Hurricane Harvey

[TAH]

Father, protect all our friends and family in the SouthEast. Keep them safe and give them the wisdom to know if they need to evacuate. In Jesus Name. Amen

X2!!!!

 

[Pastor Dave]

I am seeing uncertainty in path, but they are saying worst hurricane measured in the Atlantic. 800 miles wide, 185mph with gusts of 200mph +
Could get to a Cat 6. I guess we'll see what Cuba gets.

 

[Mini Horses]

Well the news I just watched seems to feel -- those spaghetti paths -- it will quite possibly hit Keys, Miami and up coast. If it stays over water, the East Coast is gonna get hit with BAD weather, direct hit or not. Even if it goes into Gulf, East turn seems pretty sure.

Let's face it -- HUGE storm and FL is not going to escape it!!! Then, up the coast -- inland will weaken it before it gets to me but, still huge storm....way too much wind/rain. All the NC people are looking at the same thing!

Hate that FL gets brunt but I am not wanting any of it, esp coastal over water, then into NC. That's what/where it happens most often if over water. I'm preparing now for what is certain to come, minimally huge rain & wind.

 

[lcertuche]

This all reminds me how blessed we are here. My heart breaks for the loss of life and property. Now Oregon having hard time with fires, and Florida flooding from another hurricane.

 

[Bunnylady]

And, this sure doesn't look good.

Irma on track to enter Gulf of Mexico currently moving to the West.
TS Jose moving to the West right behind Irma.

What a difference a day makes, eh?

Katia (TD13) is expected to meander around and enter Mexico as a tropical storm by the weekend. Jose's future is a bit more impressive (possible Cat 2), but all of the spaghetti models want to take him off into the Atlantic, where he might give Bermuda a scare.

But Irma. Lord help us all. The models this morning are looking more and more like landfall on the southeast coast. A few runs of some of the models are hinting that there is still a possibility of her not making landfall on the U.S. mainland at all, but it doesn't look very likely.

I can remember seeing 3 hurricanes in the Atlantic at the same time, but it's been a while, and none of them was quite as impressive as Irma (on the whole planet, there have been very few that impressive!)

Definitely "stay tuned."

 

[Pastor Dave]

I will apologize for showing my ignorance of hurricane categories. Being a farm boy from Indiana, ask me anything you like about tornados, but I have never come close to a hurricane, and do not plan to.

I was informed on FB, that THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A CATEGORY 6 hurricane!
Ok, so Irma is a huge, powerful Category 5, Lol! Not funny to coastal residents, I know. But unless this storm causes a change to categorizing hurricanes, still a 5.

I remember when OK, I think, that had a 300mph tornado and wasn't updated to EF6

 

[Baymule]

Rule for hurricanes. If on low ground, RUN.

 

[Bunnylady]

I was informed on FB, that THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A CATEGORY 6 hurricane!

Well. with this kind of sensationalism running rampant:

"Category 6? If Hurricane Irma Becomes The Strongest Hurricane In History, It Could Wipe Entire Cities Off The Map"

Is it any wonder that people get confused? (That is an actual title I grabbed)

 

[sadieml]

I have not been on BYH in quite some time, but had to see how my dear herding friends in Texas, etc have weathered the storm. I pray you have all come through this well, @Baymule, @Devonviolet , @Latestarter , and others in the area. Now with Irma bearing down on us, I pray, also for those of you in Florida and the rest of us up the coast. Also, for those in the Virgin Islands and Cuba who are already suffering. Let us all remember Who is ALWAYS in control. Lord, be merciful to us, all. AMEN

 

[Devonviolet]

Hi Sadie. I did notice that you haven't been on BYH for a while. It's so nice to see you back among us. How are things going?

Bay, Latestarter and I all faired well in the aftermath of Harvey. LS and I didn't get any rain. I can't remember if Bay got any, but if she did, it didn't amount to much. The storm headed East before it got anywhere near any of us. Greybeard and FrustratedEarthMother all had flooding. However, as far as I know, they both were blessed to not have water in their houses.

Wow! It looks like SC is gonna get hit by Irma, after she loses a bit of power, but you should get LOTS of rain and possible tornadoes. I hope y'all are stocking up on supplies (especially water!). My son is in Central NC, and is preparing for the worst. His cupboards are full, he has LOTS of bottled water and his In-laws have loaned him a generator, in case of power outages.