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Comments on: Hurricane Irma – Day 9 https://whynow.dumka.us/2017/09/07/hurricane-irma-day-9/ On-line Opinion Magazine...OK, it's a blog Fri, 08 Sep 2017 03:22:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Bryan https://whynow.dumka.us/2017/09/07/hurricane-irma-day-9/comment-page-1/#comment-86278 Thu, 07 Sep 2017 17:30:08 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/?p=39817#comment-86278 The Lesser Antilles and Virgin Islands got leveled. The damn thing should be having an eyewall replacement and easing off the winds. At least it is going to hit with the East side of the storm. If it had come into the Gulf and gone up the West coast, the disaster would have been worse. The Atlantic Coast is going to drown from the storm surge. The High rises in Miami could see winds over 200 mph on the upper floors. People within 50 miles of the Atlantic Coast need to head North and then West. Dog knows how far inland the salt water is going to wash, but the coast is going to be brown for years as the salt kills plants.

Update: I hope you are buying lottery tickets with luck like that. I am really happy that you escaped the worse, but now you have the long road back to some variant of normal. GPS is going to be worthless until it gets updated from satellite photos.

]]> By: Steve Bates https://whynow.dumka.us/2017/09/07/hurricane-irma-day-9/comment-page-1/#comment-86276 Thu, 07 Sep 2017 16:59:24 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/?p=39817#comment-86276 The midday news here showed graphics and numbers on Irma that left me quaking in my boots for the wellbeing of all my Florida friends. And this less than two weeks after Harvey trashed such large parts of Houston that I have to refer to a construction map or a news broadcast before stepping out the door to make what was once an ordinary trek across town. Some columnist in The Guardian remarked that some meteorologists are speculating whether this is “the new normal” for weather and particularly storms. I can only hope Irma treats you all gently. (FWIW, Harvey trashed parts of Houston but left Our House utterly intact; both peeps and both kitties are just fine, as is the house.)

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