IRMAGEDDON: 1.4 Million Ordered To Evacuate As Irma Upgraded Back To Category 5 Ahead Of Striking Florida • Now The End Begins – Re-Shared and administered by Aaron Halim

IRMAGEDDON: 1.4 Million Ordered To Evacuate As Irma Upgraded Back To Category 5 Ahead Of Striking Florida

Apocalyptic scenes are playing out across the Sunshine State, as more
than a million people flee Hurricane Irma's wrath. Florida Gov. Rick
Scott is telling residents in the southern coastal evacuation areas to
leave by midnight. In preparation for what is predicted to be the most
powerful hurricane to hit the United States in years, an estimated 1.4
million people have been given mandatory evacuation orders in both
Florida and Georgia.      

IRMAGEDDON

by Geoffrey Grider September 8, 2017

Hurricane
Irma is once again forecast to hit the Florida Keys as a Category 5
storm, as more than a million people have fled its path and abandoned
their homes. Meteorologists expect the powerful hurricane to hit the
Sunshine State between 5am and 7am ET on Sunday.

“Thou
shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with
earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of
devouring fire.” Isaiah 29:6 (KJV)

EDITOR’S NOTE:
Hurricane Irma is a little more than twice the size of the state of
Florida, so there is no portion of the state that will remain unmolested
by her wrath. Wind gusts are currently being recorded at 190 MPH. Here
in Saint Augustine, America’s oldest city,
the heavy pre-hurricane rains have already started and our sea level
streets are beginning to flood. Irma is still 2 days away. If you live
in Saint Johns county in either Zone A or B, you must evacuate now. 

‘Obviously
Hurricane Irma continues to be a threat that is going to devastate the
United States,’ Brock Long, administrator of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA), said at a press conference Friday morning.
‘We’re going to have a couple rough days.’

The storm was first
downgraded from a Category 5 to a Category 4 earlier on Friday morning,
but as of 5pm ET on Friday, it is predicted to hit the U.S. as a
Category 5. This will only be the fourth time ever a Category 5 has hit
US mainland.

As of 6.30pm ET Friday, the hurricane is moving west at 12 mph and located 345 miles southeast of Miami.

Government officials along with the National Hurricane Center
have cautioned that Irma is ‘extremely dangerous’ with maximum
sustained winds of 155 mph. That’s strong enough to bring down power
poles, uproot trees and rip the roofs off of homes.

Hurricane Irma: Live updates

In
preparation for what is predicted to be the most powerful hurricane to
hit the United States in years, an estimated 1.4million people have been
given mandatory evacuation orders in both Florida and Georgia.

Apocalyptic scenes are playing out across the Sunshine State, as
more than a million people flee Hurricane Irma’s wrath. Florida Gov.
Rick Scott is telling residents in the southern coastal evacuation areas
to leave by midnight.

‘If you are planning to leave and do not
leave tonight, you will have to ride out this extremely dangerous storm
at your own risk,’ Scott said at a Friday press conference.

He also urged residents on the Gulf Coast to take evacuation orders seriously since Irma’s path has moved slightly west.

‘You are not going to survive this if it happens,’ Scott said. ‘Now is the time to evacuate.’

The forecasts show that dangerous storm surges could begin as early as Saturday night before the storm even hits Florida.

It’s then expected to track directly up the state, crossing the state line into Georgia early next week.

Hurricane
Irma killed at least 24 people in the Caribbean and left thousands
homeless as it devastated small islands in its path.  And it’s already
proved deadly in the U.S. A man installing hurricane shutters on his
Florida home fell off a ladder and died on Thursday.

The National Hurricane Center
issued hurricane warnings for the Keys and parts of South Florida and
Lake Okeechobee. It added a storm surge warning and extended watch areas
wrapping around much of the peninsula.

For Irma, forecasters
predicted a storm surge of 6 to 12 feet above ground level along
Florida’s southwest coast and in the Keys. As much as a foot of rain
could fall across the state, with isolated spots receiving 20 inches.

Scott has been pleading with his citizens all week to evacuate if they are ordered to, and to prepare – no matter the direction of the storm. source



IRMAGEDDON: 1.4 Million Ordered To Evacuate As Irma Upgraded Back To Category 5 Ahead Of Striking Florida • Now The End Begins – Re-Shared and administered by Aaron Halim