Monster Hurricane Michael Headed To Gulf Coast

[Cristiano]

Hurricane Michael is expected to make landfall in the Florida Panhandle sometime Wednesday afternoon, possibly as a category 4 hurricane. Please stay safe if you are in the affected areas.

Hurricane Michael is now a Category 3 storm and a day from the Gulf Coast

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

It looks like it's going to hit Panama City head-on as a Cat 4, and will still be a category 1 hurricane as it makes its way through Georgia, eventually passing through the eastern Carolinas as a possible tropical storm - the last thing they need as they're still recovering from Florence. About the only good news about Michael is that it won't stay anywhere for very long. Stay safe out there, all those in Michael's path.

 

[Fluttercat]

Panama City is my hometown. My parents and my brother's family are there. They, along with more of my friends than I care to count, are actually going to ride this out in their homes. I'm worried to say the least. This isn't going to end well for most of them.

 

[EmpressOfCommunism]

I just watched this storm on cnn international take a reinforced metal and concrete barrier right out of the ground. I'm reminded of Katrina tossing around dishwashers from restaurants. I hope everyone in its path stats as safe as they can.

 

[Cristiano]

Michael is the strongest hurricane to hit the US since Hurricane Andrew in 1992. That's not good.

Hurricane Michael: Live updates as 'monstrous' storm slashes Florida - CNN

 

[Kalel]

some places are reporting it as a cat 5 just before it landed.. we watched during lunch, the camera crew rushed inside as the hotels awning was ripped apart and fell on the cars live!

 

[Cristiano]

Tornado watches are in effect for Northern Florida and south and central Georgia until 2 am:


Much of the destruction caused during Andrew was from tornadoes. Stay safe please.

 

[Aribeth Zelin]

Wow. We got more or less missed, though for a little bit it looked like it might hook west. But we've friends in Panama City who decided to ride it out. Stay safe anyone in its path... *hugs*

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

I've seen some videos of conditions in the hurricane. It's pretty bad, even as hurricanes go.

Here's a video that is not too fun to watch. This is a recording of a livestream of two men who were driving around in the storm.


The seven minutes between 31:00 and 38:00 tell the story. After that point the men have abandoned the vehicle, it sounds like in hope of taking shelter in a nearby building, but I don't know. The livestream continues for a while though from the empty van, which eventually begins floating in the encroaching storm surge as waves break over the windshield in the last few minutes of the video.

 

[Cristiano]

Mexico Beach, FL took the brunt of the hit - and the town has been obliterated

 

[Jolene Benoir]

Mexico Beach, FL took the brunt of the hit - and the town has been obliterated

That's an unfortunate city name and almost guaranteed to ensure that you-know-who may not exactly ride to the rescue.

 

[Cristiano]

Honestly, I didn't even know there was a Mexico Beach, FL before the storm.

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

That's an unfortunate city name and almost guaranteed to ensure that you-know-who may not exactly ride to the rescue.

Exactly my thought.

The Orange Shitstain: "Oh, some beach in Mexico got destroyed? Screw 'em. Serves 'em right for coming into the US."

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

The devastation there is unfathomable. I just hope everyone made it through okay and there were no lives lost.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

Horrific scenes. This storm was definitely a monster.

 

[Jolene Benoir]

I was really worried about Fort Walton Beach. I was there in 1996 or so. Hurricane Andrew evidence was was still visible in Destin. Fort Walton Beach is comprised of average, middle class folks who live in the main town and the ultra rich who have their vacation homes and build on the beach, even after hurricanes, which destroy their buildings. And, why not? The govt pays them to do so.

Anyhow, I never even knew, despite being in the area of a place called Mexico Beach, FL.

That devastation is terrible. I may have seemed nonchalant in stating that shitstain would likely not be likely to help because of the name (yes, he is that petty), but my heart goes out to everyone there and hope that they are done right by FEMA.

 

[danielravennest]

Atlanta reporting in. We got 2 inches of rain, and a bunch of branches up to 3 inches thick were downed. The center of the storm passed about 100 miles SE of here, so we just got the outer rain bands. Have not heard of any local power outages.

[EDIT]Local TV news is reporting metro Atlanta has several thousand people without power, due to downed trees and power lines

 

[Archer]

Ok, I've seen some videos of people doing stupid things, but that one ranks right up there with the stupidest!

 

[Kara Spengler]

That's an unfortunate city name and almost guaranteed to ensure that you-know-who may not exactly ride to the rescue.

What are the odds on him asking if they are US citizens?

 

[Fluttercat]

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Hope this link helps those wanting to know about Seacrest.