Last Updated: Wednesday, 7:50 p.m.
Note: all closure and reopening reports are here. Dorian in pictures here.
Wednesday, 7:50 p.m.–Flagler County’s Emergency Operations Center was ending its alert-level response and resuming regular operations at 7 this evening, with county government also closing its call center.
Rising waters from the Intracoastal in Flagler Beach were again a concern with high tide this evening, with reports of flooded streets and yards and water nearing homes. But by mid-evening, it appeared the waters had crested and would start receding.
“It’s watering the road, dangerously close to some waters, and hopefully it turns around at 6:30 but at this point it’s still rising,” Flagler Beach Commissioner Rick Belhumeur said as he rode in various parts of South Flagler around 6 p.m.
The high water was especially pronounced in south Flagler Beach along avenues such as South Flagler, and near South 23rd Street, where floodwaters there and along other low-lying streets and avenues near the Intracoastal penetrated hundreds of homes in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma. But the area around the golf course near the city’s water tower, also badly hit by flood waters after Irma, appears to have been spared for now. There is also high water in areas off Old Moody Lane, under the Flagler Beach Bridge. Lambert Avenue homes two years ago were severely flooded.
“The storm surge always comes after the storm, then you’ve got the wind pushing it in a different direction,” Belhumeur said. “It’s pushing it down the Intracoatsal and forcing it to rise. We’ll know after today if it turns around after high tide or not.”
“I’m sure that people that live in front of where these waters are would appreciate people don’t drive through the water, creating waves into their homes,” the commissioner said.
“It’s come up through the retention ponds and into back yards,” Flagler Beach Police Chief Matt Doughney said this evening. He said the city was working to get some public work crews and pumps in areas affected, which he said were–for now–limited to the 1200 block of South Flagler and 2400 block of South 23rd.
By close to 8 p.m., Belhumeur was reporting better news: “It appears that the tidal surge has crested with high tide and the water is starting to recede.”
Though the county’s call center was closing, residents with unmet needs related to Hurricane Dorian may call 386-313-4200 during regular business hours, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday. Those with significant home damage should report damage to the Property Appraiser’s Office during business hours at 386-313-4150.
Previous updates are below.
Curfew Lifted, Flagler In the Clear, Residents May Return Home, Normal Services Set to Resume Thursday and Friday
Wednesday, 5:35 p.m.—As of 5:35 p.m. today, both hurricane shelters were closed: at a Rymfire Elementary and Bunnell Elementary, a health department official said. That will give school district personnel more time to ready the schools for classes Friday morning. At their peak, the two shelters had a population of 400.
Wednesday, 3:15 p.m.—-After peaking at just under 2,000 customers without power today in Flagler, the number was down below 400 by mid-afternoon, and trending downward.
The 7-Eleven on South Oceanshore Boulevard opened again at 2 p.m. with cold drinks, hot coffee and other conveniences. Other businesses are expected to open gradually. On the mainland, critical wellness and recovery centers such as Brown Dog in St. Joe’s Plaza are open now, Loping Gopher in Bunnell’s Marvin Gardens opening at 4 p.m. Moonrise at European Village and Brass Tap opened at 3 p.m. but with a limited food menu at the Tap and a closed kitchen at Moonrise. (See the broader open-for-business yellow graphic a few paragraphs below, though Flagler’s economic development folks who put it together are inexplicably black-listing pubs.)
Wednesday, 12:48 p.m.—The curfew on the barrier island and parts of east Palm Coast and West Flagler was lifted shortly after noon today.
Both Flagler bridges are open. Residents are welcome to come home.
But power cuts are now affecting some 1,700 customers in Flagler, the most of any counties in the state.
“The biggest risk right now is traffic – residents getting out of their homes and driving around,” a Palm Coast government statement issued after noon said. “Another risk is trees that have pulled down power lines. We ask that people stay home as we are still under a hurricane warning and storm conditions can reduce visibility.”
The city got some 5 inches of rain so far, with more expected.
“We needed to wait to ensure everyone’s safety,” said Emergency Management Director Jonathan Lord. “The county is reopening offices tomorrow, and working diligently to get everything back to normal as quickly as possible.”
The Flagler Pier will remain closed until a structural engineer can assess its integrity. There will be no lifeguards at the beach Wednesday or Thursday.
“Please, please stay out of the water. Lifeguards and first responders will not be able to help you if you get in trouble,” Flagler Beach Police Chief Matt Doughney said.
“Watching the catastrophic damage from the Bahamas, and seeing the current radar, and the fact that these severe weather bands are only 12-15 miles from the coast,” School Board member Andy Dance wrote on his Facebook page around noon, “we are extremely blessed that Dorian took the path it did. You may feel like you over-prepared…but we were “that” close to being properly prepared.”
Lord spoke at a noon conference shortly before 1 p.m.
“County does have some damages especially on our dunes,” Lord said. “We have no breaches of the dune system. We do have significant erosion to many of our dunes.” There has been no reports of flooding.
While the county has been making it through Hurricane Dorian, he said, the county is only now entering peak hurricane season. He urged residents to stay prepared. He thanked residents for complying with the orders, and local governments and state agencies for their cooperation “to make sure that if this had been worse, we are ready and prepared to take care of our communities. Thank you.”
Lord was the subject of lavish praise “for his leadership” through the emergency by the likes of Jim Tager, the school superintendent, and others.
Schools reopen Friday, with district officials working on a plan to make up the days, very possibly without encroaching on the weeklong Thanksgiving holiday.
“It’s great news that the curfew is lifted,” Sheriff Staly said. He cautioned that roads are still wet with some bad weather still coming. “If you don;t have to go out today, spend another day at home and go back out tomorrow,” he said. There’s been very few policing issues, including a couple of arrests for domestic violence issues. “Crime was down,” he said, with 60 deputies on duty. “Of course it would have been a bad day to commit a crime in Flagler with that many deputies on the streets.”
Lord said that he knew of only one tree down in all of Flagler County, possibly with two more down on the west side, which Staly said deputies took care of immediately.
Curfew Lifted, Shelters ‘Starting to Empty Out,’ Little Damage in Flagler Beach, Power Cuts Near 2,000 in Palm Coast
Wednesday, 11:07 a.m.–Continuing a stream of good news, the National Hurricane Center at 11 lifted the hurricane warning over Flagler: “The Hurricane Warning for the northeastern coast of Florida from the Volusia/Brevard County line to Ponte Vedra Beach has been changed to a Tropical Storm Warning,” the center said in its latest bulletin, as Hurricane Dorian was continuing to move north.
Flagler County’s two shelters at Rymfire and Bunnell Elementary had peaked at around 400 users during the emergency, but “are starting to empty out at Bunnell,” a school district spokesman said at 11.
The Rymfire shelter is for special needs, and is run by the health department. The department’s Gretchen Smith said the shelter peaked at 120 clients and 58 caregivers. It is now down to 117 and 57.
Dorian had picked up a bit of forward speed, moving north at 9 mph with winds of 105 mph, with a slow weakening expected over the next few days, which is good news for the Carolina coasts, near where the storm is heading. Tropical storm conditions are currently affecting portions of the northeastern coast of Florida, and should begin along the Georgia coast later this morning.
But Dorian’s impact on Flagler Beach, the Hammock and Palm Coast remains mostly in the nuisance category than anything more serious.
The curfew remains in effect on the barrier island, but county officials are meeting at noon to discuss when it will be lifted, among other issues, with the lifting of the hurricane warning playing a large role in the curfew’s own likely end.
Wednesday, 10:40 a.m.—The number of customers without power in Flagler is down to 900, from a high of 1,600 in early morning, an indication that repair crews are actively responding to power failures in the county. FPL is reporting similarly swift restoration responses in surrounding counties, with outages significantly reduced by mid-morning, even as the hurricane warning remains in effect.
“Dorian is finally moving away from Florida,” U.S. Rep. Mike Waltz, whose district includes all of Flagler and who’s been unusually present in the area (compared to his predecessors), said on his Facebook page a short time ago, with a video of himself in front of Bunnell Elementary, one of the county’s two shelters. “Yesterday I stopped by a few shelters housing evacuees and special needs residents in Northeast Florida. I’m impressed by the leadership of everyone in our state and area. So many people have stepped up to serve others and make sure they are prepared and safe. I’ll be working with them and with federal officials after the storm passes to help our area recover!”
Dorian Stays Well Offshore; Little Damage, Fewer Than 1,000 Lose Power So Far in Flagler, ‘Looks Like We Dodged the Bullet”
Wednesday, 9:13 a.m.–Two of the questions most frequently asked of emergency and city officials right now are: when will the curfew be lifted, and when can we come home.
The immediate answer to both is: certainly not before noon.
The longer answer is this: “We will have a policy group meeting at noon with Jonathan Lord and all the policy makers,” Sheriff Rick Staly said. The policy group consists of all the county’s and city’s top leadership. Lifting the curfew will depend on a number of things, among them the cancellation of the hurricane warning and the conditions in the streets–trees being down and wires down. “All of us want to lift it as soon as we can, we just want to make sure that it’s safe for the community.”
The bridges technically remain open but are not to be used because of the curfew. Still, all indications point to a relatively swift restoration of normalcy, once the hurricane warning lifts and Dorian clears out north.
The curfew on the barrier island in Volusia County was lifted at 6 a.m., with bridges open to traffic both ways.
Not so in St. Johns. Access to St. Johns County’s barrier islands remains restricted as the bridges to the islands remain under a condition of limited access. As such, St. Johns officials say, eastbound access is limited to legitimate business or personal intent. Law enforcement officers are posted at each bridge to identify the reason for requesting access to these evacuation zones and allowing it when appropriate. Proof of residency or purpose may be required.
“We were very, very fortunate, we didn’t even have sustained winds at 45 mph, so we didn’t even have to bring in our people,” Staly said. He’d ridden around the county until 1:30 this morning, then again earlier today. “Really I haven’t seen much, there’s some debris from wind and stuff, small tree limbs, branches, things like that, pine needles everywhere. A little bit of flooding on A1A, I saw that at 1:30 this morning too, but it looks like from my perspective what I could see the rebuilt dunes and the designs held, which is good news.”
“We clearly dodged a bullet here, the community did a great job heeding the warnings,” he said.
Flagler Beach Police Chief Matt Doughney posted the following at 9:05 a.m.: “The curfew is still in effect for for Zones A & B, which is all of Flagler Beach, and we appreciate your compliance. We know you’re probably getting cabin fever, but we’re not out of the woods just yet. Please stay indoors until we announce that the curfew has been lifted. We’ll post that announcement here when that time comes. Thanks!”
Wednesday, 9 a.m.—Florida Power and Light was reporting 1,108 Flagler County residents without power Wednesday morning, fewer than in surrounding counties, as Hurricane Dorian’s slow move up the Florida coast remained well offshore. Winds in Flagler Beach at 7:44 a.m. were in the 10 to 15 mph range, with gusts to 23-25 mph.
“Looks like we dodged the bullet,” Flagler Beach Commissioner Rick Belhumeur said this morning in a text. “Just got back from a short walk on my street. Tides are lower than they were yesterday, and it’s high tide! Great news. Spoke with a policeman and he says A1a is intact, not even a downed tree limb blocking any roads in the city. Wind doesn’t appear to be issue at the moment.” The power stayed on in his neighborhood.
In St. Johns, 2,696 customers have lost power, 2,591 in Putnam, 2,017 in Volusia, and 2,688 in Brevard. Power restoration in Putnam was swift: by 8 a.m., most customers there had regained electricity.
In Palm Coast power cuts were reported in the W, P, F and the Palm Harbor neighborhoods.
Dorian was roughly 90 to 100 miles offshore, nearly parallel to Flagler County this morning, moving north-northwest at 8 mph, with winds of 105 mph. Hurricane-force winds were extending outward up to 60 miles, not enough to reach shore, and tropical-storm-force winds were extend up to 175 miles.
“It looks like we’ve dodged a bullet but it’s not done yet,” Jonathan Lord, Flagler County’s emergency operations chief, said this morning. “But it’s heading north, away from us.” He said bands of rain with gusts of tropical storm force winds are expected to continue into the afternoon. Just because crews are out making assessments “doesn’t mean it’s safe for the general public yet,” he said.
There’s only been reports of “nuisance” flooding in the west of the county, and no reports of flooding on the barrier island.
“I’m out riding right now with a commissioner, we’re looking at the roadways,” Flagler Beach City Manager Larry Newsom said around 8 a.m. “The pier seems to be fine, Veterans Park is fine.” He was seeing debris, but nothing serious.
There’s been “no significant damage to any business,” Flagler Beach Police Chief Matt Doughney said. But don’t expect the curfew to be lifted this morning just yet.
“We’re fortunate enough to actually have a minimum impact by this weather event,” Palm Coast Mayor Milissa Holland said at 8 a.m., standing in what relatively light wind there was, and no rain, outside of Station 25 on Belle Terre Parkway with Deputy Fire Chief Bradd Clark. “We’re obviously waiting throughout the day, it’s not over, we still have many hours to go, it is still offshore.”
She cited some 1,600 power outages in the city at the time she spoke. Assessments by city crews have been ongoing.
“The curfew and the evacuations are still in place,” Clark said. “We’re still experiencing some wind gusts that are affecting the power lines, currently we’re going on a number of power line arcing and power line down calls. Best advice for today, good day to catch up at the house, stay in if you can, the effects of this storm are still off of our coast and will be for the majority of the day. Stay in indoors, not contributing to the problem.”
The slowness of Dorian’s progression up the coast is now the problem: “We are getting as many power line down calls now as we were at 2 in the morning,” Clark said. “The wind gusts are significant enough that trees and power lines are being affected. We haven’t seen an abundance of rain but we are seeing heavy rain.”
Surfline’s live video of the surf from the Flagler Beach pier at 8:30 this morning was indicating a stormy but by no means destructive surf.
At the south end of Flagler Beach this morning:
“It was a pretty uneventful night,” Sheriff Rick Staly said this morning on WNZF There were no curfew violations. There was a Baker Act. A tree crashed on a road in Seminole Woods and a car ran into it, but there were no injuries. In Bunnell, City Manager Alvin Jackson said there were “a few arrests,” mostly domestic issues.
Listen to WNZF’s morning Dorian Update
Previous days’ stories that have rolled off this page are archived in one place here.
Note: the comments below may refer to stories that have rolled off to the archived record page on Hurricane Dorian here.
Len Hannahan says
Past hurricane preparation videos on TV showed Florida Counties to the south, other that Flagler, with sand bagging machines maned by county employees loading sand bags into resident vehicles. The residents didn’t even have to exit the vehicles. And at no cost.
Flagler County couldn’t direct you to a sand bag location and couldn’t tell you where to get sand bags. Told you go try the City of Palm Coast offices When you did eventually find one there was a pile of sand with one county employee with his feet up sitting on a garden tractor doing nothing. Residents were waiting to fill bags by themselves one at a time on one manual bag filler while the sole County employee took a nap.
Get real Flagler County, study what the best do and get it done!
palmcoaster says
Here we go again. No wonder baby alligator scouting our country club basin main canal checking best place to weather the incoming storm. Wondering were big Momma is…
Greg Jolley says
Thank you for the great detailed coverage.
OIF Vet says
No doubt this is Orange Man’s fault…
Let’s ban tropical storms and hurricanes…
mark101 says
Better do an update its a lot further north of that map you show. Now its supposed to be a Cat 2 and the latest its really close to Flagler County. I sure hope this thing turns further north, a lot further north.
Jane Gentile-Youd says
FlaglerLive what would we do without you? You are like our big brother watching over us.
After e-mailing your noon post to my stubborn hubby he has ( finally) agreed to start the generator up when he gets home from work…. I really don’t need to check any other local media for updates you’re on top of all of them!
Brian Larson says
Here we go again this city buried the electical wires here in the Woodlands so they don’t get knocked down during storms ,but then the idiots put the transformers on the ground right next to tbe drainage ditches ,so they short out ,and we lose power ,but since we have no downed lines we are the very last to get power restored ,they need to put these transformers on 3 ft high cement pads so they dont short out under water ,once again can we expect just a modicum of common sense from the city planners?
concerned parent says
School is still open on Friday? I think Flagler County Schools needs to be play this one safe. Families need to prepare and I’m sure the teachers need to as well.
The Truth says
I think we all need to be very careful on riding on every forecast track that comes out right now. We are still around 4 days away from landfall and so much can change. I think (with all due respect to FlaglerLive) that headlines like “spare Flagler county” will give some people a false sense of security when we really don’t know where this storm is going.
Doug says
May all those who migrated from the northeast finally get a taste of the wrath of a hurricane and run all your azzes back to where you came from.
girl says
I totally agree, with concerned parent… they need to prepare as well as everyone else.. where is the County heads… oh yea… never mind.
OIF Vet says
Nuke the hurricane… then ban hurricanes…and put up “Hurricane Free Zone” signs.
It’s the only way to prevent further hurricanes from Florida.
Right says
Keep turning!!
Duncan says
Some won’t dig into the entire article and might be complacent and not prepare based on the misleading headline. It could hit anywhere in the cone area, and that is likely to shift before the weekend. It might NOT spare Flagler county.
Prepare now! Don;t wait until it’s to late.
Don says
Is Deputy Dog going to run around giving out tickets to anyone having a Hurricane Party ? This Barney Fife character actually thinks he’s important……..
Leo says
Is there a list of the Flagler Emergency Shelters?
FlaglerLive says
Rymfire Elementary for special needs, Bunnell Elementary for families with pets. Both will open Saturday morning.
snapperhead says
@ Doug…that’s funny…. because when your trailer blows apart us yankees will still come and help you out. Still sore over losing the Civil War?
Erwin says
@snapperhead: Funny indeed, you NY boomers complained relentlessly when Sandy, a category 2 storm, hit the northeast. I suggest running a generator in your room with lots of gas during the storm.
Yankee Bandit says
@Doug…….. I’ll go back up north as soon as you get some teeth !!
Name (required) says
“Holland’s emergency declaration was not sponsored by Lacoste.”
Lol. EPIC.
Name (required) says
Doug isn’t alone with his frustrations with you “yanks.” And ya, you’re right!! Keeping with your “civil war” themed rebuttal and traditions, I’m pretty sure they didn’t use turn signals back then either.
Dave says
Are the homeless welcome at these shelters or are they only for people with homes?
Hammock Bear says
Thank you at Flagler Live for all the storm updates. If you have a top loader washing machine, you can put cold drinks, milk, cheeses, etc. in it packed in ice. cover with newspaper for extra insulation. Maybe others will offer tips for storm coping suggestions.
Randy Jones says
“. . . . a 32-year-old woman who had been helping her father with hurricane preparation got into an altercation with her sister and allegedly pulled a screw driver on her.” I could say it but I won’t! A little hurricane humor FlaglerLive, very little :-)
Yanks and Rebs & Keyboard Warriors says
Trailers being destroyed; turn signals not being used; the Civil War in which NO ONE alive today fought? Play nice children! We’re all in this together.
FlaglerBear says
I hope those inmates who helped with sandbags got pizza for dinner!
sueinpalmcoast says
hey doug i have been here 14 years….am i a floridian? I pay my taxes and deal with all of you one tooth redneck every day, screw you!
do not knock the people of palm coast who pay for you and all your low life idiots! Again a pleasure meeting my neighbors!
marlee says
Hurricane Dorian 5 a.m. update: Latest forecast is better news for Florida … for now
The National Hurricane Center’s latest forecast has it off the coast of Florida at landfall, but they stress it could change and we’d still feel its effects.
Dave says
Can you update comments on other stories please. We were having fun ripping into the old lady that got scammed trying to scam walmart..lol..please it’s the only thing that keeps us distracted from the eminent danger.
Sherry says
Thank you so much, FlaglerLive, for keeping on top of this frightening situation.
We will all be greatly blessed if the hurricane continues its Eastwardly track and leaves us with much less damage than expected. Instead of being divided and lashing out over “nothing”. . ., we should be coming together as a community and thanking our lucky stars . . . Lucky Charms. . . whatever you choose. . . that we just may be spared.
It’s so sad and disheartening to read some of these comments. Do try and seek peace and joy with an “open” and grateful heart. You will feel better inside and your life will be brighter.
hawkeye says
Some of these commentors really crack me up, I wonder if they would say the nasty things they say if the other person was two feet away from them? I doubt it , everybody is 6 foot 3, 230 pounds when theyre behind a keyboard. Either way, I got a couple of chuckles from these posts.And this is one of the very few times I agree with what Sherry posted.
JustBeNice says
Thank you Flaglerlive for your detailed reporting. I appreciate you. Some of the comments on this post
are so mean spirited. Shame on you. You have to be the change you expect in the world.
Qball says
Ok I don’t normally agree with the reporting styles of flagler live but I must give credit where do. Great job on storm coverage. However do you use spell check or proof read ? There are always spelling errors and many of them. Just some constructive criticism..
FlaglerLive says
Thank you Qball. Our proofreader evacuated.
Hulahoopgirl says
May our storms be small, and our celebration be large. Go away hurricane doran
Hurricane Dorian says
Key board warriors I’m 6,5 330lbs from the midwest lived here 2yrs and kept quiet. Big guys only do it face to face unless it’s a direct hit to face by hurricane Dorian then I’m going to run and grab my keyboard with boarded up windows with all the doors padlocked to prevent to looting lmao. God bless hes the only way out this world I call hell.
gmath55 says
@ Qball – Do you use spell check or proof read? It is not flagler live but Flagler Live and it is NOT do but due. Everybody makes errors and that is why they put erasers on pencils. If you see an error go to the bottom of the article to:
Questions? Corrections? Suggestions? Email the editor | Print this Article | You see that right?
Once there you can send an email and they will make the correction. I have done that many times and guess what? it works!
David S. says
S. Happens lets move to the Ga mountains not worth living here in on the coast……
Donna says
Pierre, thank you for your diligence in providing information without the drama and hysterics so many other media sources resort to; they practically salivate when ‘reporting’. We need more of you. Stay safe.
Ian says
Just wanted to say that you’re doing a terrific job and my wife and I look forward to each and every important update you post on here to keep us informed. I’m sure it feels a little bit like a thankless effort you’re putting forth, but people like myself and my family find this invaluable and a critical part of how we’ve been planning for this storm. So thank you for all you do :)
palmcoaster says
As usual you Pierre up front helping the community to get informed . Thank you so much and you and family stay safe.
MaryAnn says
Thank you for all that you do Pierre your updates are awesome. Our community really appreciates you and your hard work. Great job!
Debra says
Thank you for the continued updates. God bless and keep you safe.
Gayle Carver says
Will I be able to evacuate Flagler Beach tomorrow morning?
Thanks
Larry Phelan says
Has anyone ever wondered where all the Hammock Toll Bridge money goes to?? If Palm Coast provides police and fire protection along with school bus pick-up, perhaps some of the multi millions in that account
could be given back to help offset the cost of running Palm Coast.
snapperhead says
Evacuations aren’t really mandatory if you’re allowed to stay in your home if you so choose…so why call them mandatory?
Janet Sullivan says
Thanks, Pierre, for your quality reporting. I rely on it. For those of you who are not subscribers to Flagler Live, you can support it here: https://flaglerlive.com/support-flaglerlive/
Richard says
I don’t agree most of the time with both Pierre with his controversial articles and Sherry in many of her posts plus a lot of my posts always end up in the trash never to see the light of day but today they are the only two people who have had something worthwhile and meaningful versus the garbage posted by many others.
HonkeyDude says
Any word on when the bridges are gonna be closing? Some people have to work!
Pogo says
@Thank you Pierre
AND, sisters and brothers, please remember – God works in obvious ways:
https://www.google.com/search?-b-1-d&q=Hurricane+Dorian+Relief+Efforts
1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
– Corinthians 1, 13, 1 to 13 (KJV)
beachbum says
Too late for KB Homes and Richmond to change their minds at Matanzas Shores? Who will buy those stick houses on the ocean and in a FEMA flood zone now?
Susan Stephens says
Does anyone know when it will be safe to return to the Hammock?
Susan Stephens says
Can we come home to Palm Coast yet?
FlaglerLive says
Not before Thursday morning, according to latest directions from official forecasts.
The Truth says
The one thing I’ve learned throughout this entire ordeal is that weather experts and meteorologists seem to rely completely on computer models and base their recommendations on that. When the computer models are wrong, everyone gets thrown into a panic. This storm has gone from hitting Florida as a tropical storm, fizzling out in the Atlantic, curving out to sea, hitting south Florida, hitting central Florida, hitting north Florida, hugging coast line, moving farther east away from coast line, coming back to coast line, moving back out to coastline.
This storm has just dragged on and I think many people have lost complete interest in it. Unfortunately, situations like this is why so many people don’t take these storms seriously. FlaglerLive has done an excellent job of reporting what’s going on but many other news outlets sensationalize this way too much which causes people to lose faith in these forecasts. Unfortunately, at some point or another a storm will come directly into our coast and I am afraid we will not be as ready as we should be.
Weather Bug says
If the storm is “suppose” to stay EAST , why is it moving North West for the last 4 hours ?
PB says
As a native Floridian and a veteran of many hurricanes mostly as a kid, I want to make you all aware of something. People who say I have been through hurricanes before are often only partially correct. Dorian will be my 3rd Flagler storm but I have yet to actually go through a hurricane here. (Hope it stays that way)
It is true we have been touched by a hurricane but until the eye goes over your head that is all. Even the strongest storm usually has hurricane force winds reaching out 50 or so miles from the eye. As we know it does not take the eye to do damage so I applaud my neighbors for taking this and other storms seriously.
But in the future remember even though we may get lucky with Dorian they can always be much worse!!!
Just ask the people in the Bahamas or Panama City or any other place that has experienced the full wrath of mother nature. For us this was a close call. 150 mph winds and a hiccup West and we would have had some sad stories to tell.
j,smith says
funny how they can arrest you for being out after curfew, but if the wind is blowing to strong they cant rescue you.
marlee says
Too late for KB Homes and Richmond to change their minds at Matanzas Shores? Who will buy those stick houses on the ocean and in a FEMA flood zone now?
People with short term memories!
CB from PC says
I will bet there was some Confederate soldier named Dorian who fought for “The Cause”.
Is it too late to change the name of the storm so as not to offend?
Sherry says
Thanks Richard and Hawkeye. . . stay safe, and hold your loved ones closely!
Pierre. . . you are our “Port in the Storm”! Together we are strong. . . divided we are weak in the face of those like Russia, China and North Korea.
Peace and love everyone!
beachbum says
PB: Good comment. So far, so good, but we need to remember those who have been far less fortunate and help however we can.
palmcoaster says
Thank you Pierre for keeping us up to date and Sherry for the uplifting comment “together we are stronger”
VLO says
Just found out (at 4:15pm) that the water is rising in the canals in the “C” section of Palm Coast because of a dune breach north of Marineland. Do you have any news about this? Is A1A flooded?
Jean Armstrong says
To all at Flagler Live,
Wanted to thank you so much for your continued and excellent reporting during our hurricane. Your website became my source of all information relating to Dorian. As the days went on, I found I needed NO other connection to Flagler beyond your reporting.
After the curfew was activated, I didn’t expect an update to your site, but you continued In your thorough fashion.
Again, thanks.
Threats from Sheriff says
I found it very sad that the Sheriff used this opportunity to threaten law abiding Flagler residents with arrest for being on the roadways during his imposed curfew. This is an example of too much government with too much power. I will not forget this and vote for whoever runs against him. We could have had an evacuation for no reason without the threats of arrest.
Joe Freeman says
As a native Floridian born and raised in NE Florida I can tell you without a doubt that hurricane frequency and intensity has picked up dramatically in the last 15 years. I don’t ever recall a single hurricane approaching this part of Florida until 1999 with Floyd and I was 27!!! Since 1999 I’ve seen Charlie in 2004, Matthew 3 years ago, Irma 2 years ago, and now Dorian. A cat 5 storm was unheard of 15 years ago. I was once a skeptic about global warming but with the recent history of meg storms striking the US and Caribbean I am now a believer. We’ve dodged quite a few bullets here in Palm Coast but our luck will run out eventually. I for one am getting sick of these close calls with hurricanes…and I’m a native Floridian!! I plan to move my family to the mountains of North Carolina or Tennessee in the near future where hurricanes will be a thing of the past.
Barnical Bill says
Thank You Dorian for keeping multiple flight schools from buzzing around my home in PC this week. It’s been so quiet and I didn’t have to breath any leaded aviation emissions from piston-engine aircraft. My IQ jumped a few points already!
gmath55 says
@ Joe Freeman – There have been hurricanes all the way back to 1851 and they were rated CAT 3 and CAT 4. There was even a CAT 5 September 3 1935.
List of Florida hurricanes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Florida_hurricanes
Climate change or global warming or whatever you want to call it didn’t even existed!
Cary says
@doug What is his problem. The people from new England and New York pretty much built Palm Coast with the money they brought with them buy buying property and building homes.
Fredrick says
@Joe Freeman – you do realize that the time you have been alive is just a minor blip in time and does not indicate any “trends” whats over. Do your homework on WEATHER and the occurrence of storms over time and you will find that it is all cyclical. And remember that “Time” is not the insignificant amount that anyone of us has been alive.