Not looking good.....

[David from Dothan]

Predicted for here.......75mph SUSTAINED winds......The neighbors directly behind us have WAAAAYYYY too many 70 foot pine trees for this event. On the upside.......if they go down, the garden will get sooooo much more direct sun.......

 

[vette-kid]

I don't know what we are at right now. My weather hub got unplugged before we left, so I don't have access to that info.

I am worried about two tall palms we were looking into having removed for this very reason. That and I have several potted plants out still. Should have moved them in the garage. We were going to wait until Tuesday to leave, so I was going to do that in the morning. We ran out Monday night and now this is WAY stronger than anyone thought it would be. I'm worried about debris damage at this point.

David, let us know how ours going there. I'll post pics when we get back into town.

 

[vette-kid]

Weather station at my office is reporting 30mph now. Various sensors around town are reporting as much as 1.5" of rain just in the last hour. LOTS more to come!

 

[David from Dothan]

Weather station at my office is reporting 30mph now. Various sensors around town are reporting as much as 1.5" of rain just in the last hour. LOTS more to come!

Believe that.....rain's beginning to get pretty heavy here, now (10:34am).....wind gust are probably near 30mph.

 

[DirtMechanic]

@vette-kid Its so cool to have remote connection to your property. I am intrigued.

 

[DirtMechanic]

Believe that.....rain's beginning to get pretty heavy here, now (10:34am).....wind gust are probably near 30mph.

Dothan is under the yellow bands on my radar. It is definitely going to be a frog strangler.

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Just keep safe and out of harms way everyone......our thoughts are with you all

 

[MaryMary]

They just said on the news that in recorded history, a hurricane this strong has never hit the Florida panhandle. David, you are pretty much directly in the path. Hunker down, take care of you and yours...and good luck on the greenhouse!! (I have a curiosity about place-names, and I had never heard "Dothan" before you joined this forum.) Yesterday, I saw Dothan on the news with a predicted 7.5" of rain.

Today the noon news brought this:

 

[DirtMechanic]

A stormchaser in panama city live feed

 

[Upsy Daisy]

A stormchaser in panama city live feed

They've stopped streaming.....it must be so scary to be caught up in a situation like this. We moan about the British weather, but at times like this we should count our lucky stars

 

[La Garden]

When I first moved south and was this young adrenaline junkie, we would drive about in the storm looking for trees falling or flying debris. Tank of gas an extra 5 in the trunk a 6 pack of soda and off we would go.

 

[DirtMechanic]

@David from Dothan - Congratulations Lottery Winner! The Birmingham weather guy just said Dothan areas will experience the highest winds in Alabama! I hope it weakens quickly for you.

 

[alp]

I had to hold my breath reading all these updates. Son was saying how terrifying the wind speed was. Keep safe and hope your greenhouse, trees and properties all safe and sound. Have you in our thought!

 

[Upsy Daisy]

I know that I thought it scary last week when we had a meagre high wind. I could hear all the trees around us swishing and swaying. I can't even begin to know how terrifying and scared you all must be feeling.

 

[David from Dothan]

The eye is REAL close, now. Weather projections........80-90 mph wind gusts for the next 3 to 3 1/2 hrs.