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Post by Intheswamp on Sept 10, 2017 20:06:32 GMT -5
Hopefully Irma continues to mellow out. Good to see it weakening. I hate it's on the ground but better than jumping back out in the gulf and building up again. Shoot, I might even go into work tomorrow....
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Post by Intheswamp on Sept 10, 2017 8:10:03 GMT -5
Yeah, that's a populated area for sure...maybe not as much so as Miami and it's outlaying burbs or whatever but lots of folks there!
Looks like the track is moving my way...Columbus, GA, should be getting a nice kick from the east side. Birmingham is in the cross-hairs for a tropical storm at least...of course if it keeps shifting to the west we're close enough to see a Cat-1 come through here...as of now we're still on the west side of the party.
I'm sitting by a window facing Alabama Hwy 10 and just had a caravan of dark green pickup trucks with blue lights heading east, some pulling trailers with ATV/UTV's on them and some with large john boats...this is about 50 miles south of Montgomery. I couldn't make out the emblem on the side of the trucks..a tall, narrow emblem. There were probably 20 of them.
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Post by Intheswamp on Sept 10, 2017 7:42:42 GMT -5
It looks like Key West has lost it's anemometer...I wonder what it got up to before crashing...
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Post by Intheswamp on Sept 10, 2017 7:24:27 GMT -5
Sunday morning 7am CST, Sept 10, 2017...
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Post by Intheswamp on Sept 10, 2017 7:11:14 GMT -5
Looks like the storm is right about to make landfall on the east end of Key West...
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Post by Intheswamp on Sept 10, 2017 7:09:15 GMT -5
Be safe, captbob. Btw, your wife now owns you...
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Post by Intheswamp on Sept 10, 2017 7:05:23 GMT -5
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Post by Intheswamp on Sept 9, 2017 10:53:16 GMT -5
Oh, my major downside to this deal is it will be here during night hours. Would MUCH rather deal with this with daylight. Can't always get what ya want! I agree, Bob, catching a storm at night is the pits. We seem to *always* catch bad storms at night...whether tropical storms or tornadoes. It appears that Irma, bucking the trend, will be getting to us here in south Alabama around mid-day. I don't expect much more than tropical storm winds unless Irma decides to skip further to the west and out into the gulf an appreciable distance...that could definitely liven things up for the north gulf coast and inland areas.
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Post by Intheswamp on Sept 9, 2017 10:38:09 GMT -5
Barrier Island Captiva ? gets a eroded by hurricane Charley called Charley's Pass. It didn't take long, Charley was moving fast. Years ago (YEARS!!) I used to go down to Captiva for part of my vacation...3rd weekend in October. I'd stay at "'Tween Waters Inn", and old Florida-type hotel complex with rooms build up on stilts bayside. Road in front of the rooms separated them from the Gulf. I'd get the folks there to haul me out to one of the outer islands and I'd camp out a couple of nights on the beach...nice quiet, seldom ever even saw a boat that time of the year out there...conch shell mounds on each island...best shelling ground in the western hemisphere. When I got married that's where we went on our honeymoon...even camped on an outer island one night. Those island have been there a long time...at least long enough for the native Americans to have inhabited them for a long period of time. It's been a long, long time since I was down there...it's hard to imagine how those narrow islands have even a chance with something like Irma...this may very well be when some of them turn into low-tide islands.
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Post by Intheswamp on Sept 9, 2017 10:29:15 GMT -5
well damn damn damn - this is fine news to wake up to. gonna be a long weekend. Told the wife unit that it was a good thing that I decided we should have the hurricane shutters up. I got the look. The "look"...??
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Post by Intheswamp on Sept 8, 2017 8:27:58 GMT -5
I was looking at the path that takes it inland just along the coast. What do you guys think about it taking up energy from all the inland wetlands in Florida? Maybe it won't be dying out so quickly. As big as Irma is, if she goes up the middle of Florida she will probably be able to draw energy from both the Gulf waters and the waters of the Atlantic...both warm. I'm sure it could pick up some energy from the everglades, etc., as well...how much I haven't a clue. She's going to kick and scream the entire path most likely. Irma has been speeding along over the Atlantic, hopefully when she hits lands she won't stall and pull a Harvey. Turning northward I think Irma might pick up tracking speed, though...we don't won't this giant squatting on land. If she continues westward, the opposing westerly winds might slow her down...but this would most likely mean she's entered the gulf.
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Post by Intheswamp on Sept 8, 2017 8:13:07 GMT -5
A side effect of the actions of whatever genius decided to close down the beaches is that ALL the hotels/motels on the beaches (LOTS of them, this is a tourist area) have to kick everyone out. So folks that evacuated the east coast and came over here or came up from down further south now have no where to stay. Everything north of inland from here is already booked solid. So now thousands (easily) are without shelter or anywhere to go within a reasonable distance. pure genius ... Yeah, pure genius...I would say, though, that neither coast is safe at this point. Without fuel or funds(?) many of these people are stranded. For a storm like this a peninsula like Florida is so very vulnerable. Reports are that Dothan, AL and Montgomery, AL hotels are all booked up...takes lots of hotel rooms for tens (hundreds?) of thousands of folks. Reports that Birmingham, AL hotels are filling up and even Nashville. Georgia appears to be pretty well getting filled, too. Saw an article from Tifton where their 1200 hotel rooms are filled up. People trying to flee the wrath of Irma and keep their families safe... This may very well be the most catastrophic hurricane that I will see in my lifetime. Wind damage and storm surge will, I'm afraid, be the hallmark of Irma though rainfall will not be insignificant. Katrina and Harvey were both monsters...Irma may be their big sister. I hope I'm wrong as the US economy/government is already strained with Harvey and with just trying to do regular business. This might be an interesting link....Cuban radar. There is tiny island called Ragged Island that is sitting under the eye right now....I wonder how it got it's name. I wonder if it'll even be there after the storm passes... www.met.inf.cu/asp/genesis.asp?TB0=PLANTILLAS&TB1=RADARES
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Post by Intheswamp on Sept 8, 2017 7:36:11 GMT -5
Here is a comparison of Andrew and Irma. Irma dwarfs. Intheswamp . Katrina hit east of New Orleans. New Orleans escaped high wind eye strike. The wind damage was just east in much lower populated Mississippi. This situation different. Large urban area getting direct eye strike. James, That's what I'm talking about....if Andrew did so much damage then what will Irma do? That jogging to the west isn't good...bulldozer through the middle of Florida, NE quadrant tearing up the east coast...west coast getting off "easy" (yeah, right) with the "weak" side. Current path predicted takes some pressure off of Key West...but it wouldn't take much to jog this monster a touch to the west and then we have a beast getting fed jet-fuel from the warmth of the GOM...but, this storm doesn't need jet-fuel...if Harvey was the 500-year flood, then Irma may be the 500-year hurricane. Bad wherever she goes...
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Post by Intheswamp on Sept 8, 2017 7:07:52 GMT -5
James, that track looks like it's gonna pass over your house. Do me a favor, keep Irma in Georgia,...Governor EX-Governor Bentley said you can keep those rocks if you keep Irma.
If Irma gets into the warm, relaxing waters of the Gulf, well, we know how that story goes...
But, for a trip down memory lane for south Florida, a short 25th Anniversary of Hurricane Andrew reminder from just a couple of weeks ago...
And, if you have insomnia or something, here is a two-our Andrew video...before, during, and after. Interesting aspect presented at about 1h:12m into the video...agriculture impact.
Best wishes to all in Irma's path and prayers for all.
Ed
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Post by Intheswamp on Jun 22, 2017 21:07:19 GMT -5
Just stick a board by you so he can get up the ramp. You two need to be together. LOL. My wife went out and bought one of those fancy sets of dog steps. He refuses to try them. Hmm, maybe just a low stool for him to get up on beside your chair? But, hey, a scratch behind the ear is good...kinda wish I had one.<grin>
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Post by Intheswamp on Jun 15, 2017 8:05:56 GMT -5
Hey Ed, how ya been ? Conservatives won, but the snowflakes are still bitching about it. Don, the snowflakes think that their agenda and ideas are the right and proper ones. If they are so blooming correct do you ever wonder why they wear masks and bandannas to hide their identities? Chicken, ah,... manure might be an appropriate title for them. I mean, if they think that they might get in trouble for what they are doing then they know they have the understanding of right and wrong...thus, they're admitting that what they are doing and what they "believe in"....is wrong. The snowflakes remind me of a small toddler that finds a bag of rat poison and is happily playing with it in the middle of the floor. Along comes a *responsible* adult and takes the poison away from the child....and the child starts crying like he's been whupped. The snowflakes are spoiled brats that don't know what's good for them...they definitely need their safe place...with a lock and key in the door. I know you've heard it before, Don, but thanks for standing in the gap for us...an American Hero. Take care, be ornery, melt a snowflake, Ed
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Post by Intheswamp on Apr 20, 2017 15:57:46 GMT -5
20%? That means 80% blockage...? Take it easy, dude, till you find out what's going. Next stop...cath lab. I found I had 70% blockage...LBBB...left bundle branch block two or three years ago. I'd had it for a few years, apparently. My "tell" was that I'd work a hive or two of honey bees and be completely wiped out...I'd walk up the hill to the house and once inside collapse on the floor with my bee jacket still on. Lay there a while, cool down, the "pressure feeling" would subside and I'd go back and work a couple more hives. As it turns out there appears to be two things that are big triggers for angina...rushing/hurrying and walking uphill. When working honey bees you are hurrying to get through the hive (the longer you keep the hive open the more PO'd all those ladies get!!!)...trying to hurry through the hives would get me started down the slippery slope...then I would walk UPHILL to the house. Prior to finding out about my blockage I couldn't figure out how my 80+ year old beekeeping mentor could work bees all day and never get tired...now I know. The cardilogist can determine more exactly what's going on with the heart cath. Did your doctor say anything about left or right side? The human body is an amazing creation. As the artery gets blocked it begins to perform it's own "bypass" by creating a maze of small vessels through the fatty built up bulge of the artery. These bypasses work pretty good as long as you don't try to push too much blood through them...they can't handle a full flow like an unobstructed artery can. That's why some people have angina when they become physically active and the body calls for a larger volume of blood to be pumped...the larger volume can't squeeze through those small vessels. When they're at ease the smaller vessels are sufficient. Some people, though, can have angina without exerting themselves. Since my cath the doctor wanted to have a stent put in. I'm thinking he told me that they don't do anything intrusive until you hit 80% blockage...makes me wonder if that's an insurance thing. I asked if I could get by with a diet and meds and he agreed to it. I take my meds faithfully...the diet,...well, one out of two ain't bad. I'm no medical person so hopefully I didn't get to far out in left field...hopefully vegasjames can straighten me out if I erred to badly. Get to the cardiologist and see what he says. Best wishes, Ed
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Post by Intheswamp on Apr 18, 2017 13:42:32 GMT -5
Don, I'm not around here much and just came upon this thread. My very best wishes to you and yours and I will keep ya'll in my prayers. Thank you *very much* for your service to our country. Mark your calendar each week for you and Jake to air out the hotrod...have a destination, a lake, a park, etc., where you and Jake can take a walk/run...fresh air does everybody good. Take care, friend. Ed
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Post by Intheswamp on Apr 12, 2017 9:29:38 GMT -5
Thanks Mark for putting RTH on the web...and map. You've done a great job since I've been here!!! Wishing you and yours the very best, Ed
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Post by Intheswamp on Apr 4, 2017 8:14:20 GMT -5
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