odessasteps Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Here is footage from St. Maarten. This is the Maho Beach webcam looking around and then being destroyed. Scared yet? Do not fuck around. If you're in the projected path, take appropriate actions now. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 The PM of Antigua is on state TV saying that Barbuda is 90% wiped out with a death toll above 1000. The population of the island is about 1600. Jesus. EDIT: They're walking back that death toll now. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 9 hours ago, Pete said: Nothing short of Mar a Lago getting wiped off the face of the earth by Irma will pull that trick. About that... The baf news is it's going to beat the living shit out of the Keys and Miami on the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 The scale of this thing is incredible. I know some people that think they can bunker down where they are and, though I don't get hurricanes here, my instincts say fuck that, head anywhere else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLSigman Posted September 7, 2017 Author Share Posted September 7, 2017 Pictures are just starting to come out of Barbuda, and if it stood taller than 5 feet, it was blown away, if it stood shorter than 5 feet, it was flooded and/or washed away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLSigman Posted September 7, 2017 Author Share Posted September 7, 2017 So the majority of these still have Irma coming by for a visit. So where can I take one bed-bound Mom, 4 cats, myself, and several non-negotiable electronic things? That costs little to no money? Good fucking question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikoBaltimore Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 31 minutes ago, JLSigman said: So the majority of these still have Irma coming by for a visit. So where can I take one bed-bound Mom, 4 cats, myself, and several non-negotiable electronic things? That costs little to no money? Good fucking question. I'm not going to pretend to have a solid answer for that. But I sure do hope you guys are bunkered down the best you can. It's sad seeing the destruction that's already taken place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RIPPA Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 Jet Blue has capped the cost of plane tickets out of Florida at $99 Delta.... has not... Quote JetBlue (JBLU) is capping its ticket prices in every city in Florida where the airline operates so people can evacuate as Hurricane Irma barrels through the Caribbean. JetBlue will charge a maximum of $99 up to the last available seat for direct flights and a maximum of $159 up to the last available seat for connecting flights, a JetBlue representative told Yahoo Finance. That includes government taxes. The airline has also added flights to its schedule out of select cities where they have aircraft available. For existing reservations, JetBlue is waiving cancellation fees as well as waiving change fees and differences in air fare for rebooking. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/jetblue-caps-ticket-prices-florida-99-ahead-hurricane-irma-173232462.html 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 Stay safe. Do not fuck around with this storm. My boo's sister and her family live near Orlando and they'll be up at our crib over the weekend while Irma does her thing. Hurricane Jose is right on Irma's heels, but it looks like the atmospheric pressure wake will cause Jose to veer into the Atlantic and possibly not make landfall anywhere... fingers crossed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 This storm is literally bigger than the state I live in. Stay safe people, please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 1 hour ago, J.T. said: Stay safe. Do not fuck around with this storm. My boo's sister and her family live near Orlando and they'll be up at our crib over the weekend while Irma does her thing. Hurricane Jose is right on Irma's heels, but it looks like the atmospheric pressure wake will cause Jose to veer into the Atlantic and possibly not make landfall anywhere... fingers crossed... And now you have Katia menacing Veracruz as well. Three simultaneous hurricanes is some batshit crazy stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilwaldo Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 Darwin will be looking to cleanse the gene pool with this storm. You do not want to win this award. Not even Slayer guy who outlasted Matthew will be safe. Get out now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilwaldo Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 For those interested, logs of the current and past Hurricane Hunter flights into the storm. https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/recon/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Family is evacuating, en route to an AirBnB in Atlanta. Miami is in a direct path now. I'm just hoping right now that the town I grew up in, the town I love, will still be around on Monday. FUCK PLEASE TURN EAST. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinit Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 I've had some legendary nights in South Beach. Hoping Mother Nature shows some mercy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggulator Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 This one sucks. My mother-in-law lives near West Palm (like 10-15 minutes from Mar-A-Lago). The Intercoastal isn't too far away from her backyard. However, my mother-in-law was hit by a truck while visiting us just about a year ago. Her leg was broken in about 5 places and she's had a few surgeries and the like since. She can get around fine. But she has some sort of issues with a wound that flares up/gets infected. She has to go to an outpatient center at the local hospital for an antibiotic treatment. She's very stubborn to start with but we convinced her to evacuate to my parents' timeshare in central Florida, reminding her how a few years ago her old house was nearly destroyed in one of the big storms. She left with her dog and her neighbor. The drive without traffic is 2.5 hours or so. The last time we talked to her, she had been in the car for 8 hours or so. They were getting close. However, the interruption to her medical treatment was making her really sick. It's not life threatening, but she's going to be dealing with nausea and the like (and wound pain) for at least a few days. It's really awful. Even being in the middle of the state is no safe bet since there's no real way to predict. But it's at least safer than being like 1.5 miles from the ocean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 This looks like a potential country-changing moment if it's as bad as the models are showing right now. People have been wondering when the real estate market in Florida (and more broadly on the coast) would feel the impact of climate change, when insurance companies would pull out, when infrastructure would become too expensive to maintain. But everyone I've seen bring that up figured it would be a gradual process with a few people gambling and a few pulling out, but most holding on and prices staying steady for awhile. But if this storm causes s much damage to as many large cities as it might, all that could be suddenly on us right now. Of course, I have underestimated our ability to deny climate change in the past but this looks like a storm someone would have made jokingly as a Sci Fi channel movie called "Category 8" a few years ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Ann Coulter (who granted, isn't even a human being) blamed Harvey on lesbians so, I mean, those people will find a way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilwaldo Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Don't let the weakening fool you. THe hurricane is undergoing an eyewall replacement. Even if the hurricane wobbles just a bit it looks like the entire width of Florida will undergo hurricane force winds. This is not the time to be an Internet streaming hero. The only thing you win is a Darwin Award for removing yourself from the gene pool. I honestly cannot believe how stupid the Internet has made us. People are online bragging about how they will ride it out or asking questions on message boards instead of contacting the proper authorities. Have we really fallen so far that we lock up in times of crisis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Yes, plus being Florida, it's got a bizarrely high percentage of complete idiots to normal people ratio compared to nearly every state if not every state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Love from across the pond xxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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