Hurricane Sally
In recent news, Hurricane Sally is threatening to be a historic rainfall event. As of right now, Hurricane Sally is currently in Gulfport, Mississippi. It is predicted to pound parts of the US Gulf Coast with rain for another day. Once it makes landfall, there will be a great amount of fear raised. This Hurricane will lead to excessive flooding in many parts of the US. Excessive flooding is now predicted to affect areas of coastal Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. Senior, Allison Brown stated, “This could be a historic Hurricane, affecting many people in our country.”
When we begin to follow the rain and wind models, you can see that the center of Sally is a Category 1 storm with its highest winds at about 85 miles per an hour. Hurricane Sally was slowly moving over the Gulf of Mexico and toward coastal mississippi. Hurricane Sally was moving over from the Gulf of Mexico to Mississippi at the slow rate of 2 miles per an hour. It is said that it will take a lot of time for it to eventually strike these areas. As Hurricanes move over states, it takes awhile for them to move over land. However, the outer bands of Hurricane Sally already began striking parts of coastal Alabama and the Florida Panhandle.
Hurricane Sally has many warnings for residents in this area. There is currently a life-threatening storm surge with predicted flooding of 6 to 9 feet from coastal Mississippi to mobile Alabama and up to 7 feet in coastal Alabama. Many residents are trying to get ready for this storm because no one knows what to expect at this point. Senior, Ciana Massaria stated that, “Many residents are racing to the grocery stores probably not knowing what to do and how to prepare.” It is predicted that there will be around 10 to 30 inches of rain by the end of the storm in areas of southeastern Mississippi, Southern Alabama and the western Florida Panhandle. Senior, Maya Salzman said “Flash flooding is also probably possible in areas that are even inland.” which is true it is predicted that Flash flooding will occur in parts of inland Alabama, Georgia and south Carolina. Forecasters are even saying that Tornadoes will be possible in parts of Alabama and the Florida Panhandle.
As of right now, the only thing residents can do is just be prepared. Many residents just want it to come and go. I guess they will just have to wait it out and see if it will be as bad as what the news is saying.