On Wed, 5 Oct 2016 14:39:16 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 10/5/2016 12:19 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>> On Wed, 05 Oct 2016 08:31:45 -0700, The New Other Guy wrote:
>>
>>> Hurricane Matthew has taken a track closer to Florida,
>>> and is expected to be at cat 4 when it is close to the
>>> north east Florida coast, and goes north along South
>>> Carolina, but is THEN expected to rapidly weaken and
>>> take a sharp right hand turn out into the Atlantic.
>>
>> I don't know how that South Carolina lowcountry doesn't get pummeled
>> when hurricanes come through.
>
>Don't ask me. There are ruins all around the lowcountry that date back
>300 years or more that survived these storms.
>
>Having said that, Hurricane Matthew seems to be moving very slowly.
>Likely losing strength.
>
>> I have a couple friends in Lake Worth,
>> FL - Fort Lauderdale where they have all those slightly inland, twisty
>> neighborhoods where everybody has waterfront property that you wpoudl
>> think would float away.
>>
>Fort Lauderdale schools weren't even closed today.
>
>> ObFood: Totino's $1.25 pizza is the best pizza for doctoring up. Add
>> some real cheese, onions, Italian sausage, and giardiniera and you've
>> got a pretty damned good pizza for $2.25.
>>
>> -sw
>>
>Okey doke.
>
>Jill

It has been moving slowly since the birth. That's what a lot of the
hubbub is about. Slow movement gives it a chance to dump feet of
water instead of inches. I believe that it has generally been moving
at 6 mph.
Janet US