Shmeagatory94
Member
Apparently Pinellas county isnt letting anyone in? goddamnit
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Florida Gov. Declares State Of Emergency Over Hurricane Irma (Up: clean-up begins)
- Thread starter fluffydelusions
- Start date
Yes several bridges are still closed as well.
Shmeagatory94
Member
Howard Franklin?
17 Seconds
Banned
my parents got power back in bradenton already. so relieved at how clean we came out through all of this. i was terrified of the power potentially being out weeks.
Last I read the only bridge closed now is the Skyway, and the only access being restricted in Pinellas is to the barrier islands on the coast.
Pattycakes
Banned
Yeah, raining in Tuscaloosa, Alabama here. Apparently just rain with some minor winds on our end so University didn't cancel classes.
I hope everyone in Florida and Georgia are doing okay.
I see that Gandy, Coutney Cambell and the Skyway bridge is closed. I think Howard Franklin is open.
”There are only nine meals between mankind and anarchy." - Alfred Henry Lewis 1906
After nine meals missed, and with no certainty of food supply kicking back in, people WILL commit crimes for food, not for gas, or power, or shoes, or clothes, but food yes. (in current US disaster situations there is not a thought that food will NOT come back though - not yet at least)
Humans have survived millennia without most things, food and water are not those things.
I see that Gandy and the Skyway bridge is closed. I think 275 is open.
http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/real-time.html
http://www.abcactionnews.com/traffic
best of luck
Crimson_Echidna
Banned
I still won't fully be out of the red until tonight, but from the looks of it, I'm mostly making it out of Irma unscathed here in Tallahassee. Even got a text from my Supervisor because it looks like FSU plans to reopen the main Library campus and they were looking for some workers to come in.
17 Seconds
Banned
so what was the reason that it weakened faster than expected? was it just because of cuba, or did it not restrengthen as much as expected in the water between cuba and florida?
manny10032
Member
Palm bay FL here. Lost power right before midnight and still isn't back up. No damage to my house and all my family is safe. I don't see any significant damage to none of my neighbors houses.
We haven't really heard a post-mortem yet, but from what I heard from Dr. Postel (IIRC), was that there was an incredible amount of high altitude wind shear, which basically sheared off the southwestern side of the storm shortly after landing as a Cat 4.
From there, it rapidly deteriorated to a Cat 2 within maybe less than 6 hours due to the influx of dry air.
It also gained a lot of speed, going from its low of 6 mph in the straights to over 12 as it entered into FL.
A combo of Cuba, making landfall a bit further to the South than expected, and moving North longer than expected, keeping the center farther inland than anticipated.
Lingered over Cuba a little longer than usual, and never quite got back into 'perfect' structure, then it made more of a landfall than thought as it went east of Tampa.
All in all, it was still huge, basically ALL of Florida got hit by a hurricane for 2 days. The damage is yet to be seen. TV reporters, while they stand in the wind, do so in safe places, you don't see roofs flying off where they go.
And the Keys are f'd.
God I hate when CNN does this type of all caps headline crap. It's like they're treating this shit like some type of sport. This just screams "LOOK THIS SHIT IS SO INTENSE IT WASN'T OVERHYPED LIGHTS OUT MOTHER FUCKER"
I mean I don't think it was overhyped, I don't care what ends up happening it's always better to be safe, but shit like this doesn't help when it comes to some public perception.
Dre_G_Writer
Member
In Jacksonville, Florida. My apartments lost power around 5am and it been off since. Our entire neighborhood has no power. But up the block, businesses got power. A liquor store was open and a gas station was open. It was cars and people lined up out the door to get ice and gas and other supplies. Got full bars on cell coverage though. If I had a charged. I'd probably Bing watch a few shows on my phone.
fluffydelusions
Member
saw this pic of i4 damage on twitter, its still there
I feel your pain having an eyesore of a building. We got one of those too here that everyone hates but ours is abandoned, spraypainted, broken windows, home of tweekers etc.
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.043...4!1sXggz_-YrkGkL7hZBKBi0IQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
j_k_redtail
Member
And? How'd it go?
Gandy and Howard Franklin have officially re-opened.
Shmeagatory94
Member
Thanks for the info! Now Im just waiting for pinellas to allow people in so I can drive back to st pete.
Piku_Ringo
Banned
Well, isn't that just lovely.
https://www.local10.com/weather/hurricane-irma/sand-covers-a1a-in-fort-lauderdale-beach-after-irma
https://www.local10.com/weather/hurricane-irma/sand-covers-a1a-in-fort-lauderdale-beach-after-irma
This is my life right now.
Contemplating just cutting them down entirely for next time.
I literally don't understand this at all. You have a problem with a news organization using a headline? This is one of the most important stories for the country right now. You'd be fine with them highlighting some sports bullshit as one of the most important stories of the country but when a significant portion of an entire state is wholloped by a hurricane and most are without power you want them to downplay that? Shouldn't we be talking about real news (this) and less about sports and shit?
She told him to get back into the friend zone shelter because that's where it's safe to stay.
HeartlessNobody213
Member
Still no power where I'm at in Tallahassee. Outside of some strong winds every now and then, seems like we avoided any major damage.
I did see a picture of a tree that fell down near Blairstone and Mahan.
Phones about to die so this will be my last post until we get power back.
I did see a picture of a tree that fell down near Blairstone and Mahan.
Phones about to die so this will be my last post until we get power back.
SparkleMotion
Member
Power starting to come back in parts of Parkland and Coral Springs (Broward County)
SparkleMotion
Member
He's saying using a semi-joke as a headline is offensive.
The issue isn't that they're reporting it, it's that they're reporting it in such a sensational way. "Lights Out" is the tagline for a movie, not a report of the facts.
Compare the BBC and NPR's lead headline:
17 Seconds
Banned
that headline does seem a bit too cute for the situation
My dumb ass dad spent the night in a mobile home in Lake County, which had at least one tornado warning and was right under the eyewall around 2am. All he ended up with was a broken window when part of his air conditioner broke off and hit his sunroom. He's heard he'll be without power for two days.
It's frustrating as hell because every year I tell him to get his emergency kit together, and every time there's a hurricane I tell him to get ready and keep an eye on things. And every fucking time he never fucking does, dismissing my warnings and assuming he can get by on a 6-pack of iced tea and a box of raisin bran. One flashlight, no weather radio, can't even be asked to know where his local shelter is, I have to look it up for him.
Now he's gone through one, and of course he came out the other side with nary a scratch. On one hand, I'm glad nothing happened to him, but on the other this means he's just going to treat the next hurricane as no big deal and be completely insufferable about preparing.
Took him all of 4 years being down there to become the stereotypical asshole who ignores all the warnings.
It's frustrating as hell because every year I tell him to get his emergency kit together, and every time there's a hurricane I tell him to get ready and keep an eye on things. And every fucking time he never fucking does, dismissing my warnings and assuming he can get by on a 6-pack of iced tea and a box of raisin bran. One flashlight, no weather radio, can't even be asked to know where his local shelter is, I have to look it up for him.
Now he's gone through one, and of course he came out the other side with nary a scratch. On one hand, I'm glad nothing happened to him, but on the other this means he's just going to treat the next hurricane as no big deal and be completely insufferable about preparing.
Took him all of 4 years being down there to become the stereotypical asshole who ignores all the warnings.
You're missing what I'm saying. Of course this should be the biggest story everywhere right now. It's not what they're covering, it's how they're covering it. They're covering it LIKE it's a sport, and not a national disaster. It comes off as very sensationalist. CNN is known to do this shit, the treated the election like it was a boxing match.
Also I don't care about sports. Maybe that's the reason why I dislike this so much.
BBC and NPR are the news. CNN is hot take trash comparatively.
-Plasma Reus-
Service guarantees member status
How the fuck does the wind just break the asphalt???saw this pic of i4 damage on twitter, its still there
17 Seconds
Banned
jesus christ, just be glad your dad is okay
djplaeskool
Member
Starting to get the first bands of serious wind in Atlanta.
Branches are starting to get blown off in my neighborhood
Power has been browning out intermittently for about 3 hours.
Branches are starting to get blown off in my neighborhood
Power has been browning out intermittently for about 3 hours.
demosthenes
Member
Saw drone footage of Naples just now, it is ravaged.
Heard on npr this morning that the virgin islands were torn apart as well.
Heard on npr this morning that the virgin islands were torn apart as well.
It doesn't. That happens from runoff. From the looks of it, the pipe may not have been sealed properly, and the water simply eroded the earth around it quickly enough to have it all slide away. This roadwork sand and fill really has to be properly tamped and strapped, or you get stuff like this under heavy rain runoff.
Water, not wind.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
No power at my casa in GA.
It's not the wind, it's the water getting into a cavity under the road and wearing the soil away until the road collapses into it.
edit: This is a good video about it.
Atomic Playboy
Member
The water gets under the road and erodes the dirt that is holding the asphalt up. At that point, the asphalt crumbles under its own weight because there is nothing under it providing support.
Eye for an Eye
Member
Obviously he should prepare a bit better. Even minor storms can knock the power out for a couple of weeks. On the other hand, mobile homes still have required building codes to meet. There's many older mobile home communities, but newer ones have rigid codes to help mitigate the impact of a hurricane.
Have any links to share?
EDIT:
here is the drone footage. Devastation for these folks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6eJbe5GyDo
So, from what I'm reading, parts of Naples (especially smaller houses/trailers) were ravaged, but most larger/more permanent structures made it through okay. Not trying to minimize anything, but the damage I've seen of Naples doesn't compare to the Virgin Islands.
Here's the footage I saw. Again, I'm not trying to diminish this, just saying that it's not complete devastation all over the city: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6eJbe5GyDo