This is video from inside Irma's eyewall. About 25 seconds in is when you begin to see the power of this thing. Right around the one minute mark is where I'm wondering how the heck they're still flying that plane. The pilots and crew have been in my prayers. That is certainly a high risk job they have. 

And yeah, that thing needs to stay away from NC. Matthew was bad enough and it was only a Cat 3. We were approximately 200 miles from the eyewall when we started getting hammered and it didn't help we were on the business end of the rotation. We were already waterlogged from the tropical storm that had through a week or so before which didn't help matters at all. We've not had much rain this summer until recently, but the rivers and creeks here will flood like they did last year and create some serious problems. Not looking forward to what may be coming. 

I really wish my husband would agree to buying a generator.    It would be helpful for more than hurricane season since we lose power due to snow and ice storms.

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(09-06-2017, 11:04 AM)JaguarsWoman Wrote:

(09-06-2017, 09:30 AM)homebiscuit Wrote: Some forecast models are now showing Irma will miss Cuba and swing north before it gets to Florida. We may dodge a bullet on this one. It doesn't look good for the Carolinas, though.

"Some forecast models" tells me nobody really knows where Irma will go. So far I have seen no reason for people in the Carolinas to worry too much because the storm is headed for the Gulf.

You might want to check yourself because that is not accurate, at all.

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