Hurricane Irma track shifts; now heading to Florida

[brooklynite]

[leftynyc]

1. Holy Cow

That has the entire state - minus the panhandle - in the cone. We have several people in our office with family in both Puerto Rico and Santo Domingo and we're very concerned about them right now. Everyone needs to listen to their local authorities and if they say evacuate - you need to go.

[Achilleaze]

2. Could Irma be a message to republicans from their "god-emperor"?

* Comrade Casino, republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

[TheBlackAdder]

7. A message on how fucked up the universe is--Dolt 45 has a chance to mark up ins. damages 500%

[rzemanfl]

3. This is from the National Hurricane Center @ 0500

The bulk of the guidance now calls for
Irma to turn northward between 78W-80W, moving near or over the
Florida east coast or the northwestern Bahamas. The official
forecast has also been shifted eastward, but out of respect for the
previous forecast and the possibility the guidance may shift back
to the west, it lies to the left of the bulk of the guidance. The
forecast now calls for landfall in south Florida between 96-120 h.
Users are reminded to not focus on the exact forecast track,
especially at the longer ranges, since the average NHC track errors
are about 175 and 225 statute miles at days 4 and 5, respectively.

[blueinredohio]

4. We'll see if Cruz and Cornyn vote for relief for Florida since they're getting help

[haveahart]

5. Where Mar a largo located in FL?

[crazycatlady]

8. IIRC Palm Beach

And I believe Limpballs also has a compound there too.

[genxlib]

9. Look at a map of Florida

Notice how the coast runs SE before reaching an easternmost extent and then curves back towards the SW.

Mar-a-Lago sits on the barrier island at that most concave easternmost point.

It is pretty exposed.

[bullwinkle428]

13. "I HAVE THE BEST VIEWS. THE GREATEST VIEWS. BELIEVE ME.

NO ONE HAS BETTER VIEWS THAN ME."

[smirkymonkey]

24. I wonder how his place in St. Maarten held up?

This could be a twofer for him.

[TheCowsCameHome]

6. Has Pat Robertson blamed any group yet?

[Mariana]

19. God hasn't told him yet

whose fault it is.

Anyway, it hasn't hit yet. He never blames anyone before the disaster actually happens, which is pretty smart. Wouldn't he look foolish to blame some group of Floridians, when the storm might miss Florida altogether.

[FLPanhandle]

10. Please, no one suggest for the entire state to evacuate.

The unreasonable evacuation discussion about Houston was silly enough.

[steve2470]

21. +1 nt

[Loge23]

11. Catastrophic.

If this storm hits Florida as shown on the OP, the damages will be catastrophic. The right side will whip through the SE Coastal cities and areas, including the upper Keys, Miami, Kendall, Fort Lauderdale and communities out to Sunrise/Plantation, West Palm Beach and Wellington, Belle Glade, Clewiston, the Treasure Coast, Okeechobee, Winter Haven, Space Coast, Orlando region and who knows from there.
The left side of the storm will devastate the Key West and the lower Keys, Naples, Fort Myers, Sarasota, St. Petersburg, Tampa, Clearwater - to name a few.
Just up to the Orlando area represents well over 50% of the state's 22 million people - all looking at a direct hit as of this morning (Wed.).
As horrible as we've seen in Houston and New Orleans, this one will join the ranks of the worst ever - until the next one.
There's nowhere to flee, other than fly out of the state.
Live from the Treasure Coast, Peace and stay safe.

[mcar]

12. The entire state!

It's already raining here in W Central FL. This is a real mess. I fear for the people in the Islands.

[cwydro]

18. Any rain you're getting now is not from Irma.

Not yet.

But you must know that.

[mcar]

20. Sure feels like it, though

It's making people panic more and it's only Wednesday. Our ground is already saturated from an unusually wet summer.

[cwydro]

22. You're not even gettting feeder bands yet.

Stay safe!

I've been through more than my share of hurricanes. It's not a fun time.

[mcar]

23. Andrew vet here

Been in FL since 1990. I often wonder why.

Thanks.

[cwydro]

25. It's a fun state lol!

I miss being there. Maybe not at this moment, of course, but I loved living there.

Keep us posted, ok?

[Baitball Blogger]

14. If I'm reading this right, Central Florida will be in the eye on Monday afternoon?

[SweetieD]

15. A lot of the spaghetti models have shifted east this morning. A lot missing Florida altogether. So I

don't get how NHC makes a determination that this is the cone. I guess I don't understand metereology that well.

[cwydro]

16. It was already heading to Florida.

They were expecting a direct hit on the Keys. The Keys are a part of Florida.

[Coventina]

17. No worries. I was assured here on DU that Fla. has sufficient building codes.

It's only the dumb Houstonians who got what they deserved!

[Motley13]

28. Andrew strengthened those building codes

That storm was only S FL, looks like this one has the whole state in it's sights.

[Motley13]

27. Fort Lauderdale, the calm before the storm

sun is shining, not windy, nice day just hot as hell