Ha, maybe we can get the news guy faking the wind speed.
Excellent upbringing.Our son called yesterday announcing himself as Jim Cantore saying he was in Tallahassee which meant we could kiss our a**** goodbye, and saying we needed to make sure our son had a copy of our will leaving all our stuff to him.
We're about 30 miles from the coast. Elevation at my house is 123 ft above sea level and no rivers near so hopefully surge or river flooding shouldn't be a problem. Rainfall, depending on which weatherman you listen to, should be less than 6". The ground isn't already soaked and maybe that won't do too much damage either. I'm worried about wind vs trees. I have huge live oaks, one pine, a tulip tree, a maple and others that could hit the house depending on which way the wind sends them. We have an internal hallway on the bottom level of the house (it's a tri-level) where we plan to hunker down. I'm sure we will lose electricity and I have been making ice to stuff the freezers with since Sunday.
Our son called yesterday announcing himself as Jim Cantore saying he was in Tallahassee which meant we could kiss our a**** goodbye, and saying we needed to make sure our son had a copy of our will leaving all our stuff to the son.
Holy crap, i never imagined it would strengthen so quickly and hit a category 4
Is Tallahassee far enough inland to be safe? it seems like you wouldn't get the direct storm surge (which is the worst part), but that's not a lot of distance for the winds to dissipate.
Stay safe, Allisolm.
Right? It really blew up. The NHC only started issuing advisories on the system 84 hours (3.5 days) ago. Michael has already shot well past the initial intensity forecast (it wasn't originally expected to even make hurricane status). Apparently that warm Gulf water has everything a growing tropical system could want.
(Meanwhile they've been tracking Leslie for two weeks, and she may go for another week yet!)
I hope you're still safe. This was not a good storm to stay home for.We're about 30 miles from the coast. Elevation at my house is 123 ft above sea level and no rivers near so hopefully surge or river flooding shouldn't be a problem. Rainfall, depending on which weatherman you listen to, should be less than 6". The ground isn't already soaked and maybe that won't do too much damage either. I'm worried about wind vs trees. I have huge live oaks, one pine, a tulip tree, a maple and others that could hit the house depending on which way the wind sends them. We have an internal hallway on the bottom level of the house (it's a tri-level) where we plan to hunker down. I'm sure we will lose electricity and I have been making ice to stuff the freezers with since Sunday.
Our son called yesterday announcing himself as Jim Cantore saying he was in Tallahassee which meant we could kiss our a**** goodbye, and saying we needed to make sure our son had a copy of our will leaving all our stuff to the son.
Deep is another way of describing central pressure. The lower the pressure, the deeper a hurricane.
Wow, who posted that pic?, anyway, the original forecast back on Sunday predicted a shear coming out of the west that would somewhat inhibit growth. This shear never materialized, and with favorable relative humidity and the very warm Gulf water this time of year nothing stood in this monster's way. Shoot, imagine if it made landfall 24 hours later, it might have smashed every record imaginable.Things you never actually want to see in person: a category 4 hurricane from inside the eyewall.
Michael had a 919mb central pressure when it made landfall. That makes it the third-lowest landing in the history of the US, behind only the Labor Day hurricane and Camille. (Which means it's been nearly 50 years since we've seen a storm this deep)
I hope you're still safe. This was not a good storm to stay home for.
I saw Reed Timmer retweeted it from @basehunters on Twitter
Oh, OK, this is an amazing (in a bad way) storm, the 1st ever cat 3 to hit central GA, this beast is resisting winding down.
https://twitter.com/Basehunters/status/1050088615550877698
I don't know if it would have broken every record. But the fact that it was moving as fast at it did was probably a benefit. It certainly limited how much time the storm had to strengthen, which also keeps the size of the hurricane wind field relatively compact since it didn't get to undergo a bunch of eyewall replacement cycles. This and the fact that it didn't come ashore in a heavily populated area are both important lucky breaks.
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