Hurricane Irma

[Jim]

My company has put up 4 live cameras.  2 on top of the Wells Fargo tower and 2 on top of the Metropolitan Lofts building.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpLX77He2tBBISbSGXj_T4Q

[ProjectMaximus]

I see, going be scary if one of those comes down on something with people in it. I guess its already windy in Jax, I see friends and family members posting videos already. Be safe out there .

Well, Miami news cited the cranes as one of the reasons for mandatory evacuation of the area. So if you hung around you hopefully knew that risk. Apparently one has come down already, even though it had only suffered cat 1 winds at the time.

[thelakelander]

Two cranes at Miami construction sites have snapped in Irma's howling winds


The boom of a crane at an under-construction apartment building in downtown Miami bent and collapsed in Hurricane Irma's heavy winds around 10:30 a.m. Sunday.

Hours later, the winds brought down a second crane at a condo tower in Miami's Edgewater neighborhood, roughly two miles north. A video posted on Twitter showed its boom dangling above the unfinished tower.

Full article: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weather/hurricane/article172416297.html

[KenFSU]

I've been seeing some pretty wild Snaps and Tweets coming out of downtown.

LOTS of water in the CBD.

[Gunnar]

I figured that Irma was gonna go much more west than FLs east coast like they predicted earlier. It would've had to be something very significant opposing Irma to sharply veer up the east coast.

Looks like that is going to happen, so a bigger threat for west coast FL towns than east coast towns.
I keep my fingers crossed that Jax and its people come out of this as unscathed as possible !

My parents are in Sarasota. My dad's 85 and my mother's mobility is limited, due to a stroke she had two years ago (she's 73). So while I'm glad that Jacksonville is likely to be spared, I really don't feel all that great at the moment.

I hope they made it through fine and are doing well.

Fortunately for SW Florida, the storm went across northern Cuba first (unfortunately for them), so was it weakened noticeably (for wind load, wind velocity counts squared, so 160 instead of 130 mph winds mean 50% more wind load).
Still, the storm was strong enough as it was.

[Gunnar]

I've been seeing some pretty wild Snaps and Tweets coming out of downtown.

LOTS of water in the CBD.

And water levels should rise with incoming high tide.

So how does it look for everyone - made it through well I hope.

[KenFSU]

A friend took this pic this morning:

[thelakelander]

Here's a few more a friend just sent via text:

[Adam White]

I figured that Irma was gonna go much more west than FLs east coast like they predicted earlier. It would've had to be something very significant opposing Irma to sharply veer up the east coast.

Looks like that is going to happen, so a bigger threat for west coast FL towns than east coast towns.
I keep my fingers crossed that Jax and its people come out of this as unscathed as possible !

My parents are in Sarasota. My dad's 85 and my mother's mobility is limited, due to a stroke she had two years ago (she's 73). So while I'm glad that Jacksonville is likely to be spared, I really don't feel all that great at the moment.

I hope they made it through fine and are doing well.

Fortunately for SW Florida, the storm went across northern Cuba first (unfortunately for them), so was it weakened noticeably (for wind load, wind velocity counts squared, so 160 instead of 130 mph winds mean 50% more wind load).
Still, the storm was strong enough as it was.

Thanks Gunnar. My sister said they're okay - no power or phone, apparently. Also, no real damage, so that's great. They were supposed to fly to Dublin on Thursday - not sure if that's still on, though.

I see Jax had some flooding. Kind of reminds me of Hurricane Frances in 2004. I remember Riverside was pretty flooded then.

[TimmyB]

I just saw on the weather channel that the St Johns went from not flooded at all to record flood stage overnight.  That's insane, if true!

[Jim]

I just saw on the weather channel that the St Johns went from not flooded at all to record food stage overnight.  That's insane, if true!

We have officially exceeded hurricane Dora level flooding and it is excepted to keep rising as high tide comes in.

[Westside Guy]

Hey everyone,
Here's a really good link from NOAA that shows the data from all of their flood stations.  It's a really good tool to keep an eye on the flooding and whether areas are getting more or less water.

https://water.weather.gov/ahps2/index.php?wfo=jax

[thelakelander]

This screenshot of Springfield looking towards downtown was just sent to me:

[billy]

Where is the water level relative to the bulkhead at Commodore Point, or the Ford Assembly property?

[KenFSU]