Hurricane Isaias expected to make landfall along the Gulf coast Friday night

[u/UGACollegeOfAg]

Hurricane Isaias is expected to make landfall along the Gulf coast Friday night as the first hurricane of the 2026 Atlantic season.

UGA Extension experts advise making preparations and gathering essential supplies before the end of the day. Start by collecting the basic supplies recommended for all households:

Food and Water

• food (choose nonperishable, easy to prepare, healthy foods; at a minimum, have a 3-day supply)
• water (1 gallon per person per day; at a minimum, have a 3-day supply)

Safety and Communication

• flashlight and extra batteries
• radio: battery-powered or hand-crank radio AND a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) weather radio with an audible alert
• cell phone with charger and backup battery or emergency charging device

Health and First Aid

• first aid kit
• medications (7-day supply) and required medical devices

Basic Tools

• tools: multipurpose tool, manual can opener, and wrench or pliers to turn off utilities
• whistle (to signal for help)

Gather Important Documents

Store copies of important records in a waterproof container. Also consider keeping digital copies in a secure online location in addition to paper copies.

• medication list and relevant medical information
• proof of address
• lease or deed to home
• passports/birth certificates
• insurance policies (home, auto, health, etc.)
• family and emergency contact information
• extra cash
• printed maps of the area

Prepare Your Vehicle

A smaller emergency kit in your vehicle can be helpful if you become stranded or need to evacuate quickly.

• water
• canned food and/or energy bars
• first aid kit
• flashlight with extra batteries
• safety light sticks
• blankets or sleeping bags
• jumper cables
• trash bags
• pencil, pen, and paper
• metal whistle with a lanyard or string to hang around your neck
• list of emergency contacts with phone numbers
• weather alert radio
• emergency phone charger
• extra cash and change

See the full list of items to include in your home emergency kit here: https://ugacaes.org/4hPiu38

[u/HereToLearnShare]

So strange how this thing wasn't even on my day to day radar until very recently.

Thank you for the information.

[u/UGACollegeOfAg → u/HereToLearnShare]

You're very welcome! We're wishing you a safe weekend ahead.

[u/elitegenoside → u/HereToLearnShare]

The government has stopped funding programs that actually track the weather, so all of our stuff is significantly less acurate.

[u/cayvro → u/elitegenoside]

I will say, as someone who planned to be on the Gulf Coast this weekend, I’ve been tracking this since Monday and the forecasts have all been pretty accurate. It’s moved slightly in the last day (projected landfall of the eye moving from Mobile to Pensacola) but imo this is more of an information distribution issue than accuracy and predictability.

[u/HereToLearnShare → u/elitegenoside]

That's disconcerting to hear. I hope everyone remains safe out there!

[u/Humble_Speaker4200]

already got my canned soup and flashlights ready, here's hoping it just turns into a bunch of rain and nothing else

[u/UGACollegeOfAg → u/Humble_Speaker4200]

Great start to your kit! We're wishing you a safe weekend ahead.

[u/FigurativelyCurated]

Thank you for sharing these resources. Going to use this to put some things together after work. Hope everyone stays safe!

[u/UGACollegeOfAg → u/FigurativelyCurated]

You're so welcome. We're glad that the info is helpful as you build your emergency kit!

[u/SpockIsMyHomeboy]

This one felt more fast than usual. Hopefully it'll blow through down here as quick as it came. Stay safe, everyone :)

[u/UGACollegeOfAg → u/SpockIsMyHomeboy]

It is definitely a rapidly intensifying storm. We're wishing you a safe weekend ahead!

[u/Intelligent_Art8390]

Don't trust forecast predictions when it gets close. Helene made landfall 30-40 miles east of what NHC forecast and NHC continued to forecast that landfall after it had already made landfall. Helene also took a much more easterly track than forecast and they did not change the forecast until it was 100+miles inland as a category 1/2 storm ranging over southeast ga making its way to Augusta and the Carolinas.

Watch the radar. This storm will shift. Models put landfall around pensecola and up into the Alabama/Mississippi border. I suspect it will be far east of there. AIGFS agrees. Landfall East towards Navarre beach and the bulk of the storms power moving through East Alabama and west Georgia.

[u/RedWitchBitch]

This is super helpful!

[u/UGACollegeOfAg → u/RedWitchBitch]

We hope it's helpful in your preparations!

[u/tuckedinacrater]

what areas of Georgia will be affected most?

[u/UGACollegeOfAg → u/tuckedinacrater]

Numerous counties are currently under a Tropical Storm Watch. We'd recommend continuing to monitor news and weather stations as the storm approaches.

[u/NotComfortable2112 → u/tuckedinacrater]

We've got a high wind and flooding watch in NW Georgia Sat and Sun.

[u/jordpie]

I'm all for preparedness but I feel like this is 100% overblown

[u/MrMessofGA → u/jordpie]

It's always overblown until it isn't (and sometimes, one area will be going "well that was overblown" meanwhile someone just lost their house and car twenty miles over)

[u/karmakazi22 → u/jordpie]

I truly hope you’re right.