re: Hurricane Irma - Spinning Down

Liz said she is 9 miles from the beach

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Liz said she is 9 miles from the beach

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It looks like she's East of I-75 (Bonita Springs), according to the maps, she'll be ok with no storm surge flooding

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Bonita Beach Park to I-75 is 5 miles.

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Liz said she is 9 miles from the beach

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So im guessing using the Google Maps is she's inside of I-75.

However she might get the full eye wall.

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Looks like everything outside of I-75 south of Ft. Meyers will be under water

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If this will be true, my uncle and cousin in cape coral will be dicey at best.

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Holy shite. That's insane.

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I mean, it was looking a little better on satellite but I wasn't expecting to see that. Guess running up next to Cuba hasn't really hurt her. Scary shite that conditions will be better for intensification when she makes the turn.

"Recon estimates of 163mph surface winds in #Irma's northern eyewall suggest that Irma may be a Cat. 5 hurricane again. Extremely dangerous." - Levi Cowan

• Scott ordered evacuations in cities surrounding the southern half of Lake Okeechobee from Lake Port to Canal Point in Hendry, Palm Beach and Glades counties. The cities include Belle Glade, Canal Point, Clewiston, Lake Harbor, Moore Haven, Pahokee and South Bay.

• Tampa ordered mandatory evacuations for all residents in Zone A, effective 2 p.m. Friday.

• Mandatory evacuations are underway in Pasco County for all residents living west of U.S. 19, and in Pinellas County, residents in the Level A evacuation zone are also evacuating.

• In Manatee County, evacuations in the Level A evacuation zone are now mandatory.

• In Sarasota County, a mandatory evacuation order was issued Thursday for residents living in Zone A.

• Florida's emergency management officials say nearly 6,000 people are already huddling in shelters across the state.

• All Florida public schools, state colleges and universities will remain closed through Monday. Florida State University announced it will remain closed through Tuesday.

• Scott asked gas stations to stay open as long as possible and said he would arrange for police escorts for employees to get out when needed.

• FEMA Director Brock Long said Friday 8,000 workers were being deployed to Florida.

• Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price declared a public health emergency in Florida Thursday, in addition to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

• Scott activated 7,000 members of the Florida National Guard Thursday to help with evacuations, sheltering and the aftermath of the storm.

• Scott has rescinded all weight and driver restrictions on the highways and also suspended all tolls for the duration of the storm’s impacts to Florida so water, food, fuel and emergency supplies can be brought in quickly.

• Scott said Friday school buses will be made available to help cities evacuate.

• Throughout the state, residents are making one last run on water, gas and other essentials ahead of the storm, with shelves quickly emptying. Scott said they are moving fuel into the state to address gas shortages. He urged residents to only take as much fuel as necessary.

• Prison officials in Florida have been forced to conduct the largest evacuation of prisoners in state history, moving more than 7,000 inmates from work camps and community release centers to more secure facilities.

• Scott said he has asked all Florida hotels to waive pet restrictions as thousands flee.

• Walt Disney World in Orlando announced it would close for at least two days beginning Sunday.

• The U.S. Postal Service has suspended deliveries and retail operations in South Florida until further notice.

• Comcast has opened 137,000 Xfinity wifi hotspots across Florida to help people trying to evacuate.

• St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport closed 11 a.m. Friday, airport officials announced.

• Orlando International Airport will shut down 5 p.m. EDT Saturday and Ft. Lauderdale at 7:45 p.m. EDT Saturday.

• Miami International Airport will halt all flights Friday night.

• From Florida to Georgia, some 1.4 million people have been told to leave their homes.

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Holy shite. That's insane.

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You could see the deep convection flaring up and wrapping around the center again in the recent IR satellite.

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I'd be worried about people in the Ft Myers area who don't think they need to leave because they stayed for Hurricane Charley and his 150 mph winds in 2004 and were alright. Irma is massive and Charley was very small. As a result the hurricane force winds for Charley were only like 10 miles from the center and the storm surge was minimal. Irma is going to catch a lot of them off guard if they think this is a Charley.

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You're right about that. Two things will happen, those who actually caught the brunt of the eyewall will probably run. Those who just missed it will be way overconfident because they survived a 150 mph hurricane...when they caught 75-80 mph winds. Surge will be higher. Windfield more spread out.