Hurricane Irma

[some other guy]

http://www.wesh.com/nowcast

Live Weather and reports from around the Orlando/Florida area

News 13 is doing their thing online too. http://www.mynews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/watch-live.html

 

[MisterPenguin]

Power Outages (from FPL) as of 12 PM Sunday, so far...

Other counties have relatively few to none power outages... so far.

 

[LAKid53]

My dining room looks like a cross between a food bank and a command center, lol. Not only are all my hurricane provisions on my dining room table, but I've packed a tote bag with clothes and restocked my toiletry bag in case that tree in my front yard falls and I can't get to my bedroom or have to suddenly leave. Will means baths in the kitchen sink, but I'm used to it from my girl scout days. As long as we have water, there's always the hose on the back deck....

Stay safe, y'all

 

[LAKid53]

I, as many, have been watching Jose. Just might be that he is planning a visit to Florida after all. Hopefully he curves back around and heads to the north. We have a home just west of Disney but are safe here in Denver. Our concerns are for everyone in the path of Irma. Keep safe everyone.

 

[JohnD]

Thanks. I love the "falling trees will be dangerous comment" because we don't know anything about falling trees in Tallahassee, lol.

 

[MinnieWaffles]

Jose, stay away from Florida, please !!

 

[Figment82]

Aren't the cats at DLR?

They've strapped MBs to the squirrels.

There are most definitely feral cats on property. They're usually a little more shy than the ones at DLR and won't come out until guests are gone.

People are still driving on I-4... I hope everyone has gotten to their place of shelter and will just stay there until tomorrow morning. Report of a possible tornado in Palm Bay with 6 mobile homes destroyed or damaged.

 

[ToyStoryMiss]

Sorry for the quality of the picture, but Jose is nowhere near Florida and most likely will not even get anywhere close to the state. (Phew!)

 

[John park hopper]

Jose, stay away from Florida, please !!

That storm could be the next one it looks like it is just hanging out waiting to head west. I hope not

 

[muddyrivers]

Based on tweets I've seen on Twitter, it looks like the pools are now closed.

 

[MinnieWaffles]

Poor very wet looking reporter for BBC News out telling us about the hurricane in Miami!!

 

[JohnD]

That storm could be the next one it looks like it is just hanging out waiting to head west. I hope not

It's in a "holding pattern." Hope it blows out to sea.

 

[invader]

I've seen a lot of snaps from Plantation Key, storm doesn't even look that bad.

 

[Bayoubengal88]

Have there been any reports on Castaway Cay?

 

[Roknrollrghostr]

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We have a very similar message posted on the resort TV here. Earlier it said the three restaurants would be closing at 3 but now they've updated it to The Mara, Boma and Sanaa having "dining available" with no specific times. Club level cast said meals would be served until approx 9:30 at Boma while late night dining would be available at the Mara until midnight. Curfew is in place, right now they are allowing us to move between Jambo house and Kidani village if we want but we must be in our own building by 7pm.

I again can't say enough about the wonderful cast. We were in the gift shop a little while ago and I asked my husband, "How will we get into our rooms if the power goes out?" Out of nowhere a cast member appears and says "Hi! I overheard your question and don't worry they run on batteries so you'll still be able to access your room!" Earlier when we were at breakfast we observed a CM going up to the tables with children and letting them know that Mickey, Goofy and Rafiki would be coming to visit and inviting them to a "party" in the lobby. We were speaking with a CM at the Mara later and telling them we assumed it would be closed because all the entrances were outside the building. She said they would be opening the backstage areas to allow guests to have safe access. And we ran into Chef Brian Piasecki, the Culinary Director for all of WDW, in the hallway which was really cool. I was completely expecting and prepared for a skeleton crew and extremely limited services and am beyond impressed with what I am currently seeing.

 

[DisneyJoe]

Have there been any reports on Castaway Cay?

It was evacuated a few days ago

 

[LAKid53]

There are most definitely feral cats on property. They're usually a little more shy than the ones at DLR and won't come out until guests are gone.

People are still driving on I-4... I hope everyone has gotten to their place of shelter and will just stay there until tomorrow morning. Report of a possible tornado in Palm Bay with 6 mobile homes destroyed or damaged.

 

[LAKid53]

Poor very wet looking reporter for BBC News out telling us about the hurricane in Miami!!

Bet he's sorry he took that assignment....

 

[LAKid53]

A little bit of hurricane humor, courtesy of my son-in-law. If only the Ghostbusters could do this...

 

[IanDLBZF]

Several Tornado warnings have been issued thus far today for much of the East Coast of Florida, most of these have had tornadoes produced with damage. If a warning does get issued, take it seriously.