hurricane coming...

Disney World's closing -- that's how you know it's serious.

Miami-Dade and even Broward counties are looking increasingly good. About 20 minutes ago Matthew was parallel to the county's north border, so we're at 5 percent chance of hurricane force winds. I don't want to jinx it, but for us in MDC it's looking like a four-day weekend.

Me? I'm drinking a beer -- that's how you know times are strange -- and about to watch, appropriately, the Criterion Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

https://media.giphy.com/media/12lcK4lcBRI092/giphy.gif

My current state of mind keeps recalling a scene from Reservoir Dogs.

Officer Old Lunch: First they close the airport, then they close Disney World. Now I feel like I'm not going to get to go on vacation at all...
Mr. Orange County: Fuck you! Fuck you! Governor Scott says we're fuckin' dying! We're fuckin' dying!

I was going to offer you our well appointed basement here Al. But instead I may need to just come down to your place for the beer.

It's going to be glorious fall weather up here in the Confederacy.

but seriously though, thinking about Daytona Beach boardwalk right about now...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1fzJ_AYajA

stay safe, everyone. :-/

@WaffleHouse
All Waffle House restaurants on 1-95 between Titusville, FL and Fort Pierce, FL are closed. Stay safe Waffle Nation! #HurricaneMatthew

My Matthew diary: http://wp.me/pzXeC-5r9

@DRUDGE
The deplorables are starting to wonder if govt has been lying to them about Hurricane Matthew intensity to make exaggerated point on climate

shit, drudge is onto the plan. and somehow the govt managed to get prominent progressive operative Rick Scott on board with the plan. this shit goes even deeper than we thought...

From Democracy Now!'s facebook page

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oh, hell: stories at democracynow dot org

fox news disagrees with drudge: https://twitter.com/Deathbymartymar/status/784122375424004096

jeez

just when you think he couldn't be a bigger asshole

one of my colleagues asked me if I could move a meeting Friday (I was actually in process of doing it), and told me she's near the beach. meaning she clearly hadn't evacuated. I'm just realizing she's in one of the areas that might get hit hard, kinda worried for her.

right now Orlando is supposed to get tropical storm winds (which could be anything from 39-73 mph), 41% chance of hurricane winds. have been through both before, but they are talking about a potential eastern wobble tomorrow.

wondering if this thing will Floyd us and do a weird last minute shuffle away.

I worry about Orlando (not Disney) b/c it's not used to hurricane conditions.

pray to jah no wobble

we'll be aight I think. Cape Canaveral might be where landfall is now, and still isn't guaranteed to make it at all.

I think they're overplaying the loop-de-loop - the Euro model doesn't seem to show it in as many models, and they say it would be unlikely for a strong storm to hit us again.

my friends had to move their wedding back two months. can't even imagine how stressed they are.

well a wobble away would be good, east as opposed to west...west would be ick, don't even wanna consider

My sis and 4 kids are in Boca Raton getting nervous for them. They weren't told to evacuate but....

from Gizmodo:

Here's the thing about Matthew: Space Coast has never dealt with anything like it. Not in launch history; not in meteorological records dating back to 1851. The storm is projected to pass perilously close to Florida's entire eastern seaboard beginning later today, with a Category 3 or 4 eye passing directly over Kennedy Space Center on Friday, according to Weather Underground meteorologist Jeff Masters. "We're talking about a storm that's basically hitting dead-on," Masters told Gizmodo. "I'd expect at least 90 mile per hour winds."

Spottie, Boca and the rest of PBC look increasingly in the clear too.

oh that's great to hear thx

Space Coast, yow.....90 mile an hour winds in that exposed area

OMFG @ that Fox News clip. I had no idea they had gone so far off the rails.

But, yeah, it's looking increasingly likely that we'll be cancelling our trip to FL altogether. Rats.

Be safe, everyone.

Seminole County will impose a mandatory curfew countywide from 5 a.m. Friday to 7 a.m. Saturday.

"The most important thing we can do is make sure that every person lives," Scott said.

Seminole Sheriff Eslinger said his deputies will be on patrol for looters and price gouging in the days after the storm passes.

"We won't tolerate anyone taking advantage of anyone in our community," Eslinger said.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/weather/hurricane/--os-rick-scott-sanford-hurricane-matthew-20161006-story.html

Seminole likes to do that - did it for the hurricanes in 04 too. you'd think nobody wants to go out in this and yet, you'll see cars poppin' down the street like it's a normal Saturday and then you get why they do them.

Rick Scott seriously needs to take a public speaking class. say what you will about Jeb but at least he could do that.

just when you think he couldn't be a bigger asshole

― Neanderthal, Thursday, October 6, 2016 5:22 PM (one hour ago)

wait what do you have against shep?

shep was obviously trying to convince people to heed the warnings, be extra safe, evacuate

Rick Scott seriously needs to take a public speaking class. say what you will about Jeb but at least he could do that.

― Neanderthal, Thursday, October 6, 2016

Well, Bush sounded as if he understood that the state had programs and powers it could use.

xpost I was calling Drudge the asshole, sorry

praying that the ghost crabs will all be safe

binge watching Cheers, wind here is near 20 mph and isn't supposed to pick up until like 2 am......i'll probably wait up til the 11 pm update and call it a night

Amazed at the number of people I've talked with here (Chicago) who had no idea about the hurricane. I mean, I get that it's somewhere else, but jeez.

Equally amazed/surprised/disappointed to encounter a couple people who, when told we'd changed our trip from Charleston to New Orleans, exclaimed "But what about the hurricane!?!"

eastbound wobble. storm may not make landfall. still gonna be a bitch of a storm, but where I'm at may be spared hurricane winds.

coast may still get pounded but would be nice if it keeps jumping east - the models all seem to be saying that.

funny moment, local newscaster sees a car driving by and starts talking about how it was irresponsible for a car to be out and how he didn't understand why people were out and then the cop comes into view of the camera and it's a police car and he looks embarrassed.

http://i.imgur.com/On3sZmG.png

lol

Uhhh.. http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/06/opinions/staying-put-during-hurricane-matthew/index.html

My friend (whose wedding got postponed 2 months due to this storm) just erupted at these assholes mocking the *weakness* of the storm. My friend otm. The coast is still getting hit hard.

30 mph wind here and still have power. Im about ready to start workin! :)

Hoping it stays steady cos some squalls are coming

Every time I look at the news for, well, news, it just reiterates what *might* happen. But what *is* happening? Rain, high winds and power outages, but nothing serious (yet)?

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/miami-gardens/article106628762.html#storylink=latest_side

Hurricane tensions ran a bit high at one South Florida Walmart.

On a video posted to social media, two customers have a knock-down, drag-out fight in the middle of the Miami Gardens store, 19501 NW 27th Ave.

The two woman yank on each others hair, scream and punch. At one point, one woman rams another woman with her shopping cart so hard, the victim’s breasts fell out of her dress.

In response, she started hurling cans of food at the other woman.

An employee at the store, who declined to be named, said police weren’t called and no one was injured.

Every time I look at the news for, well, news, it just reiterates what *might* happen. But what *is* happening? Rain, high winds and power outages, but nothing serious (yet)?

― Josh in Chicago

MSNBC and NBC have reporters on the ground; I've got the former on.

Those are live reports/TV news, then, right? I was just looking at "print."

Terrible breaking news on top of weather.com: "Matthew Kills 1, 650,000+ In The Dark." Scans like it killed 1,650,000.

weather.com is the worst with their clickbait. They've even toned it down and it's still bad.