VinVega

So anybody getting ready for this one? Governor of FL already declared a state of emergency. I'm in Melbourne, finishing up Labor Day weekend and they are almost out of water around here. People seem to be taking it seriously around here, but they got blasted on the east coast of FL last year by a hurricane. The track of this thing doesn't look good for America's Wang.

Troy Stiffler

I hope this turns out to be nothing. You never know the trajectory of these things. I've seen graphics with 30 different possibilities. We'll see...

General Zod

Since I don't want to get blamed for saying "Don't evacuate!" I'll say now that you should always evacuate whenever any storm is heading your way. That ought a cover me..

TheBigDave

I'm down in the Ft Lauderdale area which is right in the middle of the predicted path. We swung by the grocery store tonight, and everyone was starting to stock up. They were all out of bottled water. And there were long lines at the gas stations.

As it stands now, we'll probably put up the storm windows. But we don't plan on evacuating.

VinVega

I'm not in a flood zone. It could be worse for me to get stuck in 9 hours of traffic (trying to drive the same direction as the storm is traveling) than to hunker down in place and have a list of storm shelters available in my neighborhood.

Trout

Shit, my Wife and I were heading to Orlando on Saturday...looks like this trip might not be happening.

RichC2

It's good to see people preparing this early, gives enough time for another delivery of water and supplies -- which probably won't happen, but there is enough time.

stingermck

This is the first hurricane where I have seen stuff on FB like "This will be a category 6 city destroyer, or the path is wrong and the media is lying to you."

RayChuang

Given how warm the waters around Florida are now, we may be talking something like the super typhoons that sometimes ravage the Philippines with a large storm size and winds over 160 mph.

Troy Stiffler

Weather Channel is now #fakenews ?

JackoOnHisBacko

Weather and climate have a well-known Liberal bias.

stingermck

Crap like this:

***HURRICANE IRMA UPDATE***

Hurricane Irma is scheduled to hit North/South Carolina on 9/11 and this is what your local news station isn't telling you.

jfoobar

South Carolina was also the first state to secede from the Union in December, 1860. This cannot be a coincidence.

In all seriousness, it is hard to know what to make of this. Obviously, people are much more on edge about a major hurricane coming on the heels of another that was so damaging.

TomOpus

Irma was created to only take out the confederate flags and statues.

Glad to see Floridians taking it seriously. Looks to be a monster.

nando820

I'm in Melbourne too!! wonder if we ever crossed paths in some dark corner in the middle of the night

PS: should i stock up like crazy too?

Adam Tyner

As luck would have it, I guess, I'll be on the other side of the country then.

I'm about as far inland as it gets in SC, so it's strange seeing my neck of the woods directly in the path.

mndtrp

I don't understand why people don't just fill up the containers they have at home with water from the tap/home filter. Surely most people have a bunch of tupperware they aren't using, as well as countless other pitchers and whatnot. It doesn't travel as well, some containers not at all, but are these people really taking their water on long trips?

tripplej

It is a cat 5 hurricane now.. Still too early from all the projections where it will hit but best to be prepared if you are in the southern tip of Florida.

Mrs. Danger

There's no such thing as "category 6"

Category 5 is already a city destroyer, so there's no point in adding another category above that.

I can't think of any purpose, even a nefarious one, for "the media" to lie about the predicted path of a hurricane. It's not like the hurricane itself won't expose the lie in a few days. What would be gained? Nobody would ever trust them again. So much for being a useful platform for spreading disinformation in the future.

General Zod

If you aren't in an area likely to flood I'd suggest making plans already for perhaps being stuck for a while. The wind on this one is what scares me the most.. 180 mph? crap.

tripplej: Nice station! But I stream tripplem daily. More my speed..

Mrs. Danger

Scheduled?

We have weather control?

General Zod

George Bush does.

shadowhawk2020

https://www.ventusky.com/?p=23.4;-78...&t=20170909/18

Cool site that lets you see where the storm is going to be and when it will be there. Plus how hard the wind is going to be sustained.

I am in Merritt Island for you guys who are in Melbourne...

TomOpus

...and right behind Irma is Jose, not a hurricane...yet.

nando820

Me too!! did you stayed for last year's Mathew? I wasn't living on the island last year