Looking really bad with what will be massive damage, so here's a direct links to keep updated.
https://www.reddit.com/live/xpidtdeqm42u/
https://www.reddit.com/live/xpidtdeqm42u/
Hurricane Matthew is moving towards Florida
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There's a storm chaser periscoping it: https://www.periscope.tv/w/1LyxBDXBrXkGN
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No, you really don't.
Quite!
Every time I see stories like this , two thoughts come to mind.
1) I will never complain about British weather, ever!
2) The true unsung hero of 20th century technology has to be weather satellites!. 100 years ago, a storm like this could easily have killed a 100,000 Americans, Nowadays a couple of dozen casualties is considered a bad one.
(Of course it is also an unfortunate truth that poor countries fair rather worse despite the warnings, but even there, the warnings probably cut the death toll by a factor of 1000!)
This and mass shootings would be just swell.
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A friend of mine is holidaying with her family out there at the moment, she posted on facebook this morning that they are well prepared and lots of provisions are in place. Best of luck to everyone, hopefully it doesn't get too crazy for everyone.
100 years ago we perhaps wouldn't have the weather patterns we do now lots of factors have changed lots of things.
thats what i read/saw thismorning
The eye has shifted I think but it's still going to hit some coastal locations, there's a chance it could mix with the hurricane to the east as well and come round a 2nd time but it's a small chance.
Sounds like South Carolina is where it will hit land but now its currently battering Daytona Beach with 80-90 mph winds.
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We've got our storm brewing on the horizon.
Pretty much. Maybe a little storm surge for some beach towns and some possible wind damage on some rickety old wood paneled buildings.
Anyone inland like Orlando, it'll just be a wet and windy day. Same as it was for South Florida overnight.
Really missed a bullet as really the storm is 30miles east of florida, and hasn't lived upto expectations that it may steer west, and buzz saw across all the coastal communities at full strength.
Hoping GA or SC gets the same luck as FL. They're not out of the woods yet, nor is NE FL.
Haiti, well, they took a hit, RIP to all those... I think it was 500 or so, but most likely due to mudslides and floods there.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-37582009
2 million people in costal areas are being urged to move inland. How this can be achieved boggles my mind. Surely congestion and the lack of a safe destination for most is the likely outcome of that plan.
2 million people in costal areas are being urged to move inland. How this can be achieved boggles my mind. Surely congestion and the lack of a safe destination for most is the likely outcome of that plan.
South Carolina is the most likely place in the US to suffer from this storm as its the only place that's likely to take a landfall hit.
Don't get me wrong, St Augustine / Jacksonville and the rest of NE coast of FL is taking a good slap, along with a decent storm surge, but nothing like it could have been.
