Watching the Hurricane

@RubyHawk (99425)

Atlanta, Georgia

September 8, 2017 1:23pm CST

We're keeping an eye on Hurricane Irma as she gets ready to hit Florida. Looks like she'll head straight into Atlanta. Governor Deal has announced today that the National Guards is on standby. And help will come in from other states if necessary. It's expected that we'll have high winds and heavy rain. Irma should have lost some of her power Before she arrives in Atlanta. I haven't heard anything about evacuation in our area. Fallen trees and power outages are expected. Highway I 75 has been crowded the last couple of days with people fleeing Irma from Florida. Everyone is being told to take secondary roads if they must get out. We expect to be okay but we're watching the news.

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@LovingMyBabies (85127)

• Valdosta, Georgia

8 Sep 17

I pray we will all be safe. We're not in an evacuation zone here so until they say it's mandatory we are staying here. The beaches and areas prone to flooding have madatory evacuations here.

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@LovingMyBabies (85127)

• Valdosta, Georgia

8 Sep 17

@andriaperry Yes we're in Jacksonville. We aren't near any water and we are in concrete apartments. Until we get a mandatory evacuation we're staying.

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@andriaperry (116860)

• Anniston, Alabama

8 Sep 17

Are you in town?

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@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

8 Sep 17

@LovingMyBabies Hopefully you will be safe. Take care.

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@CinnamonGrl (7083)

• Santa Fe, New Mexico

8 Sep 17

It's a very scary storm. I hope you and yours will be all right. It's good you're keeping good track of updates. Best of luck.

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@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

8 Sep 17

Thank you. I think we'll be all right. Rain and heavy wind with power outages is likely what we'll have. Irma should lose strength before hitting Atlanta.

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@celticeagle (158876)

• Boise, Idaho

8 Sep 17

Good luck! Hope all goes well for you.

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@celticeagle (158876)

• Boise, Idaho

9 Sep 17

@RubyHawk .....That's good. Could be worse.

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@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

8 Sep 17

Thank you. I think we'll be okay around Atlanta.Fallen trees and power outages are probably our biggest worry.

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@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

10 Sep 17

@celticeagle It could be much worse. We're lucky.

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@TiarasOceanView (70035)

• United States

8 Sep 17

Hope you will be fine Ruby. Poor people everyone fleeing FL.

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@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

8 Sep 17

And it's good they are. I75 has been full of traffic going north for the last two days.

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@just4him (305853)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

8 Sep 17

I hope you will be okay by the time it gets to you.

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@just4him (305853)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

8 Sep 17

@RubyHawk The last I looked, it's going to miss Georgia completely as it goes up the western side of Florida now.

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@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

9 Sep 17

It's swerving more to the west but we're still told to expect wind and rain with power outages. we will be all right. We'll know more as time goes on. Maybe it will swerve completely away from Atlanta. @just4him

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@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

8 Sep 17

Thanks. Irma should be weaker by the time she gets here.She should hit here early Monday morning.

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@JudyEv (325584)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Sep 17

This must be quite frightening. I hope you'll be okay. Even the secondary roads must get very crowded I would think.

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@JudyEv (325584)

• Rockingham, Australia

9 Sep 17

@RubyHawk We are hearing now that the storm is strengthening again. It's just what America doesn't need.

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@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

9 Sep 17

@JudyEv Absolutely not, and not yet recovered from Harvey. It's hitting us hard.

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@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

8 Sep 17

I'm not as worried as I was to begin with . I think the Hurricane will lose much of its force by the time it gets to Atlanta. I'm sure we'll have trees down and power outage but we can live with that. I hope everyone in Florida will be safe.

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@Teep11 (7674)

• United States

8 Sep 17

There are evacuations here in Miami and the storm is expected to make landfall not far from where I'm residing. Prayerfully all will go well. Prayers are going up!

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@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

8 Sep 17

I hope you'll be all right. Aren't you evacuating? It's going to be dangerous down there.

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@jstory07 (134388)

• Roseburg, Oregon

8 Sep 17

I hope you will stay safe.

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@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

8 Sep 17

Thank you. Looks like we'll be okay, just power outage and fallen trees.

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@amadeo (111948)

• United States

8 Sep 17

stay safe there and all.

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@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

8 Sep 17

Thanks. I think we'll be all right.

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@Tampa_girl7 (48908)

• United States

9 Sep 17

It's a scary situation.

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@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

10 Sep 17

It is scary. I hope everyone comes out okay.

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@bluesa (15023)

• Johannesburg, South Africa

8 Sep 17

I really hope you all will be okay. I am following it on the news too and it is frightening. Please take care and stay safe.

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@bluesa (15023)

• Johannesburg, South Africa

9 Sep 17

@RubyHawk , I sincerely hope so. Please take care.

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@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

8 Sep 17

We will but it should lose a lot of power on the way to Atlanta.

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@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

9 Sep 17

@bluesa Thank you. We will.

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@Deepizzaguy (94423)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

10 Sep 17

Hopefully Hurricane Irma will have weaken severely not to harm your city.

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@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

10 Sep 17

it will weaken considerably before it gets here. The only thing we have to worry about is heavy rain and wind. Some tornadoes will be in the area, so we here, We're likely to lose power for awhile. but people have been called in help.

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@fishtiger58 (29823)

• Momence, Illinois

8 Sep 17

Good luck I hope you stay safe.

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@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

8 Sep 17

Thanks. I think we'll be okay.

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@Kandae11 (53679)

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8 Sep 17

I have a friend who has a business in Florida and in the Caribbean. He left yesterday with his family to wait it out on a safe Caribbean island.

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@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

8 Sep 17

Will the Hurricane go around your home?I hope so.

@cacay1 (83223)

• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines

9 Sep 17

Let us hope everything is okay this time, though it won't come at peace as expected for the hurricane was so bad, it damaged properties and devastated some lives.What a terrible hurricane.

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@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

9 Sep 17

It's the worst one in U S history and we've had some bad ones

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@nanette64 (20364)

• Fairfield, Texas

9 Sep 17

I'd still stock up on certain things @RubyHawk ; just in case.

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@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

10 Sep 17

We will. We intended to Today but had company and went to the library so we'll go tomorrow to pick up flashlights and a few other things.

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@Courtlynn (66921)

• United States

9 Sep 17

Stay safe!

@kobesbuddy (74483)

• East Tawas, Michigan

8 Sep 17

We are getting updates on this storm, also. It's definitely headed towards Atlanta, at this time. On land, it will get slowed down, for sure.