Hurricane

I've got friends in the Houston area who have been flooded out by Harvey and friends in Tampa FL who are predicted to be right in the path of Irma. Plus friends in Oregon and Washington where there are immense wildfires burning out of control - feeling scared and rather helpless sitting here across the pond.

Just watching it on the news, feel so sorry for those poor folk who have lost everything and now there is another on its way! Seems to be a new disaster every week recently!

I'm glad your grandson is safe.

So many here troubled and fearful for friends and family in the hurricane hit areas. I am so deeply sorry x

Granjan and Anniebach, I`m so glad your loved ones are safely home, and hope that everyone with someone in the danger zones have good news very soon.

Gillybob I agree with you but my husband said it was an underground test, what Anya says is true but I still wonder if the madman in charge in Korea has something to do with it.

Thank you maddy629 I did a bit of reading on the subject last night (especially about fault lines and explosions in the sea) and still feel that North Koreas actions could have something to do with the intensity of the current situation. I am not saying that it caused it but just wonder whether it may have made a very bad weather pattern even worse.

I am reading about people who approached loan sharks as airlines added noughts to fares. Those who can't afford to get out of Florida have to stay put. There is no fuel left and the traffic is horrendous.
Praying for them all.

I can't believe (well I can) how greedy the airlines are. Talk about making money from misery.

In other words if you are rich you can get yourself and your family out of danger, if you're poor well, it's tough.

goodmorning all.
minxie have you heard?
the beastie has moved far west,closer to us but away from big population areas.only problem is if she hits water she can get stronger,come back or go on to other gulf shore areas.
local news channels are opening up thier digital systems for free.if you have a battery device it should be able to pick up baynews9 or the weather channnel.no aps required>.for anyone with fam here in fl.
spent evening getting local senior care place set up.have guests coming tonight.dont really know whats going on still.
its the waiting.
governor and law enforcement did a good job of getting fuel ships in and offloaded to stations.be the last of it for a few days.
there are already wonderful stories of people doing good things.man in diy store was buying last generator and other older man was so upset first man gave him his.friend in washington dc area.found a car full of young kids.stuck on road,took family in and put in his rental apartment for the duration. its all these "little"things that will get us thru.
then just to make sure theres enough stress going on my crazy ndn had a fire at 9pm.was going to the senior center and walked out to find a firetruck and ambulence in my front yard(they always park there?)these people are one drama after another....
well off to do some minor prep work.
as of now eye track is centered on west coast ,will know more about 6 hours from now.
anyone else out here be safe and we will make it.
i said on other forum its a good day to fly a kite still considering

Horrified to hear of looting. What a rotten thing to even think of doing.

Unbelievable Jan but it happens

the looting is why so many people dont want to leave their home or businesses.
neighbor made it from west virginia a few minutes ago.still dark here.
pushing to evac west coast now .lots of little cays/keys there too.rains and wind bands hitting south fl and key west area.
calling for volunteer nurses for shelters.my moms dh will go,hes a retired trauma nurse and has always worked the "disasters".they have cleared out the southern hospitals and moved patients to safer(?) places.inland i supose.
i would really much rather have a blizzard.....

Stay safe everyone. The waiting and not knowing are always the worst. Puts our little island's problems into perspective. ..

So true Morgana.
At least the US has the sort of infrastructure that other places don't have when such natural disasters strike.

Sister on law niece and family live in Florida they are boarded up and hunkered down from what I ve seen on fb

Why anyone holidays in hurricane season I cannot understand myself
I lived through a hurricane when I was living in HK and was terrified and I don't think it was anything as bad as these
I don't think it's anything to do with Kim Jon but global warming hopefully the other mad president will learn that global warming foes exist

Presumably some don't evacuate because they don't own a car. Or they have no money. Or they are too old or sick. Right across the region it is the poorest who are suffering most. Just seen a picture of Haiti, with the shacks people live in up to their roofs in water. Wondering whether all the extremely rich people who use these islands as tax havens (with our blessing folks, because they are UK territories) will dip their hands into their pockets to rebuild.

So glad gs is safe, Annie.

Hoping everyone else is ok, as well as their family members abroad.

We stayed at The Melia in Cayo Coco last year. The beach was beautiful with an absolutely lovely little cove a short walk away. It would seem that the area is destroyed and the hotel very badly damaged. The staff are lovely and I feel very bad for them as they are probably out of work now. The Cubans don't have much and really could have done without this blow to the tourist trade.

Irma has taken the worst possible track from the point of view of Florida. Mind boggling - they have recommended that a population similar to the West of England (including Bristol) to leave their homes and get out of the way. Meanwhile Storm José is following a similar track across the Caribbean. The eventual loss of life is going to be high. I heard yesterday of someone who was saying she still expected her holiday in Florida next month to go ahead. I suspect that they will have to make a different plan!

It feels like an almost biblical apocalypse somehow. The scale of it all and the repetitive nature. So many storms in such rapid succession. Poor souls.

Every day it seems there is another weather related disaster. My daughter's family have been evacuated from their home in Montana because of wild fires started by lightning. 100,000 acres burned. Smoke now seems to be a big problem.

Does anyone know if any of Trump's residences have been affected? I believe he has at least 3 down that way.

Nothing biblical about it. It's climate change and just what science has been for a long time now. "More extreme weather events". More rain, more wind, more heatwaves and even more blizzards. There is more heat energy coming out of the ocean than any time since the science of Meterology started looking at it.
This is an awe inspiring graphic which shows what the world's winds are doing right now. It really highlights how wind is related to what is going in oceans - relatively little wind in the middle of continental masses
. earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-86.97,37.56,653/loc=-58.120,19.306