The Weather.com ten-day forecast for north Merritt Island ... The wind forecast took a big leap overnight, now looking at 41 MPH sustained winds on Thursday.

Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg setting up cots for National Guardsmen and linesmen responding to .

From Noah Bergren on Zombie Twitter:

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8PM EDT: I am at a loss for words to meteorologically describe you 897mb pressure with 180 MPH max sustained winds and gusts 225 MPH. This is now the 2nd strongest hurricane ever recorded by pressure on this side of the world. The eye is TINY at nearly 3.8 miles wide. This hurricane is nearing the mathematical limit of what Earth's atmosphere can produce. Yes, there is a mathematical limit and we are nearing that.

The latest ten-day forecast for us in north Merritt Island. Thursday is up to 68 MPH / 103 KPH.

St. Johns County has ordered the entire City of St. Augustine evacuated. St. Augustine is considered the oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in the US.

citystaug.com/AlertCenter.aspx

Both and are now at HURCON II, basically meaning a hurricane is expected soon, and non-critical personnel ar released from work.

nasa.gov/kennedy/hurricane-pre

NASASpaceflight.com is streaming live fixed camera video from various places around this area, including and Port Canaveral.

youtube.com/live/Jm8wRjD3xVA

* Brought in the patio furniture.

* Brought in the potted plants.

*Charged the mobile electronic devices.

* Charged the solar generator.

* Filled the bathtub with water.

Bring it on, . πŸŒ€ 😝

If anyone wants to try this out ... Spectrum typically makes their live newscasts public during hurricanes. Please give this a try and let me know if you can see the newscast. This is our local newscast, if you want to follow here in Brevard County.

mynews13.com/fl/orlando/live-v

Here's the local police and fire for Cocoa Beach, Cape Canaveral, Merritt Island, etc. They're reporting damage from a tornado in the area of SR-520/Banana River Drive.

broadcastify.com/listen/feed/8

Brevard County Sheriffs Office (BCSO) reporting a significant tornado just hit Cocoa Beach. One of the deputies said it's "at least an EF-2." Many businesses damaged as well as homes.

If you want to look it up on Google Maps, search 1775 N. Atlantic Avenue, Cocoa Beach. That's the Wells Fargo that lost its roof. The tornado started at the Resorts at Cocoa Beach and moved northwest. Many homes damaged on St. Croix Ave. behind the Publix.

Good morning from the of .

We're still here. Other than the Cocoa Beach tornado, I haven't heard of any significant damage in our area. The eyewall just passed through here so we're experiencing peak gusts.

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