Rick Scott warns Florida residents as Hurricane Matthew approaches.
10:45 p.m.:Vanilla Ice is live-tweeting the hurricane, fwiw. Donnie Wahlberg wants him to stay safe, which is nice.
This is crazy- riding the storm here in Palm Beach #HurricaneMatthew
— Vanilla Ice (@vanillaice) October 7, 2016
Advertisement#HurricaneMatthew is pounding Palm Beach right now. Flooding and debris flying everywhere
— Vanilla Ice (@vanillaice) October 7, 2016
Advertisement Advertisement AdvertisementDear @vanillaice - I stayed home during #hurricanesandy and it was a bummer. Be careful during #HurricaneMatthew! Be smart & be safe bro! ❤️ pic.twitter.com/wrs3bIx49F
— Donnie Wahlberg (@DonnieWahlberg) October 7, 2016
9:45 p.m.:Tropical storm-level winds are registering in Florida as the storm inches closer to the coastline.
AdvertisementTropical storm conditions now reported in Florida as #Hurricane #Matthew closes in on the coastline, moving NW at 13 mph. #FLwx pic.twitter.com/tDnaQdPilc
— The Weather Channel (@weatherchannel) October 7, 2016
Advertisement#Hurricane #Matthew is 75 Miles offshore of W. Palm Beach, #FL. The outer eye wall is considerably closer. Coverage on @weatherchannel now pic.twitter.com/NE76jhBCuh
— Ryan Davidson (@RyanDavidsonWX) October 7, 2016
AdvertisementWhile #HurricaneMatthew outer eyewall tries to form & expand radius of strong winds, intense inner eyewall still resilient; neither is good pic.twitter.com/b2CNg6WFgU
— Stu Ostro (@StuOstro) October 7, 2016
Update, 9:35 p.m.:Power outages also expected to be a problem during and after the storm hits.
AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementCharge your electronic devices now if you live in E. #Florida in the path of #Hurricane #Matthew, power outages will be widespread. #FLwx pic.twitter.com/CyKE6unMNp
— The Weather Channel (@weatherchannel) October 7, 2016
Update, 9:25 p.m.:As a reminder of the severity of the storm, the day after footage of the devastation in Haiti:
AdvertisementNew video released by US Coast Guard captures bird's-eye view of staggering damage in Haiti after Hurricane #Matthew https://t.co/6rOrfC9sBH pic.twitter.com/PLVLdY9dNO
— ABC News (@ABC) October 7, 2016
Update, 9:15 p.m.:If you’re an apocalyptic optimist and still somehow were considering that day at Disney World on Friday, you’re out of luck. It’s closed. Universal Studios and SeaWorld are both closed too, in case you were wondering. And you shouldn’t have been wondering.
Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisementWalt Disney World closes for just 4th-time ever as Hurricane Matthew nears https://t.co/I9LRT0P9T3 pic.twitter.com/kE5MHqmxNF
— CNBC (@CNBC) October 6, 2016
Update, 9:10 p.m.:Whoa, this takes the cake in the using-fear-to-motivate-sane-human-behavior category. From the New York Times:
AdvertisementBefore Hurricane Sandy struck in 2012, some residents who refused to evacuate were asked to write their Social Security numbers on their arms in permanent marker so that they could be identified if they did not survive, Cara L. Cuite, an associate research professor at Rutgers University in New Jersey who studies risk communication, wrote in an email.
Update, 8:30 p.m.:Florida authorities have been ratcheting up the fear campaign as a last ditch attempt to get residents in the path of Matthew to evacuate inland. Florida Gov. Rick Scott has already urged 1.5 million in the state to flee as the storm lined up the Florida coast with 140 mile-per-hour winds. “Are you willing to take a chance to risk your life? Are you willing to take a gamble?” Scott said. “That’s what you’re doing. If you’re reluctant to evacuate, just think of all the people the storm has already killed. You and your family could be among these numbers if you don’t take this seriously.”
Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement“Anything more you can do to get people to know the severity of this, please do so,” Scott pleaded. “Unfortunately, this is going to kill people.”
This Florida sheriff took the dire warnings one step darker:
AdvertisementFla. sheriff: Going to need body bags for people who haven't evacuated yet, if they don't leave before hurricane. https://t.co/5dpMy62iy0
— NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (@NBCNightlyNews) October 6, 2016
Fox News’ Sheppard Smith went one, well, several steps farther: “This moves 20 miles to the West and you and everyone you know are dead. All of you… and your kids die too.”
AdvertisementThanks Fox News! pic.twitter.com/eGV2CCMSIo
— Marty of Social Club (@Deathbymartymar) October 6, 2016
Update, 8:10 p.m.:The restaurant chain Waffle House has closed its restaurants along a 100-mile coastal stretch of Florida in the anticipated path of Hurricane Matthew. That’s a bad sign for the so-called “Waffle House Index” of danger. “They are open most of the time. And that was the index. If a Waffle House is closed because there’s a disaster, it’s bad. We call it red,” Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate told NPR.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAll Waffle House restaurants on 1-95 between Titusville, FL and Fort Pierce, FL are closed. Stay safe Waffle Nation! #HurricaneMatthew
— Waffle House (@WaffleHouse) October 6, 2016
Update, 1:10 p.m.:Hurricane Matthew is now officially a Category 4 storm, which means its winds are reaching speeds between 140 and 165 mph. The storm may even soon reach Category 5 status—the most dangerous level at which hurricanes are classified—and hurricane warnings have been issued for cities as widely spread as Palm Beach, Orlando (which is about 40 miles inland of the Atlantic) and Savannah, Georgia.
**Advertisement AdvertisementMatthew’s death toll in the Caribbean now stands at an estimated 113, including 108 deaths in Haiti.
Original post, 9:35 a.m.:Hurricane Matthew, which could make landfall in the United as a Category 4 storm early Friday, is expected to begin creating heavy rain and wind conditions in Florida later Thursday. More than 2 million people in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina have been urged to evacuate in what CNN describes as the largest evacuation process in the United States since 2012’s Hurricane Sandy.
AdvertisementFlorida Gov. Rick Scott made the case to leave in about the strongest terms possible Thursday morning:
“This is serious. … Don’t take a chance. A small movement [of the storm] could mean a lot. That’s why we have to prepare for a direct hit. So again, if you need to evacuate and you haven’t, evacuate. This storm will kill you. Time is running out. We don’t have that much time left.”
Here’s a recent map of the storm:
Advertisement#Matthew is a strong category 3 #hurricane w/ max wind at 125 mph, moving NW at 12 mph...24/7 LIVE coverage continues. #FLwx #GAwx #SCwx pic.twitter.com/iOO2UJGUcA
— The Weather Channel (@weatherchannel) October 6, 2016
And a projection of its path:
AdvertisementLIVE coverage of Hurricane #Matthew continues on @LocalNowTWC for subscribers in FL, GA, SC & NC as Matthew could regain Cat. 4 status #FLwx pic.twitter.com/Hg8YKikVEW
— Stream Your City (@LocalNow) October 6, 2016
At least 15 people have already died as a result of the hurricane in Caribbean countries.
**Correction, Oct. 6, 2016: This post originally misspelled Caribbean.
**Correction, Oct. 6, 2016:This post originally misstated that a hurricane warning has been issued for Miami. Miami is currently under a tropical storm warning.
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