Florida preppers bugging out?
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Looking at the North Atlantic right now with 3 hurricanes (Irma, Jose and Katia) is a surreal experience. Irma with sustained 160 knot winds is downright scary...
Jose is a lightweight following Irma, Katia will pound the Eastern Mexican coast. But Irma...:surprise::surprise:
Be safe out there people.
Jose is a lightweight following Irma, Katia will pound the Eastern Mexican coast. But Irma...:surprise::surprise:
Be safe out there people.
Nowhere to bug yet. Like dodgeball; we don't know where to duck to until the ball is thrown. Anyone headed north from way south will run into gasoline problems. They may some gas and drive 200 miles north to find no gas available... My approach is to wait until the track has a lot less prediction error and then jump to one coast or the other to get out of the way. Either that, or stay home and have a good stiff drink...
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Just somewhat back to normal after Harvey. Wish everyone the best that are remotely close to the cone of uncertainty a.k.a. path of ****
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Time to eat my words. Jose is still intensifying and now has an eye. Forecasters say it will become a major hurricane soon. The *good news* is that it should track slightly North of Irma, so it *should* miss Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, but not by much ! And then they forecast a turn to the North and further weakening.
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I lived through 4/5 hurricanes growing up on the Eastern end of Long Island, NY. I remember my Dad and I walking down to the dock as the eye of one of them passed right over us! High velocity winds coming from the south. My Dad held me tight as I felt like I was going to be blown off of the dock! Then, a sudden calm - the eye. Beautiful blue sky; not a cloud. Then bam! High velocity winds out of the north. Surreal. Back then, the Marina would take all of the boats out of the water. The bigger yachts went on a mooring out in the bay, to ride out the storm. We lived on the bay side of LI; not the ocean side, so we were somewhat protected. I still get upset after a storm passes and I see all the pictures of the mangled boats. Don't these people have time to move them? Especially since forecasting is so much better today? OK. I'm done ranting.
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when hurricane Bob came thru MA, way back whenever ('90 something?), Wifey & I sat on the basement steps cuz we wanted to stay away from the water we were getting down there. only a few inches of water which I pumped out the next day. a woman was killed it her car down the street from our house by a falling tree. we were evacuated from a campsite on Cape Cod & should have gone to a local school shelter out there. driving home just north of the storm after they closed the canal bridge behind us was the dumbest thing I ever did. I took 6A cuz 6 was a parking lot. the CB turned into an emergency broadcasting service, that's how I found out the bridge had closed minutes after we crossed it. Wifey packed her side of the 4Runner w pillows & sleeping bags
back in ('84? '85?) Boston had some hurricane pass by? all Boston windows were duct taped with X's. had an apt w girlfriend on Beacon Hill but we separated & I had a new apt in Lynn. she planned a hurricane party & I drove from Lynn to Boston but I was late & my car was hit by a branch. minor damage & I kept going. we all walked around the waterfront in the wind. it was fun but not fun removing the tape from the windows
back in ('84? '85?) Boston had some hurricane pass by? all Boston windows were duct taped with X's. had an apt w girlfriend on Beacon Hill but we separated & I had a new apt in Lynn. she planned a hurricane party & I drove from Lynn to Boston but I was late & my car was hit by a branch. minor damage & I kept going. we all walked around the waterfront in the wind. it was fun but not fun removing the tape from the windows
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I went through 4 hurricanes in my life. Hurricane Iwa (82), Iniki (92), Sandy (12), and Matthew (15). I was only 4 for Iwa and I just cried, Iniki didn't even touch Oahu, but it destroyed Kauai, and I was in Guantanamo bay for Sandy and Matthew. I had a house ratted for CAT V, so I barley even knew the wind was blowing on those.
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still haven't heard from my cuz & 94 yr old Aunt who were staying put in Palm Coast. local news in that area doesn't look bad, just some erosion on A1A I think they call it by Flagler Beach. I'm sure she's poke her head up on facebook when she gets a chance. she has waaaay more ppl than me to check in with. just surprised they stayed considering they have so much family in NY
Hope your okay--have a Niece in Palmetto and she made it okay with just a few limbs down and of course no electric.
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amazing how many have no electric. I think the count got up to 3 million households in Florida? that's this many 3,000,000 and how many ppl avrg in ea home? 3? that's 9,000,000 that can't get on facebook (not to make too much light of a devastating natural disaster, but social networking is an integral part of how we all communicate) also cell coverage is spotty, haven't heard stats on that
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