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posted by martyb on Saturday September 09 2017, @12:09AM   Printer-friendly
from the stock-up-on-oj-now dept.

[Ed note: for up-to-date info, see also: NOAA National Hurricane Center, Mike's Weather Page, windy.com, NWS - Hourly Weather Forecast Graph - Tampa, and NWS - Hourly Weather Forecast Graph - Miami.]

At 8:28AM September 5, Zero Hedge reported

Irma is now the [strongest] hurricane [ever] in the Atlantic basin, outside of the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico, in [US National Hurricane Center] records.

[...] meteorologist Eric Holthaus writes that Hurricane Irma is now expected to *exceed* the theoretical maximum intensity for a storm in its environment, or as he puts it "Redefining the rules".

[...] Irma's current path--headed straight for Florida--has prompted the state to prepare for the "catastrophic" system.

Unlike Harvey, which caused widespread damage, power outages and flooding and taking almost a fifth of U.S. oil refining capacity offline, Irma is a bigger threat to agriculture, with orange juice futures surging.

[...] Florida is the world's largest producer of orange juice after Brazil. About two-thirds of the state's citrus crop is located in the lower two-thirds of the peninsula.

[...] Airlines have canceled flights across the Caribbean and are adding planes to evacuate tourists, while cruise-line stocks have tumbled.

[...] Only three Category 5 hurricanes have hit the contiguous 48 U.S. states, [said Bob Henson, a meteorologist with Weather Underground:] The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 that devastated the Florida Keys, Hurricane Camille in 1969, and Hurricane Andrew that cut across Florida in 1992. Andrew was originally classified as a Category 4 storm only to be upgraded years later after further analysis.

"It is obviously a rare breed", Henson said. "We are in rare territory."

At 12:37PM September 5, Heavy.com reported

The Florida governor has declared a state of emergency as Hurricane Irma reaches a Category 5 storm. The Florida Keys are currently in the hurricane's path, although the storm remains unpredictable.

[...] Irma has [...] maximum sustained winds [of] 185 mph. It was moving west at 14 mph and is about 270 miles east of Antigua. The Florida Keys are in the projected path of the hurricane, according to September 4 late evening forecasts.


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  • (Score: 2, Informative) by khallow on Saturday September 09 2017, @12:05PM (3 children)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Saturday September 09 2017, @12:05PM (#565610) Journal

    I said nothing to indicate I am against the 2nd.

    To continue, here's what else I see [soylentnews.org]:

    I am saying "white people" because let's face it, black people in this country can't even carry their legally purchased guns outta Walmart without being shot at, so it really is a white-only amendment for most intents and purposes.

    Let us note that some of the earliest gun control law [thoughtco.com] was precisely to prevent [wikipedia.org] blacks from owning firearms.

    So portraying the Second Amendment as ethnically selective (even though it isn't) while ignoring that gun control traditionally has been, is another indication that you are actually against the Second Amendment.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by aristarchus on Saturday September 09 2017, @07:04PM (2 children)

    by aristarchus (2645) on Saturday September 09 2017, @07:04PM (#565739) Journal

    The obvious rejection is that all this discussion of ammosexual love for implements of lethal force really has no place in a discussion of a hurricane. Does everything have to be about guns?

    • (Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday September 09 2017, @10:58PM (1 child)

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Saturday September 09 2017, @10:58PM (#565785) Journal

      The obvious rejection is that all this discussion of ammosexual love for implements of lethal force really has no place in a discussion of a hurricane.

      Alas, we've tried and this appears to be a forbidden love. Perhaps a car analogy?

      • (Score: 2) by aristarchus on Monday September 11 2017, @08:09AM

        by aristarchus (2645) on Monday September 11 2017, @08:09AM (#566160) Journal

        Ah, khallow, the love that cannot be spoken! OK, we will go with that, although it is kind of creepy.