Huricane Michael: SigMonkey and Others in the Panhandle - Take Care
Stay safe everyone! This looks like a really bad Cat 4. Hope everyone is taking it seriously and have supplies in a safe place or have evacuated as necessary if on the coast. Prayers for all.
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October 10, 2018, 09:31 AM
RHINOWSO
Yeah, my wife stayed up most of the night (she's a self trained weathergirl) and informed me it upgraded to a CAT4 and hadn't turned East yet around 4am.
I woke up and watch for awhile, enough to see the gradual turn east. Living North of Pensacola, I'm pretty certain the forecast will hold and we'll be fine.
Winds have picked up a bit but we aren't supposed to get above 40kts.
Plus Jim Cantore is in Panama City, pulling it towards him... At least the Santa Rose Sheriff had some fun with him...
October 10, 2018, 09:32 AM
HRK
Well it may be working (Cantore Effect) heres the current predicted land fall
October 10, 2018, 09:36 AM
Oz_Shadow
quote:
Originally posted by Dtech: Stay safe everyone! This looks like a really bad Cat 4. Hope everyone is taking it seriously and have supplies in a safe place or have evacuated as necessary if on the coast. Prayers for all.
Looks a lot like Hurricane Opal, just a little farther east.
This is Andrew 'lite'. Blew up quickly, not much notice and kept growing. Only positive is no more growth as it interacts with land. PC and are going to need some help over the next year because of this.
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October 10, 2018, 11:13 AM
Oz_Shadow
I thought there would be some slight weakening already but it's still cranking up. Just saw it is at 150mph. Approaching Cat 5 territory ?
Hwy 98 will probably look like pebbles.
October 10, 2018, 11:23 AM
chellim1
We (my family) spend time each year along 30A, between Destin and Panama City .... It's gonna be a mess.
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October 10, 2018, 11:33 AM
Georgeair
I think for all the naysayers that always claim these storms are over-hyped, this is a good example of why erring on the side of caution if you're in the path of a serious storm is a good idea, before it becomes a monster like this one unexpectedly has.
Of course for a bit people will pay attention and maybe evacuate, but that won't last. Lather rinse repeat.
Fox is showing over 5 ft of flooding in Apalachicola FL, showing tide running into the river. Wind gusts up to 175 recorded.
October 10, 2018, 11:37 AM
sdy
10 am CDT Wed NOAA trajectory forecast
The brown area is the hurricane wind strengthThis message has been edited. Last edited by: sdy,
October 10, 2018, 12:03 PM
Georgeair
Thank goodness - though Michael killed SF:
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October 10, 2018, 12:12 PM
HayesGreener
Holy crap!
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October 10, 2018, 12:17 PM
Herkdriver
The eye wall is just now starting onshore. Looks like a direct hit on Tyndall AFB. I am about 60 miles inland in SE AL. The projected path of the eye has it about 50 miles east of me around 7PM.
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October 10, 2018, 12:19 PM
cheesegrits
Some fool is driving around live streaming the hurricane. He's claiming to "be in the eye." It's interesting to see the damage.
October 10, 2018, 12:32 PM
HRK
While some folks don't care for twidder, theres a lot of videos from the storm on this link to the NWS
