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"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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