Wilma - Biggest storm ever

[IronWolf]

Yeah, I will be watching this one closely. I have grandparents that just went back down to Florida for the winter a week or so ago and I have co-worker that works from home down there as well. He was up here in Ohio this week, but headed back early to start the preparations.

 

[Bryon_Soulweaver]

Well, yeah, eventually...

True, we're also late for the next ice age.

 

[Del]

Predictions say it will cross right across the Florida peninsula. If yer a Floridian this is a good time to take that trip to sunny Los Angelos you have been putting off.

 

[DaveMage]

Yeah, I will be watching this one closely. I have grandparents that just went back down to Florida for the winter a week or so ago and I have co-worker that works from home down there as well. He was up here in Ohio this week, but headed back early to start the preparations.

What part of Florida are your grandparents in?

 

[Crothian]

For the Earthquake they are overdue for

 

[IronWolf]

What part of Florida are your grandparents in?

Fort Myers area, a little closer to Estero.

 

[Umbran]

The crappy thing is you can't really plan. Do you go north or south.

If evacuation is in order, you should be planning to evacuate far enough that there's very little chance of being in the way - why not take the wind out of this dilemma by planning to leave the state entirely?

And once you evacute you end up riding out the storm in you car in the parking lot they call I-4.

If this keeps up, I won't be surprised if they learn to start talking about evacuation earlier, so folks have more time to get the heck out of the way. Losing an extra day or two is better than trying to deal with trapped refugees.

 

[DaveMage]

If evacuation is in order, you should be planning to evacuate far enough that there's very little chance of being in the way - why not take the wind out of this dilemma by planning to leave the state entirely?

If this keeps up, I won't be surprised if they learn to start talking about evacuation earlier, so folks have more time to get the heck out of the way. Losing an extra day or two is better than trying to deal with trapped refugees.

The problem with leaving early is that a hurricane can shift dramatically. So if you go to, say, Alabama, you could find the storm changes course, and misses Florida entirely, and pummels Alabama.

Fort Myers area, a little closer to Estero.

Ah. That's, um, not good under the current projected path...
Best of luck to them - I hope the storm changes course.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

I just hope I don't have to evacuate...

I honestly can't remember a time ever having to evacuate here in G'ville. It sure helps being in the center of the state instead of on the coast. Yeah, it can be rough, and it probably will still be if this thing keeps its course, but we had two of the four last year go straight through here.

For some odd reason, I'm not really afraid of hurricanes at all. I know they can be dangerous, but I've lived here in Florida long enough that I know what to do and what not to do.

 

[MrFilthyIke]

For some odd reason, I'm not really afraid of hurricanes at all. I know they can be dangerous, but I've lived here in Florida long enough that I know what to do and what not to do.

I hear ya...life-long born and bred Floridiot here.

After being in Miami during Andrew, most storms have seemed pale (to use a diagloism) by comparison. But I still get the nerves right as they are about to make landfall, heck, might even be a kinda psychological reaction to rembering the sound/sight of house shacking and the wind pulling and pushing so hard on the front door it almost blew off the hinges. We were luck, a few blocks from us it was devestation.

Keep those on the west coast of Florida in your thoughts.