REMEMBERING HURRICANE ANDREW

What do we do when we're waiting out a hurricane? We study previous hurricanes to judge their effects and how they played out.

The BIG ONE came in 1992, his name was Andrew and he slammed into the Florida coast line at a reported 187mph, well over the speed required to be a Category 5. The destruction at the point of landfall was devestating, it went straight inland and flattened Homestead Florida. FLATTENED! Cat 5 is not to be played with, seek emergency shelter away from where the landfall is going to occur.

The good news from studying these storm disasters comes in the knowledge that the moment a hurricane makes landfall in Florida the intensity immediately goes down a lot. The size and speed of Andrew meant he went inland a bit before losing intensity but 20 miles away damage was minimal because the storm lost so much energy as it thrashed Homestead Florida.

There is complete information about Hurricane Andrew on Wiki.

Hurricane Dorian Top Wind Gust Speed: 23 mph

Hurricane Dorian - Tuesday, Sept 3rd 6pm Wind Speed Actual vs Forecast

Forecast right now:  36 mph winds

Actual wind speed 6pm: 4mph

P2 Plants Pre and Post Hurricane Dorian

Here's Monday, 9/2/2019 at 8am EST before the hurricane.

Hurricane Dorian Cat 4

NPR Joins Hurricane Hype

New headline as the models are updated to a "farther north" hurricane Monday.  Note, the prior impact was Sunday.  LOTS to happen between now and Sunday/Monday, yet the headlines are starting to get everyone ramped up.  My bet (Mary) is that it will fizzle at sea and be a breezy day for us.  Either way, we're ready!  It's fun to watch the models predict right now.  Thanks to Mike's Weather Page for keeping us informed with his spot-on analysis.

Tropical Storm Dorian 2019

On Sunday, we're either going to have a Cat 2 Hurricane, or a nice breezy Florida day.  It's amazing that it's Wednesday and we can't accurately predict.

FUN PHOTOS AS DORIAN HYPE RAMPS UP

Fox News is quickly ramping up the hype in spite of the fact weather scientists still can't accurately say what the path of the storm is.