Cat. 4 Hurricane Now Forecast For Gulf Coast Members

Now 150 MPH sustained winds and still trending up.

 

Went out and did a service call this morning. Started to rain on the way back. Still little to no wind here. Sitting and waiting.

 

Briz--the power grid is going down. The real issue is for how many days.

 

Michael came onshore at Mexico Beach with 155 mph sustained winds.

 

1 mb stronger than Katrina. 3rd highest on record that's made landfall in the US

 

At least its moving fast...

 

Driving home from Clearwater this afternoon it amazed me how many caravans of police cars, rescue trucks, ambulances and utility vehicles were heading to the area, I would say probably well over a couple hundred units

 

Any news?

 

Man that is a monster, Stay safe folks.

 

No school for us today,.. relaxing day in the shop for me

 

It appears that Michael will visit France and Great Britain on Monday.

 

I dont know how you guys do it.

 

Same way you handle earthquakes.

 

We got nothing here. On to the next one!

 

Glad to hear that you made it without sustaining damage. A lot of people were not so fortunate.

 

This was kinda the perfect storm. It threaded the needle between the Florida peninsula and a pool of drier air to the west. It hit a large area of 4 degree warmer then normal water just before making landfall. These were the perfect conditions for what meteorologists call bombogenisis - a very rapid intensification of a cyclone.