sunybuny and company look like they're in the cone of concern (next wed)
havana may get gently raked (mon night)

 lily34 wrote: 
Our neighbor texted me around 1130 Friday night to tell me the power had come back on but we had already gone to our friends' and were pretty drunk by that time so we stayed the night and got home around 230 Saturday afternoon. 

 K_Love wrote: 
are you guys back home? do you have power?

 K_Love wrote: 

sunybuny wrote: 

 Antigone wrote: 
As touch and go as our power systems are down here - this is a good year-round tip. If I only had room in the freezer - LOL.

Very important information. This is how they get ya and I'd fall for it every time for a dolphin. So glad I found out!

 

 miamizsun wrote: 
That is classy! Jeff got some sardines in hot sauce last night to go with his Yuengling.

 islander wrote: 
to solidarity  

 miamizsun wrote: 
In a grand show of solidarity, it has started to rain here. I don't think it will get quite as wild here today, but I'm going to have a drink with you anyway - solidarity and all. 

 K_Love wrote: 
we're having feeder bands

however the local forecast is now saying that we're going to be spared what could have been

which is just fine with me

however, i'm still concerned for the people who aren't in the clear

spoke to some peeps in palm beach and they're feeling some sh*tty weather

i think i'm going to have a glass of wine with these sardines to class em up a bit

woot!  

stay safe  

 miamizsun wrote: 
Yeah, supposed to start getting bad around 2 am and the worst is expected from 6 am - 2 pm tomorrow with it hopefully moving past us by 8 pm. There is a curfew in effect here from 5 am tomorrow morning until 7 am Saturday morning so far; that may change depending on the extent of the damage. 

For all the rightcoastians 

 K_Love wrote: 

so far things have been about what you'd expect

but it is starting to kick up a bit

and obviously i've still got juice 

 miamizsun wrote: 
I have a friend who lost power if SFL a couple hours ago and another who's already lost power in Orlando before it even started raining. I'm scrambling like crazy trying to get caught up and ahead on my work for the week because I can almost guarantee I won't have power to be able to work tomorrow. It just started pouring here so I imagine this is the beginning for us. The worst I've been through here was Charley, which was bad and this is going to be even worse.

• Matthew may be a Category 4 or 5 hurricane before striking the Florida coast starting Thursday night.
• This will be the strongest Florida East Coast strike since Hurricane Andrew.
• Matthew will bring destructive hurricane conditions to eastern Florida, the Georgia coast and coastal South Carolina.
• Dangerous, life-threatening storm surge and flooding rain are also likely.

 lily34 wrote: 

with any luck this storm will deliver a glancing blow here before it "weed-eats" the east coast of florida

 

 miamizsun wrote: 

still have power

weather starting to deteriorate

 

Good one  Since we had a new 18-pack of eggs in the fridge, after I made breakfast this morning, I boiled the rest so if we lose power, we can eat the boiled ones and make egg salad and/or deviled eggs with other stuff in the fridge before anything goes bad.

 Antigone wrote: 
That's an excellent tip!

A friend posted this on FB. I'm sure you experienced Hurricaners know this, but just in case:

TIP: For those of you that are evacuating or just leaving until this is over, here is a great tip. It's called the one cup tip. You put a cup of water in your freezer. Freeze it solid and then put a quarter on top of it and leave it in your freezer. That way when you come back after you've been evacuated you can tell if your food went completely bad and just refroze or if it stayed Frozen while you were gone. If the quarter has fallen to the bottom of the cup that means all the food defrosted and you should throw it out. But if the quarter is either on the top or in the middle of the cup then your food may still be ok.