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That tells me Global Storming is real.
Hurricane Idalia - landfall in Florida
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I talked with a local news anchor in Colorado at a wedding recently.
I asked what she thought on a particular topic that happened to be in the news a lot in Colorado.
Her reply was a shock to me, though it may not shock you.
She said, “I just read the news”.
In other words, none of what she had said on the air had actually sunk in and occupied any space in her memory.
She had no understanding of the topic that I wished to discuss, the topic on which I was interested in her opinion.
She was simply a pretty face, and a mouthpiece for words that somebody else wrote.
It was a fascinating moment, but not in a good way.
I had always suspected that most reporters were similar, simply a pretty face reading the Teleprompter, with no actual comprehension. But this certainly removed any doubt I might’ve had.
I asked what she thought on a particular topic that happened to be in the news a lot in Colorado.
Her reply was a shock to me, though it may not shock you.
She said, “I just read the news”.
In other words, none of what she had said on the air had actually sunk in and occupied any space in her memory.
She had no understanding of the topic that I wished to discuss, the topic on which I was interested in her opinion.
She was simply a pretty face, and a mouthpiece for words that somebody else wrote.
It was a fascinating moment, but not in a good way.
I had always suspected that most reporters were similar, simply a pretty face reading the Teleprompter, with no actual comprehension. But this certainly removed any doubt I might’ve had.
At 11AM Idalia is now a Cat 1 hurricane
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More on Hurricane Idalia
- Idalia made landfall in Florida's Big Bend near Keaton Beach just before 8 a.m. ET., with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/live-blog/hurricane-idalia-live-updates-rcna102478
Winds are one thing, and they cause damage.
But the storm surge cleans houses off the foundation and usually destroys everything it touches.
Like I said, at 12 feet, my house would be gone.
But the storm surge cleans houses off the foundation and usually destroys everything it touches.
Like I said, at 12 feet, my house would be gone.
Yeah, I remember Hugo. 20 foot storm surge - wiped out sooo much.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Hugo
Storm surge is nothing to play with.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Hugo
Storm surge is nothing to play with.
Hugo was amazing, to put in perspective the EYE of hurricane Hugo by itself was larger than the entire current hurricane Idalia.
Hugo's eye alone was up to 40 miles wide hurricane winds 140 miles wide. The entire Hurricane Idalia is/was at max 20/25 miles wide.
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The 12 to 16 feet (of which many reporters only brought up the 16 feet of surge number) has been lowered to 7 to 11 feet in updated chart.
It will be interesting to see how it behaves in our new home area on the NC/SC border. Im wondering if I will even see Tropical Storm winds, as the chart show the potential to veer offshore sooner rather than later. Guess we will find out.
So it HAS happened in the past....and WILL happen again in the future....
I was just about to post the update. Great minds think alike…
Still, anything over 7, and I’m in deep trouble.
So, for those folks who are experiencing 7 to 11 feet, my heart goes out to them. Many of those homes will not survive.
This was about 6. Notice the swimming dog in the street…and the neighbor’s boat tied up in his driveway
My brother had a TriLevel house on the water on Long Island.
Super Storm Sandy brought water into the second level of the house.
Main Floor family room to the ceiling and second floor Living Room, Dining and Kitchen had two feet of water in it.
Only floor spared was the third floor bedrooms. They were through many floods but this one nothing ever came close to this and well, I can see the emotional distress that they went through, aspects that is hard for people to understand if not affected. So dont misunderstand my posts ever, if I ever sound like I am discounting something, it's just the media BS, not what people go through.
Hope it all worked/works out for you.
I lived and worked in the Tallahassee area for years and graduated from FSU so I am very familiar with the area that the storm hit. From the coast to the state line is one of the most sparsely populated areas in the state. The coastline is marshy with tidal creeks, not sandy beaches. It is beautiful with great fishing but it is not a tourist destination. Inland is piney woods and cypress swamps. So the insured losses will be a pittance of what they would have been had it hit a populated area. The same thing happened with Hurricane Michael when it hit Mexico Beach, other than that small beach community and skirting Panama City, the insured damages there were relatively minimal.
Yep, luckily it didn’t hit an area with 2M people.
The two counties in Florida, Taylor (on the coast) and Madison (inland), that the eye passed through have a combined population of 30,000.
The area it hit is sparsely populated. Taylor County and Madison County where the eye passed through before entering Georgia only have a combined population of 30,000. And the area east of there down to Crystal River is thinly populated also. Insured damages there will be miniscule compared to a hit down state in the peninsula.
One huge aspect of note here my friend…
There are very few observation stations in that region of Florida. .
My extremely strong belief is….
This storm was indeed a cat 4 at landfall.
Why ?
Satellite presentation was very impressive with a strong intact inner core around the storm center.
Pressure falling until landfall means it was gaining strength until then AND by that strengthening the winds are even more effectively and efficiently capable of reaching the surface at 1010 mB.
Hurricane Micheal hit in an area of hardly any observation instruments….
And I would bet the farm that was no doubt a cat 5 at landfall for the rationales mentioned above.
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The day after Hurricane Isabel I went to the gym I worked at in Gloucester County where I worked at the time. One of the ladies that worked there was really acting quite cranky and trifling… I said something to my friend and co worker Heather like wow, who took a number one in her Cornflakes today ?” Heather was like “ shut up… Linda lost her house yesterday to the hurricane.”
Of course, I felt like a complete moron and rightfully so. Linda lived in eastern Gloucester near the Severn river which saw the highest flooding at 7 feet about mean high tide since the 1933 storm.
A li over a year later she had a brand new home built where the old one was…. Stunningly beautiful man. Elevated probably 12 feet on beautifully designed concrete pillars that had a decorative wrap color and texture on them… The new home was just awesome and well done.
Hurricane Idalia is now Tropical Storm Idalia ... Tropical Storm Warnings for Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina
(photo on my way back from the Post Office Coastal NC) Biggest threat, if any would be the rain but its not going to pan out as much as some would believe.
(photo on my way back from the Post Office Coastal NC) Biggest threat, if any would be the rain but its not going to pan out as much as some would believe.
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And it’s not just along the ocean/bay/gulf. My brother lived for a time close to the Susquehanna river. Up quite a hill, but close all the same. A lot of the area had high water marks from prior devistating floods that were surprisingly high.
Hope everyone on here in the path stay safe and well.
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