Here we go again (another hurricane)

John cycling said:
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As the saying goes ..
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Hi everybody,
Just checking in. How are my Floridian friends?
I have to say it was pretty spooky and long. We had winds of 80 mph. We got a lot of rain.
Spent the day cleaning up and helping neighbors. Power was restored around 8 am. We have a whole house generator so that was OK for us but not for my neighbors.
Internet and cable TV are out. (A big tree fell onto and destroyed the cabinet that distributes the service to the community.)
A few of my neighbors lost quite a lot of shingles and some trees are down. The community needs a lot of work.
 
For those people that have insurance, they now how to deal with renovators that may or many not be honest. This happens after major fires too. The con artists come out in droves.

Has there been any looting or are people looking out for each other. The emergency services will be in overload.
 
And before it hit, the governor and pretty much every county sheriff was on TV saying that folks were literally taking their life into their own hands if they tried looting. Neither law enforcement or well armed homeowners would stand for it.

By the way, we're ok. It got pretty intense overnight when the worst of the storm hit. I've been in tropical storms before, but nothing like this. Thankfully, Florida has some pretty strong building codes with regard to withstanding hurricane force winds. Our house escaped damage, but some in our community did not.
 
HermitHogan said:
I read somewhere that the warming of the water in the Gulf is affecting the Gulf Stream and thus, affecting the weather in Great Britain.
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Over here in Northern California the Pacific Ocean is cold. No hurricanes or tornadoes. Of course we do get earthquakes which can be pretty destructive. Nothing really significant for quite awhile, fingers crossed.
 
Dr. Jekyll said:
And before it hit, the governor and pretty much every county sheriff was on TV saying that folks were literally taking their life into their own hands if they tried looting. Neither law enforcement or well armed homeowners would stand for it.

By the way, we're ok. It got pretty intense overnight when the worst of the storm hit. I've been in tropical storms before, but nothing like this. Thankfully, Florida has some pretty strong building codes with regard to withstanding hurricane force winds. Our house escaped damage, but some in our community did not.
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Glad you're okay!
 
JustBonee said:
Thinking past this storm and all of the state’s damage…. what happens next could be worse.

Insurance providers have been pulling out of the state for a while now, that’s not news, but when coverage dries up … then what?
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I had full coverage when Katrina hit. I'm 3/4 mile from the beach, but our house didn't suffer catastrophic damage. Still, the insurance adjuster was out to our place in a few days, and was very liberal with writing a check for damage.

But after Katrina, no insurance carriers would write wind insurance for homeowner's policies any longer. Fire, theft, etc. were still covered. That was almost 20 years ago, and I think some companies have started writing wind insurance again in the past year or so.

Here's what gripes my butt. People in the danger zones could still get hurricane insurance through "government" programs. That means that the taxpayers are liable for that risk. That's wrong. If people, myself included, want to live in a hurricane zone, and no private insurance is available, they should have to assume their own risk. The taxpayer should not be on the hook for their choice to live in danger.
 
We've spent the last two mornings out raking and gathering. Just the usual fallout from our massive oaks after a hurricane. Between the Spanish moss and the twigs, it looks like a giant Salad Shooter went through.

The only casualty was my Mexican Sunflower bush, which I've been nursing along from a small branch stuck in the ground last year. It got 12' tall and "leggy" too fast and most of the trunks snapped off at the base. Oh, well, that's nature....the weak go first.
 
GP44 said:
They announced on the news the other day that FEMA was running out of funds for future disasters.
What happened to America first?
Makes you wonder why we don’t have a few hundred billions to help out Americans..
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When you assume role of policing the entire world, then it is going to cost you.
 
jujube said:
We've spent the last two mornings out raking and gathering. Just the usual fallout from our massive oaks after a hurricane. Between the Spanish moss and the twigs, it looks like a giant Salad Shooter went through.

The only casualty was my Mexican Sunflower bush, which I've been nursing along from a small branch stuck in the ground last year. It got 12' tall and "leggy" too fast and most of the trunks snapped off at the base. Oh, well, that's nature....the weak go first.
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Glad you are all OK!
 
We've been having warm days (80's) but cool overnight lows (50's) and the water temp in the Gulf around here is down to 74. That's 10 degrees less than when Helene hit so I'm feeling like the Hurricane season might be over.
 
Trade said:
We've been having warm days (80's) but cool overnight lows (50's) and the water temp in the Gulf around here is down to 74. That's 10 degrees less than when Helene hit so I'm feeling like the Hurricane season might be over.
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I would advise a bit of caution. While it is not unusual for the GFS modeling to see something 10~15 days off, then the next model show nothing... It has currently modeled a hurricane for 6 straight runs around the 5th or 6th. Just waiting for the current model to complete, to see if 7 straight, or... disappear.
 
Harry Le Hermit said:
I would advise a bit of caution. While it is not unusual for the GFS modeling to see something 10~15 days off, then the next model show nothing... It has currently modeled a hurricane for 6 straight runs around the 5th or 6th. Just waiting for the current model to complete, to see if 7 straight, or... disappear.
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It didn't disappear, but did shift direction, to Western Cuba, then out to sea, and then back into Mid-Cuba, then back out to sea. Maybe it will completely disappear in the next few runs.
 
Trade said:
We've been having warm days (80's) but cool overnight lows (50's) and the water temp in the Gulf around here is down to 74. That's 10 degrees less than when Helene hit so I'm feeling like the Hurricane season might be over.
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Since that initial cool spell we have been having unseasonably warm weather and the water temp is back up to 76. And now there is another storm brewing. :mad:

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Trade said:
Since that initial cool spell we have been having unseasonably warm weather and the water temp is back up to 76. And now there is another storm brewing. :mad:
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Looks like Louisiana might be the target, although the forecast hints at possibly less than T.S. winds by landfall. However, this is part of the Refinery coast, so fill up now, imo.
 

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