Weird weather

[Officer_Charon]

That trailing patch to the north is rolling over us right now. A tasty preview of things to come. And while the main storm ain't gonna hit us, we're at high risk for storm surge and tornadoes, as well as occasional hurricane-strength wind gusts.

Florida folks, hunker down, and we'll see you on the other side.

 

[evilmike]

Wind and rain here. Not tropical storm force yet.

 

[Terrik]

Wind and rain here. Not tropical storm force yet.

Constant tornado warnings though

 

[GasBandit]

 

[Terrik]

 

[evilmike]

@Terrik , you missed an opportunity yesterday. You should have stopped at Disney World.

 

[Terrik]

Starting to pick up a little bit.

 

[evilmike]

I found a site that gives a pretty good visualization of the wind over Florida right now: http://www.windmapper.com/?Loc=FL

 

[jwhouk]

The rest of the country is basically clear, but the entirety of Florida and almost all of the southeast is covered by Irma.

 

[Dei]

Terrik lost power. He turned off his phone to conserve battery and will update me again later.

 

[Ravenpoe]

Terrik lost power. He turned off his phone to conserve battery and will update me again later.

I'm still here. Bring it, Irma!

No, actually, don't... keep it Irma.

 

[evilmike]

Still here as well.

I'm in a gap between bands right now. Lots of wind, but no rain.

 

[evilmike]

Some good news:

(Snopes)

 

[PatrThom]

Do not taunt Hurricane Irma.

--Patrick

 

[evilmike]

Do not taunt Hurricane Irma.

--Patrick

She started it.

 

[Dei]

Got an update. Data service is down, but Terrik still has basic SMS and was able to text me that winds are still bad, but he thinks they are going to be fine.

 

[figmentPez]

Florida Sheriff warns against shooting guns at the hurricane

 

[Eriol]

Florida Sheriff warns against shooting guns at the hurricane

This is the whole "the warning label is only there because somebody did something stupid" thing, taken to 11.

 

[strawman]

This is the whole "the warning label is only there because somebody did something stupid" thing, taken to 11.

This is probably due to the facebook event "Shoot at hurricane Irma":

 

[Ravenpoe]

I'm without power, but we made it

 

[evilmike]

Lost power some time during the night, but it's back now. Looks like minor damage. It's weird how little rain is trailing this storm.

Not that I'm complaining...

[DOUBLEPOST=1505138159,1505137746][/DOUBLEPOST]Texted Terrik. He's fine. He's headed back home.

 

[GasBandit]

Nobody knows where Jose is going to go. Perhaps it should be "No-way-Jose."

 

[evilmike]

Nobody knows where Jose is going to go. Perhaps it should be "No-way-Jose."

I am uncomfortably reminded of Hurricane Jeanne:

 

[General Specific]

Update from West Columbia, SC. We are beginning to feel the effects of Irma here. We have had rain all morning, but recently winds have started really picking up with periodic downpours as well. Power has remained on for us, but that is most likely due to our proximity to a hospital. This area kinda gets priority attention when power does go out.

 

[Terrik]

Long, long ass, traffic heavy, fallen tree-laden, flooded drive back, but I'm back. A few tree branches got thrown around, my neighbors fence got destroyed, and my grill cover flew off, landed in the yard, and I found it infested by frogs, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, power is on, water is fine, and it's good to be home. Ironically I think Melbourne, where I went to evacuate, ended up getting it worse. Maybe later I'll post a couple videos of how it ended up progressing as time went on.

 

[Ravenpoe]

I've got this no power problem all figured out

 

[figmentPez]

Tesla Temporarily Boosts Battery Capacity For Hurricane Irma

Apparently Tesla models S and X cars all have the same battery systems, but different configurations will software limit them to use only 60 or 70 of the 75 kilowatt hours. After a customer called for help in evacuating, the company set it so that all of their cars in the SE would get the full battery capacity through Saturday.

 

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I've got this no power problem all figured out

Looks like you're about to touch that alien egg pod despite everyone in the theater yelling at you not to.

 

[Ravenpoe]

They're saying power is going to be out until Saturday, and all motels are either booked or also don't have power

 

[Gared]

How's the Texas cleanup and recovery going?

 

[Officer_Charon]

Glad that most folks SEEM to be doing okay after this...

 

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Doesn't seem to be getting the media coverage Harvey did. But then again I'm kind of biased, since TV here was 24/7 Harvey.

 

[strawman]

It seems that people build better buildings every time a storm comes through, so the biggest news is usually about the flooding. Harvey was responsible for a lot more flooding than Irma.

That said, we had two major hurricanes land in the US in heavily populated areas with a combined death toll (so far) of just over 100.

That's amazing.

 

[Dei]

 

[PatrThom]

It was 63°F on Mon. At 11pm.
Now it's 2 solid days of 20-35MPH winds. Garbage cans and signs everywhere.
Also it's supposed to snow on Fri with a low of 10°F.

--Patrick