It's still powerful storm but it's has downgraded to a CAT3!

[imanamerican63]

Still heed all warnings and stay safe!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. A CAT3 is a very, very dangerous storm. It's not really a "downgrade" at all - don't be fooled -

because the most serious problems will be its slow movement, the storm surge all along the costs and especially the amount of rain that will be dumped far inland.

[imanamerican63]

2. Indeed!

[malaise]

8. 30 years ago to the day then Cat3 Gilbert

devastated Jamaica from Morant Pointto Negril. It came right though. It increased in strength after it hit us.

Was playing this earlier - the best take. Lovindeer says a lot of ths lyrics were about happenings in his apartment complex including 'fire', when a neighbor's generator caught fire and his satellite dish crashed into the big one for the building.
The only person who didn't have water coming through the roof is a good friend who had removed his skyline a few months before and replaced it with the then latest roofing material.

Looting was widespread.

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[Wounded Bear]

3. Well, yesterday the models had a lot of outcomes possible...

including that it might weaken a bit.

Thing is, it could still ramp back up if conditions change. The gulf stream provides a band of warm water it has to cross over.

And, yeah, Cat 3 is still a very strong storm, and it will still have significant storm surge and flooding.

Be safe all!

[TrunKated]

4. But is it still wet?

Is it?

[Nonhlanhla]

9. Tremendously wet, yes...

.....

[Sneederbunk]

5. Would be more exciting if Steve Kornacki on weather board.

[imanamerican63]

6. Nope, no wet here?

[imanamerican63]

7. Oops! This was a response to #4

[NurseJackie]

12. OMG! No! Hush!

[Grammy23]

10. If you have beach front property in NC

Or close to the outer banks homes, you are crossing your fingers and hoping it keeps moving away and getting weaker. You really don’t wish it on anyone else but there is a relief to know you MAY have gotten a reprieve this time.

And make no mistake, a less powerful storm that lingers along the coast of South Carolina will still ravage the beaches. I live on the Gulf Coast (near Pensacola, FL) and even strong tropical storms can destroy dunes, sea oats and beaches that have been “recovering” for years from the last storm. Some communities invest millions of dollars in beach restoration programs. But even with help, it takes a long time for the sea oats to take hold. The wildlife that lives on our barrier islands also take a hit. Their nesting areas may be destroyed.

So while a less powerful storm is good news, by no means are they out of the woods. And just as a final cautionary tale, a week or so ago when Hurricane/Tropical Storm Gordon drifted slighter further east than predicted, Pensacola got a deluge of rain and tropical force winds. Much more rain than was forecast. A family living here in Pensacola (nowhere near the beach) lost their two year old daughter when a large oak tree fell on their mobile home. The mom and three other children got out but the toddler was in the room where the tree fell so was killed. Take the warnings seriously. It can be a matter of life or death.

[ZZenith]

11. It slowed down -

But it got bigger. It now has more energy than it did.

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCDAT1+shtml/122042.shtml?