Storm / Hurricane Milton - Florida
Discussion
I can't see any specific topic on this one just yet.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crl8e084r9yo
It must be an odd feeling to have these days of preparation leading up to a natural disaster, constantly getting news updates etc to figure out if it's reducing in scale. Deciding where to evacuate to (or whether to evacuate), thinking about how to protect your house, what to take etc.
Given the last one was only a couple of weeks ago I hope everyone's listened to the advice and got the hell out of Dodge and that the damage isn't too serious.
Stay safe to any of our Florida based PHers!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crl8e084r9yo
It must be an odd feeling to have these days of preparation leading up to a natural disaster, constantly getting news updates etc to figure out if it's reducing in scale. Deciding where to evacuate to (or whether to evacuate), thinking about how to protect your house, what to take etc.
Given the last one was only a couple of weeks ago I hope everyone's listened to the advice and got the hell out of Dodge and that the damage isn't too serious.
Stay safe to any of our Florida based PHers!
Mannginger said:
I can't see any specific topic on this one just yet.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crl8e084r9yo
It must be an odd feeling to have these days of preparation leading up to a natural disaster, constantly getting news updates etc to figure out if it's reducing in scale. Deciding where to evacuate to (or whether to evacuate), thinking about how to protect your house, what to take etc.
Given the last one was only a couple of weeks ago I hope everyone's listened to the advice and got the hell out of Dodge and that the damage isn't too serious.
Stay safe to any of our Florida based PHers!
I think everyone is going up north, must be absolute hell on earth. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crl8e084r9yo
It must be an odd feeling to have these days of preparation leading up to a natural disaster, constantly getting news updates etc to figure out if it's reducing in scale. Deciding where to evacuate to (or whether to evacuate), thinking about how to protect your house, what to take etc.
Given the last one was only a couple of weeks ago I hope everyone's listened to the advice and got the hell out of Dodge and that the damage isn't too serious.
Stay safe to any of our Florida based PHers!
Florida is a lovely place, but do they now need to accept it just isn't fit for as much civilisation as it currently has?
I noticed NHC https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ decided to implement a fancy google maps overlay for the latest hurricanes yesterday right in the middle of a crisis event! It was horrendously slow. (Now reverted to old version)
For the past 7 years we have been going to Venice FL early October, we’ve since given up on October as there have been major issues pretty much every year we went
We have cousins and a 90 year old Auntie there, cousins have fled to to Georgia but Auntie has just gone next door to a neighbour……….
They are just recovering from the last storm, which dumped sand and water everywhere, this one is really going to hurt I fear
We have cousins and a 90 year old Auntie there, cousins have fled to to Georgia but Auntie has just gone next door to a neighbour……….
They are just recovering from the last storm, which dumped sand and water everywhere, this one is really going to hurt I fear
MOBB said:
Biker 1 said:
I have relatives in the Tampa Bay area. They reckon the media are overreacting as ever, but I'm not so sure - looks potentially catastrophic if the forecasters are correct.
Yes every major storm and it’s “curtains for Tampa”, but this one looks odds on for them :-(The one last week ripped shingles off the neighbours roof, took down some fences.
I used to live in the area, so have alot of friends there, most are staying put, some have storm shelters, I know of only one family who have left. They have a very different view on big storms than us. And looking it a very real problem, so they like to protect their homes and risk it. Not sure i would be staying put tho.
It does look bad for them tho, i wish everyone the best.
It does look bad for them tho, i wish everyone the best.
MOBB said:
Biker 1 said:
I have relatives in the Tampa Bay area. They reckon the media are overreacting as ever, but I'm not so sure - looks potentially catastrophic if the forecasters are correct.
Yes every major storm and it’s “curtains for Tampa”, but this one looks odds on for them :-(I watched a news report earlier of a family in North Carolina who lost 11 members in a mud slide during the last storm a few weeks ago.
J6542 said:
Latest models have it hitting further south and weakening as it hits the coast, They are still going to be hit with a huge amount of rainfall. Up to 18 inches as well as storm surge...
Urgh, Sanibel and Captiva are in the firing lane again. They were battered two (?) years ago. I've had many a happy holiday down there.sugerbear said:
ChocolateFrog said:
The hospital has been there since the 1920's. vaud said:
They've spent $1m on a 15ft surge wall around the hospital - so here's hoping the prediction of 20ft is lower than that. https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGdJEPAL9/
J6542 said:
That’s when they last received a direct hit from a major hurricane. Hopefully the storm will hit a fair bit south of Tampa. Which will be still bad for the people on the coast. But the part of central Florida it will cross is mostly empty instead of it crossing the I4 corridor
Yep, once in a century hurricane ... just a shame its come 2 weeks after an already pretty bad one!Andeh1 said:
Makes you wonder what getting home insurance must be like for a beach front house there!
A 50% chance if it getting obliterated every year. Then again they're only made out of sheet wood and stick frames, so hardly built to last....
I've often wondered why don't they build more substantial buildings.A 50% chance if it getting obliterated every year. Then again they're only made out of sheet wood and stick frames, so hardly built to last....
Is it just a case of anything will be flattened so it's best to make it easier to replace?
Otispunkmeyer said:
Yep, once in a century hurricane ... just a shame its come 2 weeks after an already pretty bad one!
I've been thinking about this - what's better - 2 years after when you've just finished rebuilding, or 2 weeks after when you already had it facing you? Neither is obviously the preferred option.This one looks terrible - I have such fond childhood memories of that area so am praying it calms before it hits landfall.
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