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Image Credit: Tallahassee Hurricane Updates & Info Facebook Group via Carla Gaskin Mautz
This gets people (including me) every time. Watch vs. Warning. What’s the difference? This image (above) makes it very clear. Right now as of 11 PM, while I’m writing this and watching Mike’s Weather Page late night live, Tallahassee is currently under “Tropical Storm Warning” AND “Hurricane Watch.” Tropical storm warning meaning “expected” to happen. Hurricane Watch = possibility of hurricane direct impact. Note: Check local channels for latest updates. Experts are saying to be READY by Tuesday early evening (TODAY).
Quick Summary
In today’s SPECIAL edition, here are some useful sources covering all about hurricanes:
Local: Experts to Follow
Regional: The State as a whole
Inter/National: Lahaina Wildfire Aftermath
Until Next Time
We hope you like it! We are also open to your feedback, please send them to us: [email protected] (i.e. Julia Holly & Ali Kamakhi)
WEATHER TALK
Image Credit: National Hurricane Center
Local
As the emails, school closures, and online notifications came in yesterday, it’s hard to imagine last week that a potential hurricane would have Tallahassee in its path. Idalia wasn’t even on our local radar yet. As a native-Californian and now Floridian for 12 years, I’m still not used to all of this. Here is what I found helpful over the years.
Resources & Weather Experts to Follow
Domi: Dacia Williams sent this awesome email to Domi members, so I took the liberty to transfer those helpful links on this shareable Google Doc. Thanks Dacia!
WeatherStem (Founded by Edward Mansouri)
WeatherSTEM Information Portal: What the forecast looks like in relation to Tallahassee.
Fun Fact: Edward is a local serial entrepreneur of several successful businesses supporting the Gov Tech, Ed Tech and weather industries.
WeatherTiger (Founded by Dr. Ryan Truchelut) and catch his latest forecast as of 9:30 PM last night.
Fun Fact: Dr. Ryan holds a Bachelor’s in Geosciences from Princeton and doctorate in Meteorology from FSU
Facebook Group: Tallahassee Hurricane Updates & Info Managed by Carla Gaskin Mautz
Facebook Page: National Weather Service Tallahassee
TMH: For Medical Preparedness, TMH shared this helpful blog post.
Honorable Mention: Skip Foster does not have an official page (to my knowledge), but he does share useful local info. on his personal Facebook account.
Image Credit: Mike’s Weather Page
Regional
Watch the first part of his latest LIVE when he interviews Kevin Guthrie (Executive Director of Florida Division of Emergency Management) talking about Idalia’s potential impacts.
Key Takeaway: Predicts 3 million to lose power in the region.
Fun Fact: This humble no-nonsense, no-hype weather guy has over 1.4 million followers on Facebook alone not combined with other platforms. What started as a hobby in 2004 has now become a reliable media resource partner to national and regional outlets and “Drunk Donkey” fans alike. IYKYK
Looking Back at Recent Hurricanes
Lessons on Hurricane Ian via WeatherSTEM: $70 billion in damages hitting Ft. Meyers & Naples directly and claimed at least 60 lives
Lessons on Hurricane Michael via WeatherSTEM: Different sources measured CAT 4 and CAT 5 for Michael. $12 billion in damages hitting Mexico Beach directly and claimed at least 132 lives.
Inter/National
The aftermath of Lahaina Wildfires due to Hurricane Dora
Hurricane Dora became the first named storm to have catastrophic damage without making landfall | Hawaii News Now
Dora is now recorded to be longest-lasting CAT 4 in the Pacific Ocean
$5.5 billion in damages with over 100+ confirmed deaths and hundreds still missing
National Emergency Management
Florida-based CDR | Companies’ Leadership Team visited Lahaina, Hawaii a few weeks ago to support relief efforts.
Interesting fact: CDR | Companies is a national conglomerate, which has overseen and managed billions of dollars in projects with headquarters in Miami and offices in Tallahassee.
MEME OF THE WEEK
Image Credit: Trending Meme of the Week via Facebook
Stay Tuned for the Next Issue
Depending on how things go with power, we tentatively plan to have an issue sent for Thursday. We are excited to say that we have swag to reward, but we will save that announcement for another time. We’ll keep you posted and hope you are stocked up and ready for Idalia. Stay safe Florida! #FloridaStrong
- Julia & Ali ([email protected])
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