Hurricane Irma

Horizons '83

Horizons '83

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wdwms said:
The current estimate are for 50% without power in the Orange/Osceola areas. Overall they expect 2.5 million locations w/out power. Major substations and delivery lines will certainly fail during this storm. Recovery will take sometime; honestly, I'll be surprised of WDW is up and running Tuesday; They will be severely short staffed; just clean up alone will be a major undertaking; not to mention i'm sure their own staff may not be able to get to work or have any utilities at their own home. Now the storm does seem to be going more west which may change the winds a bit. but 80-110 mph sustained winds for hours is going make a mess of the area.

The storm weakened because of eye-wall replacement that happens in hurricanes, it gain strength again, however some of the mountains in Cuba may help rip some of it up.

If I had to guess, expect WDW closed late Sat through Monday. Tuesday right now is a crapshoot, depending on the severity of the storm.
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You'd be surprised, with Tourism being such a huge part of Florida's economy, they will most likely get all the attention first as far as power lines repaired, debris moved etc. But I agree, I am not sure they will be able to open. We also have to think about the service trucks that need to get in a out to delivery food/beverage etc. They might not be able to have everything they need by Tuesday.
 
HauntedPirate

HauntedPirate

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Not that I want this to happen, but isn't there some warm, deep water for Irma to pass and strengthen over before it makes landfall in southern FL? Just concerned that some may downplay Irma a little since it's weakened overnight, but Harvey went from 0-150 in what seemed like a day once it was over some warmer Gulf water.
 
wdwms

wdwms

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TJ Vazquez said:
You'd be surprised, with Tourism being such a huge part of Florida's economy, they will most likely get all the attention first as far as power lines repaired, debris moved etc. But I agree, I am not sure they will be able to open. We also have to think about the service trucks that need to get in a out to delivery food/beverage etc. They might not be able to have everything they need by Tuesday.
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Agreed.. Tuesday is a best case estimate. I wouldn't be surprised of WDW isn't fully operating until Friday or later. The roads are choked now going one direction, all will be choked in the other direction. Logistics will play into this.Supply, fuel, workers, damage, utilities, etc... with that said, i'm going to watch the wind models as we get closer to figure what to expect.
 
21stamps

21stamps

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HauntedPirate said:
Not that I want this to happen, but isn't there some warm, deep water for Irma to pass and strengthen over before it makes landfall in southern FL? Just concerned that some may downplay Irma a little since it's weakened overnight, but Harvey went from 0-150 in what seemed like a day once it was over some warmer Gulf water.
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There's a possibility of it going back to a 5. A lot of water, and warm water, to pick back up. Hopefully she's getting tired and weakens instead of strengthens.
 
21stamps

21stamps

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If anyone hears anything about the Turks and Caicos please post it here. There still hasn't been any communication and any idea of the damage from what I've seen.
 
monothingie

monothingie

Evil will always triumph, because good is dumb.
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You would have figured by this point MDE would have been updated to reflect schedule and park changes....
 
JohnD

JohnD

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Don't know about statewide but my supervisor just called to say that my state office is closed on Monday. We're also taking down the flags and not worrying about lowering them to half staff for 9/11.
 
matt9112

matt9112

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21stamps said:
There's a possibility of it going back to a 5. A lot of water, and warm water, to pick back up. Hopefully she's getting tired and weakens instead of strengthens.
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I don't think storms get "tired" lol yes they are saying best case scenario is winds stay same but due to warmer water getting weaker is highly unlikely and stronger is possible.
 

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