FRI. MORNIN

[FUTCHCAIRO]

MORNIN ALL, WELL LOOKS LIKE MY DAUGHTER IN WEST PALM BEACH MAY HAVE MISSED THE WORST OF HURRICANE MATHEW, I DO NOT REALLY KNOW SINCE SHE HAS NOT CONTACTED ME, MY YOUNGEST SON , DAVID, HAS A HOUSE DOWN AT JUPITER, HE IS CLOSER TO THE BEACH, HOPE HE MISSED THE BULLET ALSO , MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER AND HUSBAND CHRIS, PROPERTY DOWN ON LAKE GRANDIN, LOOKS LIKE THEY MAY HAVE SOME PRETTY HEAVY RAIN, CAN USE THE RAIN BUT NOT THE WIND, MY OLDEST SON , EARL, LIVES ON TROUT RIVER IN JACKSONVILLE, HE SPENT THE WHOLE DAY YESTERDAY TYING DOWN THE BOATS, REINFORCING THE BOAT HOUSE WINDOWS AND DOORS, MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER AND HUSBAND'S HOME IS ON OLD PLANK ROAD IN JACKSONVILLE, IT IS IN A LOW LYING AREA AND COULD GET FLOODED IF THEY GET 10-12 INCHES OF RAIN. MARY'S DR.'S OFFICE IS IN MACLENNY, ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF JACKSONVILLE, IT HAS A FLAT ROOF AND HOPEFULLY IT HASN'T LEAKED ON ANY OF HER EQUIPMENT, THAT EQUIPMENT COST AN ARM AND A LEG IF IT HAS TO BE REPLACED. WE DO NOT HAVE TO WORRY TOO MUCH ABOUT STORM SURGE UP HERE AT THE SOUTH FORTY, WE ARE AT 308 FT. ELEVATION ON TOP OF A HILL AT THE HOUSE, THE PONDS PROBABLY OVERFLOW IF WE GET 10-12 INCHES OF RAIN, DON'T THINK THAT WILL HAPPEN.
ALL OF YOU FISHERPERSONS THAT LIVE DOWN THE NEAR THE COAST HOPE THE TIDE WILL NOT RISE ENOUGH TO GET INTO YOUR PROPERTY, KEEP SAFE AND WELL, STAY IN PORT UNTIL THIS LITTLE FELLOW. MATHEW , MAKES UP HIS MIND WHERE HE IS GONNA GO.
PA
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[Blue spinner]

Morning Pa and all
Pa hope all of your family makes it through this storm
looks like we are not going to get much rain

[countrycorners]

Good Morning!
Friends on the island off of Vero Beach report that it was like a tropical storm when the eye went bye 'bout 40 miles out.
Has seen worse.

[MudDucker]

Morning PA, hope all your family makes it through the storm ok.

All of my Florida family that I know of has evacuated. Looks like the storm is grinding down some, but still a big boy!

[FUTCHCAIRO]

I HOPE THE GOVENOR AND EMERGENCY MANAGMENT HAVE NOT CRYED WOLF ON THIS STORM, PEOPLE WILL NOT PAY ANY ATTENTION TO A STORM BIG ENOUGH TO KILL PEOPLE IF IT COMES AFTER THIS WHEN THEY CRY GET OUT EVACUATE, GO INLAND AND THE PEOPLE WILL SAY IT WON'T HAPPEN AND IT DOES, LOTS OF PEOPLE WILL GET KILLED.
HOPE EVERYONE GOT BY THIS TIME WITHOUT TOO MUCH DAMAGE. MY OLDEST SON JUST SENT SOME VIDEO OF THE RIVER IN FRONT OF HIS HOUSE AND THERE ARE NO WHITECAPS SHOWING ANYWHERE, SOME TREE LIMBS SWAYING A LITTLE BUT NOT ENOUGH TO BRAKE ANY OF THEM OFF, THE WIND COULD GET HIGH ENOUGH TO DO SOME DAMAGE LATER THIS AFTERNOON BUT NO WAY WILL THERE BE A 9 FT STORM SURGE IN THE ST. JOHNS RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES ESPECIALLY DOWN TOWN JACKSONVILLE, TOO MANY THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF FLAT LAND BETWEEN JACKSONVILLE AND THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER AT THE OCEAN. MY PREDICTION, WE WILL SEE WHO IS RIGHT , THE STORM MANAGEMENT PEOPLE OR ME. I HAVE BEEN THROUGH TOO MANY HURRICANES AND KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN UNDER THE CONDITIONS WE HAVE NOW.
PA
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[FishWithChris]

The eye moving slightly right is what caused the lack of impact results you're talking about, Pa.

Had this Hurricane "wobbled" inland even 20 miles, it would have been much worse.

[FUTCHCAIRO]

YOU ARE RIGHT NOLE, BUT THIS STORM WAS AT LEAST 60 MILE OFF THE COAST WHEN IT WENT BY THE ST.JOHNS RIVER, IF THERE WAS A 9 FT. STORM SURGE DOWNTOWN JACKSONVILLE EVERYSTORE THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN 6 FT. DEEP IN WATER INSIDE. WITH ALL THE FLAT LAND JUST A FOOT OR TWO ABOVE SEA LEVEL WOULD HAVE TAKEN BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF GALLONS OF WATER JUST TO RAISE THE WATER LEVEL JUST 1 INCH, NOT 9 FT. I HAVE BEEN THROUGH 6 HURRICANS IN MY LIFE TIME AND I HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA WHAT HAPPENS WHEN ONE COMES THROUGH AN AREA. THE WORST ONE ON RECORD WAS DOWN ON THE BIG LAKE, PEOPLE IN CLEWISTON HAD NO WHERE TO GO AND HUNDREDS GOT DROWNED. THE WORST HURRICANE I KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT WAS GALVASTON , TEX. IT WIPED OUT THE WHOLE TOWN. I STILL WOULD NOT LIVE IN GALVASTON , TEX. NO MATTER HOW MUCH THEY WOULD PAY ME, I WOULD LIVE ON MUCH HIGHER GROUND AND COMMUTE.
PA
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