Downtown St. Augustine...

[Canon Shooter]

This is a video from one of the local news stations, showing what it was like in downtown St. Augustine, Florida a couple of hours ago:



The road in front of where they're filming from is Avenida Menendez, and it's completely submerged. You can the Bridge of Lions off to the right, which is currently closed.

St. Augustine doesn't drain very well...

 

[Canon Shooter]

Some more videos, perhaps not showing the smartest muthafuckas in the world:

 

[1srelluc]

Aren't they expecting a 6' surge there?

 

[iceberg]

This is a video from one of the local news stations, showing what it was like in downtown St. Augustine, Florida a couple of hours ago:



The road in front of where they're filming from is Avenida Menendez, and it's completely submerged. You can the Bridge of Lions off to the right, which is currently closed.

St. Augustine doesn't drain very well...

Is that close to the fort?

Love that town

 

[Canon Shooter]

Is that close to the fort?

Love that town

The second video I posted is of the parking lot at the Castillo de San Marcos (aka "The Fort")...

 

[Canon Shooter]

Aren't they expecting a 6' surge there?

I've read predictions of 4-6 feet. The storm is supposed to be due east of St. Augustine in a couple of hours. That's no bueno. Downtown St. Augustine's already submerged. A storm surge would be catastrophic.

I just read where the predicted storm surge for Charleston, SC is 7 feet...

 

[insolent imp]

I've read predictions of 4-6 feet. The storm is supposed to be due east of St. Augustine in a couple of hours. That's no bueno. Downtown St. Augustine's already submerged. A storm surge would be catastrophic.

I just read where the predicted storm surge for Charleston, SC is 7 feet...

it's gonna get rough around here soon.

 

[Canon Shooter]

it's gonna get rough around here soon.

Where's "around here"?

 

[whitehall]

I think there might have been only one fatality in the entire state of Florida. Gov. DeSantis did a remarkable job.

 

[Canon Shooter]

I think there might have been only one fatality in the entire state of Florida. Gov. DeSantis did a remarkable job.

As of five hours ago, there were two suspected deaths, but they weren't officially declared to be due to the storm. There were reports of a Sheriff down in Lee County who commented that he thought there could be "hundreds".

The bottom line is that, right now, no one really knows.

That notwithstanding, Governor DeSantis is giving a master class in leadership through all of this...

 

[insolent imp]

carolina.

Where's "around here"?

 

[Canon Shooter]

carolina.

Well, there are two of those, but I think they're both gonna' get hit...

 

[hjmick]

St. Augustine. The only city in Florida I want to visit...

 

[hjmick]

Well, there are two of those, but I think they're both gonna' get hit...

South Carolina. Looks like it's going to come straight through Charleston, or damn close. But it's not going to be anything like Florida, Cat 1 at the most.

Everyplace else will have the benefit of the strom weakening over land.

 

[Canon Shooter]

South Carolina. Looks like it's going to come straight through Charleston, or damn close. But it's not going to be anything like Florida, Cat 1 at the most.

Everyplace else will have the benefit of the strom weakening over land.

I used to live in Hanahan and then moved to Goose Creek; went through hurricanes in both.

All I'll say is thank God for brick houses!

 

[Moonglow]

I think there might have been only one fatality in the entire state of Florida. Gov. DeSantis did a remarkable job.

He was out in the storm doing rescues.

 

[hjmick]

I used to live in Hanahan and then moved to Goose Creek; went through hurricanes in both.

All I'll say is thank God for brick houses!

What a coincidence... We lived in Hanahan when we first moved here and now live in Goose Creek, though not a brick house. It's a nice area, growing like crazy which is a shame. Cutting down too many trees.

 

[Canon Shooter]

What a coincidence... We lived in Hanahan when we first moved here and now live in Goose Creek, though not a brick house. It's a nice area, growing like crazy which is a shame. Cutting down too many trees.

We lived right off Remount Rd. in Hanahan and then in a little subdivision across from the Alumax plant in Goose Creek.

We're talking 1985-1990. I don't even know if Alumax is still there.

There used to be a really great, and really cheap breakfast joint on Remount Road call "Joann's". You could get three eggs, two of those big, thick Hillshire sausage links, hashbrowns, toast, coffee and orange juice for less than four bucks. I looked on Google Earth and the building is still there, and they still serve breakfast 24 hours a day, but it looks like it's called "Pappy's" now...

 

[surada]

This is a video from one of the local news stations, showing what it was like in downtown St. Augustine, Florida a couple of hours ago:



The road in front of where they're filming from is Avenida Menendez, and it's completely submerged. You can the Bridge of Lions off to the right, which is currently closed.

St. Augustine doesn't drain very well...

Horrible. Florida will take a long time to recover. FEMA was ready and well organized ahead of this storm, but it's still a disaster.