OT: Hurricane Fiona

[Mickey Marner]

Anybody else preparing to hunker down for a few days? I'm in Cape Breton, so it looks like we're gonna' get hit pretty good.

Hurricane Fiona shaping up to be ‘potentially severe event’ for Atlantic Canada | Globalnews.ca

Stay safe everyone.

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[francis246]

Anybody else preparing to hunker down for a few days? I'm in Cape Breton, so it looks like we're gonna' get hit pretty good.

Hurricane Fiona shaping up to be ‘potentially severe event’ for Atlantic Canada | Globalnews.ca

Stay safe everyone.

Stay safe my friend, I’m in Toronto. But thinking of y’all out East

 

[ACC1224]

Hoping it misses Burlington.
Stay dry if you can't avoid it.

 

[Anthrax442]

Be safe, everyone!

 

[Mugzy97]

In Antigonish for the weekend for a wedding. Should be interesting…

 

[crump]

Hope it moves out to sea before hitting the coast . Stay safe.

 

[Fogelhund]

Stay Safe everyone... One of my cousins down east posted this on their FB today.

 

[TheBeastCoast]

In Cole Harbour. All set to hunker down for 3-5 days of no power. Got lots of food and liquor to pass the time atleast.

 

[kb]

Anybody else preparing to hunker down for a few days? I'm in Cape Breton, so it looks like we're gonna' get hit pretty good.

Hurricane Fiona shaping up to be ‘potentially severe event’ for Atlantic Canada | Globalnews.ca

Stay safe everyone.

Be safe...

 

[Ianturnedbull]

I'm without power right now. Is this from Fiona?

 

[LeafSteel]

Thoughts are with our fellow Eastern Canadians.

Stay safe and hoping for a soft landing.

 

[TheGreenTBer]

Watching this from the US side of the border, this is no joke and is likely to landfall somewhere in Atlantic Canada. This is not a joke storm and if you're in the path you might have a pretty bad time.

God bless.

 

[CabanaBoy5]

Praying it loses a lot of its strength before it reaches the Maritimes. Stay safe.

 

[TheGreenTBer]

Praying it loses a lot of its strength before it reaches the Maritimes. Stay safe.

It's not going to lose a lot IMO. There's not enough shear, the water is still relatively warm by Canadian standards.

It will likely hit as a Cat 2. In Florida, we prepared for Cat 2's like they were common, but everything in Florida is geared toward handling these kinds of storms. New England, where I live now, and much of Atlantic Canada are not explicitly designed to handle storms like this and there will likely be significant damage if it landfalls as a 2 in a populated area. Wind effects will be felt far out, you'll get storm surges at the coast, and there will be significant flooding in places.

 

[crump]

Looks like it’s on a straight path. Get a emergency kit bag together and watch out for flooding. Landfall coincides with high tide in the Northumberland straight. CBC what to expect.

 

[The Hanging Jowl]

I'm on the South Shore in Nova Scotia inland from Bridgewater closing down our property for the year. My flight home was supposed to be tomorrow morning but Air Canada offered free flight changes so I'm getting out of Dodge today. Means I won't get trapped but I'm extremely nervous about leaving the place unattended. We're not supposed to get the brunt if it but they're saying that still means 80-90km sustained winds with higher gusts and up to 100mm rain. Gonna be an interesting couple of days.

 

[Nineteen67]

Prayers.
I lived in Clinton MS during Katrina. Even though we were on the good side, it was still quite a day.

 

[kb]

Prayers.
I lived in Clinton MS during Katrina. Even though we were on the good side, it was still quite a day.

*Googles Clinton, MS*

Wow....that must have been quite the ride! Hopefully everyone came through it OK.

 

[BertCorbeau]

Stay safe Maritimers

 

[BertCorbeau]

I'm on the South Shore in Nova Scotia inland from Bridgewater closing down our property for the year. My flight home was supposed to be tomorrow morning but Air Canada offered free flight changes so I'm getting out of Dodge today. Means I won't get trapped but I'm extremely nervous about leaving the place unattended. We're not supposed to get the brunt if it but they're saying that still means 80-90km sustained winds with higher gusts and up to 100mm rain. Gonna be an interesting couple of days.

Good on Air Canada - safe travels

 

[Tufted Titmouse]

In Antigonish for the weekend for a wedding. Should be interesting…

interesting omen!

 

[BertCorbeau]

In Antigonish for the weekend for a wedding. Should be interesting…

I have a staff member out east for a wedding as well this weekend.

She called me before she left asking if she should bring her work stuff in case she’s stuck there beyond the weekend.

I laughed and said just stay safe, that’s what sick days are for.

 

[Nineteen67]

*Googles Clinton, MS*

Wow....that must have been quite the ride! Hopefully everyone came through it OK.

We were actually on the good side of it. Rita was much more threatening with tornados and nasty storms.

 

[Doublerum1975]

Depending on what weather station you watch or radio stations you listen it doesn’t seem to bad or it’s the worst storm we ever had

 

[TheBeastCoast]

Depending on what weather station you watch or radio stations you listen it doesn’t seem to bad or it’s the worst storm we ever had

I think the eastern part of the province this is guaranteed to be one for the ages. The impact on central Nova Scotia seems to vary from Dorian on the low end to Juan on the high end.