Hurricane Irma

This one looks like might be much much worse than "another bad hurricane".  This one could be the worst hurricane in a few hundred years.  

50 foot waves and 140 mph winds?  Crazy!  Stay safe and here's hoping it dies out at sea

Stay safe TPM. Glad it's not heading to TX, but wouldn't wish that on anyone. My wife's 87 yr old grandmother lives in Ocala, hoping it doesn't go her way.

TPM posted:

Hard to believe that another bad hurricane is about to hit the US.

Unfortunately I reside in southeast Florida, so we are expecting some really bad weather. We began preparing over the weekend, as has  THE ENTIRE STATE OF FLORIDA. Evacuation of the Keys is mandatory, as there is only ONE road in and out. We are hoping for the best.

If you live in Florida, or any of the bordering states be prepared! 

Please take action and don't wait till it's too late.  This is serious nasty stuff.  I'm hoping it dies down some before hit hit's Florida, but it's not looking good at this point.  So, I'm really hoping you and your family there will be safe and dry . . .as well as all those in the target area too.  

BEST wishes and good luck.

We live outside of Orlando!!  Fortunately we have a safe room with backup generator and have stock piled loads of stuff just in case.  The previous owners built the safe room after a hurricane in 05 which took off roof and lots of major damage.  Hope all are safe! Say prayers!!  Just had daughter's wedding and luckily their honeymoon is in Belize not the Caribbean.

Good luck TPM, I feel for you lived there a few years and went through Andrew and others.  Not a pleasant experience. Hope for the best and prepare for worst.  Stock up on plenty wine.

Stay safe TPM, i hope the family stays safe and Irma slows a bit before landfall in Florida. 

Good luck TPM and stay safe. If it starts getting crazy, don't hesitate to evacuate. Hopefully, Irma loses strength before making landfall.

I am praying for safety for all those in Irma's path. Hard to believe back to back disasters. Property will be lost, but that can be replaced, lives cannot. My thoughts and prayers will be with you TPM. Stay safe. 

Barb, you know you & family are in my prayers! Please stay safe!! You've got experience with these things...gonna be fine! I'll try to pm you in a few days...

We've made some progress...power poles went up on my road yesterday, so maybe elec by the 12th...Sewer leaks, so no septic...no timeline yet...

Take care, Florida posters!! Texans are with you!

fenway, floridafan, others, ya'll check in, please!

PlayWithEffort posted:

Good luck TPM and stay safe. If it starts getting crazy, don't hesitate to evacuate. Hopefully, Irma loses strength before making landfall.

 

It doesn't work like that.  You evacuate early, or you stay in place.  

TPM and the rest of my FL friends, please stay safe!  I lived through a CAT 4 direct hit (Ivan in Pensacola) and I swore I would never ride out another hurricane again.  For those of you that are not going to evacuate, regardless of where the storm hits, please be safe. 

Stay safe TPM. Living in the Carolinas I have never gotten used to these things. The constant roar, the wind making it feel like the house is about to explode, the rain that is just ridiculous. Fran was the worst one I went through. We had no power for 9 days. Trees down everywhere. This one is going to be very bad it appears. Please pray for everyone that will affected by this storm. The flooding and wind damage has the potential to be enormous. I have found myself praying it will go left only to feel guilty that this will result in others suffering. I just pray for those that will be impacted and hope everyone is safe.

Went out at 1 AM to gas up the wife's van and still waited in line for half an hour...

Probably going to send her and the youngest north tomorrow. Either Orlando or Knoxville depending on how things are looking.  

The company I work for handles deliveries of emergency supplies to Home Depot, so we are going to be operating as long as possible to keep the stores stocked.  That means the older kid and myself will be here until at least late Friday to close up and secure the facility. His girlfriend's father has a well fortified and equipped house, so we may hunker down there. Our house is surrounded by large oak trees, which aren't designed to deal with hurricanes...

On the plus side, the giant lifted truck / redneck-mobile my son drives will come in handy for navigating the debris covered post-storm streets.

If anyone can take on a hurricane it's TPM.... seriously, thinking of you guys last night watching the weather... be safe..

Rob T posted:

On the plus side, the giant lifted truck / redneck-mobile my son drives will come in handy for navigating the debris covered post-storm streets.

#Merica

Add me to the list of those praying for everyone in Irma's path.  Looks to be a monster.

Shoveit4Ks posted:

Rob T posted:

On the plus side, the giant lifted truck / redneck-mobile my son drives will come in handy for navigating the debris covered post-storm streets.

#Merica

Seven and a half feet of pure mud covered patriotism.

TPM, Rob T and our other Florida families...  I'm praying for you folks and your loved ones. 

Good luck to all in FL.  My mom lives in Clermont.  Normally they just sit out the Hurricanes as they are far enough inland to not worry too much about them.  They have plans to head out of FL for this one if the path keeps heading towards them.  No safe room, and a house with lots of glass.

Best of luck, TPM.

Rob, we have one of those, Ford 150 edition!

I do have to admit, it's starting to get a little scary. Both Rob and I live in the same county, Broward, he is closer to Miami in Dade County  I am closer to Boca Raton in Palm Beach County. The name of my city is Coconut Creek. We live in a suburb of Pompano Beach.

I live about 8-10 miles inland, and not in a flood zone. In 40 years have only been through one bad hurricane, Wilma. It wasn't pleasant.

The problem is that at this point, no one really knows where Irma will come,  a large part of this unless one leaves now or tomorrow morning is that the cone is all of Floridz, you could get caught in the storm, as it takes 7 hours from here to leave the state. Then there is the gas factor. All 67 counties are preparing for the storm. 

We are praying that the eye of the storm, doesn't hit south Florida.

Until we know further we will remain home, but have the option to go to daughters who is farther southwest in Davie. They have a huge home, generators, and lots of room.

Thank you all. Keep all of Florida in your prayers.

Florida State Fan posted:

Good luck TPM, I feel for you lived there a few years and went through Andrew and others.  Not a pleasant experience. Hope for the best and prepare for worst.  Stock up on plenty wine.

Wine all covered!

Good luck to those in Florida. 

TPM, prayers for you & Paul and family. Yes, once you reach a certain point, you just have to stay and hope for the best. We will all be anxious for you and hopefully Irma will continue to move more and more eastward, way off the coast.

RFF

TPM posted:

Rob, we have one of those, Ford 150 edition!

I do have to admit, it's starting to get a little scary. Both Rob and I live in the same county, Broward, he is closer to Miami in Dade County  I am closer to Boca Raton in Palm Beach County. The name of my city is Coconut Creek. We live in a suburb of Pompano Beach.

I live about 8-10 miles inland, and not in a flood zone. In 40 years have only been through one bad hurricane, Wilma. It wasn't pleasant.

The problem is that at this point, no one really knows where Irma will come,  a large part of this unless one leaves now or tomorrow morning is that the cone is all of Floridz, you could get caught in the storm, as it takes 7 hours from here to leave the state. Then there is the gas factor. All 67 counties are preparing for the storm. 

We are praying that the eye of the storm, doesn't hit south Florida.

Until we know further we will remain home, but have the option to go to daughters who is farther southwest in Davie. They have a huge home, generators, and lots of room.

Thank you all. Keep all of Florida in your prayers.

 

We chose to stay for Harvey.  Would rather deal with dangers I know than dangers I can't see that could come from evacuating.  You lose control once evacuating.

The worst that could have happened where I live is to have the ground floor flooded, lose power/water/sewer and have to live upstairs in a flooded house for a week.  With four people, two dogs, a cat and a guinea pig.  Miserable.

The worst that could have happened evacuating is to stuck in standstill traffic, flooded at roadside, rescued (or drowned), put into a shelter and not being allowed to leave for a couple weeks.  With the same four people, two dogs, cat, guinea pig.

Every situation is different.

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TPM, Rob T and all others who live in South Florida, our thoughts and prayers are with you all. 

It's not the flooding but the winds and where the eye will come through. The eye wall is the killer. Right now they have the eye passing by our area, so we would have to relocate.

Please be safe!

Be safe all. You are all in my prayers. Good luck.

While checking on updates for elec & water, I came by this on our Rockport/ Fulton Living fb page...hope it will bring a momentary smile to our Fla Folks as they try dodging this next punch out! Everyone Stay SAFE! Please evacuate!

Looks like it shifted again....if the Traffic in Atlanta is unreal with multiple Florida tags I can't imagine what the roads are like in Florida.

Stay safe all.

CaCO3Girl posted:

Looks like it shifted again....if the Traffic in Atlanta is unreal with multiple Florida tags I can't imagine what the roads are like in Florida.

Stay safe all.

My sister left Orlando with 4 kids and two dogs last night at 2:00AM headed to Atlanta where dad was for work, and they haven't gotten out of the state yet (8 hours) and counting.  Now looking like they probably should have stayed put. 

CaCO3Girl posted:

Looks like it shifted again....if the Traffic in Atlanta is unreal with multiple Florida tags I can't imagine what the roads are like in Florida.

Stay safe all.

Atlanta traffic was crazy this afternoon.  Lots of FL tags.

Who's on First? posted:

CaCO3Girl posted:

Looks like it shifted again....if the Traffic in Atlanta is unreal with multiple Florida tags I can't imagine what the roads are like in Florida.

Stay safe all.

Atlanta traffic was crazy this afternoon.  Lots of FL tags.

I'd say 20% FL, 5% TN, and a whole lot more tractor trailers than usual.

Sending out good thoughts and prayers for the safety of everyone in Florida. 

Uggh. Looks like they are now considering an evacuation order for the entire state - 20 million people. It would be like ordering an evacuation of Austria and Switzerland combined.

Goblue33 posted:

CaCO3Girl posted:

Looks like it shifted again....if the Traffic in Atlanta is unreal with multiple Florida tags I can't imagine what the roads are like in Florida.

Stay safe all.

My sister left Orlando with 4 kids and two dogs last night at 2:00AM headed to Atlanta where dad was for work, and they haven't gotten out of the state yet (8 hours) and counting.  Now looking like they probably should have stayed put. 

uggg.  my mon is leaving orlando area tonight around 2am heading to macon.  hopefully that gives them enough time.

I'm one of the crazy people that deal with Atlanta area traffic everyday and it's been insane the last day or so... I haven't minded it ONE bit as I'm seeing many Florida plates which tells me a lot of our neighbors have gotten out of IRMA's way! My normal 20-30 minute evening commute was pushing 2 hours tonight and again, I had no problem with it as I saw so many Florida plates sitting in it with me. Stay safe everyone that is involved with this monster! 

The storm track has shifted way west. The biggest damage will be the storm surge on the coastal areas, probably the Keys will suffer the most.

As far as the entire state evacuating, those orders were for coastal areas and mobile homes.  The more our Governor put on a show, the more money, gas, supplies he received from FEMA. While most of us floridians prepare, officials know how to induce panic.  No our homes are not going to look like those of the Carribean after the storm.

Cat 4 will be tough, we may lose power, but I personally don't think this storm will be catastrophic. People in low lying areas in homes did not have to flee the state.  

Thank you all for you concerns. We are safe, in good company.