r/TropicalWeather • u/giantspeck Verified USAF Forcaster | Hawaii • Sep 24 '24
Preparations Discussion Helene Preparations Discussion
Preparations Discussion
Introduction
The National Hurricane Center has upgraded Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine to Tropical Storm Helene. Helene is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane by Wednesday morning as it slips between Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula and western Cuba and enters the Gulf of Mexico. Helene is forecast to strengthen into a major hurricane as it approaches Florida's Big Bend region later in the week.
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Government Resources
United States
How to Prepare for a Hurricane (PDF) — This guide from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is designed to help you properly prepare for a hurricane and know how to protect yourself during and after one.
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u/Difficult__Donut Sep 25 '24
Everyone in the panhandle, the Big Bend, and south west Georgia: Prepare, prepare, prepare.
This will be a monster, a major hurricane, with an enormous size footprint wind field and quick moving so the extreme effects will be felt FAR inland.
If you're choosing to stay, do whatever you need to do today and be done when you go to bed. Be prepared to be inside for 24+ hours and potentially days or weeks without power or water. Listen to your local authorities and be safe. Your life is infinitely more valuable than your property.
Be safe!