.

Next, I want to say that I love my battery operated candles.

Also, I think our governor did a great job.

Last, I’m really quite annoyed with the news coverage and how they terrify everyone, especially how it affects friends and family out of state. I am appreciative that they communicate the dangers and all the information about the storm, evacuations, hurricane preparedness, and shelters, but they also twist some of the information, and at times only get partial information so that it’s not quite accurate.

My electricity just came back on around 6:00pm.

((((((BIG hugs))))))
Glad you are okay.

Thanks.

I predict my city to be back at 90% functioning within 48 hours. 90% of our intersections are traffic circles so we don’t depend on many functioning traffic lights thank goodness. That’s one of the biggest reasons I strongly believe in nighttime curfews is because of the danger of intersections without traffic signals. I assume we do have a curfew tonight, but I don’t know for sure.

Tomorrow I assume restaurants and stores will be opening again.

Hi JLeslie. So glad you and your hubby are OK : )

Thanks.

Seeking word from @Muad_Dib.

^^She’s fine. She doesn’t know how her house is, but where she stayed for the storm they are all are fine.

Good to know!

Yep, all good here at the party house, but power is out at my house and the neighbor texted saying we lost a tree between our yards. No obvious damage to the house, but we’ll head back there when the lights are on and there’s running water

Relieved to hear that!