Ready for Irma: Officials confident that reactors at two nuclear plants in Florida will stand firm as the deadly hurricane heads for landfall

Cheryl Nelson September 10, 2017 at 9:38pm

Tampa is getting wet. None of the images indicate catastrophic damage. Still haven't heard about the storm surge.

http://www.news-press.com/story/opinion/readers/2017/09/10/hurrican...

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"This storm is playing games with us": @DrewGriffinCNN gives updates on #Irma, storm damage http://cnn.it/2eXHdqT

8:36 PM - Sep 10, 2017

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Storm surge potential down dramatically in revised maps - http://bit.ly/2gXeq63 #winknews

7:20 PM - Sep 10, 2017

Jim Haas September 10, 2017 at 6:32pm

I read somewhere that Florida Gas and Light had shut the two reactors down, just to be on the safe side. To hell, with people wanting residential power....

Jim Haas September 10, 2017 at 6:28pm

I think we've all been HAD! Watch our devastating Hurricane Irma do this. Watch our monster Hurricane Irma do that. But whatever you do, don't look up, to see what could be causing the earth to wobble. A wobble could cause a "slosh" wave to move at 600 miles per hour. You can't look up when there's a hurricane in your eye (better than a chem trail).

Cheryl Nelson September 10, 2017 at 3:33pm

Cool pic of Irma with the FL map superimposed. Note in the text below, Irma is weakening now...

Cheryl Nelson September 10, 2017 at 3:29pm

Continuing on this Wunderground.com article, note it says the highest wind gust reported was 120 mph on Big Pine Key, but then admits that the site did not measure sustained winds higher than 55 mph in their hourly observations.

Cheryl Nelson September 10, 2017 at 2:58pm

According to http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutsshws.php, shallowly planted trees will topple or uproot in a Cat 2. In a Cat 3, many will be. And in a Cat 4, most will be, along with power poles. This image of Miami is suggestive of a Cat 2. Will check out the west coast of FL as pictures comes in.

Now, check out the text underneath this image...

Came ashore "while classified as a Cat 4" (which is arguable). Then it says "Irma brought near hurricane force winds..." And, where do hurricane force winds begin? That's right 74 mph and up. So, if it's "near' hurricane force, that implies under (but close to) 74 mph. I'm getting the sense they caught the highest gust they could and ran with it, but Irma was more likely a high Cat 2. Plus, the announcer saying it came ashore at 106 mph (a Cat 2). What do you think?