Is that an optical illusion, or are those solar panels kneeing under that flag???
These colors don’t run!
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There is an underwater cam as well. Lots of activity usually, sharks, fish of all kinds, the occasional turtle. We talked about doing the overnight thing out there when he opened it but never pursued it seriously. We live about an hour and a half inland from Wilmington. Wind is starting to pick up with heavy gusts. Rain has been intermittent so far but expect it to pick up anytime.
WOW
I teared up.
The sunrise is pretty.
I guess someone rode the storm out there. That’s crazy
I don’t know what the big deal is, looks pretty calm to me ¯_(ツ)_/¯
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That’s can’t be a live a feed anymore!?!? The Ocean would no be so calm after that storm.
At the bottom left of the window it says “Live Cam Highlights” - I can only assume the camera has failed and we are seeing old pre-recorded stuff.
I’d say pre-recorded. The cam just panned over to the flag which is untouched. ALso, even though the storm tracker has the eye of the storm right about over the top of that area now (8:30-8:50 am eastern), this is probably NOT what the eye of the storm looks like.
sigh.
that makes a lot more sense.
It is a loop now of older video. The owner of Frying Pan Tower posted that the tower lost power in the night, so the video feed went down. There is no one out there, although the owner has been out there for two previous hurricanes.
Some numbers
About 400 miles (645 kilometers) wide, with hurricane-force winds stretching across a 140-mile (255-kilometer) span
Heavy rains: up to 18 trillion gallons falling on seven states over seven days, as much water as there is the entire Chesapeake Bay
Storm surge: up to 13 feet (nearly 4 meters), and seawaters could push inland 2 miles (more than 3 kilometers), depending on how long Florence lingers
Stalled: Florence was nearly at a standstill Friday afternoon, moving at just 3 mph (6ph)
Fatal hazards: historically, 49% of U.S. hurricane deaths come from storm surge, 27% from rain, 8% from wind, 6% from surf, 6% were offshore and 3% from tornadoes
Intensity: Florence came ashore with top winds of 90 mph (145 kph), below the 111 mph (178 kph) threshold for a “major†hurricane but still extremely dangerous
In the dark: more than 645,000 outages, mostly in North Carolina, as of Friday morning, with Duke Energy anticipating 1m to 3m homes and businesses losing power
Protected: 12,000 people in shelters in North Carolina, 4,000 in South Carolina and 400 in Virginia
Populated coastline: 11m Americans live in areas under storm watches and warnings
Grounded: nearly 2,100 flights canceled
Potential losses: estimated $10bn to $60bn in economic damages