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BumRushDaShow

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10. Are they even open? I thought they (and on either side) got hit pretty hard from Florence
Mon Oct 8, 2018, 12:37 PM
Oct 2018


My concern is how much rain this could generate once it gets on land because rivers are still running high in the Carolinas and this will just exasperate it.
"Fake lib news. It's all OK. I'm in charge. Believe me. Trust me." - Dirty Donny* (R) Achilleaze Oct 2018 #1
How could there be such a bad storm coming? I look outside and it's sunny and clear. TheBlackAdder Oct 2018 #26
Still? malaise Oct 2018 #87
Oh, I'm in NJ :-D TheBlackAdder Oct 2018 #88
I knew you were joking malaise Oct 2018 #90
This will help Rick Scott sadly NewsCenter28 Oct 2018 #40
Storm gonna scuzzy up the red tide, of toxic big ag republicorp origin Achilleaze Oct 2018 #47
I was sicking watching local TV this afternoon in Miami Awsi Dooger Oct 2018 #66
You know Don the Con is really bad luck malaise Oct 2018 #97
Malaise...new to this Lars39 Oct 2018 #2
It's developing much faster than expected. Ilsa Oct 2018 #3
Thanks! Lars39 Oct 2018 #4
Plus it's got some really warm water that it is going to traverse BumRushDaShow Oct 2018 #6
So many variables Lars39 Oct 2018 #8
Are they even open? I thought they (and on either side) got hit pretty hard from Florence BumRushDaShow Oct 2018 #10
It's right in the path of the storm. dixiegrrrrl Oct 2018 #11
I hope the area isn't hit hard Lars39 Oct 2018 #25
When is hatching time? dixiegrrrrl Oct 2018 #36
Not sure. Lars39 Oct 2018 #37
Oct is really the end of the season. aikoaiko Oct 2018 #102
Are you talking about Top Sail in North Carolina? Separation Oct 2018 #46
No, the one in Santa Rosa Beach FL. Lars39 Oct 2018 #48
National Hurricane Center prediction YessirAtsaFact Oct 2018 #5
NOAA, Noon news on all Florida stations and here's the WashingtonPost malaise Oct 2018 #7
Thank you! Lars39 Oct 2018 #9
Stay safe malaise Oct 2018 #12
Yeah, this is not a good time to visit the coast of the Florida Panhandle csziggy Oct 2018 #15
Thanks for the information! Lars39 Oct 2018 #16
Mr. Dixie didn't understand my insistence that we keep 1/2 tank in the car at all times. dixiegrrrrl Oct 2018 #38
'sWhat kills me is that my husband's Prius was already warning about low gas csziggy Oct 2018 #41
Mike (from Mike's Weather Page) was predicting a Cat 3 yesterday based on barometric pressure DrDan Oct 2018 #18
Oh ok. Thanks DrDan! Lars39 Oct 2018 #19
Here is the Saffir-Simpson scale DrDan Oct 2018 #22
Thanks! That's good info Lars39 Oct 2018 #23
That did not look right to me, so I checked. dixiegrrrrl Oct 2018 #39
The chart DrDan posted was in kilometers per hour csziggy Oct 2018 #51
exactly - thanks - I was focussed on the barometric pressure and did not convert wind speeds DrDan Oct 2018 #60
That chart uses "Catastrophic" for both cat 4 and 5. Shouldn't cat 5 be "Trump admin"? n/t royable Oct 2018 #54
So how did we know this on Monday but not the people warning folks to move? malaise Oct 2018 #115
Mike was warning us of this storm on Oct 2 - and he was denigrating the media DrDan Oct 2018 #116
Yep malaise Oct 2018 #117
Supposed to make landfall mid-morning on Wednesday! Make your preparations now! Baclava Oct 2018 #13
K&R... spanone Oct 2018 #14
We left home (Pensacola) on Sat. To meet up Grammy23 Oct 2018 #17
I've always wanted to do a river cruise Phoenix61 Oct 2018 #80
:) Serenely watching medieval towns and castles pass by Hortensis Oct 2018 #84
I went out to run errands, thinking I could fill up my tank when I was done The Blue Flower Oct 2018 #20
It will only get worse malaise Oct 2018 #44
A frined's daughter saw a fist fight over gas csziggy Oct 2018 #52
Oh, my. We have a place west of Ocala, and friends Hortensis Oct 2018 #85
We're in Tampa tonight csziggy Oct 2018 #93
Still cat 4 this morning. We've always left our cats at home, Hortensis Oct 2018 #100
The wind is already picking up in Miami & we're nowhere near the center. Scurrilous Oct 2018 #21
I'm surprised how it is pushing clouds up into FL like that. BumRushDaShow Oct 2018 #24
I was wondering why we were getting east wind with rain gusts. dixiegrrrrl Oct 2018 #42
There is a big high over northern Maine BumRushDaShow Oct 2018 #53
Hello neighbor Tree-Hugger Oct 2018 #56
Been a weather lover since the ripe old age of 8. BumRushDaShow Oct 2018 #61
Same Tree-Hugger Oct 2018 #91
LOL I didn't even know there was a weather forum here. BumRushDaShow Oct 2018 #92
Hypnotic! Scurrilous Oct 2018 #57
Another cool site is this BumRushDaShow Oct 2018 #62
Calm but cloudy in Marion County. Unless it shifts East, it should not affect us much. nt Blue_true Oct 2018 #32
Be careful malaise Oct 2018 #43
I should be fine. Blue_true Oct 2018 #45
Stay safe malaise Oct 2018 #98
I am in Tallahassee minoan Oct 2018 #27
Stay safe mcar Oct 2018 #29
villages MOMFUDSKI Oct 2018 #82
Don't think you'll get the worst of it malaise Oct 2018 #31
It's moving fast and taking an Eastward turn I don't like mcar Oct 2018 #28
It's picked up speed from 7mph to 9mph malaise Oct 2018 #30
Thanks malaise mcar Oct 2018 #34
You are on the Gulf coast. Look like trouble for you. Blue_true Oct 2018 #33
Thanks Blue_true mcar Oct 2018 #35
It's still very hot in the Gulf Cetacea Oct 2018 #49
Michael is moving fast - now 12mph malaise Oct 2018 #59
Don't worry .... flying-skeleton Oct 2018 #50
It's amazing how many of his supporters are heading inland malaise Oct 2018 #55
Here's a great website Tree-Hugger Oct 2018 #58
Thanks malaise Oct 2018 #63
Excellent info. Scurrilous Oct 2018 #65
Great site workinclasszero Oct 2018 #77
Recent image as we lost daylight (vis - ir) BumRushDaShow Oct 2018 #64
It's getting more organized malaise Oct 2018 #67
It's trying to form and stablize an eye. BumRushDaShow Oct 2018 #68
Zeroing in on Panama City Beach Baclava Oct 2018 #69
Michael now a Cat 2 as of 8am ET update BumRushDaShow Oct 2018 #70
Scary Haynx Oct 2018 #71
Now 110mph malaise Oct 2018 #74
Was heading for the condo next week, now fingers crossed it's still standing. sarcasmo Oct 2018 #72
Good luck malaise Oct 2018 #73
... Scurrilous Oct 2018 #75
Moving north now malaise Oct 2018 #76
My friend's daughter drove home from FSU last night. Scurrilous Oct 2018 #78
Nmichael now 120mph 5.00pm update malaise Oct 2018 #83
I just heard the words, possible 4, from a forecaster JCMach1 Oct 2018 #79
The water is hot but I'm not sure there's enough time malaise Oct 2018 #81
He was right malaise Oct 2018 #103
24k stuck in Panama City Beach area with no way out JCMach1 Oct 2018 #114
Hurricane Michael's Storm Surge Will Likely Erode 75 Percent of Florida's Gulf Coast Beaches Scurrilous Oct 2018 #86
Those high rise hotels will also face a serious test malaise Oct 2018 #89
140mph is catastrophic malaise Oct 2018 #96
Yep. Scurrilous Oct 2018 #99
The worst side of Michael could devastate Apalachicola malaise Oct 2018 #101
Aren't the areas that are going to be hit mostly red? LakeSuperiorView Oct 2018 #94
Yes malaise Oct 2018 #95
Did the con say that in terms of water that this is supposed to be the wettest? TexasTowelie Oct 2018 #104
LOL malaise Oct 2018 #105
As of 7:45 is now 145 mph and down to 933 mb, so very deadly wishstar Oct 2018 #106
145 mph, still strengthening. Only 10 mph below a Cat 5 now. Hortensis Oct 2018 #107
Scary indeed malaise Oct 2018 #110
I'm getting tired of climate change, Hortensis Oct 2018 #112
Kick superpatriotman Oct 2018 #108
Well say one thing for Don the Con malaise Oct 2018 #111
145 now - with hours more over the bathtub gulf DrDan Oct 2018 #109
"I'm not seeing the level of traffic on the roadways that I would expect" - Sheriff Ford said womanofthehills Oct 2018 #113
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