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[MrNelson]

11:00 AM EDT Sun Sep 10
Location: 25.0°N 81.5°W
Moving: N at 9 mph
Min pressure: 933 mb
Max sustained: 130 mph

Damn, I hope that due North heading lasts for awhile. I'll take anything over the eye passing over Tampa.

 

[fluffydelusions]

Irma just does her own thing. Kinda crazy tbh

 

[MrJames]

Latest observations from the Air Force Hurricane Hunters had
flight-level winds that corresponded to surface winds near 110 kt.
Thus, given sampling considerations, the 115-kt intensity is
retained for this advisory. Irma should maintain this intensity
until the center reaches the southwest Florida coast, and then begin
to weaken while the system interacts with the landmass of the
Florida peninsula. Increasing southwesterly shear associated with
an upper-level trough should also cause weakening of the hurricane
during the next day or so. More rapid weakening is likely after Irma
moves into the southeastern United States in 24-36 hours, and the
cyclone should weaken to a remnant low in 72 hours or sooner. The
official intensity forecast is close to the simple and corrected
consensus models.

The center of Irma wobbled more northward over the past few hours
and the initial motion estimate is about 350/8 kt. Irma is embedded
within a broad mid-level gyre over the Gulf of Mexico. The cyclone
is expected to be steered north-northwestward at a faster forward
speed over the next day or two on the eastern side of the gyre. This
will take Irma inland over northern Florida early on Monday and the
southeastern United States over the next couple of days. The track
guidance remains fairly tightly clustered with the ECMWF track a
little to the left and slower than the other models. The official
track forecast lies between the model consensus and the ECMWF
solution. This is just slightly east of the previous official
forecast.

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[Tovarisc]

BREAKING: A construction crane in downtown Miami has cracked, a city official says

https://twitter.com/CNN/status/906893529787650048

 

[Spinluck]

https://twitter.com/wsvn/status/906869623798280193?s=09

So this downed power line shooting sparks is kind of scary. You guys stay safe.

I'm in Ocala, FL hoping for the best.

 

[Van]

Does anyone have news from Hudson Florida, my sisters live there

 

[dickroach]

edit

 

[PRBoricua]

https://twitter.com/CNN/status/906893529787650048

I wonder what the thought process was behind leaving this thing standing when they knew this storm was coming? I'm sure it's not easy to remove, but they've had some time. That looks dangerous as hell.

 

[Shinypogs]

https://twitter.com/wsvn/status/906869623798280193?s=09

So this downed power line shooting sparks is kind of scary. You guys stay safe.

I'm in Ocala, FL hoping for the best.

Nothing short of a massive oil fire is gonna say lit in this though right? Like there's too much rain pouring down for sparking power lines to create actual lasting fires?

 

[Epsilon-delta]

11:00 AM EDT Sun Sep 10
Location: 25.0°N 81.5°W
Moving: N at 9 mph
Min pressure: 933 mb
Max sustained: 130 mph

The track needs to be adjusted since it's more east now.

 

[breakfuss]

I wonder what the thought process was behind leaving this thing standing when they knew this storm was coming? I'm sure it's not easy to remove, but they've had some time. That looks dangerous as hell.

I believe they said there are 20+ of them.

 

[Lnkn52]

https://twitter.com/CNN/status/906893529787650048

Heard it on the radio. Close call on being on a building still under construction.

There are a few cranes by my neighborhood. Hopefully those are still up.

 

[Kusagari]

Picture from outside Marathon High School:

 

[dickroach]

Picture from outside Marathon High School:

looks like a Knack level

 

[MrJames]

 

[gdt]

Is this accounting for the slight push east that seems to be going on?

 

[pswii60]

Key West is the next Barbuda. Total devastation with total communication blackout.

Is homeless guy ok? What about the shed?

I couldn't believe it last night when literally five minutes after homeless guy got taken away a tree fell down in the same spot!

 

[Spinluck]

Nothing short of a massive oil fire is gonna say lit in this though right? Like there's too much rain pouring down for sparking power lines to create actual lasting fires?

Safe to say fires won't be a concern.

People just need to be careful once the storm passes. There may be downed power lines and still water/puddles everywhere.

FPL (Florida Power & Light) stresses this heavily after every one of these storms.

 

[Puppet Shadow]

jeff piotrowski is in marco island

https://www.pscp.tv/w/1MnGnmNQrAyKO

Been watching this for a while. Hope he doesn't wait too long.

 

[Snaku]

CNN is reporting, via Miami Herald, that everything in Key West is under water.

Was afraid this would happen. Hope most of my friends got out in time.

 

[dickroach]

Is homeless guy ok? What about the shed?

regardless of that one guy who passed out in the middle of the street. there's literally thousands of people that stayed in the Keys.... they're not all dead are they

 

[gdt]

regardless of that one guy who passed out in the middle of the street. there's literally thousands of people that stayed in the Keys.... they're not all dead are they

I hope not. Wouldn't think so either.......

Not yet anyway...

 

[Epsilon-delta]

Is this accounting for the slight push east that seems to be going on?

No.

Meteorologist from NOAA said the track has not been updated and expect the track to be more right when it is.

Just saw this via youtube streaming.

 

[MrJames]

Is this accounting for the slight push east that seems to be going on?

It's mentioned in the 11AM discussion so yes. Doesn't mean it won't change again though. They split the route between the Euro and the rest of the consensus.

 

[Tovarisc]

jeff piotrowski is in marco island

https://www.pscp.tv/w/1MnGnmNQrAyKO

nvm, found it

 

[Hoo-doo]

Can you hide chat in Periscope? That is some YouTube comments level shit at places.

I wish there were volume controls beyond ON/OFF.

Who the fuck designs this garbage.

 

[Crashdown]

Can you hide chat in Periscope? That is some YouTube comments level shit at places.

There's a theatre mode button at the bottom.

 

[Albino_Yeti]

A high school friend of mine who has a daughter with cancer, evacuated with his family to Memphis Tennessee from Sarasota Florida. Now the daughter's health deteriorated and he is in the children's hospital there. What a shitshow

Memphis has some reallllly high quality children's hospitals, so one good thing out of that nightmare is that she is in some good hands.

 

[Drencrom]

looks like a Knack level

Please, don't post any Knack 2 spoliers

 

[pestul]

Wow, the winds are terrible already and Jeff just said the worst of it is still 3hrs away from Marco Island.

 

[daveo42]

What in the fuck is up with this CNN commentary?!

 

[Neverwinter27]

Just a reverse of this then

 

[Setmeni]

Does anyone have news from Hudson Florida, my sisters live there

Hudson is closer to me over in Tampa, we still have about 8 hours before we start getting the storm.

 

[AyzOn]

This might be a dumb question, and while I´m watching jeffs stream I dont expect to see it but I´m just curious, could you actually see the hurricane? or wouldnt you even notice that youre right next to it aside of the obviously increased speeds of wind until youre in the eye?

 

[Dark Nyte]

Long time lurker, so I hope I'm posting this correctly. Taken from the top of the parking garage at one of the major hospitals in Tampa Bay, overlooking downtown Tampa. Top is last night, and bottom is about an hour ago. Hospital is bracing for possible flooding since we are literally on an island.

Thank you, Chairhome.

 

[SparkleMotion]

Coral Springs in Broward and we still have power here.

 

[Dark_3nergy]

Long time lurker, so I hope I'm posting this correctly. Taken from the top of the parking garage at one of the major hospitals in Tampa Bay, overlooking downtown Tampa. Top is last night, and bottom is about an hour ago. Hospital is bracing for possible flooding since we are literally on an island.

Image doesn't show up for me

 

[Chairhome]

Long time lurker, so I hope I'm posting this correctly. Taken from the top of the parking garage at one of the major hospitals in Tampa Bay, overlooking downtown Tampa. Top is last night, and bottom is about an hour ago. Hospital is bracing for possible flooding since we are literally on an island.

You want the link with the jpg.

 

[SDBurton]

What in the fuck is up with this CNN commentary?!

What are they saying?

 

[weekev]

Picture from outside Marathon High School:

Shit, it's only gonna get worse for the next 24-48 hours as well.

 

[cartoon_soldier]

Memphis has some reallllly high quality children's hospitals, so one good thing out of that nightmare is that she is in some good hands.

Yes, Tennessee overall has some very good hospitals.

 

[____]

I wonder what the thought process was behind leaving this thing standing when they knew this storm was coming? I'm sure it's not easy to remove, but they've had some time. That looks dangerous as hell.

I believe they said there are 20+ of them.

Yes there are 20+ between Downtown Miami, Midtown, Miami Beach and Brickell.

Apparently they removed some elements of the cranes and anchored them so that they would swing freely like weather vanes. I don’t think it would’ve been feasible to remove them but I also didn’t think letting them swing around and around was the best idea either. There are also engineers smarter than I am that can explain how/why lol.

 

[neurosisxeno]

Image doesn't show up for me

Click on it.

 

[I H8 Memes]

This seems live.

https://youtu.be/JM7U0bgUxbw

Not 100% sure this is live/real.

Those sensors have to be off. 180+ mph winds from a cat 4?

 

[TheDrizzlerJ11]

This might be a dumb question, and while I´m watching jeffs stream I dont expect to see it but I´m just curious, could you actually see the hurricane? or wouldnt you even notice that youre right next to it aside of the obviously increased speeds of wind until youre in the eye?

Uhhh what? You're kind of always in it, it's a gradual thing and it's not a tornado, those satellite images of those clouds swirling... they don't touch the ground. You can't see it like you're thinking.

 

[Agent_Carnage]

My area got a Tornado Warning going on...

How strong are Tornados spawned by Hurricanes?

 

[nded]

Those sensors have to be off. 180+ mph winds from a cat 4?

It says 180mph gusts. Sustained wind speeds at around 145-150.

 

[AyzOn]

Uhhh what? You're kind of always in it, it's a gradual thing and it's not a tornado, those satellite images of those clouds swirling... they don't touch the ground. You can't see it like you're thinking.

Ahhh okay, as I said probably a dumb question, kinda thought of it being like a tornado. Alrighty then.

 

[daveo42]

What are they saying?

Was more about inflection when the current anchor was talking about Key West and Miami.

 

[Vestal]

Heard it on the radio. Close call on being on a building still under construction.

There are a few cranes by my neighborhood. Hopefully those are still up.

They aren't going to shift it too much since this east wobble is more due to an ERC.