# Tropical Storm Dorian May Hit Florida as Hurricane over the Weekend **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 28, 2019, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storm-dorian-may-hit-florida-as-hurricane-over-the-weekend/839371 "2019-08-28T17:56:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storm-dorian-may-hit-florida-as-hurricane-over-the-weekend/839371/21 "2019-08-30T03:18:33Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I have family in the central Florida area and they are all well-prepared. Heck, some of them have now lived in Florida longer than I did; they’re all seasoned pros by now. What do you do to be well-prepared for a Category 4 storm in Florida other than leave? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storm-dorian-may-hit-florida-as-hurricane-over-the-weekend/839371/22 "2019-08-30T03:42:21Z")
You have the new Space Force nuke it from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storm-dorian-may-hit-florida-as-hurricane-over-the-weekend/839371/23 "2019-08-30T10:23:37Z")
My sister has/had\* a place on Vieques – looks like it was spared the worst. Brian - in the process of selling, not sure of status ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storm-dorian-may-hit-florida-as-hurricane-over-the-weekend/839371/24 "2019-08-30T13:58:19Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I have family in the central Florida area and they are all well-prepared. Heck, some of them have now lived in Florida longer than I did; they’re all seasoned pros by now. > [@Biotop](#): > > What do you do to be well-prepared for a Category 4 storm in Florida other than leave? If they’re in Central Florida is certainly won’t be a 4. By the time it hits us it’s supposed to be a 1…maybe a 2 at most. When Irma hit us she was a 3 and that was after hitting Miami at almost a 5. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storm-dorian-may-hit-florida-as-hurricane-over-the-weekend/839371/25 "2019-08-30T14:23:54Z")
[The last time a catagory 4 hurricane made landfall at Palm Beach, Florida.](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1928_Okeechobee_hurricane&ved=2ahUKEwiRrJGD5KrkAhVKpFkKHWKiBZ4QFjAnegQIAhAB&usg=AOvVaw0El-N5U47a6_jlAbMYEtXB) ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storm-dorian-may-hit-florida-as-hurricane-over-the-weekend/839371/26 "2019-08-30T14:36:41Z")
For more details, read Zora Neale Hurston’s _Their Eyes Were Watching God_. Granted, Lake O is diked now. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storm-dorian-may-hit-florida-as-hurricane-over-the-weekend/839371/27 "2019-08-30T15:00:10Z")
There is some [concern about the dikes](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.npr.org/2017/10/27/560346482/south-florida-worries-about-possible-dike-failure&ved=2ahUKEwjmyaDh6qrkAhXilOAKHW_gBwsQFjAKegQIBBAB&usg=AOvVaw2tR-oLOPmEnlpguTp0x5BW) holding up in a major hurricane. And [there are deep environmental issues](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://interactive.sun-sentinel.com/lake-okeechobee-flooding/&ved=2ahUKEwjmyaDh6qrkAhXilOAKHW_gBwsQFjALegQIChAB&usg=AOvVaw1Zgvuo-qhO8qncHbLvV5MQ) with the dikes as well. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storm-dorian-may-hit-florida-as-hurricane-over-the-weekend/839371/28 "2019-08-30T16:01:54Z")
My folks are in West Palm, they’re putting up the storm shutters tomorrow. They are far enough inland that storm surge isn’t an issue, but it could be an interesting few days. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storm-dorian-may-hit-florida-as-hurricane-over-the-weekend/839371/29 "2019-08-30T16:18:27Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I’m near Gainesville. My son and his wife live near Gainesville. They aren’t looking forward to the weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storm-dorian-may-hit-florida-as-hurricane-over-the-weekend/839371/30 "2019-08-30T17:29:20Z")
Yeah, it looks like it will still be a category 1 by the time it gets here. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storm-dorian-may-hit-florida-as-hurricane-over-the-weekend/839371/31 "2019-08-30T23:57:03Z")
I’m in Orlando(ish.) At least people are prepping now by getting gas and water and such. The stores are selling generators as fast as they come off the delivery trucks. We have water and full tanks of gas. I’m going to help Ivylad move the garbage can and outdoor stuff into the garage/patio tomorrow. Then we wait. I’d like to ask all my fellow Floridians if they can, to donate blood as part of their hurricane prep. The hospitals need to stockpile before the storm hits and some branches and buses [will not be open.](https://www.oneblood.org/media/press-releases/urgent-need-for-blood-donations-before-hurricane-dorian-arrives.stml) ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2019, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storm-dorian-may-hit-florida-as-hurricane-over-the-weekend/839371/32 "2019-08-31T02:30:46Z")
I’m inland of Savannah, Georgia. After looking at NOAA’s 8 pm forecast, I went to the store and bought minor supplies for a power outage (water, snacks, paper goods, hand sanitizer and baby wipes, etc.) Plus topped off the truck and filled a 20l gas can in case I need to crank up the generator. Even this far north and west, with Dorian predicted to be a Cat 2 as far north as Jacksonville, we’ll probably have some minor flooding and moderate winds and power outages from downed trees. But it looks like local hotels are booking up with evacuees, and the local equestrian arena has opened stall space for evacuated horses. (Free stall space, $8.00 for shavings, campsites available for $35/night - but locals are already lining up to sponsor costs for those in need. Holler at me for details if you need more information.) Given the change in the forecast, I wouldn’t be surprised if the local fairgrounds becomes a staging area for utility repair crews again. (When Matthew hit, practically everybody staged here. Utility crews were at the fairgrounds, heavy equipment was parked at both local university campuses, the technical school, and one of the middle schools, the university recreation center/gym was barracks for state police, the university buses ferried utility workers from their campgrounds to their vehicles, etc.) We’re in good shape here, but it looks like we will have a lot of visitors soon. The big kids and I have an appointment to go donate blood on Tuesday. Three pints of O positive is the best we can manage, but it’s that. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2019, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storm-dorian-may-hit-florida-as-hurricane-over-the-weekend/839371/33 "2019-08-31T13:30:13Z")
O+ is the most common so the most in demand. Thank you. We will never turn people away because of blood type. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2019, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storm-dorian-may-hit-florida-as-hurricane-over-the-weekend/839371/34 "2019-08-31T16:31:16Z")
This morning’s track shows Dorian sweeping up the coast on a bee-line for South Carolina. Staying over the water like that is troublesome. It won’t lose much power if it stays over water. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2019, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storm-dorian-may-hit-florida-as-hurricane-over-the-weekend/839371/35 "2019-08-31T18:59:08Z")
Yep, [NOAA is predicting the eye will be due east of Jax on Wednesday morning and headed northeast.](https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at5+shtml/174305.shtml?cone#contents) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2019, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storm-dorian-may-hit-florida-as-hurricane-over-the-weekend/839371/36 "2019-09-01T18:06:13Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > What do you do to be well-prepared for a Category 4 storm in Florida other than leave? You secure the house by boarding up windows, etc. You buy bottled water and batteries and paper towels and trash bags and food and secure them in the house. You do everything you’d do if there was gonna be a bad storm and you weren’t gonna evacuate, basically. ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2019, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storm-dorian-may-hit-florida-as-hurricane-over-the-weekend/839371/37 "2019-09-01T18:07:15Z")
It has made landfall in the Bahamas. Sustained winds 185 MPH, gusts to 220. Pressure of 911 and falling. 15-20 foot surge. [Remnants of Lisa Public Advisory](https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT5+shtml/261738.shtml) I don’t see how tens to hundreds aren’t going to die from this. Still projected to make a NE turn. We’ll see. Not a lot of data on the behavior of Cat 5 cyclones. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2019, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storm-dorian-may-hit-florida-as-hurricane-over-the-weekend/839371/38 "2019-09-01T18:52:44Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > You secure the house by boarding up windows, etc. You buy bottled water and batteries and paper towels and trash bags and food and secure them in the house. And anything outside that can become airborne projectiles needs to be either brought in or securely tied down. I was in the New Orleans area from the summer of '83 to the summer of '88. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2019, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storm-dorian-may-hit-florida-as-hurricane-over-the-weekend/839371/39 "2019-09-02T01:14:34Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > O+ is the most common so the most in demand. Thank you. We will never turn people away because of blood type. So I’m A+, would they still want me? I’m not down there but in the midwest. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2019, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storm-dorian-may-hit-florida-as-hurricane-over-the-weekend/839371/40 "2019-09-02T01:23:03Z")
A+ is the second most common, but all blood types are needed. Preemies can only get O-. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storm-dorian-may-hit-florida-as-hurricane-over-the-weekend/839371.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storm-dorian-may-hit-florida-as-hurricane-over-the-weekend/839371.md?page=3)