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well, guess its game on. did all i can do for now.. we shall see what will happen over the next 48hrs

She's being a mean girl eh and not making up her mind yet, heard she has moved and looking for a new target, Tampa and St. Petersburg now it is saying. Crazy.

Were hunkered down on our little island on the east coast. Its shifted further west but were still gonna get bad winds and some damage but nowhere near as bad as it could have been. West coast is going to get hammered and the storm surges are going to be lethal. 

The track has shifted so far west the past few days that there really isn't a threat here now. I should see about 20mph winds and 1.5 inches of rain on Tuesday. I get more than that from a regular thunderstorm.

I also was in Hurricane Hugo back in 1989. I was only 11 then, but I helped my stepdad with work in Charlotte after the storm. Mostly clearing trees and debris, but anything to help anyone felt good. That was the first time I had ever seen cinderblock walls and buildings blown apart by wind!

Tony, Gary and everyone else in the path of Irma, PLZ stay safe! We hope to hear from you all soon.

This is why I live where the air hurts my face

Thanks man! 

Wind has picked up a little here i just went outside not much rain yet comming off the bands. They shut down port canaveral earlier today which is not far from us and were under a tornado watch. Not meant to get worse untill sunday night here.

I hope you're not in an area that the storm surge will get close to you as the conditions deteriorate! Irma is definitely a wind and surge storm more than a rain system like Harvey was. Keep us posted for as long as you can during the storm! I'll continue watching webcams in FL as long as they are powered and am always watching The Weather Channel when tropical storms get to the US. I'll have to take a break from all that when my Carolina Panthers face off against the SF 49ers in the late afternoon though!

Hurricane Irma ALMOST destroyed my only day off for the week. One of my work accounts decided they would work Sunday and take Tuesday off b/c of the storm. It's a nation-wide company and the schedule change is throughout the entire southeastern US. Tuesday is my busiest day of the week, so I wouldn't have had Tuesday off anyway AND I would have to work on a Sunday. Working 13 days in a row is a pretty crappy way to have to deal with a hurricane that isn't even going to affect this area! Most people get days off for tropical weather, not work more days because of it. Of course I am not talking about people who work with emergency crews, rescue & recovery, military, and the like. I am a sanitation specialist and I usually have no concept of holidays. But holidays usually don't change my work pattern or hours by much. A company saying they will work on Sunday takes away my ONLY day off every week! I usually only have to deal with that for Thanksgiving and Christmas (occassionally for New Year's Day). Lucky for me that I managed to get my boss (AKA the owner) to find someone that wanted the extra hours on their paycheck next week. I don't mind losing a few hours on my paycheck to not have to work on a Sunday AND ESPECIALLY on opening weekend of the NFL season! I was mostly wanting to pass off the hours b/c I strained a muscle in my shoulder a few weeks ago. It still hasn't healed b/c I keep working through it. Every time I think it is nearly healed, I strain it again while I am at work. At least with the altered schedule this week, I can go in (and be done) earlier on Monday and can go in later on Tuesday!

you're not to far from me then gary. im going to get those high winds from the east band.. depending on how this track goes, can be bad or so-so. i got friends over in tampa and stayed. i lived in MS when katrina hit, had a house 3 miles inland and the storm surge still put 9ft of water inside of it- lost everything. and they are 2.5 miles from the beach and stayed. bad choice. hope you and anyone else fairs well ... she's moving slow, so going to be a long night. giving the dog a traquilizer to knock her out lol

Not far tony. 

We should be ok for the storm surge cocoa beach will get it and i doubt it will come well over 10  miles to us they dropped it down from 4 to 6 ft to 1 to 4ft.. Lots of tornado warnings at the moment and a steady rain wind is up a bit. 

I'm a bit south of Charlotte in SC, Fort Mill, Rock Hill, Lancaster. People have been going nuts the past week. Buying up water, and canned goods. Seeing quite a few displaced Floridians. My son was telling about one of his neighbors has taken in a family they know from there.

Plans are in place for folks to stay at work should things get bad on the 12th. We must run due to an agreement with a customer, extra generators have been brought in. I don't see that it's all that important myself, it's just bills and statements, a few checks. Something along the lines of police, EMTs, prisons, hospitals, rest homes, etc. matter more in my book. They don't want to stop for holidays, even Christmas day.

I was east of Charlotte in '89 when Hugo hit in Albemarle, NC. Recall power being out for a week or so, lots of wind damage. Was also there in '99 when Floyd came through, a lot of flooding. Wish I was back there, I hate SC, but that's for another time.

Be safe folks, and good luck to all affected.