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Just weeks after hurricane Florence battered the US southeast with historic rains and flooding, another major hurricane is now bearing down on the Florida panhandle with 145 mph (~240 kph) winds and heavy rains forecast. From Ars Technica:
Hurricane Michael continued to intensify during Tuesday night, bringing an unprecedentedly strong storm to the northwest Florida coast on Wednesday. This is a serious situation for the Florida Panhandle and downstream areas in southeastern Alabama, Georgia, and the Carolinas.
As of the National Hurricane Center's 9am ET update, Michael had 145mph sustained winds, solidly in the range of a Category-4 major hurricane. Winds along the Florida coast were already rising above tropical storm strength at the time, all but closing the window for further evacuations as the storm nears shore and moves inland later today.
Perhaps most concerning, Michael's central pressure continued to fall during the overnight hours, down to 933 millibars by Wednesday morning. This is an indication of the storm's organization, and with Michael's satellite appearance actually improving as the storm approaches land, some slight further intensification is possible today before landfall near Panama City. If Michael's central pressure falls further, to 930 millibars, it would rank among the 10 most intense hurricanes to make landfall in the US on record in terms of central pressure.
Meteorologists are reacting to the rapidly intensifying storm with some measure of alarm. Mike Bettes, a meteorologist with The Weather Channel, noted on Twitter Wednesday morning that his crew was pulling out of Apalachicola, a small coastal community to the right of Michael's projected landfall that will likely bear the brunt of the storm's winds and surge.
If you are in the path of this storm, please take whatever measures necessary to keep yourself safe.
(Score: 2) by cmdrklarg on Wednesday October 10 2018, @04:57PM (5 children)
Yet another reason I shall never move down there. I'll take the occasional MN blizzard over a freaking hurricane. Tornadoes are still an issue but those generally trash a multi-state area.
California can keep their earthquakes too.
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by cmdrklarg on Wednesday October 10 2018, @04:59PM
Correction: DO NOT trash multi-state areas.
OT: A short-term Edit Post function would be nice.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 10 2018, @06:28PM (1 child)
Come to San Antonio here. Tornados? Rare. Hurricanes? Just a strong rainstorm by the time it gets here. Blizzard? HAHAHAH. All you have to deal with is hot summers, but sit back and enjoy some tacos and a margarita while listening to mariachis and you will be fine.
(Score: 2) by cmdrklarg on Thursday October 11 2018, @06:34PM
Bah... summers are hot enough up here too. High 90s and humid is not unusual. Certainly not as hot as down there, but hot enough. No thanks!
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(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Wednesday October 10 2018, @07:36PM (1 child)
I'll take two hurricanes over an ice storm... at least when the power fails after a hurricane you're in no danger of freezing to death.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 11 2018, @01:39PM
Nope. You just have to worry about being crushed by your collapsing house or drowning in the storm surge.