Forecasts now have hurricane Irma predicted to category 4.

[PearliePoo2]

What her path is, is still unknown.

[jpak]

1. Doesn't look good

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

9. Thank you for posting those charts!

I was looking on line a bit ago and couldn't find anything as good as those.

[NightWatcher]

2. I'm in Jax Fl and will watch the European model closely

[PearliePoo2]

4. European is usually very reliable nt.

[jpak]

11. It's better than the American model - the forecast for Sandy spot on

n/t

[superpatriotman]

3. South Florida here

Not too happy about the potential here.

[shenmue]

7. Yeah

I'm north of Tampa.

[msongs]

5. normal late august event. nt

[Motley13]

6. similar track to Harvey

Baja has Lidia on the way as a tropical storm

Don not like how this hurricane season is shaping up

[malaise]

16. Not at all

Harvey was a weak TS thru Barbados and a few Windward islands and threatened the ABC islands for a bit before weakening way south of Jamaica and going across the Honduras/Belize area and into the GOM where it regained TS strength and then blew up. Irma may or may not affect the Leeward islands - very different tracks.

[sarcasmo]

23. Mid-80's gulf temps aren't helping the situation.

[Duppers]

26. True. I worry for the Louisiana coast

This time.

[ffr]

8. Let's hope it fizzles. But strange for there to be so many powerful hurricanes.

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Anybody care to take a stab at why?

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

12. Okay, I'll take a stab at it.

The Hurricane Gods have been sadly neglected in recent years. Their worship is down tremendously, while the worship of Toyota, Lexus, Elon Musk, and Orange Hair is off the charts.

So they've decided to get even. Sources tell me that the many disparate Hurricane Gods (keep in mind that there are separate ones for wind strength, lifespan of the storm, as well as different local regional HGs in the Caribbean, the South Atlantic, Gulf Coast (five different regions there) and so on) have gotten together and are co-ordinating their efforts to make sure that we have truly memorable Hurricanes this year. Oh, and the double-strike Hurricane God (who is affectionately known as LeRoy) has recently come out of hibernation to work his magic with Harvey. I've been told that he's thoroughly awake and may try to arrange the same at least once more this season.

The ultimate goal of the Hurricane Gods is to be worshipped, or at least feared a whole lot more. It looks as if they might be successful for now.

I hope that helps.

[central scrutinizer]

13. What do I need to sacrifice

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To have the gods direct it to Mar-A-Lago and hover there until it is wiped clean?

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

14. They don't need a sacrifice.

They don't work that way, despite the long-held belief that they do.

The storm track gods need to unite to send Irma that way. But they are, as you can tell from the above posted potential tracks, notoriously fickle. It would also help if the storm concentration gods could be persuaded to make it very small, and very intense, and go straight over Mar-A-Lago. We'd want the storm speed gods to slow the storm down so that there would be plenty of time for evacuation, of course. It's possible the tornado spawning gods could be persuaded to direct a tornado precisely at that property. Alas, I have no pull with any of them. I can only report what I know.

[central scrutinizer]

15. I'm only 150 miles from Mt. St. Helens

But have no idea where I could find a virgin to throw in the volcano

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

17. Honestly, all my sources say that the Hurricane gods are

not that interested in virgins. A good margarita or an exceptionally dry martini are better. Especially if you (or I) consume them. Too bad you're so far from me, or I'd arrange a discussion over a good margarita or martini.

As a side note, I did get to the path of totality in Nebraska for the recent eclipse. I was able to find a t-shirt that reads: I saw the solar eclipse and I didn't spill my margarita once.

[central scrutinizer]

18. These Gods hang out in the Caribbean so

I will go with a mojito

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

20. Yes, the Caribbean gods would

probably prefer a mojito.

I was dealing with the various celestial phenomena gods during the eclipse.

[Hieronymus]

19. Global warming ..

[arthritisR_US]

10. It looked like Miami is the area it will touch down on.

[Awsi Dooger]

22. I need you to be wrong

I'm in Miami.

My strategy is to ignore for several days and hope I don't hear local frets. Then I'll know it's turned away.

[arthritisR_US]

24. My hope is that the universe dissipates the whole thing in

the coming days. I truly hope the computer models are wrong.

[Awsi Dooger]

25. I have a new roof and don't want to test it

This timing stinks. Every year I try to get to mid September with nothing because then the odds become more favorable, although we did have a late season scare last year with Matthew

[arthritisR_US]

28. I'm sending only the best vibes your way!

[Warren DeMontague]

21. Good thing that global warming is just a hoax, huh.

[secondwind]

27. I'm due to fly out from FL to Dominican Republic

on Sunday, and return on Sept 9th. Feeling very nervous.