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Florida has 7 million more residents now than they did when hurricane Andrew hit. Traffic already looks bad getting out.

The eye wall replacement this thing is going through is horrifinglly beautiful to watch. NHC predicting this to weaken to cat 4 before landfall. Some other models/mets think it might sustain cat 5 as the new eye wall tightens and rebuilds pressure.

Would would it weaken going through the 90 degree water between Cuba and Bahamas? A Cat 4 is still going to destroy tons of stuff.

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09-07-2017 , 10:14 PM

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Would would it weaken going through the 90 degree water between Cuba and Bahamas?

No, quite the opposite .

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09-07-2017 , 10:20 PM

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Here's an actual good weatherman:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...&v=9gVFeGLROmA

Last edited by eastern motors; 09-07-2017 at 10:30 PM.

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09-07-2017 , 10:24 PM

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(long before people began trying to associate every little weather deviation with global warming/climate change)

Lol u

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09-07-2017 , 10:31 PM

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Was in southern florida like 2 weeks ago and had been raining a ton and seemed like everything was super soaked and there was standing water in all the fields/trees on side of road. Does that matter at all for this, or the Everglades/etc basically have an unlimited ability to drain water?

I wouldn't expect that to have much of an effect with a storm this large, but that is just my WAG. It certainly won't help, but I doubt it hurts that much.

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09-07-2017 , 11:15 PM

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Today's path updates seem to be pretty much "destroy the entire state of Florida".

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09-07-2017 , 11:21 PM

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09-08-2017 , 02:30 AM

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Anyone feel this is anticlimactic?

I hope it's maximally anticlimatic and a ****ing hurricane doesn't do way more damage than it already has. :/

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09-08-2017 , 05:43 AM

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New path looks about as bad as it could be. At least most have it weakening to Cat 4/3.

GL all - saw on Twitter that Mercier is staying put. Don't think I would do such a thing with a 37 week preg wife, but each to their own.

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09-08-2017 , 05:52 AM

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I've never been ****ed by an Irma before.

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09-08-2017 , 06:29 AM

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Ugh, keeps moving west.

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09-08-2017 , 08:10 AM

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The projections are nuts. They have it making landfall in the Everglades and still being a hurricane 24 hours later in Orlando, and 24 hours after that still being a tropical storm in Atlanta.

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09-08-2017 , 08:25 AM

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Shutters going up at my place now. I'm about 20 miles west of Fort Lauderdale. Not excited with these models. At all.

And just an obvious PSA - If you're in the South Florida area and don't have shutters on your home, don't stay there. Go to a shelter or stay at a friend's house, or something.

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09-08-2017 , 08:50 AM

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Have hurricanes come this quickly in the past? Gonna be 3 major hurricanes in less than 3 weeks.

The 2005 hurricane season had 15 hurricanes, 7 of them major. 4 of them hit the US, Dennis, Katrina, Rita, and Wilma.

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09-08-2017 , 08:54 AM

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Lol u

After the 2005 hurricane season (the worst hurricane season ever), people were theorizing that climate change was going to make seasons like that normal. Instead, not a single cat 3+ storm hit the US from then until Harvey. If you're going to use Harvey and Irma as evidence of climate change, what do you do with 12 years of no hurricanes?

Hurricanes are weather, not climate. Whether or not there is climate change, hurricanes neither prove nor disprove it.

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09-08-2017 , 08:56 AM

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LOL, the place I work is not closing. Orders to take laptops home with us because, yeah, that's important.

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09-08-2017 , 09:42 AM

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With Irma expected to go over Walt Disney World as a Cat 2 hurricane within a day or two, I'm surprised they're not closing up to prepare for what is likely to damage the park.

"Walt Disney World Resort is operating under normal conditions and continues to monitor the path of Hurricane Irma."

But they did cancel "Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party" on Saturday...

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09-08-2017 , 09:53 AM

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They kinda have to. There's thousands of people that have travelled thousands of miles to visit.

I'd be pretty pissed if I travelled all the way from the UK, for the park to be closed before the storm even made landfall.

They'll close on the day or day before the storm hits - to be honest, Disney is probably one of the safest places to be in a Hurricane...

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09-08-2017 , 10:04 AM

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These elephants should really fly!

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09-08-2017 , 11:10 AM

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My plan A (move to a concrete condo on the third floor) might have been squashed. Reports are highway patrol is not letting anyone in that area. Might have to ride it out where I am.

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09-08-2017 , 11:22 AM

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Looks like it's tracking even more West now - Keys look like they're gonna get it hard.

Jose now picking up strength too.. wtf is going on.

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09-08-2017 , 11:37 AM

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Jose is a Category 4 hurricane now though it isn't projected to hit America.

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09-08-2017 , 11:39 AM

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Local predictions are all over the map - anywhere between 50 and 90 mph winds. Storm surge negligible to 6 feet. NFC what to expect.

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09-08-2017 , 11:53 AM

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Local predictions are all over the map - anywhere between 50 and 90 mph winds. Storm surge negligible to 6 feet. NFC what to expect.

I heard the surge is predicted to be between 5 to 10 feet but keep in mind there will be huge waves smashing in on top of the surge. Most people who die in hurricanes are killed by the storm surge. Your in an evacuation zone gtfo