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Posted on 9/12/17 at 5:45 pm to Cool Hand Luke
Both rain and surge. That area was hit by a nor'easter which put the St John's river near flood stage. Then the surge at high tide.
Posted on 9/12/17 at 5:56 pm to LSUwag
Okay thanks. I just couldn't understand how they were getting storm surge on the east side of Florida.
Posted on 9/12/17 at 5:57 pm to Cool Hand Luke
Being on the east side of the storm meant onshore winds which was the main cause of the surge.
Posted on 9/12/17 at 6:27 pm to thesoccerfanjax
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Being on the east side of the storm meant onshore winds which was the main cause of the surge.
Yeah, on the west side of the eye the bay was down around 10 feet when Irma was her closest. And it never rushed back (at least here). Irma was almost a non-factor here in the Big Bend. But I have relatives in St. Augustine that were further from the eye, had much higher winds, lost big trees, lost power, and have a flooded yard. The side you were on made a HUGE difference.
Posted on 9/12/17 at 6:28 pm to alphaandomega
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Any word from Liz?
She still hasn't posted anything on fb but comments from her friends/family that have been in contact with her say that she is ok, house ok. Their neighborhood still flooded so they are stuck there and she has no power/cell service.
Posted on 9/12/17 at 6:38 pm to Tigris
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Yeah, on the west side of the eye the bay was down around 10 feet when Irma was her closest. And it never rushed back (at least here). Irma was almost a non-factor here in the Big Bend. But I have relatives in St. Augustine that were further from the eye, had much higher winds, lost big trees, lost power, and have a flooded yard. The side you were on made a HUGE difference.
The transition to post tropical helped with that too. Strongest winds displaced from the center, pushed the focus way to the east instead of having the really strong winds right at the center.
This post was edited on 9/12/17 at 6:39 pm
Posted on 9/12/17 at 6:54 pm to Cool Hand Luke
Surge
Posted on 9/12/17 at 7:22 pm to Tigris
I never understood the depth of the St. Johns River until we were looking for waterfront land deep enough to handle the keel of our sailboat. Greencove Springs is so far upriver and even some parts near Patlaka where it's not just wide but deep. Push water up to the west and south of Jacksonville, and it has plenty of places to go.
How far can water be pushed? In Katrina, water was pushed up the Mississippi over a hundred miles and the rise was continually monitored at the Corps of Engineers facility in New Orleans near the intersection of St. Charles and Carrollton. (Slightly more than 100 miles upriver from the mouth near Pilot town).
Water is nocompressive. It goes where the wind pushes it, when it can't go into the ground. Currents push it, the wind pushes it and sometimes it gets pushed up hill as part of a surge, until it finds a lower place.
How far can water be pushed? In Katrina, water was pushed up the Mississippi over a hundred miles and the rise was continually monitored at the Corps of Engineers facility in New Orleans near the intersection of St. Charles and Carrollton. (Slightly more than 100 miles upriver from the mouth near Pilot town).
Water is nocompressive. It goes where the wind pushes it, when it can't go into the ground. Currents push it, the wind pushes it and sometimes it gets pushed up hill as part of a surge, until it finds a lower place.
Posted on 9/12/17 at 7:29 pm to real turf fan
Posted on 9/12/17 at 7:41 pm to ihometiger
That video from when the eye was over them...I can't even wrap my head around that much power.
Posted on 9/12/17 at 7:44 pm to ihometiger
Lol, US gov charging for seats on their C-130 to US citizens. What a joke.
Posted on 9/12/17 at 8:36 pm to Sparkplug#1
The government doesn't run on unicorn tears and pixie farts, son. Fall in line and pay your fair share.
Posted on 9/12/17 at 8:41 pm to Monday
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I'm just coming here to vent and didn't want to start a thread on it. I was expecting a package that shipped Thursday from Orlando. No updates on the tracking except "in transit" and USPS is useless as usual. Maybe my package will come in tomorrow and this post is unnecessary. I have a gut feeling that I'll never see it.
I wish you had started a thread. More of us could contact authorities and crowd-source help for you.
Posted on 9/12/17 at 8:51 pm to Cool Hand Luke
Lost power at 8 PM on sunday, still no power
Posted on 9/12/17 at 10:32 pm to Kcoyote
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Lost power at 8 PM on sunday, still no power
where are you located?
Posted on 9/12/17 at 10:58 pm to Spankum
Orlando
Posted on 9/13/17 at 12:11 am to Sparkplug#1
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Lol, US gov charging for seats on their C-130 to US citizens. What a joke.
Freedom ain't free, bruh
Posted on 9/13/17 at 5:26 am to Sparkplug#1
quote:They paid to get there. They would have to pay to get back. They should be happy as hell to pay even more to get back now.
Lol, US gov charging for seats on their C-130 to US citizens. What a joke.
Me 'n yew paid for those C-130s and operating expenses. We need that money back so we can meet our gov'ts monthly payout to the downtrodden.
Posted on 9/13/17 at 6:48 am to ihometiger
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EVACUATED from St. Maarten! Hurricane Irma - Sailing Mischief
I hope that they didn't actually expect their boat to survive the hurricane. I'll have to go back and watch some of their other videos prior to the storm hitting.
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