Irma, getting nervous
Roger that. If you are in the path of this storm, don't screw around. Typical residential construction of wood framing and brick veneer will not withstand sustained winds approaching 200 MPH (same wind speed as an F4 tornado).
Get out whilst you can before fuel supplies are hard to find and roads are clogged with people making a run for it. Once you are above the Florida panhandle, get on I-10 or another highway that will take you as far West or Northwest as you can get.
This storm will move North across many states and possibly up into Newfoundland before its done. North and East side of these storms are the 'dirty side' having the most wind and rain......
HURRICANE IRMA
Projected path of the storm as of today. If it does take this turn North, Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas will take a hard hit. Bear in mind that this storm is nearly 2,000 miles wide. The 'cone of uncertainty' indicated on this graph reflects where NOAA's computer model projects the eye or center of this storm to track. Other models shift the center farther West and have the eye passing anywhere from directly through Miami to hugging the West coast of Florida rather then the East coast. Time will tell.
If the storm takes the projected course, we should be spared a repeat of Hurricane Harvey and the flooding it brought our way here in Texas. We will just have to watch this one carefully and make our decisions based upon the best information available, should it come close enough to us to be a concern.
Of the 3 hurricanes headed this way just now...... Katia will make landfall in Mexico. Irma will hit the US. Hard. Jose is projected to turn North before reaching the US. We will see on that one.
Our thoughts and prayers are with all affected by this storm,
Harry and Family
Roger that. If you are in the path of this storm, don't screw around. Typical residential construction of wood framing and brick veneer will not withstand sustained winds approaching 200 MPH (same wind speed as an F4 tornado).
Get out whilst you can before fuel supplies are hard to find and roads are clogged with people making a run for it. Once you are above the Florida panhandle, get on I-10 or another highway that will take you as far West or Northwest as you can get.
This storm will move North across many states and possibly up into Newfoundland before its done. North and East side of these storms are the 'dirty side' having the most wind and rain......
HURRICANE IRMA
Projected path of the storm as of today. If it does take this turn North, Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas will take a hard hit. Bear in mind that this storm is nearly 2,000 miles wide. The 'cone of uncertainty' indicated on this graph reflects where NOAA's computer model projects the eye or center of this storm to track. Other models shift the center farther West and have the eye passing anywhere from directly through Miami to hugging the West coast of Florida rather then the East coast. Time will tell.
If the storm takes the projected course, we should be spared a repeat of Hurricane Harvey and the flooding it brought our way here in Texas. We will just have to watch this one carefully and make our decisions based upon the best information available, should it come close enough to us to be a concern.
Of the 3 hurricanes headed this way just now...... Katia will make landfall in Mexico. Irma will hit the US. Hard. Jose is projected to turn North before reaching the US. We will see on that one.
Our thoughts and prayers are with all affected by this storm,
Harry and Family
