Not looking good.....

[alp]

In Hong Kong and I left nearly 30 years ago. We always had typhoons and they invariably started from the Philippines and beyond.

Can't blame your friend. When you leave your home, you leave your comfort zone and then there is looting. Human nature can be very depraved or we won't have the word "crime"! And don't expect the police to come to your rescue. Everything can be excused using the words austerity cuts!

 

[vette-kid]

I have several idiots...er, friends, who have stayed. I don't care about looters or anything else, your stuff isn't worth your life or risking your family. Thousands of folks went to sleep the night before Katrina hit thinking that all that bad stuff wouldn't happen to them. Many did not get another night to regret that. Apathy is a killer more dangerous than storm surge or wind.

 

[alp]

I have several idiots...er, friends, who have stayed. I don't care about looters or anything else, your stuff isn't worth your life or risking your family. Thousands of folks went to sleep the night before Katrina hit thinking that all that bad stuff wouldn't happen to them. Many did not get another night to regret that. Apathy is a killer more dangerous than storm surge or wind.

Yes, agree. Katrina was really a terrible storm. The levee broke and all hell broke loose. Not just the wind but the flood and the over-spilling sewage, @vette-kid, think about your precious 2 year old and move higher or away from the horror zone! Guess you're very young .. Even I want to move at the grand old age of the wrong side of 60!

See we saw it nearly every year except last. Always floods in Somerset .. furniture stewed in sewage water and what not!

 

[vette-kid]

Yes, agree. Katrina was really a terrible storm. The levee broke and all hell broke loose. Not just the wind but the flood and the over-spilling sewage, @vette-kid, think about your precious 2 year old and move higher or away from the horror zone! Guess you're very young .. Even I want to move at the grand old age of the wrong side of 60!

See we saw it nearly every year except last. Always floods in Somerset .. furniture stewed in sewage water and what not!

We have been here ten years. This is the first time we have evacuated. But we have had a plan to do so EVERY time. That's the beauty with these storms, we get time to get out of the way. Something you don't get with mid Western tornadoes.

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Totally agree that looters aren't worth jeopardizing your life for in any circumstance. But in my opinion they are utter low lifes...oportunists taking advantage when people's lives are being shattered. On the news recently reporting on the awful Indonesian tragedy showed people hardly being able to breathe because of the stench of undiscovered decomposing bodies...and then.. two men running from wrecked buildings ,laughing and dragging a shopping trolley full of various items....and , this next one beggars belief in my opinion, then showed a clip on two people riding away on scooter/ moped and the pillion passenger was holding a huge flat screen television.....where were they planning to store it ??and secondly there is absolutely no power in the whole area, probably selling in on

 

[DirtMechanic]

My friend left about 4am. They were right where it is to strike.

 

[alp]

That's the beauty with these storms, we get time to get out of the way. Something you don't get with mid Western tornadoes.

The lesser evil! Yes! That's OK. Let's put it this way, everything is written in the star! That's what I tell my son when he bugs me no end about escaping the ops!

 

[La Garden]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/othe...gory-4-hurricane/ar-BBOb1pI?OCID=ansmsnnews11

Category 4 Hurricane Michael roars nearer to Florida coast


Michael's leading edge careened onto northwest Florida's white-sand beaches as a still-growing Category 4 hurricane Wednesday, lashing the coast with tropical storm-force winds and rain and pushing a storm surge that could cause catastrophic damage well inland once it makes landfall.



this one wants to leave a mark. hope if you are in the path you are ready.

 

[Owdboggy]

Hope everyone manages to survive this storm.

 

[David from Dothan]

Well......just a VERY few hours till show time. Outer rain bands are here.....wind gusts are minimal, right now. Gonna be the first MAJOR test for the greenhouse. Hunkered down.......as ready as we can be...........AND, I can't find my kite.....Yippie Kie Yaaaaa..........

 

[David from Dothan]

Predicted for here.......75mph SUSTAINED winds......The neighbors directly behind us have WAAAAYYYY too many 70 foot pine trees for this event. On the upside.......if they go down, the garden will get sooooo much more direct sun.......

 

[vette-kid]

I don't know what we are at right now. My weather hub got unplugged before we left, so I don't have access to that info.

I am worried about two tall palms we were looking into having removed for this very reason. That and I have several potted plants out still. Should have moved them in the garage. We were going to wait until Tuesday to leave, so I was going to do that in the morning. We ran out Monday night and now this is WAY stronger than anyone thought it would be. I'm worried about debris damage at this point.

David, let us know how ours going there. I'll post pics when we get back into town.

 

[vette-kid]

Weather station at my office is reporting 30mph now. Various sensors around town are reporting as much as 1.5" of rain just in the last hour. LOTS more to come!

 

[David from Dothan]

Weather station at my office is reporting 30mph now. Various sensors around town are reporting as much as 1.5" of rain just in the last hour. LOTS more to come!

Believe that.....rain's beginning to get pretty heavy here, now (10:34am).....wind gust are probably near 30mph.

 

[DirtMechanic]

@vette-kid Its so cool to have remote connection to your property. I am intrigued.

 

[DirtMechanic]

Believe that.....rain's beginning to get pretty heavy here, now (10:34am).....wind gust are probably near 30mph.

Dothan is under the yellow bands on my radar. It is definitely going to be a frog strangler.

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Just keep safe and out of harms way everyone......our thoughts are with you all

 

[MaryMary]

They just said on the news that in recorded history, a hurricane this strong has never hit the Florida panhandle. David, you are pretty much directly in the path. Hunker down, take care of you and yours...and good luck on the greenhouse!! (I have a curiosity about place-names, and I had never heard "Dothan" before you joined this forum.) Yesterday, I saw Dothan on the news with a predicted 7.5" of rain.

Today the noon news brought this:

 

[DirtMechanic]

A stormchaser in panama city live feed

 

[Upsy Daisy]

A stormchaser in panama city live feed

They've stopped streaming.....it must be so scary to be caught up in a situation like this. We moan about the British weather, but at times like this we should count our lucky stars