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RockaFowler

(7,429 posts)
Tue Oct 4, 2016, 06:32 AM Oct 2016

Pray for those people in Haiti right now - Hurricane Matthew



And those of us in South Florida are looking at a major Hurricane on Thursday/Friday

I'm really scared of this storm

Hubby is staying home today to get the house ready.

Stay safe my friends
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Pray for those people in Haiti right now - Hurricane Matthew (Original Post) RockaFowler Oct 2016 OP
Sending good vibes malaise Oct 2016 #1
See..my Mojo worked and kept it away from you. Lochloosa Oct 2016 #4
Take care. gademocrat7 Oct 2016 #2
South Florida should be fine. But it's getting a little to damn close to Jacksonville for me. Lochloosa Oct 2016 #3
Sending hope for the best. Understand your fear. apcalc Oct 2016 #5
It's still forecast to be a major storm when it's by Florida OnlinePoker Oct 2016 #8
I'm in Jax with folks in Savannah... let's go to New Orleans NightWatcher Oct 2016 #6
I think coming up with a plan to rebuild the island would be more productive than prayer. Vinca Oct 2016 #7

apcalc

(4,462 posts)
5. Sending hope for the best. Understand your fear.
Tue Oct 4, 2016, 07:13 AM
Oct 2016

Path changing, seems weakening. We'll be watching carefully the next few days.
Fingers crossed.

OnlinePoker

(5,716 posts)
8. It's still forecast to be a major storm when it's by Florida
Tue Oct 4, 2016, 09:14 AM
Oct 2016

During the weekend, it showed it weakening to a Cat 1 or 2 hurricane by then and it would stay offshore. It keeps turning towards Florida as the days go by. If it comes ashore as a major, it will be the first one since Wilma in 2005. That's a once in 500 year event according to figure 1 in my second link below.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at4+shtml/114739.shtml?5-daynl#contents
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GL063652/full

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
6. I'm in Jax with folks in Savannah... let's go to New Orleans
Tue Oct 4, 2016, 07:25 AM
Oct 2016

At the very least I'll be going to Costco this morning.

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