OT: Hurricane Michael
Hurricane Michael is coming on shore as a category 4 storm with 155 MPH winds and a big storm surge. The most powerful storm to make landfall on the continental US since 2004.
Stay safe panhandle MGoBloggers.
Also, who does FL Gov Scott look more like, Skeletor or Michael Stipe?
October 10th, 2018 at 2:35 PM ^
Thankfully, the eye is hitting a less populated area. It's still incredible, though. Non-stop acceleration right up to landfall.
@ryanmaue is a Michigan grad and a great twitter follow right now. He specializes in severe weather reporting, and his specialty website is great if you geek out on this stuff. Here's his latest:
October 10th, 2018 at 2:38 PM ^
Having experienced 3 nearly direct hits from lesser hurricanes in the Pensacola area, my prayers are with those in harms way.
I have a brother in Tallahassee that decided to stay.
October 10th, 2018 at 3:02 PM ^
Most dangerous part isn't the eye, it's the Northeast quadrant. That's where the winds and surge will be the greatest. Having been through about 20 of these there is a huge difference between being in the NE quad and the others.
Good luck to everyone.
October 10th, 2018 at 3:36 PM ^
Yep. I moved to Houston from South Florida. Harvey just stalled over us and I remember being on that side the first night and how many tornado warnings we had here.
October 10th, 2018 at 4:30 PM ^
Same deal. My parents house just east of Houston didn't even get a drop of rain the day Harvey came ashore (around Corpus Christie), but after it moved over Houston and parked itself for a week... their town got the full 60 inches of rain and the house went under. No wind damage, not even a hurricane at that point.
Wind speed is totally overblown... storms should be classified by storm surge and then overall rain with wind factored in but not the only factor.
October 10th, 2018 at 6:33 PM ^
Thanks for that; four hours later and the storm is already past Tallahassee. Far different than the hurricanes we have sustained in recent years.
Am out of the country and waiting to hear how our house fared. Have managed to ascertain that both of our closest friends in the same neighborhood lost trees, so will not be surprised if that's the case with us also.
October 10th, 2018 at 2:37 PM ^
If I lose power in Atlanta and don't have it back by 7:30pm Saturday, I'm going to punch this storm in the face.
October 10th, 2018 at 2:43 PM ^
Same here in Charlotte. Supposed to be TS overhead. But I have a generator and a leaf antenna.
October 10th, 2018 at 2:46 PM ^
I don't know how it is in Charlotte, but there are so many damn trees in Atlanta that, if a good storm rolls through, losing power is more of a "when" than an "if". And I do not have a generator - just running on hope.
October 10th, 2018 at 4:04 PM ^
Go get a generator, man. If not, you can meet at my place for beers and watch the game if you don't have power through Saturday.
October 10th, 2018 at 4:36 PM ^
Check some threads around 5 on Saturday, I might be calling your name
October 10th, 2018 at 5:43 PM ^
And don't forget the banjo.
October 10th, 2018 at 3:24 PM ^
I have two old 12V batteries and a wire coat hanger, if that helps.
October 10th, 2018 at 4:00 PM ^
I think we will be fine here in Charlotte... We will find out tomorrow though where we are expected to get over 3 inches of rain... I am actually flying back to Michigan tomorrow morning so fingers crossed everything is ok... Btw do you frequent Tavern on the Tracks?
October 10th, 2018 at 2:44 PM ^
Make sure you're generator is running well, and that you have enough fuel for several hours. If you don't have a genny, go buy one!
October 10th, 2018 at 2:48 PM ^
No genny, just like 20 Virgin of Guadalupe veladoras.
October 10th, 2018 at 2:55 PM ^
Dude!! Go out and buy one of those little Honda camper gen sets! They're the size of a small cooler, are very quiet, run for 12 hours on a gallon of gas, and will power up your cable box, TV, and speaker system with aplomb. Will even have enough juice left over for a fan, a small powered cooler, and a couple of lights. Less than $200...
October 10th, 2018 at 7:30 PM ^
I'm an Electrical Engineer so I take of my toys. I bought mine when we lived in Michigan about 12 years ago when a spring-break Easter ice storm rolled through and we had no power for a week. I ran one cord across the lawn to power the neighbor's blower and furnace panel. He bought the gas for the whole week.
October 10th, 2018 at 3:34 PM ^
I'm in Atlanta as well. I'm hearing that the storm should be down to 15-25 mph winds by the time it gets here. I'm sure with all of the trees there may be some lines down, but it sounds like the tropical storm that came through a few years ago was much worse than what we are expecting with this one.
October 10th, 2018 at 3:46 PM ^
Yeah I was looking at an hourly forecast and it had winds tomorrow all around 20mph. Should be fine.
October 10th, 2018 at 5:31 PM ^
Time to evacuate - try 1300 miles North-NW - little town called Ann Arbor
October 11th, 2018 at 12:08 AM ^
Those were my first thoughts as well. It's still a Cat 1 hitting us here just south of Macon. I've been texting my wife for power updates since I had to work at the fire station today
October 10th, 2018 at 2:45 PM ^
I’m in Columbia, sc. they closed schools for tomorrow anticipating Tropical Storm conditions. Michael is projected to do more Damage than Florence did a few weeks ago, at least to this specific area.
October 10th, 2018 at 2:49 PM ^
The forecast cone has this thing going up into central South and North Carolina. Where the last hurricane (Florence) dumped about eighteen feet of water. Damn.
I'm going to try to think about hurricane season and the risks of living in Florida/South Carolina during one of our March ice storms.
October 10th, 2018 at 2:53 PM ^
This is where I live. My job has me spending a lot of time in small rural towns in central/eastern NC and man we do not need this at all right now.
Stay safe Florida/Georgia brothers and sisters.
October 10th, 2018 at 3:31 PM ^
You really don't need any more rain that's for sure; but it also looks as though (unlike Florence), this storm system is going to move a lot more quickly and off up into the Atlantic.
And the cold weather system that will make things chilly for us on Friday and Saturday nights is what will effectively push the moisture away from the Midwest.
October 10th, 2018 at 4:41 PM ^
It seems like it's more of a wind storm than a rain one from what I'm seeing. That's a silver lining for us, Florence was less wind and more just endless rain.
At this point, I can handle power loss if the wind knocks down lines. Just please no more rain.
October 10th, 2018 at 2:50 PM ^
Stay safe all in it's path.
Glad I relocated from the Orlando area.
October 10th, 2018 at 2:53 PM ^
So you're the old Orlando account, and the Tampa account, and the 800 other annoying accounts you've created over the years that have been banned.
October 10th, 2018 at 3:17 PM ^
No dude, check my posting history ....I'm Mazien!
EDIT: inappropriate thread apologies.
Stay Safe all!
October 10th, 2018 at 2:52 PM ^
Was noodling through the hard-hitting news on Daily Mail at lunch and saw an article on the various morons who are "riding it out" and defying all requests for evacuation. One especially mentally-challenged individual thought he and his wife would be safe cause their apartment, which is right on the fucking ocean, was on the 2nd floor.
Now I realize some people cannot move out due to health reasons but it really, REALLY pisses me off to think some of our first-responders will be risking their lives here in the next few hours/days to try and save the fucking idiots who have no reason to stay other than to party. Can we just set up a giant recording or something for them where they hear "you chose to stay - we'll try and help you if you're still alive next week" or something like that?
Godspeed the people who cant get out of the way. And for those idiots who could've left and chose to stay - I have zero sympathy for you and whatever happens to you next. I just hope you dont get one of the first responders hurt or killed trying to save your dumb ass.
October 10th, 2018 at 2:58 PM ^
This seems really really angry for a thoughts and prayers thread.
October 10th, 2018 at 3:05 PM ^
I guess it kinda is. Cause I watched video of people partying outside of a bar who are going to get somebody else hurt/killed because of their selfishness & stupidity.
Thoughts and prayers all day long for anybody stuck in harms way.
No thoughts and no prayers for the idiots who dont care about others and how their actions (or in this case inactions) could cause serious harm.
Sorry. I guess I'm selective in who I thought and pray for.
October 10th, 2018 at 3:07 PM ^
I guess that is fair enough.
It just seems like anger toward something, anything, is the default reaction to everything now.
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October 10th, 2018 at 3:13 PM ^
Some people just want to find something to be outraged about :)
October 10th, 2018 at 8:39 PM ^
That's why God created Urban Meyer.
October 11th, 2018 at 9:44 AM ^
From what I recall, there's really not an issue here. People are told, during Mandatory Evac, "you don't have to leave, we're just pulling out all emergency services and first responders."
So, they risk their lives. But not the lives of first responders. (Please correct me if wrong. Currently in Orlando, but never experienced a hurricane before.)
October 10th, 2018 at 3:25 PM ^
You'll probably be fine, man.
October 10th, 2018 at 3:47 PM ^
If it makes you feel better, no first responders go out in hurricane conditions until the all-clear has been established. That fact is stated down here before every storm hits - if you don’t get out, don’t expect someone to get you out.
October 10th, 2018 at 3:09 PM ^
It’s an Old Testament thoughts and prayers comment
October 10th, 2018 at 3:15 PM ^
Sigh...Old Testament.......good times.
But those fucking Philistines. Those guys I do not miss one bit.
October 10th, 2018 at 3:27 PM ^
Damn, I knew you were old. I didn't know you were MGoMethuselah.
October 10th, 2018 at 3:46 PM ^
Back in my day, we just called it The Testament
October 10th, 2018 at 5:18 PM ^
This thread made me snort lemonade out of my nose! That hurt!
October 10th, 2018 at 8:40 PM ^
What about those Spartans?
Douchebaggery appears to be timeless.
October 10th, 2018 at 3:07 PM ^
Google AdSense is showing me ads for "Furious Funeral Directors" embedded in your comment. mind blown!
October 10th, 2018 at 2:52 PM ^
Maybe I was just out of the loop on this particular storm but normally I feel like I hear about these for days before landfall. This one feels like it just popped up all of a sudden. Granted work has been shitty and my two month old has taken up all of my free time so I probably just wasn't paying attention.
October 10th, 2018 at 2:56 PM ^
You're absolutely right that it just popped up. I live in North Carolina, and there was discussion of Florence for a week before it hit. Michael just seemed to come out of nowhere. I would venture to say that there are still some eggs, bread, and milk on the shelves here, which is saying something.
October 10th, 2018 at 2:57 PM ^
I was just talking to someone about this yesterday. Why does it seem like the anticlimactic storms get attention and then the truly disastrous ones are covered less? Florence didn't even hit land as a hurricane but was in the news for weeks - Michael hits as a Cat 4 and coverage just got going on Monday??