Terrible Weather Heading Your Way.

Mike

Mike

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I read with great dread the amount of dangerous weather
that you are getting, all the floods in Texas and now today
I hear about another storm reckoned to be the worst in ten
years in the Atlantic that is heading for the Caribbean Islands
on its way North.

I hope that nobody here suffers any serious consequences from
the weather.

Stay Safe.

Mike.
 

Thank you Mike. Much appreciate your thoughtful concern. My daughter has a house right on the ocean in North Carolina. She's been paying $$$ to have it completely renovated and it's almost complete...absolutely beautiful. It made it through Hurricane Matthew (category3 I think) but I fear this one will be stronger. So far it is. There's a sand dune between her house and the ocean that protected her last time but a higher surge could wipe the sand dune out. She has insurance for wind damage (not flood but it's on stilts) but this is her baby she has been nurturing for 2 years.

I warned her before she bought it but she said, "Mom, I know the area and have searched the history and while other places are in flood zones this isn't and has been here a long time." As you know, no one listens to Mom.

She also had a vacation planned and booked in Key West to arrive the same day Irma is arriving. That thing is out to get her. She'll get a full refund though. She had blocked her books for appointments (owns her own business) so that's a loss of income but doesn't seem to be bothered that much about that.

Meanwhile, my son is just outside Jacksonville Florida on Neptune Beach there. He doesn't own a house and doesn't have many belongings so not much to lose except his life if he doesn't evacuate....he thinks he's invincible and isn't one to plan ahead. My prayer for him is that he comes out alive but doesn't move back home lol.

:praying: I'm also praying for all the flood victims we had a little inland during Matthew who still haven't recovered completely. Thirteen died.
 
Lara said:
Thank you Mike. Much appreciate your thoughtful concern. My daughter has a house right on the ocean in North Carolina. She's been paying $$$ to have it completely renovated and it's almost complete...absolutely beautiful. It made it through Hurricane Matthew (category3 I think) but I fear this one will be stronger. So far it is. There's a sand dune between her house and the ocean that protected her last time but a higher surge could wipe the sand dune out. She has insurance for wind damage (not flood but it's on stilts) but this is her baby she has been nurturing for 2 years.

I warned her before she bought it but she said, "Mom, I know the area and have searched the history and while other places are in flood zones this isn't and has been here a long time." As you know, no one listens to Mom.

She also had a vacation planned and booked in Key West to arrive the same day Irma is arriving. That thing is out to get her. She'll get a full refund though. She had blocked her books for appointments (owns her own business) so that's a loss of income but doesn't seem to be bothered that much about that.

Meanwhile, my son is just outside Jacksonville Florida on Neptune Beach there. He doesn't own a house and doesn't have many belongings so not much to lose except his life if he doesn't evacuate....he thinks he's invincible and isn't one to plan ahead. My prayer for him is that he comes out alive but doesn't move back home lol.

:praying: I'm also praying for all the flood victims we had a little inland during Matthew who still haven't recovered completely. Thirteen died.
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I'm sure you're very concerned, Lara, with the constant reminders of just how bad it's going to be. Our coast is overdue, but why does it have to be possibly the worst one yet coming our way? I hope your daughter's home and your perhaps overly confident son weather the storm. Please keep us updated.
 

Thank you Katybug. I hope you won't be affected either. I think even the Blue Ridge Mountain towns are concerned.

Correction: 22 died in NC during hurricane Matthew and they are still recovering.
 
This has just been covered in the 6 o'clock news,
it is reported to be the worst storm since 1928
with wind speeds of 186 mph gusting to 230 mph.

stay safe if you can either get out or get boarded
up against it all.

Mike.
 
Lara and all; I pray no lives will be lost!

Lara, to not have bought flood insurance from the government for her home may have been a mistake on your daughter's part. I truly hope she gets away this time, but let's suggest (nag) to her to buy it in the future.
 
My brother and sil live in Miami. My sil and her mother are leaving for the north in the morning as they have reservations finally. Brother has to stay as he is a policeman and they can't leave. He will be assigned to a shelter to protect or to prevent looting. Worried for sil as she has had foot surgery and has not been released from doctor yet. She has a cane but is not supposed to put whole weight on foot. The maintenance folks are coming tomorrow to tear out my carpet and padding in living area so I will see where I go from here.
 
I have friends and a 95 year old great aunt living in FL. This is a scary situation. My friend was going to the caribbean for a vacation on Sept 9. I guess that's off now but better that her trip is called off than to get down there and suffer danger.
 
My son was living in Miami 25 years ago when Andrew came through. He evacuated, when he came back the swimming pool looked like a salad with all the greenery in it. I was down there about a week later and the area looked like they fought a war and lost.

We are watching Irma closely and Jose which is following behind.
 
Mandatory evacuation started at 7 p.m. tonight for the Keys. Of course, there will be the die-hards who refuse to leave. I've spent several vacations in the Keys and let me tell you, if they say to get out of there, I'm out of there. With everything being only a few feet above sea level and only one road in and out, it's best to make tracks.

We're pretty high and dry here, good drainage around us, so I'm not worried about water. The whole thing may miss us, anyway. We had three that went directly over Orlando several years ago and we had no damage at all, except for losing a sapling tree.
 
Shamefully, I cannot stop watching the Weather Channel updates. My sister, on the Georgia coast, is under mandatory evacuation and will head to us in TN early Friday morning. The worst part, so far, is that the gas stations are all out of gas. Unfortunately, the last map I saw has Irma headed right for Chattanooga! We won't get storm surge but we could get heavy winds and rain. We have lots of trees - guess we'll hold our breath!
 
RadishRose said:
Lara and all; I pray no lives will be lost! Lara, to not have bought flood insurance from the government for her home may have been a mistake on your daughter's part. I truly hope she gets away this time, but let's suggest (nag) to her to buy it in the future.
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Thank you, Rose. You might be right but her Beach House is up on stilts (pilings) high enough that she can park a car under there and then there's a big sand dune as high as the stilts between her and the beach. Hurricane Matthew caused a 10' surge and no problems. The car isn't there during hurricanes...and neither is she. She also has an apartment inland.

The main concern is the wind since the house is made of wood. Flood insurance rates are so outrageous that she doesn't want any. Plus she has a boyfriend who is a contractor and builder. Thankfully, Irma's likely current trajectory is a path through the western part of NCarolina and Tennessee...but that could change. She's definitely concerned that high winds could topple the whole house, stilts and all. It hasn't happened in the history of the house though.
 
Manatee said:
My son was living in Miami 25 years ago when Andrew came through. He evacuated, when he came back the swimming pool looked like a salad with all the greenery in it. I was down there about a week later and the area looked like they fought a war and lost.

We are watching Irma closely and Jose which is following behind.
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Be safe Manatee. Hurricane Jose will head out to sea...no worries there
 
My Nephew and his family live on the east coast of Florida, and my brothers family live in Georgia. Hubby's brother and family all live in Florida. Everyone except my Nephew and his family are leaving , but he can't because his job won't let him leave because of an important job they are working on. I told him to leave anyway. Nothing is more important than him and his family.
 
Evacuating is just the first step of a huge problem/headache. You also have to have a place to go and a means to stay for a while. Then there is the aftermath and what you may or may not have to go back to and deal with. This is one of those things in life that go one should have to go through but that isn't the way things always work out. Much thoughts and sympathy for those affected... and special thanks to the emergency folks and responders (FEMA, Red Cross, etc) that put their feet on the ground to help.
 
Lara said:
Thank you, Rose. You might be right but her Beach House is up on stilts (pilings) high enough that she can park a car under there and then there's a big sand dune as high as the stilts between her and the beach. Hurricane Matthew caused a 10' surge and no problems. The car isn't there during hurricanes...and neither is she. She also has an apartment inland.

The main concern is the wind since the house is made of wood. Flood insurance rates are so outrageous that she doesn't want any. Plus she has a boyfriend who is a contractor and builder. Thankfully, Irma's likely current trajectory is a path through the western part of NCarolina and Tennessee...but that could change. She's definitely concerned that high winds could topple the whole house, stilts and all. It hasn't happened in the history of the house though.
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Hey it sounds better Lara- I forgot about the BF who is a contractor/builder. :tickled_pink: Plus the stilts, I agree she'll probably be fine. I hope your son will be too.

My prayers are offered for everyone in the path of Irma!
 
Everyone up here in the North is watching in horror as one monstrous hurricane after the other hammers our Southern States.. Nothing we can do but pray for the safety of everyone.
 
I have a lot of respect for hurricanes as I've seen the aftermath of several large ones. I'm in the Orlando area and we appear to be in the direct path so I know we will feel the effects. Hopefully, it will have weakened as it travels up the peninsula. We're well prepared and live in a solidly built building in a large, well maintained complex so will 'hunker down' and let it pass.

Had I been on either coast, I would have already evacuated.
 
They, the News services, say that it is bigger than France,
this storm, now that is something that I cannot imagine.

Mike.
 
I've got
-a friend in Ocala, FL, up to 100 mph wind gusts expected Sunday,
-an uncle and cousin in Boynton Beach, expected winds up to 110 mph, and
-a cousin in Miami, expected winds up to 130 mph.

Yikes!

I'm pretty sure they've all evacuated or gone to shelters.

I'm looking at pictures of Barbuda on TV. Ninety-five percent of the entire island is destroyed, but everyone evacuated.
 
Unless things change, now the path takes it far enough away from us to spare us the sustained winds. We could have gusts up to 90 mph and are guaranteed some heavy rain.

The west coast of Florida looks like it's going to get the brunt now.

What a mess that will be.
 

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