Dear friends,
Things are not looking very good tonight: check out the 11PM predicted track for Hurricane Matthew:
What this means is that Matthew will pass over my house as a CAT4 Hurricane (hence the letter “m” as in “major” on the map above) with very high winds, torrential rain, isolated tornadoes and a significant storm surge. This also means that all of the coastal areas will be evacuated and that most, if not all, of the coastal areas will lose power: no electricity, no Internet, no phone service. My family and I have had the time to book a room in a nearby hotel, a modern building with generators so we hope to be personally out of danger, God willing. Our house, however, is a different matter and we will only find out how it fared under 120mph (190km/h) winds during 12 hours or more. I have lived through five hurricanes in my life (Charley, Ivan, Jeanne, Dennis, Wilma) but this one looks much worse.
The bottom line is this: I will be out of touch starting Thursday 11AM to at least Saturday and possibly for even longer (last time it took the authorities 6 days to restore power to our house). So, friends, which me luck, say a prayer for my family and house, and keep on using the blog which will be managed by Herb and Scott.
Signing off with a big hug to all,
The Saker
PS: on a lighter note, check out this outright creepy satellite picture of Matthew posted by the NHC:
Doesn’t it look like a grinning and scary Halloween monster?
Take care, Saker. Hopefully your house will be OK.
Stay safe – Παναγία μαζί σας!
Oh what a monster. Hang onto your hat, hug those close to you and run. Good luck.
Good luck and take care!
Last warning saker, Move to Russia as I too am planing to move to Northern Kurdistan.
War is close, jubilee year is almost up, economy shot and held in life support..
This STORM is good for you as a message.
Russia will survive the impact as my lands :)
May Allah watch over your family .
You should contact Sheikh imran hosein more often especially now..
Jeff Berwich on economic jubilee might help you regarding escalation theories as well.
Peace
Good luck man
S Bogom. (Go with God).
Just wanted to wish you all the best.
Stay safe, Saker. All our prayers are with you.
That satellite image looks like Hillary. Crazy eye and all.
God bless you and your family, dear Saker. Eagerly awaiting this nightmare to be over and to hear all is well.
Удачи брат!
This is a very serious storm. I have friends including Saker on the FL east coast and all are under mandatory evacuation from just north of Miami to the Georgia border. One lives south of Saker in Melbourne and that is precisely where the storm is predicted to make landfall. Patrick AFB is there and Cap Canaveral is but a few klicks north on the same island.
My friend in Jax actually lives near the beach in Pointe Vedra. He was going to ride it out after the evacuation advisory was promulgated last evening local time. At midnight he was told to leave, mandatory, everyone out. Same with Melbourne and area and with Saker.
Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone affected by the storm. We will know the results by week’s end.
Auslander
As you have to evacuate, take your family and just keep going and don’t look back.
You are living in a land operating on delusion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=iKiQmFJqZYg#t=116
Even Dunceford has a rough understanding of where US is.
US is facing total collapse or total war.
The Saker и семья! Держитесь!
May Allah protect you and your family from all harm brother The Saker.
The Prophet Mohammed (peace and blessings be upon him and all the messengers) has taught us duas (supplications) about stormy weather:
“O Allah, I ask You for its (the wind’s) goodness, the good within it, and the good it was sent with, and I take refuge with You from its evil, the evil within it, and from the evil it was sent with.”
“O Allah, don’t end our lives with Your wrath, and do not make us perish with Your punishment and forgive us before that.”
“O Allah, let the rain fall around us and not upon us, O Allah, (let it fall) on the pasture, hills, valleys and roots of trees.”
Do not revile the wind since it is from God and supplicate:
“Oh God, I ask you only the best form this wind (storm) and only the best of what this wind brings, and I seek refuge in You from the evil of the wind (storm) and the evil it brings with it (diseases, famine, crimes, things other than its actual destruction, etc.)”.
Best Wishes, prayers and hugs to you all!
Love m.
Material things can be replaced, but people not so much. Be safe!
Good luck to you and your family. Stay safe. God Bless you for your work.
Kia kaha.
May our Lord protect you and yours, family and friends. Y’all are in my prayers.
The grey area is the scary stuff. It’s a big one. Remember, reinforced concrete will withstand anything and the most dangerous thing is the storm surge.
The best thing to have for survival is a sat phone. You can trade a call for antything. Cigarettes are # 2.
Please be safe, Saker. Are your pets ok?
All the best
Good luck Saker and may God be with you.
That looks like a picture of Ash Carter’s face after Putin sent in additional air defenses to Syria in the form of the upgraded S-300s.
Cant wait until MSM says “Putin did it” he created Hurricane Matthew with asymetrical warfair. I’m “hunkered down” too in Jacksonville. About 20 miles inland from beach & river. Everyone please pray for me.
Blondinka
Good luck, Saker!
Under any circumstances, do not go outside to save the cat :)
Keep safe and stay well.
You have to ask yourself, would Putin evacuate? Chuck Norris?
I am glad you and family are safe – that’s far and away the most important thing.
Re the pic – yeah, the ‘skull’ at the grey heart is quite an internet meme.
But if you look at the image in toto ( all the colours), it looks – to me anyway – like……a profile of an angry bear.
I take that as a good omen. :-)
Gaelic verse of protection
May Bridget shield me,
May Mary shield me,
May Michael shield me,
On sea and on land:
To shield me from all anguish,
On sea and on land
To shield me from all anguish.
May Father aid me,
May Son aid me,
May Spirit aid me,
On sea and on land:
In the shielding of the city everlasting
On sea and on land
In the city everlasting.
May the Three succour me,
May the Three follow me,
May the Three guide me,
On sea and on land,
To the Vine-garden of the godlike
On sea and on land
To the Vine-garden of the godlike.
Thank you for the beautiful prayer
Take care and be safe.
Look after yourself and loved ones.
It looks really mean.
Храни вас Господь!
God be with you and your family.
Oh, Wild South Wind, thou death of Hitlery’s dreams…..
Think positive, guys, have eternal faith
That God will keep the Vineyard Saker safe,
But wreak harsh havoc on the sordid wicked,
Wicked Witch of the West, that twisted
Bitch In blasted gusts of driving rain…
Oh, South Wind, sink that vile campaign!
Cleanse the earth, sky, and Bushes, bad,
Disrupt their fix by fraud enabling chad!
Spare the falcon’s nest, that he soon return,
From his hotel on higher ground sojourn!
Держитесь! Храни вас Господь! (Hold tight! May God protect you! – mod fk)
Saker take care, best wishes for you and your relatives.
Could you do so this hurricane goes farther north, to Washington-New York instead and take away with it all these neocon lunatics?
don’t worry…we will help with a roof raising afterwards if necessary. It is what happens in communities of vineyards.
Sign me up!
K
Stay safe, Saker. God protect you and your family.
Take care and God bless you and your family !
Take care and good luck!
Prayers for you and your family, Saker! I hope your house survives!
May you and your family go with God and may He protect you.
Vayan con Dios todos.
Given latest round of news, perhaps, it would be good idea for all of us to evacuate.
RT: ‘S-300, S-400 air defenses in place’: Russian MoD warns US-led coalition not to strike Syrian army
https://www.rt.com/news/361800-russia-syria-usa-aistrikes/
RAISING THE STAKES: Putin slams US nuke threat with ultimatum
http://www.fort-russ.com/2016/10/raising-stakes-putin-slams-us-nuke.html
UPDATE FROM THE SAKER:
Dear friends,
Thanks for all your kind words. My family and I (including 3 dogs and 2 cats) have all made it into a sturdy hotel outside the storm surge zone. God willing, we should all be safe as we will stay here until Saturday morning. I will try to give signs of life from time to time, but if I don’t, please do not worry as this might be due to a loss of power and Internet.
A big hug to all,
The Saker
May all there be safe when the monster roars through. Personal prayers for you, your family, and home,
Dear Saker,
I am sending positive thoughts and prayers that you and your family are safe.
Thank you so much for all you do for us!
Warm regards,
Steve Guthrie
Best wishes to you and your family – stay safe and good luck! Hope your house pulls through too!
See you on the flip side Saker.
Keeping you and your family in my thoughts. Hopefully the hotel will provide the shelter you need. You should consider relocating in the near future. Global warming and climate change is accelerating and Florida is a bad location under those conditions.
Good luck Saker, be safe!
May God speed You + your’s Saker to safety … Thank you for helping me open my eye’s
May god protect you and all your family.For the rest of the community,please pray it doesn’t make any difference what religion you are in and send the positive vision / visualize positive result, it sounds crazy, but it is working / for the people to survive this monster.
You will be Ok Saker because of your positive energy and inner strenght
Blessings to you and to your family
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I told somebody I thought this image resembled The Grinch of How the Grinch Stole Christmas (the 1966 animated version narrated by Boris Karloff; I do not speak of the others). It’s just the colors that aren’t quite right; imagine it mostly in that light pea-green.
Prayers for the safety of you and yours, Saker. And millions of others.
God Bless you and your family, Saker, and all your neighbours
Pax vobiscum
Stay safe sir. God willing your house will be standing when you get back.
I will ask Thor to slow down the hurricane. Best wishes from Sweden.
keep safe!
May God Almighty protect you and yours and your properties, and all the people living in that side of the US.
Very happy to know you took out four-legged friends with you, big hug to them too.
Take care, keep safe…
in the long term coastal florida may not be the safest place… a recent study seems to show that upto 90% of the excess global warming heat has been going into the ocean… which may be why atmospheric temperatures have not risen faster… warmer oceans mean bigger storms ?
oh boy
‘Monster’ Matthew hits Florida leaving 200,000 without power on first impact: Now 26 MILLION lie in hurricane’s path with states of emergency in three states after thousands REFUSED to evacuate
prayers for everyone affected…………….
All I can do is wish you and all the people around you the Best of Luck and take care.
Be safe!
May the Lord God protect you and your family and your house as well.
From what I am gathering this morning, it could have been worse. The eye of the storm veered off east to the sea, thank God.
Latest reports (1am eastern) show Matthew off Georgia now and at cat 2. So the worst is over. Poor Hati, they really got hammered.