hurricane coming...

Yeah, this comes down to people never watching local news. I do, in part because it's the most accurate place to learn about weather condidtions.

I get more aggravated at not being able to find shit in the grocery stores and empty gas stations due to hoarders

Thanks guys. I should mention our friends/family are usually downplaying hurricanes to put us at ease (and entice us to stay here long term, which we aren't sure yet). I know at least the family we live with take it seriously

oh for sure, I can understand that. if it puts yours at further ease, I've lived here 42 years and have been through a double digit number of canes and am still kicking.

being in low-lying areas is usually the biggest concern (i.e. 'you don't evacuate wind, you evacuate water' etc)

Looks like the cone shrunk again as of the 11 a.m. advisory. Tampa/St. Pete area looks increasingly good.

we are blessed in the bay area

My aunt (lives in Jensen Beach) is on her way to Australia, and it sounds like she got out just in time!

going to be about 20-30 mph winds here all day and rain. I'll take it.

think they did a fantastic job with the forecast this go around. amazes me how accurate hurricane forecasting has gotten over the last thirty years even.

Seconded. In Florida one becomes an amateur meteorologist, and one thing I noticed different about Idalia coverage is the emphasis on storm surge within and outside the cone. Seems like forecasters at the state and federal level learned from Ian. They even got the intensification correct, a notoriously erratic thing.

daaaamn

CHECK OUT the misty EYE of Hurricane #Idalia from just inside the inner eyewall rainbands. The winds calmed for a solid 30 seconds before returning full force from the opposite direction. pic.twitter.com/jlUsnTiJ0m

— Josh Griffith ⚡ (@JoshGriffithWX) August 30, 2023

are y'all OK? the PBS Newshour is looking pretty scary today

Yeah, roll call?

doing fine here in Winter Park, FL. we didn't get much other than rain and 25-30 mph winds (fortunately).

unfortunately for the folks at St Bernardus

Also fine here, apparently I'm Neanderthal's neighbor!

you guys need to FAP immediately

Oh word, Vinnie!

I kinda get eyerolly at Floridian friends of mine who have lived here for decades, see a massive hurricane that is ten days away from any landfall and currently not projected to impact us, and immediately start yelling OMG BUCKLE UP FLORIDIANS, WE'RE FUCKED. And yet...Lee is here and friends of mine are already msging me, bugging out

Like when a hurricane actually arrives here, you'll be stressed enough, which I know from experience. Why do you want to feel that same terror prior, no good horror films in theaters?

I just got in from talking to one of my next door neighbors. She's panicing, too.