She and her parents are sheltering in one of the towns people go to for shelter—she lives there; and they and the entire apartment complex have barbecue units, a lot of charcoal and drinking water, and plans to cook up everything in their fridge and freezers in the courtyard, so it’s about as good a situation for this sort of thing as you can get. The hurricane eye was due to pass directly over, but now seems more aimed at the western coast, where hopefully they have built for storms. Hopefully this will just get up and move on…
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Latest forecast have it going northwest once the eye clears the Florida peninsula. Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, western Kentucky: all in line for a lot of wind and water.
We’ve seen pictures of Tampa Bay and other areas around the Caribbean where Irma simply hoovered up all the water, making it look like warning pictures for an approaching tsunami — exposed reefs and harbor bottoms. All that water has to go somewhere, and anything that doesn’t get dumped on Florida will end up in the Mississippi drainage and stressing their flood preparations.
When I was a sprat, we took some family vacations on Sanibel Island off the Gulf coast. I wonder how much of Sanibel-Captiva will be left after Irma.
Chondrite, the hurricane doesn’t suck up the ocean water. The difference in air pressure inside and out of the storm deforms the shape of the ocean’s surface. The water around an island is depressed, causing the ocean floor, down to a certain level, to be exposed when the water drains away. Then as the storm passes, the water rushes back to the old level. This is where hurricane damage to the reefs comes from.
I’ve seen elseweb that that’s part of the storm surge.
Yes. The level of the ocean is normal outside of the storm, lowest in the donut part with the strong winds, and highest in the eye. The storm surge can vary depending on where a certain coast is in relation to the storm’s profile.
Good to hear that Lynn and her parents are in a safe location, and well prepared to ride out the storm in safety , insofar as can be prepared for.
Thank you for letting us know.
I have a dear friend who lives in Key West. Knowing him to be level headed and realistic, they will have evacuated. Not so much worried about his personal safety. What concerns me is that when they are allowed to go back, there will be something left for them to go back to. He only recently moved there (a year ago). He’s in his late 60’s and moved there to start a new life after the death four years ago of his partner of 30+ years (and husband of 4 days!). It’s hard for people of any age to pick up the pieces from a natural disaster and try to put their lives back together, but it does seem to get exponentially harder as you get older.
Key West seems to be ok. And Lynn and family are ok up in central FL—a tree down and a carport damaged, and power is out, but they’re ok. So far, so good. Hemingway’s cats have all survived, word is. [The caretaker and staff of the mansion stayed, and they say the storm kind of skipped them.]
Heard from my friend today. They got out Thursday, well ahead of the storm and are holed up in a hotel in Orlando. I had a feeling he would do the smart thing and get out while the getting was good.
I think some of the recent hurricanes (like Katrina) have finally taught folks a lesson — when they say evacuate, you need to get out. Also I think people will be seeing the value of the stringent building codes along the coast. Since Key West has been hit repeatedly by hurricanes, new construction should be pretty OK, and what has already stood the test should still be standing, but it’s going to be a big, messy clean up. Ditto for Harvey.
From what I’ve been hearing, state and local officials in Florida had their act together, and were not caught flat footed in this. That’s so important.
I like Lynn’s apartment neighbors’ idea of barbecues in the courtyard.
It is very good to hear Lynn and family are OK, and (haha) the bbq grill is about the best way to make the best out of a bad situation. Hoping they get power restored quickly. Footage I’ve seen looks, well, very bad; I think Ive seen so much Harvey coverage I’m numb to it all at present, which does not feel right.
I’ve seen the news Irma is down to a tropical storm and is around Charlotte now. It’s good to hear it’s moving that quickly; much better than sitting there and dumping lots of rain more than what’s already hit throughout Florida.
I’ve also seen very sketchy coverage that José went a bit northwest and may miss really hitting inland. But it’s to early to be sure on that.
In the coverage, I have not seen what Katia is still doing.
I think by now, everyone around the Gulf and Caribbean would really appreciate a break!
Our weather here continues to be good, and it’s been much milder, 80’s during the day and (oh, wow!) 60’s at night. I’m sure folks in Florida would appreciate the same if/when they can get it.
Continued best wishes to Lynn and neighbors and family.
Kids in my current school district and the one I grew up in returned to classes yesterday. Things are just starting to get back to normal. Thousands here are still in evacuation shelters. — Hoping therefore that Lynn and others in Florida and the Caribbean are doing OK.
I’ve got a concoction of spaghetti noodles, canned mixed veggies, Alfredo sauce, and a can of tuna that’s going to stand in for a sort of tuna casserole for supper. We’ll see, but I think it’ll taste good.
Mail and package deliveries are still getting odd delays here as they get out the backlog and process the current incoming load.
I’ll find out tomorrow what the grocery store is like, 2-1/2 weeks after the hurricane.
Good fortune to Lynn and co. on the bbq grilling. Sounds good! Hope they’ve got good igloo ice chests and maybe electricity back. (Maybe, on that last.)