IRMA - This does not look good either

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  • SKIP KILPATRICK
    Senior Member
    • Jan 2013
    • 13573

    Re: IRMA - This does not look good either

    Any word Rummy? I'm quite concerned!
    Skip

    ---This post is delivered with righteous passion and with a solemn southern directness --
    ...........fighting against the deliberate polarization of politics...

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    • jack grebe
      Misunderstood
      • Feb 2001
      • 13530

      Re: IRMA - This does not look good either

      Originally posted by SKIP KILPATRICK
      Any word Rummy? I'm quite concerned!
      From what I have seen of the islands, may be cut off by power or com towers..... Hope all is well.
      Originally posted by George Jung
      Don't under-estimate Jack. He's purty damned talented

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      • Garret
        Hills of Vermont
        • Apr 2005
        • 48618

        Re: IRMA - This does not look good either

        Originally posted by Reynard38
        That's what always bugged me about the Caribbean. The disparity between the locals and everybody else. Doesn't make for a very safe environment.
        I always thought Sint Maarten was different. It's the go-to place for real work - whether you need a crane or to buy a truck or whatever. I spent a morning in a radiator shop, getting an old Passat radiator fixed. The 4 guys working there were absolutely wonderful: cheerful, friendly, & knowledgeable. We swapped stories (hurricanes vs. plowing 3' of snow) & had a great time. I found little of the obsequiousness I've encountered on islands 100% dependent on tourism.

        This sort of interaction repeated itself over & over, including hanging out in 3 stool Haitian bars - where I got invited to a family barbecue. When I showed up with a case of soda & 3 Kg brisket, I was met with hugs & grins & couldn't leave for hours. Kids climbing all over me ("he's big as a tree!") & parents looking on with big grins.

        Now if you go walking through that same neighborhood in fancy clothes & diamond earrings (as one couple did while I was there) - the reaction will be different. Seeing 2 year's income on each ear was just too much for someone to resist. But that's common sense anywhere in the world.
        "If it ain't broke, you're not trying." - Red Green

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        • genglandoh
          Senior Member
          • Dec 2010
          • 10538

          Re: IRMA - This does not look good either

          Downgraded to a Cat3 with 120 MPH winds moving 12 MPH north.
          Still has not hit mainland Florida.
          "The only rules that really matter are these: what a man can do and what a man can’t do." Captain Jack Sparrow

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          • jack grebe
            Misunderstood
            • Feb 2001
            • 13530

            Re: IRMA - This does not look good either

            Originally posted by genglandoh
            Still has not hit mainland Florida.
            Yet.......... Sadly

            I have friends that live on Tampa Bay,.......... All the way at the very top by the RR tracks.
            The house sits high, but the basement has still flooded several times..... May not be so lucky
            this time,. But they at least went I land
            Originally posted by George Jung
            Don't under-estimate Jack. He's purty damned talented

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            • Glen Longino
              Senior Member
              • Jun 2008
              • 28863

              Re: IRMA - This does not look good either

              Originally posted by genglandoh
              Downgraded to a Cat3 with 120 MPH winds moving 12 MPH north.
              Still has not hit mainland Florida.
              Jim Cantore was spotted at Tampa International yesterday. He went from there to Fort Myers. The eye might be expected at Fort Myers.

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              • Hwyl
                Gareth
                • Jan 2003
                • 22222

                Re: IRMA - This does not look good either

                Originally posted by SKIP KILPATRICK
                Any word Rummy? I'm quite concerned!
                Originally posted by jack grebe
                From what I have seen of the islands, may be cut off by power or com towers..... Hope all is well.
                He posted some time ago that he's fine.

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                • jack grebe
                  Misunderstood
                  • Feb 2001
                  • 13530

                  Re: IRMA - This does not look good either

                  She just made landfall again....... Marco Island.

                  Just looked at the map and all of Florida with the exception of the pan handle is getting rain
                  from her at the current time.
                  Originally posted by George Jung
                  Don't under-estimate Jack. He's purty damned talented

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                  • Garret
                    Hills of Vermont
                    • Apr 2005
                    • 48618

                    Re: IRMA - This does not look good either

                    And the winds are high even on the east coast. Hunker down sir!
                    "If it ain't broke, you're not trying." - Red Green

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                    • genglandoh
                      Senior Member
                      • Dec 2010
                      • 10538

                      Re: IRMA - This does not look good either

                      Downgraded to a Cat2 moving north at 14 MPH
                      "The only rules that really matter are these: what a man can do and what a man can’t do." Captain Jack Sparrow

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                      • StevenBauer
                        LPBC member
                        • Jan 2000
                        • 23277

                        Re: IRMA - This does not look good either

                        Looks like the eye came ashore at Marco Island. Right where we honeymooned 30 years ago next month.

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                        • LeeG
                          Senior Member
                          • May 2002
                          • 72780

                          Re: IRMA - This does not look good either

                          Originally posted by genglandoh
                          Downgraded to a Cat2 moving north at 14 MPH
                          Yes, Mar a Lago may not be hit as bad as it could have.


                          WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Sunday that "we may have been a little bit lucky" after Hurricane Irma veered from its original course and headed along Florida's west coast, instead of...


                          WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Sunday that "we may have been a little bit lucky" after Hurricane Irma veered from its original course and headed along Florida's west coast, instead of east. He said that path might be less destructive.

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                          • jack grebe
                            Misunderstood
                            • Feb 2001
                            • 13530

                            Re: IRMA - This does not look good either

                            We are having a hell of a blow now, but my concern is tornadoes.
                            Originally posted by George Jung
                            Don't under-estimate Jack. He's purty damned talented

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                            • genglandoh
                              Senior Member
                              • Dec 2010
                              • 10538

                              Re: IRMA - This does not look good either

                              Hurricane IRMA is not a Hurricane anymore it has been downgraded to a storm 70 mph winds.

                              Florida got lots of wind, lots of rain (12 Inches) but very little storm surge.
                              So the big problem was trees falling down and taking out the electrical power lines.
                              "The only rules that really matter are these: what a man can do and what a man can’t do." Captain Jack Sparrow

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                              • Tom Wilkinson
                                Senior Member
                                • Jun 2000
                                • 7827

                                Re: IRMA - This does not look good either

                                And still turning west....
                                Tom

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