Savell,
Not scared, but wife is very uneasy. Thanks for the invite!

But, I'm set for about 3 to 4 days without power. Got AC. Learned my lesson about not having a generator several years ago. Hopefully the home doesn't sustain any damage.

We're about to have a lot of trees and powerlines go down all over this area.

Saw some idiots earlier taking pics on a barrier! Stupid is as stupid does!

Hurricane Michael in 2018...we didn't even lose power here.

Got sent on DNR recovery detail to Lake Seminole area after that one...what a mess west of Bainbridge to Donaldsonville to Alabama line and especially along the Lake.

God's blessings be with you, and yours!!

I'm only 68 miles from where the storm is forecast to make landfall along Gulf Coast.

Idalia won't slow much between there and here.

Eye is supposed to move straight from there to here.

Well if you got to get hit here's hoping it moves along and gets gone. Harvey that hit Houston a few years back stalled out and dumped several feet of rain.

Hunker down Swamp and keep your powder dry . If it holds even close to the predicted path and strength we are in for a mess also . NHC looks like they drew a line from you to me which is not very far the way the crow flies .

Best wishesyou all down there.

Looks like I am going to have a damp drive down to the coast tomorrow.
I'll probably be off line for a couple of days being busy .

Stay safe folks

You too, Scuba. I know you get paid to take care of other folks stuff but it ain't worth getting hurt over.

Cat 4 as of this morning and predictions that it'll still be cat 2 over Swampwolf. Thoughts and prayers to my fellow Georgians.

I know nothing about these things but how many tornadoes spurn from these storms once they reach inland ? Does it very on strength or just like the Midwest the conditions have to be met for a tornado to form ? These may seem stupid but this is low pressure that I have never experienced.

statistically, over half of hurricanes that make landfall produce at least one. Wind shear from the ground level winds slowing down due to land friction produces the tornadoes and they tend to be fast moving.

Keep us posted folks.

Nothing in SWGA right now but rain. It’s not a downpour, just a light steady rain for now. The way its heading it will pass well S/SE of us.
Swamp, things get bad hit me up. I don’t think anyone is at the lodge at the plantation. I’m sure I could get you put up there. It’s nothing major, but it has AC and a hot shower. We would keep y’all fed as well.

Hurricanes don't produce the big long track F5 monsters like you see with the supercells or cold fronts out of the midwest. Nor the multistate multi-day outbreaks the cold fronts do.

But the extreme instability can spin up localized smaller intense tornadoes anywhere in the broad path of the hurricane. Often short lived short track but locally intense.

Imagine getting pummeled by the the hurricane just to get sucker punched in the middle of it.

Because they spin up so quickly and disperse just as fast there is really no way to issue timely warnings for individual rotation like there is with the supercells so you kind of expect the possibility and should be in a safe shelter for the duration.

Nasty storm you guys be careful

Update at 0900 hrs: has rained about 2" so far. Peak wind gusts here about 40 to 45. We are just now about to experience the edge of the eyewall....

Still have power, but it been blinking...

Thanks WB. We're here for the duration. Eyewall approaching....wind gusts 50 moh plus past few min.

Hope your house doesnt blow away.
If your far enough from the water get down in your basement.