3036

Yeah, yeah, yeah, lanterns, food, whatever. Which boardgames?

-Tom

3038

She keeps sliding west like this and Alabama is gonna be under the gun.

3039

And it’s up to 130 already, so who the heck knows…

3040

Yep, winds are heading back to Cat 4. Will see if it sustains.

3041

Used to live in Mobile. We moved there a few years after Camille, and while there didn’t get hit by anything. But man, the whole Gulf coast scares the crap out of me in terms of weather like this. So much low lying land, so much water. Went through a typhoon in the Philippines as a kid, and that was plenty for me.

3042
3043

So while trying not to drastically downplay the Hurricane too much, the Keys don’t look too bad. Yes there’s storm surge but the whole place isn’t underwater, the buildings I’m seeing so far seem to be intact, not a lot of debris, etc…

https://twitter.com/MikeTheiss

3044

The eye is about 20 miles east of Key West, so it looks like they sort of dodged a bullet there.

The reddit live feed of info is pretty good.

3045

I mean based on radar Key West took a direct hit by the western eye wall of a Cat 4. I would expect more damage then what I’m seeing.

3046

edit: fake news - that is the Miami River, so it is overflowing but it’s not like it’s a flooded highway/street.

https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/906877962741538817

3047

I’m up early and watching things this morning, it seems like the hurricane is shifting east again. I had many more friends in Florida evacuate overnight. My thoughts are with you guys still down there.

3048

Lordy.

3049

3050

Good grief! Is he at the eye wall or something? How is he going to open his car door and get back?!

3051

Lost power for a moment. Fortunately my UPS saved the day (and my progress in a game). Winds died down again.

3052

One of the downtown Miami cranes collapsed.

3053

Geezus.

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3054

Question 1: why is there a crane still up in Miami?

3055

IIRC, there are something like 30 of them up in downtown Miami. It was a big topic of discussion 3-4 days ago.

3056

Did we post this one yet?

Sorry if it’s a repost, but it seems to be a popular topic.