Hurricane Michael: 'Too late to flee' storm set to hit Florida

[ravi_iitian]

“The storm has sustained winds of 145mph (230km/h) and is due to make landfall at about midday (16:00 GMT).”

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45806599

Stay safe, Floridians.

[mwiggenhorn]

This is a really nasty storm.  We're on the dry side, although there's real surf here for a change.  At least it's coming ashore during daylight hours which helps a bit.  I really hope everyone got out - not a time to shelter in place.  Prayers for all.

[gilbert-phyllis]

Georgia, Alabama, and the Carolinas, too! I am in southwest Georgia, directly in the path, about 125 mi north-northeast of the Panhandle beaches. It is expected to still be at hurricane strength when it reaches us, which is unusual. It is moving fast, and will mow across Georgia spawning tornados, then dump rain on the sopping-wet Carolinas.

This is a big one, in all the worst ways.

[colettelewis]

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@Phyllis G wrote:

Georgia, Alabama, and the Carolinas, too! I am in southwest Georgia, directly in the path, about 125 mi north-northeast of the Panhandle beaches. It is expected to still be at hurricane strength when it reaches us, which is unusual. It is moving fast, and will mow across Georgia spawning tornados, then dump rain on the sopping-wet Carolinas.

This is a big one, in all the worst ways.

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Stay safe Phyllis,

Can you move out for the duration? Just read and listened to the bulletin. That was the wrong thing to say. I'm sorry. 

[lysis10]

Here you go. It was so bad I had to take a pic of the GA destruction.

[gilbert-phyllis]

[mtngigi]

And meanwhile, back at the White House, T-rump is holding court with Kanye West. Because you know, that's more important than a silly hurricane with people dying.

[wendy_writes]

At least Michael trucked right along - winds and rain but moving. 

And today, from NC, other than trees down and such > you'd never know Michael blew thru the east coast.

[gilbert-phyllis]

Here is some Georgia destruction... a small sample from within a 50 yd radius of my house. My place is OK but the whole region has no power and many places have no water, including my town. It may take weeks to restore. I evacuated to Atlanta the day after the storm because I cannot afford to not work right now, and I have a temporary health situation that won't tolerate those conditions (and makes me useless for disaster response volunteering. My town is under dusk to dawn curfew but I am very worried about leaving my property unguarded.
Other communities nearby were hit even harder. Not to mention the agricultural devastation.

[gilbert-phyllis]

file sizes too big to attach. brain too tired to struggle with it esp with the Chat with Comm Bot popup in the way.
Imagine pics of trees lon houses, pwr lines down, trees on trees forming impenetrable walls across streets and roads, buildings demolished, and pretty much the entire cotton crop destroyed.

[colettelewis]

Phyllis,

I just hope you can get back to normal as soon as possible. I'm glad your house was OK, but I so feel for those who have lost everything. 

The weather in the world is crazy, and we all have to do something to help reduce global warming.Indonesia with over a 1000 people killed by the tsunami. In Europe - a flash flood in Majorca kills twelve people - elsewhere in Europe (including, for the moment, the UK), people die from weather-related incidents. These have become so banal, they barely make the news. 

Nobody is dead where I live, but the temperature today was in the 70s and we are October ...

[mwiggenhorn]

And Hurricane Leslie which has been wandering around the Atlantic for 3 weeks finally came ashore - in Portugal!  300k without power, not sure about other damage.  Crazy stuff.  Our little town is filled with Florida evacuees - not a hotel room to be had.  I've done the evacuation thing - for a month! - and it's miserable no matter where you end up.

[gilbert-phyllis]

Thanks, Nichola. It will be quite a while before things are back to normal in southwest Georgia, I'm afraid. Agree with you re global warming but feeling pretty fatalistic about it at the moment.