This storm is moving up the Atlantic Coast and there are Tropical Storm Warnings on the Gulf Coast because the rain bands are already crossing the peninsula.
The people who are staying don’t understand: no power means no water or sewage system. You have bottled water to drink, but no water to flush the toilet or wash up. Your credit cards don’t work, so everything is cash. No electricity means the pumps don’t work at the gas station. No lights, no air conditioning, no traffic or street lights, no refrigeration – The MREs aren’t terrible, but not as a steady diet.
Oh, yes, given the height of most of the coast – the storm surge topped by waves will be more that enough to flood most of the buildings within a mile or so of the water, so even after the transmission lines are fixed, you are going to need your house rewired. I assume that all of the clowns staying have flood insurance, because most of the damage is going to be water related and hurricane policies don’t cover it.
If Matthew and Nicole get too close everyone will need to read about the Fujiwhara Effect. It’s kind of like walking into helicopter blades.
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Lol. Now that’s funny Steve. This storm does sort of look like it plans to circle around and bite itself in the rear. What I want to know is when it circles around and hitches up with Nicole, what kind of storm will we have then? Will the meterologists be confused?
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