So it’s still stuck over the Bahamas, now moving at 1mph NW as of 8 AM EDT. Looks like it’s lost a good amount of strength.
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Hurricane Dorian [Merged]
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Its winds have subsided substantially, but it remains essentially a major hurricane and will still drop tremendous amounts of rain along the Atlantic coast along with significant storm surge once it finally works its way northward.
Not sure if it’s your implication, but it’s often that people will say with a “weakened” hurricane that it’s “just” a Category 3, etc. Obviously, we’ll happily take decreased wind speeds, but the Florida coast up through the Carolinas still face substantial impacts.
It does also seem that Florida has, thankfully, been spared a direct landfall, which will keep the worst of the wind and rain offshore. Unfortunately, storm surge will likely make up for quite a bit of that rain.
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We are hunkered down - most of the neighborhood is staying - including a couple of "ol' fisherman" in their 80s who are always in the know 
The only flooding we've had in the past was the garage, and it's semi-impenetrable (gorilla waterproofing tape, visqueen, duct tape, sandbags, more waterproof tape ...)
Plus, get this: I took a 180" x 180" piece of visqueen, put it down in the garage, drove onto it, then wrapped it up around my GT, so it's in a waterproof "bag", with an additional 18-20" of "in garage" flood protection
I'm 98% sure we'll lose power (I mean, we lose power with a mild breeze ...), so we're on deck with a Ryobi generator, a Toshiba 10K BTU portable A/C, we have 15 bags of ice (neighbor has a 200 lbs/day icemaker), we'll keep the fridge running, A/C in the main bedroom at night with a TV, Verizon is on unlimited data, so we'll even have internet.
... and so much booze
The only flooding we've had in the past was the garage, and it's semi-impenetrable (gorilla waterproofing tape, visqueen, duct tape, sandbags, more waterproof tape ...)
Plus, get this: I took a 180" x 180" piece of visqueen, put it down in the garage, drove onto it, then wrapped it up around my GT, so it's in a waterproof "bag", with an additional 18-20" of "in garage" flood protection
I'm 98% sure we'll lose power (I mean, we lose power with a mild breeze ...), so we're on deck with a Ryobi generator, a Toshiba 10K BTU portable A/C, we have 15 bags of ice (neighbor has a 200 lbs/day icemaker), we'll keep the fridge running, A/C in the main bedroom at night with a TV, Verizon is on unlimited data, so we'll even have internet.
... and so much booze
Good luck to you; stay safe!We are hunkered down - most of the neighborhood is staying - including a couple of "ol' fisherman" in their 80s who are always in the know
The only flooding we've had in the past was the garage, and it's semi-impenetrable (gorilla waterproofing tape, visqueen, duct tape, sandbags, more waterproof tape ...)
Plus, get this: I took a 180" x 180" piece of visqueen, put it down in the garage, drove onto it, then wrapped it up around my GT, so it's in a waterproof "bag", with an additional 18-20" of "in garage" flood protection
I'm 98% sure we'll lose power (I mean, we lose power with a mild breeze ...), so we're on deck with a Ryobi generator, a Toshiba 10K BTU portable A/C, we have 15 bags of ice (neighbor has a 200 lbs/day icemaker), we'll keep the fridge running, A/C in the main bedroom at night with a TV, Verizon is on unlimited data, so we'll even have internet.
... and so much booze
Thanks! I've been using some of your posts/input as one of our information channels
I'll hit up the beach early tomorrow, get some photos in advance of the storm. Just talked to a few more neighbors (actually relatives of the friend across the street), everyone is in pretty positive spirits, having done this for 40+ years (in some folk's case), they've got a pretty good perspective on what to expect. Personally I've been through several.
Again, thanks for the positive thoughts, I'll be back in 24-48 hours, hopefully just a little inconvenienced.
Current Ambient Weather info:
I think his point was merely that it had lost significant strength. If it stays offshore as a Category 2 then the Florida coast may only face the outer storm bands and perhaps tropical storm levels. I don’t think he was minimizing.
Just wanted to make that abundantly clear for any readers in the area to be impacted as minimization (intended or otherwise) can certainly cause tragic misconceptions. We rate hurricanes based solely on wind speed, but that’s usually not what kills people.
I might have been a bit selfish with that comment since the weaker the winds are, the less of an impact it was going to have on Tampa. At this point there’s zero impact for me, but I realize how that sounds to those on the East coast. If I were on the East coast I would be a bit relieved but would also have evacuated like I did with Irma 2 years ago.
Looks like you're around Daytona? High tide today is at 1:31p, so about 2 hours into the rise cycle, looks like it may be past us a decent amount, but still expecting some flooding.
Ambient Weather summary as of 9:26a EST:
** WHEW **
I'd rather have spent several hours prepping and NOT have any impact than, well, the opposite
Positive thoughts to those dealing with losses.
I'd rather have spent several hours prepping and NOT have any impact than, well, the opposite
Positive thoughts to those dealing with losses.
Not quite completely destroyed.
I wonder what the primary residential construction is. When I lived on Guam, most of the newer houses were made with cinder block, not that a house like that would go unscathed in a strorm like this was when it passed over.