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Florida Gov. Declares State Of Emergency Over Hurricane Irma (Up: clean-up begins)
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Host Samurai
Member
Who gets to name these hurricanes? Why Irma and not Ivanka or Ivan?
The one good thing about Andrew is it forced building code and material improvements, and not just for Florida.
Yep, this is the current projected track and it's terrifying.
Basically all of South Florida will get hit. Doesn't matter if you're in Miami-Dade, Broward or Palm Beach.
Just got the roof fixed because it was leaking. Hope it holds up. Most my house has tile flooring except for a few rooms with wood flooring that do not mix well with water.
boredofcanada
Member
Our building standards are way better than they were during Andrew, but that still doesn't do anything when a tree falls on your house, or the flooding roadblocks the entire city. Downtown Miami/Wynwood/SouthBeach is fucked if it brings a lot of rain.
Ivan is retired.
superdeluxe
Member
Florida had 4 hurricanes hit it in 2004.
2005 brought Katrina, Rita and Wilma. Those 2 years were bad
Pesmerga00
Member
Seriously!
Him and the poster on the first page, equating this storm to an act of God, can just Fuck right off.
superdeluxe
Member
Andrew Korenchkin
Member
Hope it doesn't do any damage. Two potential huge hurricanes back to back? Fuck.
Confusion Illusion
Banned
Shit man. All my relatives live in Fort Lauderdale area.
GKSilKamina
Member
Oh yikes...
I hope all of my friends/relatives in the area already stocked up on supplies. I'm pretty sure most Publixes around here are already wiped out on water.
Stay safe, FloridaGAF.
boredofcanada
Member
Right in the middle of the eye. It's like Miami has a target on it.
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
The World Metrological Organization developed 6 A-Z lists of hurricane names that alternate every year (one per year). The names typically alternate between male and female. To learn more: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames_history.shtml
Ivan was retired in 2004. Ivanka isn't on any list currently but could always be a replacement for one of the female I names if they get retired in the future
IrishNinja
Member
the only good news is that we literally can't reelect his criminal ass anymore...so long as we don't send dude to the senate id say that's a good thing
well shit
Have completed two more supply trips, if it's a direct shot up the state as a Cat 4 then we are leaving Orlando on Friday and going to my dads in New Orleans. My office is right next door to a WalMart so I'm walking over there tomorrow during my lunch break for a final supply run if we stay. The home owner changed out the entire roof last year after Matthew (it was the original roof of 30+ years so it was time anyway) so I hope it can hold up to whatever we get here. I do not want to come back to a home with a tree in it even though we don't own it.
The National Hurricane Center picks the names for North Atlantic tropical storms. They have six lists of names that go in alphabetical order, and they swap which list they use each year. The lists are thus made up years ahead of time.
Particularly devestating storms and hurricanes have their names removed from future lists. The name Ivan was retired from the lists after Hurricane Ivan, a category 5 hurricane, did terrible damage in 2004.
GregLombardi
Member
The right front quadrant. The absolute worst case scenario. Not only would they get the highest winds, but they'd get an absolutely nightmarish storm surge.
However, new EURO will come out in due time tonight, as well as another GFS suite around 11 EST. Every successive model run is extremely important at this point. Within 48 hours we will likely know exactly how this is going to play out.
That doesn't mean people shouldn't already be planning to leave Florida. Just like with Harvey and Houston...if the storm dumps 50"+ of rain on Houston and you left, you are a genius. If it doesn't and you left, you had an inconvenience. For Florida, if it misses, just an inconvenience. But if it hits, especially Miami in exactly that way, you will have an absolute horror of horrors.
Poltergust
Member
Oh no, the eye is going to pass directly over my parents' home...
djplaeskool
Member
Sheesh. So right now we're possibly looking at a direct hit on Miami?
Make preparations now people.
Make preparations now people.
UberTag
Member
Here's a list of all of the retired Atlantic hurricane names.
'I' names are tough enough to come up with a wide variety of options - doubly so when a number of the names are attached to memorable storms and can't be used any more.
The retired 'I' storms are... Irene (2011), Igor (2010), Ike (2008), Ivan (2004), Isabel (2003), Isidore (2002), Iris (2001), Inez (1966) and Ione (1955). Irma will undoubtedly join them barring a minor miracle.
Upcoming 'I' storms will be named Isaac (2018), Imelda (2019), Isaias (2020), Ida (2021) and Ian (2022).
Miami Beach floods from anything.
IrishNinja
Member
last night my girl & i were feeding a stray kitten that i thought was stuck in the base of a tree, turned out it wasnt but it wouldn't let me get anywhere near it...really kinda worried for it, couldn't find it earlier today but im gonna check back...hope it's somewhere safe, can't imagine being out there in this next weekend
seriously, this
i lived there for a year and again, a hard rain will flood parts of the beach easily
seriously, this
i lived there for a year and again, a hard rain will flood parts of the beach easily
Darryl M R
Member
Does anyone have a good link/website that goes over what items people should have on hand for natural disasters?
I'm starting to get stuff together for this winter and future harsh seasons.
I'm starting to get stuff together for this winter and future harsh seasons.
boredofcanada
Member
Miami Beach floods when it sprinkles. If it hits us, Miami Beach will be evacuated.
There's six lists that get recycled yearly (for example, there was a Cindy in 2005 and one earlier this year), with noteworthy names retired from the rotation (there will never be another Katrina or Sandy again).
The names were originally the phonetic alphabet (Able, Baker, Charlie, etc..), then switched to women's names in 53 and made unisex in 79.
There actually was a Hurricane Ivan in 2004, but the name was retired. There's no Ivanka on the lists, just Irma this year, then Issac, Imelda, Isaias, Ida and Ian.
Edit: Shit, ya'll are on the ball in this thread, gonna just let you do all the work from here on out. =p
Tyrant Rave
Banned
My brother went to a gas station here in Broward and saw them scalping water there already, it's begun
rocketskates
Member
I have friends planning to visit Disney/Orlando on Monday. They should probably cancel right.
If you thought trying to evacuate Houston was a bad idea... how about trying to evacuate a huge portion of a state with a hurricane (maybe) about to go up the middle of it?
Nothing is certain yet, maybe the storm won't landfall in Florida... there are still many days for the forecasts to change, even small adjustments can have a huge impact 6-7 days out.
Nothing is certain yet, maybe the storm won't landfall in Florida... there are still many days for the forecasts to change, even small adjustments can have a huge impact 6-7 days out.
boredofcanada
Member
We won't know until it's a few hours out or so. The worst damage Andrew caused was all inland.
They should wait until they can get a better projection of the path. It may not hit Florida at all.
Hard to say right now, but Disney is pretty sturdy.
It's that time again, huh?
Time to get some provisions just in case
IrishNinja
Member
i could swear i read liberty city is actually the most inland place in miami
which is amazing, cause when we start to turn into atlantis i hope that neighborhood becomes the most baller one
which is amazing, cause when we start to turn into atlantis i hope that neighborhood becomes the most baller one
boredofcanada
Member
That's completely false. Liberty city is a few miles from Biscayne bay. The Everglades is probably the most inland part of Miami.
Nah, I went a few hours ago. There were people leaving with like 10 packs of water (smh) but Publix was rolling out cases non stop. The money was flowing, let me tell you.
Khaos Kontrol
Banned
Damn. Stay safe Florida GAF
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
Getting lower now:
That upper level trough that's about to hit the US Northeast is likely moving too fast to carry Irma out to sea like it was previously thought to
https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/threat-increasing-cuba-florida-intensifying-irma
GregLombardi
Member
If the hurricane approaches Miami like that and at that strength, as a 20+ year weather enthusiast, I would recommend a 100% evacuation of Miami. I'm not even joking. Its the storm surge that would be beyond belief.
LumpOfCole
Member
Gas is already expensive in Florida right now but Id highly recommend to FloridaGAF to gas up early this week instead of holding off.