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In the discussion thread: Holy Shit - they're saying Cat3 Hurricane Michael - and it's now Cat4 with 140mph winds [View all]

Response to Hortensis (Reply #85)

Tue Oct 9, 2018, 10:19 PM

csziggy (27,924 posts)

93. We're in Tampa tonight

Filled up with gas south of Gainesville. No lines but every pump space taken. Traffic wasn't too bad. Only bad rain was right where the turnpike left I-75 - absolutely opaque down pour for just those few miles.

Now the Weather Channel is saying Cat 4! If no power at home we can stay down here after the cruise. Mom's house is being tented this weekend but we could stay there once they clear it. I hope our old cat will be okay. Last storm he stayed cuddled up with me. He has a cat door so can get inside but will be alone.

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117 replies	Author	Time	Post
Holy Shit - they're saying Cat3 Hurricane Michael - and it's now Cat4 with 140mph winds [View all]	malaise	Oct 2018	OP
"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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