Hurricaine Idalia Threatens American Southeast

 

 

 Just after Hurricane Hilary caused a scare for California, there's another major storm taking aim at Florida, and on course to barrel through Georgia and South & North Carolina: Hurricane Idalia. Projected to strengthen to Category Three before it lands, there's the possibility of it getting still stronger to Cat 4 when it hits the Florida coast this morning. The storm is expected to remain at hurricane strength as it heads through Georgia, and only weakening to tropical storm status in South Carolina, and continue on through southeast North Carolina, being out at sea only very early Friday morning.

 

People in the path of the storm can expect a strong possibility of electrical, and Internet, outage, and some on the outskirts may experience some interruptions as well. So some of us in Second Life may be offline, or notice some friends who are usually on being off.

 

Sources: News Nation, Weather Channel

 

Bixyl Shuftan

 

Hurricane Troubles

A hurricane is threatening the East Coast, causing storms this weekend and making landfall about Monday. This may mean power outages that could last for hours or days, depending on the severity of the winds, and the priorities of the repair crews should there be a lot of damage to the power grid. As a few SL Newser reporters are in it's path, including the editor, there is the possibility the SL Newser will stop updating, aside from what was uploaded ahead of time, for a short time.

Check out weather.com, or other sources of information on the latest.  For a look at weather in Second Life, check out NOAA Virtual Weather (2011 article).

The "Frankenstorm"

Just as when the East Coast in the United States is looking forward to Halloween comes a scare from Mother Nature. Usually hurricanes don't come this way after Labor Day, so it was a surprise when Hurricane Sandy began heading this way. To make matters worse, it's expected to merge with a cold front system. This collision of a tropical storm and the cold front has been described as a "perfect storm." Coming so close to Halloween, it was dubbed "The Frankenstorm" by some.

High winds and flooding are expected, and exactly where the worst will be is not clear due to the unpredictable nature of hurricanes. Power could potentially be out for days in places. A few SL Newser writers, including the Editor, are in it's path. So there is the potential of updates being down for a few days.

Check out weather.com, or other sources of information on the latest. 

For a look at weather in Second Life, check out NOAA Virtual Weather (2011 article).

Bixyl Shuftan