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Post by Waffle on Sept 9, 2017 9:03:39 GMT -5
We decided this morning to evacuate this evening and stay with family in SC. What part of Florida are you in?
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Post by zibazinski on Sept 9, 2017 9:10:20 GMT -5
I'm thinking as well. I might go to Cheval.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2017 9:20:07 GMT -5
My theory is the more people that get the hell out of Dodge, the greater the odds it will be all for nothing and this will not end up being as bad as they thought.
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Post by Cheesy FL-Vol on Sept 9, 2017 9:32:45 GMT -5
We decided this morning to evacuate this evening and stay with family in SC. What part of Florida are you in? We are about 30 or so miles NW. Of Tampa. Roughly 5 miles inland from the Gulf. If the storm keeps shifting west before it turns north, we may not need to leave, so still wait and see. We will be packed up and ready to go though if we do need to go.
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Post by zibazinski on Sept 9, 2017 10:04:13 GMT -5
I'm off Bayshore in a mandatory evacuation. I may go to Cheval tomorrow. Car is ready. Bag is ready.
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Post by Jaguar on Sept 9, 2017 10:06:20 GMT -5
I'm going to start a YMAM off topic Irma sign in thread sometime tonight, so peeps will know who is safe and has posted.
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Post by Spellbound454 on Sept 9, 2017 10:25:31 GMT -5
Just heard that Irma has gone to a 3..... but it may pick up speed when it hits the water. Hope you are are all ok Can't understand how calm everyone seems to be.... but then I have never seen a hurricane.
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Post by justme on Sept 9, 2017 10:25:59 GMT -5
I'm off Bayshore in a mandatory evacuation. I may go to Cheval tomorrow. Car is ready. Bag is ready. Isn't tomorrow too late? Maybe if you don't have bridges to go over. My friend left st Pete this morning at 4am heading north.
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Post by Jaguar on Sept 9, 2017 10:30:20 GMT -5
I was in the aftermath of one hurricane when I was a kid. My brother and sister had to come find me, and we all got caught in it. Fun times, NOT!
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Post by justme on Sept 9, 2017 10:30:31 GMT -5
Just heard that Irma has gone to a 3..... but it may pick up speed when it hits the water. Hope you are are all ok Can't understand how calm everyone seems to be.... but then I have never seen a hurricane. It's like people that have been in a lot of blizzards are calm about them coming. You're just used to it. If you watch the news about it, the path has been changing so much. Which is why usually Floridians don't lose their shit until 24-48 hours before it hits. I went from direct hit, to weak side of the storm, to direct hit, to now almost 100 miles east of it. Still in the cone of uncertainty though.
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Post by Lizard Queen on Sept 9, 2017 10:41:14 GMT -5
I don't know if you can really compare it to a blizzard. Blizzards: never lost power, never experienced any damage, never had to evacuate, never had to put anything over the windows to protect them. Did have some spotty internet service from one once. (I actually drove into work because of that, as I wanted to order something online. ) Did have lots of snow to shovel afterward. Occasionally, the weight of snow will cause a roof to cave. That doesn't seem to happen very often, either. My area had straight line winds in '98. That was waaaay more damage than any blizzard ever caused here. Of course, we never got feet of snow like, maybe, Buffalo Ny or something.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Sept 9, 2017 10:50:17 GMT -5
Just heard that Irma has gone to a 3..... but it may pick up speed when it hits the water. Hope you are are all ok Can't understand how calm everyone seems to be.... but then I have never seen a hurricane. It's like people that have been in a lot of blizzards are calm about them coming. You're just used to it. If you watch the news about it, the path has been changing so much. Which is why usually Floridians don't lose their shit until 24-48 hours before it hits. I went from direct hit, to weak side of the storm, to direct hit, to now almost 100 miles east of it. Still in the cone of uncertainty though. Same here in terms of location. And we realize that panic is not the order of the day. If you panic, you lose focus. Nothing works if you panic. Besides, Jim Cantore and Stephanie Abrams are in town, and doing it for us. Cantore looked at the camera at about 6 a.m. this morning and declared: "WE ARE ON THE PRECIPICE OF THE STORM!"
I was kinda hoping for a wind gust to toss him over the edge of the causeway he was standing on. But it was still too early. Not to hurt him; just for dramatic effect.
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Post by justme on Sept 9, 2017 10:52:01 GMT -5
I don't know if you can really compare it to a blizzard. Blizzards: never lost power, never experienced any damage, never had to evacuate, never had to put anything over the windows to protect them. Did have some spotty internet service from one once. (I actually drove into work because of that, as I wanted to order something online. ) Did have lots of snow to shovel afterward. Occasionally, the weight of snow will cause a roof to cave. That doesn't seem to happen very often, either. My area had straight line winds in '98. That was waaaay more damage than any blizzard ever caused here. Of course, we never got feet of snow like, maybe, Buffalo Ny or something. Hmm I swear I would hear on news about losing power and our power trucks heading north to help with blizzards.
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Post by justme on Sept 9, 2017 10:53:11 GMT -5
Though I will say I didn't realize how long it takes big quantities of water to freeze. Stuff I put in last night is still not fully frozen close to 10 hours later.
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Post by Tiny on Sept 9, 2017 11:07:51 GMT -5
What part of Florida are you in? We are about 30 or so miles NW. Of Tampa. Roughly 5 miles inland from the Gulf. If the storm keeps shifting west before it turns north, we may not need to leave, so still wait and see. We will be packed up and ready to go though if we do need to go. even my 'stupid' brother has gotten prepared to evacuate with his little dog (I believe he's found a crate/bag to put her in- it also appears she's wearing her "dog life preserver" from their boating days).
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Post by Tiny on Sept 9, 2017 11:09:31 GMT -5
The thing with this storm is that it's really BIG. The area with the hurricane level winds is miles and miles wide - with more miles of high winds. It's going to effect a very wide swath of Florida probably wider than any other storm.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2017 11:10:15 GMT -5
I don't know if you can really compare it to a blizzard. Blizzards: never lost power, never experienced any damage, never had to evacuate, never had to put anything over the windows to protect them. Did have some spotty internet service from one once. (I actually drove into work because of that, as I wanted to order something online. ) Did have lots of snow to shovel afterward. Occasionally, the weight of snow will cause a roof to cave. That doesn't seem to happen very often, either. My area had straight line winds in '98. That was waaaay more damage than any blizzard ever caused here. Of course, we never got feet of snow like, maybe, Buffalo Ny or something. Hmm I swear I would hear on news about losing power and our power trucks heading north to help with blizzards. Ice storms are notorious for power outages. Blizzards are just a good excuse to stay home and watch Netflix all day.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Sept 9, 2017 11:12:23 GMT -5
I don't know if you can really compare it to a blizzard. Blizzards: never lost power, never experienced any damage, never had to evacuate, never had to put anything over the windows to protect them. Did have some spotty internet service from one once. (I actually drove into work because of that, as I wanted to order something online. ) Did have lots of snow to shovel afterward. Occasionally, the weight of snow will cause a roof to cave. That doesn't seem to happen very often, either. My area had straight line winds in '98. That was waaaay more damage than any blizzard ever caused here. Of course, we never got feet of snow like, maybe, Buffalo Ny or something. Hmm I swear I would hear on news about losing power and our power trucks heading north to help with blizzards. Not blizzards, but ice storms. I was on one of the last flights out of Burlington, VT when this hit. Power teams came in from al over the US to help restore power, but my parents were without for almost a month. www.weather.gov/media/btv/events/IceStorm1998.pdf
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Post by justme on Sept 9, 2017 11:17:09 GMT -5
Potato pahtato 😝
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Post by Tennesseer on Sept 9, 2017 11:33:16 GMT -5
It's like people that have been in a lot of blizzards are calm about them coming. You're just used to it. If you watch the news about it, the path has been changing so much. Which is why usually Floridians don't lose their shit until 24-48 hours before it hits. I went from direct hit, to weak side of the storm, to direct hit, to now almost 100 miles east of it. Still in the cone of uncertainty though. Same here in terms of location. And we realize that panic is not the order of the day. If you panic, you lose focus. Nothing works if you panic. Besides, Jim Cantore and Stephanie Abrams are in town, and doing it for us. Cantore looked at the camera at about 6 a.m. this morning and declared: "WE ARE ON THE PRECIPICE OF THE STORM!"
I was kinda hoping for a wind gust to toss him over the edge of the causeway he was standing on. But it was still too early. Not to hurt him; just for dramatic effect.
Quite a few years ago, Good Morning America had a news segment of some kind of storm hitting NYC with strong winds. The video showed a woman walking street level past a subway entrance when a gust of wind blew her into a large trash can. Both the woman and the trash can proceeded to tumble down the subway stairwell and out of sight.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2017 11:35:51 GMT -5
More like potato tomato! They're totally different beasts. You don't even have to get much snow to be in a blizzard. It's all about the viability. Lots of winds and flurries can equal blizzard, especially if there is new snow on the ground being blown around too. The main hassle/danger is travel. With ice storms travel is horrible (even walking) and your power is out and your cable and phone quit and your trees collapse and your gutters fall off...
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Post by justme on Sept 9, 2017 11:39:44 GMT -5
More like potato tomato! They're totally different beasts. You don't even have to get much snow to be in a blizzard. It's all about the viability. Lots of winds and flurries can equal blizzard, especially if there is new snow on the ground being blown around too. The main hassle/danger is travel. With ice storms travel is horrible (even walking) and your power is out and your cable and phone quit and your trees collapse and your gutters fall off... It's the same to someone who has lived in Florida all her life! It's all theoretical and I don't pay attention to the delineations lol
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Sept 9, 2017 12:21:22 GMT -5
More like potato tomato! They're totally different beasts. You don't even have to get much snow to be in a blizzard. It's all about the viability. Lots of winds and flurries can equal blizzard, especially if there is new snow on the ground being blown around too. The main hassle/danger is travel. With ice storms travel is horrible (even walking) and your power is out and your cable and phone quit and your trees collapse and your gutters fall off... And you are cold! The ice storm that hit KY, I was without power for a week in a fully electric apartment. Despite running my ineffective fireplace 24/7, the temp inside my home was 40 deg. I don't ever remember being so cold.
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Post by Tennesseer on Sept 9, 2017 12:25:18 GMT -5
More like potato tomato! They're totally different beasts. You don't even have to get much snow to be in a blizzard. It's all about the viability. Lots of winds and flurries can equal blizzard, especially if there is new snow on the ground being blown around too. The main hassle/danger is travel. With ice storms travel is horrible (even walking) and your power is out and your cable and phone quit and your trees collapse and your gutters fall off... And you are cold! The ice storm that hit KY, I was without power for a week in a fully electric apartment. Despite running my ineffective fireplace 24/7, the temp inside my home was 40 deg. I don't ever remember being so cold. Was that ice storm around February 1994?
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Sept 9, 2017 12:57:16 GMT -5
And you are cold! The ice storm that hit KY, I was without power for a week in a fully electric apartment. Despite running my ineffective fireplace 24/7, the temp inside my home was 40 deg. I don't ever remember being so cold. Was that ice storm around February 1994? Feb. 2003.
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Post by Cookies Galore on Sept 9, 2017 15:13:54 GMT -5
Hmm I swear I would hear on news about losing power and our power trucks heading north to help with blizzards. Ice storms are notorious for power outages. Blizzards are just a good excuse to stay home and watch Netflix all day. While we have lost power in a blizzard or two or three, they are usually a good day drinking/drunk sledding event. We usually walk to the bar at some point. 😁 Ice storms do, in fact, suck.
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Post by Cookies Galore on Sept 9, 2017 15:15:54 GMT -5
Stay safe Floridians and check in when you can tomorrow! I certainly am hoping for a weakened system. I'd much rather this be all for naught than what is predicted.
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Post by Waffle on Sept 9, 2017 15:35:53 GMT -5
Stay safe Floridians and check in when you can tomorrow! I certainly am hoping for a weakened system. I'd much rather this be all for naught than what is predicted. Amen to that!
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Post by TheOtherMe on Sept 9, 2017 17:24:39 GMT -5
Be safe in Florida. If you are in an evacuation area, please do so.
As for blizzards and ice storms. I've lived through plenty of both. We sometimes lose power if it's a wet snow. Happens more often from ice storms.
When I lived in Colorado, that was another story. Every few years, we would get a huge blizzard, measuring snow in feet. Those storms did shut everything down, as well as roads, etc. The winter I lived in the mountains, we got 8 ft of snow. Could not get to town for a week.
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Post by Tiny on Sept 9, 2017 18:24:07 GMT -5
I don't think you can compare blizzards to hurricanes... there's not the potential for destruction. It sucks to be home without heat (no electricity) - once the powers on OR you go someplace with power your house and belongings are generally OK. With a hurricane - you got wind that may damage your home and if you live sort of near the coast - you got storm surge (sure sucks to have 1 to 12 feet of water inundate your house for 24 hrs or more...)
Hurricanes seem to me like tornados that hit populated areas - ok, really wide ginormous tornados. So, lots of damage and then LOTS of days/weeks/months needed to get back to "everyday" life.
Blizzards are inconvenient and maybe a handful of people find them life changing and maybe they effect everyday life for a week or two. Hurricanes can be show stoppers for 10 of thousands of people and effect everyday life for months (or longer).
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