OT: The Thread About Nothing 203

[Ripshot 43]

Glad to hear. I got power back too. Not sure if it's for good or not. Wind seems to have slowed down in the last hour-90 minutes. Down to 35, probably still gusting around close to 50.

House is fine, but I think my neighbors shed might be messed up. I'll have to check that out in the morning, once it gets light out.

That would be great if you have power the next day after this. You were about 3 hours behind me (Irma time). I've still got occasional gusts going on here right now. Same in regards to checking on the damage in the morning. Can't sleep now, what else is new?

 

[Bleedred]

That would be great if you have power the next day after this. You were about 3 hours behind me (Irma time). I've still got occasional gusts going on here right now. Same in regards to checking on the damage in the morning. Can't sleep now, what else is new?

It's weird because the wind here is currently 33 MPH and gusting to 49 MPH. Bradenton Beach is 26 nautical miles south of me and the wind there is 43 MPH and gusting to 64 MPH. Not sure if that's because it's on the Gulf, whereas I'm 3 miles from the Gulf. Treasure Island is only at 31 MPH right now.

I've been checking the conditions in Bradenton Beach, just cause I'm worried for my friend who didn't evacuate. He has an old Vette, which he took down to park in a friend's garage, since his garage will likely be flooded. Parked his bike there too, but didn't evacuate himself.

 

[Ripshot 43]

It's weird because the wind here is currently 33 MPH and gusting to 49 MPH. Bradenton Beach is 26 nautical miles south of me and the wind there is 43 MPH and gusting to 64 MPH. Not sure if that's because it's on the Gulf, whereas I'm 3 miles from the Gulf. Treasure Island is only at 31 MPH right now.

I've been checking the conditions in Bradenton Beach, just cause I'm worried for my friend who didn't evacuate. He has an old Vette, which he took down to park in a friend's garage, since his garage will likely be flooded. Parked his bike there too, but didn't evacuate himself.

They were saying last night that the wind gusts would be higher, closer to the Gulf.

 

[New Jersey]

Have friends who moved from up here to Palm Harbor and Dunedin (Northwestern Tampa Bay area) who I've been in touch with throughout. They seemed to have been doing well and had power throughout Sunday Night Football. Their property is in good shape as of last night as well. I'm sure I'll get a few more texts today.

My buddy was freaking out a bit during the week not knowing what to expect, especially when it was still a Cat 4/5, but he seemed in much better spirits in the thick of it last night. They're taking it in stride.

 

[ForeverJerseyGirl]

Glad our Floridians are doing okay. Stay strong, guys.

 

[New Jersey]

My aforementioned friend checked in. His entire family is safe, and there's a big bonus of all their condos and cars all being good as well. They're just waiting for power to come back.

 

[ForeverJerseyGirl]

My aforementioned friend checked in. His entire family is safe, and there's a big bonus of all their condos and cars all being good as well. They're just waiting for power to come back.

That's great. Glad there was no damage to their cars or property.

 

[Nubmer6]

Ya know, my last 3 vacations were to Antigua/Barbuda, St. Marteen, and Marco Island. I feel like the hurricane is trying to wipe out any record of my travels.

 

[None Shall Pass]

Ya know, my last 3 vacations were to Antigua/Barbuda, St. Marteen, and Marco Island. I feel like the hurricane is trying to wipe out any record of my travels.

What in the WORLD did you do there?

 

[Ripshot 43]

Glad our Floridians are doing okay. Stay strong, guys.

Thanks for the well wishes, it was nice to hear that our HFboards family was concerned. Strangely my phone wouldn't allow texts but allowed Facebook and HFboards so I kindve used those as my boredum get through.

Ya know, my last 3 vacations were to Antigua/Barbuda, St. Marteen, and Marco Island. I feel like the hurricane is trying to wipe out any record of my travels.

What in the WORLD did you do there?

Better yet, where are you vacationing next?!?

 

[ForeverJerseyGirl]

Thanks for the well wishes, it was nice to hear that our HFboards family was concerned. Strangely my phone wouldn't allow texts but allowed Facebook and HFboards so I kindve used those as my boredum get through.

That is really weird. Phones can be very odd sometimes.

 

[BenedictGomez]

My brother's family is without power, but my mother 3.5 miles away has power. They'll probably be "camping" at mom's house for the next few days.

 

[BenedictGomez]

I don't get how Key West got out of this pretty well, but some of the other Keys got pretty wrecked.

SHORT ANSWER: Given the track of Irma, Key West wound up being probably the best Key in the Florida Keys chain to be in.




LONG ANSWER: WARNING: dorky explanation following.......



Hurricanes (in our part of the globe) have wind gusts in a counterclockwise direction.

So the "best" place to be is just to the left of whatever direction the hurricane is moving.

Why? Because the forward motion of the hurricane fights directly against its' own wind speed, lowering the overall effect of the wind.


EXAMPLE: Irma's windpeed and movement speed changed over time, but lets say the hurricane was moved due north at about 15 mph, and lets say with 100mph wind. Those are pretty good for ballpark figures.

So if you're just to the left of it like Key West was, winds ARE coming back at you at 100mph, but the forward motion of the hurricane moving past at 15 mph "fights" against it, so you only experience 85 mph wind.

BUT....the place on the other side of you gets the opposite (worse) effect where winds come in whipping at the same 100 mph, they get a "boost" from the 15 mph hurricane motion and experience 115 mph wind.

That is a significant > 35% difference.

Make sense?

 

[Bleedred]

Have friends who moved from up here to Palm Harbor and Dunedin (Northwestern Tampa Bay area) who I've been in touch with throughout. They seemed to have been doing well and had power throughout Sunday Night Football. Their property is in good shape as of last night as well. I'm sure I'll get a few more texts today.

My buddy was freaking out a bit during the week not knowing what to expect, especially when it was still a Cat 4/5, but he seemed in much better spirits in the thick of it last night. They're taking it in stride.

Dunedin is only about 15 miles from me.

Lots of debris from tree leaves and branches here today. No real wind damage, nor standing water on ny block. The ballfield is completely flooded though. My neighbor's shed didn't really come apart. He said it did blow his shed door open and he had to come out and shut it and lock it. That's the noise that I was hearing. Not sure what it's like over where my friend lives or if it flooded. He doesn't know either.

 

[JimEIV]

This is the best information I can find about the Keys...It's primarily Key West though.


https://twitter.com/MikeTheiss

 

[NjDevsRR]

Nasty flooding in parts of Jacksonville now

 

[None Shall Pass]

Lost in all the hurricane news is how absolutely devastating the Equifax breach is.

 

[NjDevsRR]

Lost in all the hurricane news is how absolutely devastating the Equifax breach is.

Yup, info from basically half of all adults in America has been stolen. Unreal.

 

[None Shall Pass]

Yup, info from basically half of all adults in America has been stolen. Unreal.

It's scary to think about how I never directly used Equifax (A company! Not even a public service!) for anything, and yet there's about a 50% chance that my Social Security number was in their database. And now on someone's computer.

I took great pains in my life to protect my extremely sensitive data. Guess that doesn't matter anymore.

143 MILLION people. Unreal.

(I guarantee that people looting Nike stores in Florida will serve more prison time than the people who failed to protect my SSN.)

 

[BenedictGomez]

Lost in all the hurricane news is how absolutely devastating the Equifax breach is.

<----- Victimized


And my EBAY account was hacked last week, so it wouldn't shock me if they're the next company that comes forth a month later to be "honest" about being hacked.

 

[BenedictGomez]

We've now entered the phase of coverage where CNN literally has all their reporters in various Florida geographies stationed directly in front of mobile home trailer parks to show the worst-possible looking destruction.

 

[tr83]

<----- Victimized


And my EBAY account was hacked last week, so it wouldn't shock me if they're the next company that comes forth a month later to be "honest" about being hacked.

And it's the third time they were hacked in two years

 

[Emperoreddy]

We've now entered the phase of coverage where CNN literally has all their reporters in various Florida geographies stationed directly in front of mobile home trailer parks to show the worst-possible looking destruction.

I do feel awful for these people, but yeah they are overselling.

Nothing beats TWC though. They are the worst. All I want from TWC is dudes with doctorates in metrology looking at maps.

All this extra garbage is not desired.

 

[Nubmer6]

What in the WORLD did you do there?

I was doing my best impression of a beached whale.

 

[New Jersey]

Dunedin is only about 15 miles from me.

Lots of debris from tree leaves and branches here today. No real wind damage, nor standing water on ny block. The ballfield is completely flooded though. My neighbor's shed didn't really come apart. He said it did blow his shed door open and he had to come out and shut it and lock it. That's the noise that I was hearing. Not sure what it's like over where my friend lives or if it flooded. He doesn't know either.

Word, glad to hear that your neck of the woods held up pretty well.