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46k people gping to this facebook event "shoot irma"

I guess you can add raining bullets as one of the hazards

https://m.facebook.com/events/126766931320280/?acontext=%7B"ref"%3A"22"%2C"feed_story_type"%3A"2 2"%2C"action_history"%3A"null"%7D&pnref=story

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09-08-2017 , 06:50 PM

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Best case for Florida is that this thing makes some sort of landfall in Cuba. That would knock some of the strength out of it. Some current models suggest a decent chance of this.

There are people in Cuba too, you know.

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09-08-2017 , 06:55 PM

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gusmahler

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Projecting landfall to be in 48 hours in Naples

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09-08-2017 , 06:58 PM

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HawkFanIA

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There are people in Cuba too, you know.

hence why I said the best case for "Florida"

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09-08-2017 , 07:02 PM

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wow

https://twitter.com/ABC/status/906263951423438849

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09-08-2017 , 07:06 PM

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biggerboat

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Yeah, looking worse and worse for the west side.

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09-08-2017 , 07:06 PM

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Fedfan691

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**first day its happened during the record keeping era. That doesnt mean its never happened before.

He didn't say it's never happened before, he said unheard of, which you just confirmed.

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09-08-2017 , 07:10 PM

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biggerboat

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Blotkis is concerned.

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09-08-2017 , 07:30 PM

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eastern motors

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There are people in Cuba too, you know.

They are way better at hurricans than Florida Man

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/08/h...-disaster-plan

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09-08-2017 , 07:34 PM

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Earlier today CNN interviewed a guy who lives on Miami Beach with a 1yr old and a 4yr old and said he's not going to obey evacuation orders. He thinks because he's in a high rise he's up high enough above the surge but winds are much stronger at altitude. Not to mention being cut off from the world for several days in case of an emergency.

Shouldn't this stubborn dummy get arrested for child endangerment? What if one of his kids gets cut in the head from flying glass and dies, can and should he be charged with manslaughter? If it was up to me it would be yes.

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09-08-2017 , 07:53 PM

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I think I'd rather be in a high rise (not next to huge construction crane) than in a traffic jam trying to get out of the state. Obv they are going to be in a bathroom or hallway without windows during the worst of it.

People have previously not been let back into the disaster area for 10+ days and all their stuff got looted.

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09-08-2017 , 08:32 PM

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why is getting stuck in traffic during the hurricane the other option to ignoring evacuation orders? miami to atlanta is 9.5 hours with current traffic.

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09-08-2017 , 09:10 PM

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why is getting stuck in traffic during the hurricane the other option to ignoring evacuation orders? miami to atlanta is 9.5 hours with current traffic.

I had read it 12 hours to the GA border and issues with waiting hours for gas. "Current traffic" could get pretty variable. A million people could aSZerd

Definitely going to be hard/impossible to find a hotel. If you don't have friends to stay with, you are going to be sleeping in your car until you can get back into your high rise. Could be a week+.

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09-08-2017 , 09:16 PM

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I had read it 12 hours to the GA border and issues with waiting hours for gas. "Current traffic" could get pretty variable. A million people could aSZerd

Definitely going to be hard/impossible to find a hotel. If you don't have friends to stay with, you are going to be sleeping in your car until you can get back into your high rise. Could be a week+.

there has to be some weird constraints in your mind as to where he can drive in order for this to be true.

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09-08-2017 , 09:17 PM

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Gf's mom left Ocala this afternoon and they are in Georgia now. Stop and go all the way with hazard lanes open.

People are still just now deciding to leave. Most thought it was going up the east coast so the weren't going to leave. But the new tracks are taking it much farther west so everyone is getting out now.

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09-08-2017 , 09:19 PM

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Fedfan, remember you are dealing with Florida man here.

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09-08-2017 , 09:24 PM

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is there a traffic jam on I-95 now? is it expected to be flooded?

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09-08-2017 , 09:30 PM

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Stay safe everyone. Sounds like it is going to be a doozy.

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09-08-2017 , 09:39 PM

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is there a traffic jam on I-95 now? is it expected to be flooded?

Looks clear until Savannah. You can just look in Google maps anytime.

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09-08-2017 , 09:49 PM

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My brother is in Ft. Myers and staying at his work building, not in a evacuation zone but fairly close, still much better than his house. Looking like they will get a direct hit. This thing is so nuts not sure if the wind or the water is scarier.

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09-08-2017 , 10:35 PM

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I'm having trouble even conceptualizing any of this. What a horror show. Hurts my heart.

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09-08-2017 , 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Fedfan691

He didn't say it's never happened before, he said unheard of, which you just confirmed.

In the long run, is it really unheard of though? I mean our sample size compared to earths is rather small in scale and its really difficult to have everything set for hurricane production season. So now that we see it live we shouldnt rule it out as extraordinary. It might be another 5 years, even 12 or 20, before we see something as powerful as irma again.

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09-08-2017 , 10:45 PM

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Ok this is so dope. can't believe she's 51 too

http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/09/0...-south-florida

and clicking the settings on this is mind blowing: https://earth.nullschool.net/#2017/0...-86.475,34.683