Hermine's destruction and her dangerous road ahead

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Residents look at Alligator Point Road, which collapsed during the storm surge from Hurricane Hermine at Alligator Point, Florida on September 2, 2016. (Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)

Hermine is being fed by unusually high amounts of atmospheric water vapor, and continues to dump very heavy rains along its path. According to the 11 am Saturday NOAA Storm Summary, the top rain amount in North Carolina was 13.34” at Cedar Island; South Carolina’s highest was 9.93” at Myrtle Beach AFB, and Georgia’s highest amount was 6.37” at Alma. Hermine had already dumped 3.95” on Virginia Beach, Virginia, with more rain to come.

Hermine’s strange journey ahead: a unusual danger for the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast coast
Despite its new classification as a post-tropical system, Hermine will continue to be tracked through advisories by the National Hurricane Center until it no longer poses a threat to land. They will have a difficult job: over the next few days, Hermine will take one of the oddest and most unsettling trajectories in memory for a named storm along the U.S. East Coast. The upper-level trough that pulled Hermine northeastward is now leaving it behind, and steering currents will become very weak. As a result, Hermine will spin for several days in the region east of the Mid-Atlantic and south of New England, gradually working its way northward. Because Hermine will be slowing to a crawl close to the north edge of the Gulf Stream on Sunday and Monday, it will be near or atop sea-surface temperatures of 26-28°C (79-82°F), which is at least 2°C above average and more than warm enough to support tropical development. Instability in the atmosphere will be enhanced by some residual cold air aloft, a fragment of the departing trough. As a result of all this, Hermine is likely to re-organize from Sunday into Monday into a more symmetric, warm-core system, perhaps embedded within the weak upper low fragment.

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1. The Tallahassee area has huge power outages

This map just has the outages for the local power coop:http://www.outageentry.com/dvOSM4/dvOSM4.php?Client=TALQ

The estimate yesterday was 80% of the county for the capitl city of Florida had no power. I still don't - mine went out Thursday at 10 PM. No promise when it will come back on. Yesterday a friend was told it could be two days or two weeks, hers came back this morning. I'm online now because she lent me her generator to power my fridge, TV and WiFi. I'm going to have to do something really nice for her and her husband!

Tallahassee was pretty lucky - no deaths reported so far, damages seem to be low for this storm. The area lost a lot of trees, a local museum was damaged and there was some flooding, but it could have been much, much worse.

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2. Yes losing power is inconvenient

but not a disaster. Give thanks it was a Cat1. Glad you have a generator - the heat is the worst part and losing all your food in the fridge

Check this on the NHC website
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
Post-Tropical Cyclone HERMINE
...HERMINE EXPECTED TO REMAIN A POWERFUL CYCLONE OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS... ...DANGEROUS STORM SURGE EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST FROM VIRGINIA TO NEW JERSEY

5:00 PM EDT Sat Sep 3
Location: 36.2°N 73.3°W
Moving: ENE at 12 mph
Min pressure: 997 mb
Max sustained: 70 mph
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Slowing down again - word it is will just sit there for a few days

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3. Without power I have no water

Still not a disaster, but a PITA. I know how lucky I am. I'm more than happy that so far there are no reports of deaths or injuries in this area.

Gallery of pics from the area: http://www.wctv.tv/content/news/GALLERY-Hurricane-Hermine-392081591.html

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4. I heard about a homeless man in a tent killed by a falling tree

Not sure where

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5. I still haven't caught up with local news.

DSL, phone, & TV went out last night - they all come in on the same lines. It's just been restored. I should be reading the local rag but it's so bad they probably are getting their storm coverage from teh AP.