Hurricane Helene bears down on Florida

Helene is set to barrel ashore as a Category 4 storm after battering the Gulf of Mexico.

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[abvevo]

Stocked up, work is closed, let the block party start.

[AlwaysStormy]

Not really not yet, still waiting.Nothing bearing down on us now.I'm sure it will be, but not yet

[kgraham]

I don’t even like to get my socks wet unexpectedly so FL would not be a state I’d choose to live!! Good luck with all that!!

[adlihkristopher]

Praying for everyone safety in Hurricane 🌀 Helen's path 🙏

[suzibouch-xmyr]

Thanks for this report. This could reshape Florida's coast....

[hankterreros]

Any chance it could go east at Floridas southern tip? Please Helene.

[ColoRADbro]

To be fair, they pretty much say every hurricane these days is the biggest of all time and they hype it up and try to scare you and then it turns out to be a pretty average storm or less than that even.

[brandonmathieson]

You should see how my buddies wife comes bearing down on him if he doesn't buy double cheeseburgers for dinner every night.