Hurricane tomorrow

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Helene is turning into a monster. The hurricane warnings extend from the coast all the way to Macon, well into Georgia.

They are predicting a 20 foot storm surge which will travel well inland - the mandatory evacuation zone is farther north than I have ever seen before.

The warnings from NWS and others are dire. This one is looking scary.

They just upgraded it to category 3. 15-20 foot surge. That’s catastrophic.

It’s a 4 now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Helene is turning into a monster. The hurricane warnings extend from the coast all the way to Macon, well into Georgia.

They are predicting a 20 foot storm surge which will travel well inland - the mandatory evacuation zone is farther north than I have ever seen before.

The warnings from NWS and others are dire. This one is looking scary.

It was predicted to intensify like this a few days ago. None of this is a surprise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Predictions for a flight from Jacksonville tomorrow am?

Changed flight to Saturday. Hopefully a good move.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can't imagine living in an area like Tampa where your house floods once a year with 1-4 feet of nasty water. The flood insurance doesn't cover much of the lost property, so it's insanely expensive.

10 feet of storm surge is a PROBLEM. It's not the wind/rain for many people.

The storm surge generally only affects people who live less than a mile from the coast.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can't imagine living in an area like Tampa where your house floods once a year with 1-4 feet of nasty water. The flood insurance doesn't cover much of the lost property, so it's insanely expensive.

10 feet of storm surge is a PROBLEM. It's not the wind/rain for many people.

They're all problems. Most of the people in the area affected by the storm do not live in the path of the storm surge. Did you see the flooding prediction as far inland as the western Carolinas?

That said, if the worst storm surge were hitting any other area of FL the loss of life would be really bad. Too many people ride out these storms and this one intensified in a hurry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't imagine living in an area like Tampa where your house floods once a year with 1-4 feet of nasty water. The flood insurance doesn't cover much of the lost property, so it's insanely expensive.

10 feet of storm surge is a PROBLEM. It's not the wind/rain for many people.

They're all problems. Most of the people in the area affected by the storm do not live in the path of the storm surge. Did you see the flooding prediction as far inland as the western Carolinas?

That said, if the worst storm surge were hitting any other area of FL the loss of life would be really bad. Too many people ride out these storms and this one intensified in a hurry.

So lucky this was mostly empty Big Bend and Nature Coast

[Anonymous]

Looks like another system may be developing and moving into Gulf later this week.....