Punching Bag Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Think Okeechobee will pop if it takes a Cat 4 hit directly? It's the second biggest lake in US outside of Lake Michigan... The lock and dam operators there gotta be trying to get the lake pool elevation down and dump water to both coasts! They call it a lake but it really isn't much more than a very large puddle. If the ground level water was not so high it would similar to Minnesota's land of lakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 They call it a lake but it really isn't much more than a very large puddle. If the ground level water was not so high it would similar to Minnesota's land of lakes. A rimmed cereal bowl. The levee/dike protects from lake flooding. Yes. Sea level to 300' along the Mid-Florida ridge and the valley south to everglades is rather flat over all those square miles... Then the groove in the middle... Everglades as a "filter" to the sea. Its reall all mostly under 100'. Orlando 82' Kissimmee 49' Tampa to west is 45' at highest, no way water is going that way. The water will follow the Mid-Ridge to the south. Thay is such a huge population area too... Lots of ag, industry developed and drained. Drained to somewhere and that easy somewhete is south on to the lowlands, prairie, Okeechobee plain. A rough dike went up in 1910. Then the Hoover dike ringed the lake, completed in 1937: The outlets to both coasts via navigation canals that work hand in hand with Intercoastal Waterway. I talked to my Buddy down there... They have been emptying the lake since early in the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 (edited) Edited September 9, 2017 by Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 21462428_10155404814531638_8577018120435985230_n.jpg The bottom is Irma, the top is Andrew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 @cnnbrk If you’re in these Florida cities for Hurricane Irma, here are the maximum wind gusts you can expect: http://cnn.it/2fbmc8V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dib Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 I'm fine, thanks for asking. We're under tornado watch also. House if bunkered up, watching and waiting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 According to CNN (only TV on at work) it has been downgraded to a CAT 3 so maybe subject needs updating? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 I'm fine, thanks for asking. We're under tornado watch also. House if bunkered up, watching and waiting. Stay safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 (edited) According to CNN (only TV on at work) it has been downgraded to a CAT 3 so maybe subject needs updating? But it's about to go over the warmest water yet, so no telling how strong it will be when it makes landfall. Hopefully it doesn't gain steam again over that 88 degree water. Edited September 9, 2017 by Augie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaoulDuke79 Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 Last report I heard was it was heading up the West coast of Florida and not up the gut. Stay safe everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 Last report I heard was it was heading up the West coast of Florida and not up the gut. Stay safe everyone. The center line of the cone literally goes about a mile or two east of my buddies house. It's actually funny to zoom way in and know the roads! He's on his way to Atlanta. Wise move! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherpa Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 (edited) Key West aviation forecast. Tomorrow: 2AM wind northeast sustained 56 knots gust 70 knots (82mph). 5AM wind northeast sustained 75 gust 95 knots (107mph). 7AM wind north sustained 90 gust 120 knots (138mph). 11AM wind west 75 gust 100 knots (115mph). It will be worse further north. Edited September 9, 2017 by sherpa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 This storm hit Category 8 yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaoulDuke79 Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 This storm hit Category 8 yet? It may be a category 4 not once but twice. Does that count? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 It may be a category 4 not once but twice. Does that count? No, because if it's not Category 3.5, the hurricane's wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 No, because if it's not Category 3.5, the hurricane's wrong. Category 3.5 is one mean hurricane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowgirlsFan Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 It remains a Cat 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Striker Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 The bottom is Irma, the top is Andrew. It's an entirely different kind of hurricane, altogether. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 It's an entirely different kind of hurricane, altogether. Striker? Striker?? Striker??? Striker!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 @ABC Florida Power & Light official predicts "wholesale rebuild" of electrical grid on FL coast, possibly "longest restoration...in US history" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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