Death Storm Helene

[prankster]

So, sitting here in Pinellas County Florida. Scholl's were closed yesterday, today and tomorrow.

The sun is out, there is a lovely breeze.

Somewhere "out there" (gestures vaguely toward the Southwest) is the storm. Plodding toward us. We are all hurricane prepped up. Everywhere is closed. Nothing to do but wait.

We are.now being stalked by a turtle.

 

[GampelGladiator]

 

[GampelGladiator]

 

[GampelGladiator]

safe wishes to you and yours...

 

[storrsroars]

You'll probably miss the worst of it. Jim Cantore went up to Tallahassee this morning. Good luck!

Jim Cantore Switches His Hurricane Helene Location & People Are Freaking Out

With Hurricane Helene just hours away from landfall, all eyes are on Weather Channel legend Jim Cantore because he has a new location to ride out the storm.

www.outkick.com

 

[Cagey_Tee]

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You'll probably miss the worst of it. Jim Cantore went up to Tallahassee this morning. Good luck!

Jim Cantore Switches His Hurricane Helene Location & People Are Freaking Out

With Hurricane Helene just hours away from landfall, all eyes are on Weather Channel legend Jim Cantore because he has a new location to ride out the storm.

www.outkick.com

Sarasota checking in. Planning on watching NCAA replays as long as wifi is avail.

 

[WillB4]

Sun has been out in Venice for a couple of hours. But the wind in blowing, rain due from 3 to 10.

 

[Deepster]

This morning they were saying it won't move until the eye forms, then it's going to take off. Good luck.

 

[EsquiMex]

We just went through Helene here in Isla Mujeres, México. Strongest tropical storm and category one hurricane we have experienced, and we have experienced quite a lot. So much rain and wind for what it seemed hours. Definitely one has to take it seriously. Be patient, be safe and go Huskies.

 

[Chin Diesel]

I'm so far west on the Panhandle it'll be nothing but cloudy skies and a light breeze. We aren't getting rain.
All the schools are closed and many of the schools' parking lots are filled with bucket trucks and linemen waiting to head east after it passes through.
I know a bunch of people with kids at schools in Tallahassee. They all left for home yesterday. Classes today and tomorrow are canceled.
Crazy thing is Georgia, NC, and Eastern Tennessee may get the worst of this system

 

[prankster]

Sun is still out. No rain really, yet.

 

[superjohn]

I'm so far west on the Panhandle it'll be nothing but cloudy skies and a light breeze. We aren't getting rain.
All the schools are closed and many of the schools' parking lots are filled with bucket trucks and linemen waiting to head east after it passes through.
I know a bunch of people with kids at schools in Tallahassee. They all left for home yesterday. Classes today and tomorrow are canceled.
Crazy thing is Georgia, NC, and Eastern Tennessee may get the worst of this system

 

[superjohn]

 

[alphasigko]

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Read that in a Theater of rhe Absurd class at UConn back when.... Fun read. It was performed in 1983 by Robin Williams and Steve Martin in NYC in a limited engagement that sadly was never filmed. That probably was one heck of a show!

 

[OviedoFLHusky]

Orlando area checking in. No rain here since around 11 am, but it's been very windy all day. Supposed to get more rain tonight -- but nothing like the Big Bend is going to get hit with. They're going to get rain plus wind and storm surge. Prayers to all in the path of this storm and stay safe.

 

[Chin Diesel]

WTF= Welcome To Florida.

This is the Gulf of Mexico forecast for Oct 6.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

I remember visiting that area years ago and I believe it was in St Petersburg
In an information center I read where much of that area we were on did not exist before a 17th or 18th century hurricane.
Just thinking about that kind of power scares the heck out of me . As the ocean gives and takes at its whim.

 

[huskeynut]

Central Florida here - Poinciana. A band went thru this morning and gave us a brief burst of rain. Been quiet since then. Sun did come out for a while. Still in a tropical storm warning until 5 AM. Tornado watch until 8 PM.

Temp is 86 and its humid. Winds are gusting up to 27 mph. The worst for us will be overnight. Still expecting around 4 inches or rain with increasing wind speeds up to around 50 mph.

Our CERT team (Community Emergency Response Team) went on activation level 1 yesterday late morning. Normal procedure to see how many members are available should the need arise. We live in a 55+ community.

Been thru a few hurricanes since we moved from CT in 2016. We do our preparations - moving items off the lanai that can be blown away by high winds, making sure we have enough food. We check on our neighbors and their homes if they are snowbirds. Normal course of living in Florida.

The wife started her famous spagetti sauce earlier. Garlic bread and an adult beverage later.

 

[prankster]

I remember visiting that area years ago and I believe it was in St Petersburg
In an information center I read where much of that area we were on did not exist before a 17th or 18th century hurricane.
Just thinking about that kind of power scares the heck out of me . As the ocean gives and takes at its whim.

When God decides to re-arrange through furniture....

 

[jimva]

Northeast Florida here (Amelia Island) some light wind and rain so far.

 

[Dove]

Watching Weather Channel, they're talking Cat 3. Mrs Dove flicked to David Muir as he was saying, "Just in. Helen is a Cat 4!!!"

Weather Channel never said that.

 

[NowInStorrs]

Checking in from Georgia. That thing is way down south still.

 

[Fore!]

Watching Weather Channel, they're talking Cat 3. Mrs Dove flicked to David Muir as he was saying, "Just in. Helen is a Cat 4!!!"

Weather Channel never said that.

Fox Weather just confirmed Cat 4

 

[huskyfan224]

Got married in St. George Island last week, hard to believe what’s about to happen to that place

 

[Smp7598]

Give me a good snowstorm over this crap any day!