Every Friday, FreightWaves takes a look at the past week or so in social media, highlighting trucking, transportation and weather. This week features a funnel spawned by a wildfire, a trucker who drove his rig into a river and a train honoring the armed forces.
FirenadoA fire whirl popped up in far northern California on June 29 as crews tried to contain a wildfire. Heat produced by wildfires can be so intense it creates a locally strong updraft and rotation, leading to what some call a...
Debris is all along parts of Philips Highway near Bowden Rd. Please avoid the area while crews clear the roadways. Travel with caution! Report significant debris to 904-630-2489 Pictures courtesy JFRD pic.twitter.com/vYHmGlDvv6
— Lenny Curry (@lennycurry) July 7, 2021
Tropical Storm Elsa killed one person and injured several others Wednesday as it moved toward the Georgia-Florida border.
Elsa’s winds toppled a tree onto two cars during the afternoon commute in Jacksonville, Florida, killing...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/tropical-storm-elsa-kills-1-in-florida-injures-several-others
The Coast Guard is continuing port condition Zulu for the ports of Tampa, St. Petersburg, Manatee and Fort Myers as Tropical Storm Elsa glides by Florida’s west coast. The condition was set at midnight Tuesday.
While port condition Zulu is in place, no vessels may enter or transit within these ports without permission from the captain of the port (COTP). Drawbridges in the area may cease operations as early as eight hours prior to the anticipated arrival of sustained gale force winds, or when an...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/port-restrictions-remain-as-elsa-nears-florida-landfall
Tropical Storm Elsa was dumping heavy rain in the Florida Keys Tuesday morning after wreaking havoc in the Caribbean as a Category 1 hurricane over the long holiday weekend.
As of 8 a.m. ET Tuesday, Elsa was centered just 55 miles west of Key West, generating sustained winds of 60 mph with higher gusts. The storm’s forward motion was slowing down, moving toward the northwest at 12 mph. Based on the National Hurricane Center’s latest forecast track, Elsa should move near or over portions of...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/tropical-storm-elsa-closing-in-on-us
After blasting through the eastern Caribbean over the weekend, killing at least three people, Tropical Storm Elsa was nearing landfall in western Cuba as of Monday morning.
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As of 8 a.m. EDT on Monday, Elsa’s sustained winds were 65 mph, with higher gusts. The storm could become stronger just prior to landfall in Cuba late Monday morning or early afternoon. However, it’s unlikely Elsa will become a hurricane again.
Afte...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/tropical-storm-elsa-approaching-us
Elsa has weakened back to a tropical storm, but not before killing at least three people in the Caribbean.
One death was reported in St. Lucia, according to the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency. Meanwhile, a 15-year-old boy and a 75-year-old woman died Saturday in separate events in the Dominican Republic after walls collapsed on them, according to a statement from the Emergency Operations Center.
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The...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/deadly-tropical-storm-elsa-heading-toward-mainland-us
Tropical Storm Elsa quickly developed late Wednesday night as it moved slowly across the western Atlantic. It’s making a beeline for the Caribbean, possibly followed by southern Florida.
As of 5 a.m. EDT Thursday, Elsa was a low-end tropical storm, centered about 865 miles southeast of the Windward Islands and producing maximum sustained winds of 40 mph. Winds have to be 39 mph to qualify as a tropical storm.
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/tropical-storm-elsa-to-lash-caribbean-islands