Tropical Storm Michael now a Hurricane
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Tropical storm Michael is now moving between Key West and Cancun, headed into the northern Gulf and is predicted to reach land somewhere along the Florida panhandle. Forecasters say it could strengthen into a category 1 or 2 hurricane by the time it makes landfall on Wednesday or Thursday.
11am - edit: Weather forecasters just upgraded storm to a Cat 1 hurricane, and predicted that it will become a Cat 2 or 3 hurricane.
11am - edit: Weather forecasters just upgraded storm to a Cat 1 hurricane, and predicted that it will become a Cat 2 or 3 hurricane.
Last edited by First Light; 10-08-2018 at 09:03 AM.
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Here is a good site for tracking Mike's Weather Page... powered by Sparks Energy!. Assuming everything clears out by this weekend is the offshore bite typically good after a hurricane?
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hold on to your butts Panama City and East in the Big Bend area you guys stay same. hope that cold front knocks the intensity down as it gets loser that thing in BLOWING UP tonight down to 970MB already
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Well shite.
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We have a mobile home a few miles from the beach inland as our "fishing camp". My dad headed down there yesterday to ride out the storm with a neighbor. I don't have a good feeling about it.
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That is just a damn dumb decision. What does he think he's going to accomplish?
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That being said, I'll toast to his health and that he has a heck of a hurricane party.
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I think some people are looking for an adventure. That anticipated adrenaline rush may skew rational thought into a contorted brain pretzel that allows one to conclude that the best course of action is to ride out a hurricane in a mobile home. Maybe some extra duct tape on joists and seams will help keep it together. Those are the kind of things that throw off the death statistics. Did the hurricane kill someone, or did their planning cause their demise.
That being said, I'll toast to his health and that he has a heck of a hurricane party.
That being said, I'll toast to his health and that he has a heck of a hurricane party.
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So if you agree it's a bad decision, this is where you step up as his son and dont let him go. Reassure him what he means to you and your family and how stupid of a decision this really is. The older we as humans get the more stubborn and crazy things we do. To ride out a Cat 3 at ground zero near the coast IN A MOBILE HOME is asking for serious trouble. When SHTF how will he make it to the neighbors in 100mph winds? Now if he were to spend the entire duration at his buddies house while just keeping an eye out I wouldnt mind so much. But my father means too much to my family to let him tempt fate alone in a mobile home in a Cat 3, as I'm sure yours does too, especially at 72...