How are my FL people holding up?

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  • ilfaith
    ilfaith Posts: 16,769 Member
    Still planning on hunkering down in St. Augustine. I don't think there is a vacant hotel room between here and Atlanta or Charlotte (or a bottle of water anywhere in the state). I would venture a guess that about half of my neighborhood is leaving town...driving to points as distant as Nashville, Oxford, Mississippi, and Morgantown, WV (the latter two figured if they were leaving town they might as well tailgate at their college football games). My parents told me their friends left Boynton Beach and it took them nine hours to make it as far as Jacksonville...twice the normal time.

    So far they are calling for mandatory evacuations of Zones A and B (in red and orange on the map). We are in Zone C (the yellow area)...but just a block or two from Zone B.
    http://www.sjcemergencymanagement.org/pdf-maps/evaczones 8x11.pdf

    Trying not to obsess over the projected storm trajectory. It's not supposed to hit us until Sunday night into Monday morning, so we've got another 48 hours until we have a better idea of the storm's actual path.
  • ecjim
    ecjim Posts: 1,001 Member
    I'm in Lake Wales Fl - a little town right in the middle of the state - we are preparing - Hit the store in the wee hours - 2 3 4 AM they get deliveries over night went to Walmart at 05:30 this AM and got the last of their water - needed some for Mom & Dad, Rural King had gotten a load of generators and had them out at 6 AM - Eastcoast Jim
  • JetJaguar
    JetJaguar Posts: 801 Member
    I'm in Orlando, and we're set. Is there a MFP entry for filling and hauling sandbags? I feel like my arms are going to fall off.
  • ecjim
    ecjim Posts: 1,001 Member
    Candy0516 wrote: »
    I'm in south east Ga. no where to evacuate to. Just gonna hunker down.

    All the Fla people are in your neighborhood
  • RunHardBeStrong
    RunHardBeStrong Posts: 33,069 Member
    ecjim wrote: »
    Candy0516 wrote: »
    I'm in south east Ga. no where to evacuate to. Just gonna hunker down.

    All the Fla people are in your neighborhood

    Idk, from what friends have told me that are trying to get out Florida, they have been on the road for 14 hours today and are still in Florida. Tomorrow though Georgia, tomorrow.
  • Trina2040
    Trina2040 Posts: 214 Member
    It's looking catastrophic for Florida. We're sheltering in place and as ready as can be but it's not looking good.
  • gcibsthom
    gcibsthom Posts: 30,145 Member
    Just north of Orlando here....Mt. Dora area...I have a stock of food, propane, water, etc and for the most part am set...I hope...I went through Charlie, et al in 2004...sometimes not as bad as they predict..sometimes just as bad. Can only wait and see. Gas is gone, water gone...no sandbags (damn), no plywood anywhere (damn)...No where to go really since this sucker is taking up all of Florida, plus all roads are choked...bumper to bumper on 95 and 75...Will go to a shelter if need be, but probably just as safe here at home...You all stay SAFE and hunker down as best you can!!!!!
  • BootCampC
    BootCampC Posts: 689 Member
    just make sure you have gas , that seemed to be the most needed item on the list after sandy hit.
  • Iron_Muscle_
    Iron_Muscle_ Posts: 5,095 Member
    Sunday will be the worst for my area, Tampa. Bracing until then.
  • 2011rocket3touring
    2011rocket3touring Posts: 1,346 Member
    There are instructions out there for sterilizing water, so fill up anything you can. We've got a couple of cases and hopefully about 30 gallons ready for sterilizing.
    We have a small gas grill with a burner that will be very useful in case the poop hits the fan. We also have about 200 rounds of ammo.
  • FatAFNoMore
    FatAFNoMore Posts: 73 Member
    Keep what you need out and handy so you aren't digging around frustrated. Have medicine in baggies and labeled by day. Organization will help tremendously so you aren't stumbling around and at risk of tripping and falling.
  • FatAFNoMore
    FatAFNoMore Posts: 73 Member
    Keep what you need out and handy so you aren't digging around frustrated. Have medicine in baggies and labeled by day. Organization will help tremendously so you aren't stumbling around and at risk of tripping and falling.
  • princess0lexi
    princess0lexi Posts: 3,938 Member
    i am pretty worried because it looks like its coming in strait and i am so scared my house ( well my parents house) will be broken that or we will be hurt and our pets will be hurt
  • ecjim
    ecjim Posts: 1,001 Member
    Instead of sand bags - get some heavy duty trash bags & fill them with water & tie them off - Eastcoast Jim
  • peaceout_aly
    peaceout_aly Posts: 2,018 Member
    My parents are in South FL and I think my mom, gma, brother, their three dogs and two cats are going to pack up and come stay with me. Leaving this afternoon. Hoping they don't run out of gas and get here in 24-hours. My dad is staying so he can play hero - I think that's an unwise decision. Even with this past storm they were flooded in their street for two days.
  • SoCaLi4mTheVali
    SoCaLi4mTheVali Posts: 17 Member
    my son is in Atlanta, so probably won't be as bad, but I am still worried. He is 18 and had lived in SoCal all his life until a few months ago.
  • 2011rocket3touring
    2011rocket3touring Posts: 1,346 Member
    princess0lexi wrote: »
    i am pretty worried because it looks like its coming in strait and i am so scared my house ( well my parents house) will be broken that or we will be hurt and our pets will be hurt
    When the worse hits, hunker down in the innermost room at the house and you should be fine.
  • km8907
    km8907 Posts: 3,861 Member
    I'm in Vero. Each projection looking better for us. Just waiting for the turn to know for sure.
  • zcb94
    zcb94 Posts: 3,678 Member
    My aunt it right in its (her?) warpath in a flimsy trailer house, so I'm praying. Hard.
  • km8907
    km8907 Posts: 3,861 Member
    zcb94 wrote: »
    My aunt it right in its (her?) warpath in a flimsy trailer house, so I'm praying. Hard.

    She should get to a shelter.
  • ecjim
    ecjim Posts: 1,001 Member
    km8907 wrote: »
    I'm in Vero. Each projection looking better for us. Just waiting for the turn to know for sure.
    We should know Sunday AM - It will be in your back yard or mine
  • JetJaguar
    JetJaguar Posts: 801 Member
    edited September 2017
    Well, we were all set, but my in-laws (who live with us and had been rather cavalier about the whole thing) suddenly freaked out this morning. So instead of doing actual useful things, I've been preoccupied all day with their symbolic, token efforts that do nothing, but make them feel better.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    I'm seeing power outages already, how's it going, how are the highways if you are leaving?
  • Gaygirl2120
    Gaygirl2120 Posts: 541 Member
    I'm in Fort Lauderdale & we still have power. Rain & wind is coming & going. We are all shuttered up with plenty of food & supplies.
  • LiveLoveFitFab
    LiveLoveFitFab Posts: 302 Member
    Serious question. I live in the North aka, Canada. We don't have hurricanes, but I still have water, batteries and propane on hand and even a water purifier. How can people just be chilling and looking to get the essentials now. Shouldn't that have been done a few days ago? I've been watching this thing for almost a week now.
    And why aren't people leaving? Why didn't people vacate before Harvey?

    I really am having a hard time to understand.
  • ecjim
    ecjim Posts: 1,001 Member
    LiveLoveFitFab wrote: »
    Serious question. I live in the North aka, Canada. We don't have hurricanes, but I still have water, batteries and propane on hand and even a water purifier. How can people just be chilling and looking to get the essentials now. Shouldn't that have been done a few days ago? I've been watching this thing for almost a week now.
    And why aren't people leaving? Why didn't people vacate before Harvey?

    I really am having a hard time to understand.

    The news broadcasts like to sensationalize things. There have been many trucks going South in Fla with supplies . The large stores Walmart, Home Depot, Rural King etc have been all getting shipments - I was at a Rural King the other day at 6 AM and they were unloading a supply of generators.
    Many people wait until the storm is approaching to get they supplies instead of stocking before hand.
    also this storm is a big bad one & is going to tear things up & folks may be panicking a bit - Eastcoast Jim
  • ecjim
    ecjim Posts: 1,001 Member
    part 2 - over 5 million people evacuated - It went well - the roads were crowded - delays because of the number of cars - do the math that is at least 1.5 maybe 2 million cars - Eastcoast Jim
  • JetJaguar
    JetJaguar Posts: 801 Member
    ecjim wrote: »
    LiveLoveFitFab wrote: »
    Serious question. I live in the North aka, Canada. We don't have hurricanes, but I still have water, batteries and propane on hand and even a water purifier. How can people just be chilling and looking to get the essentials now. Shouldn't that have been done a few days ago? I've been watching this thing for almost a week now.
    And why aren't people leaving? Why didn't people vacate before Harvey?

    I really am having a hard time to understand.

    The news broadcasts like to sensationalize things. There have been many trucks going South in Fla with supplies . The large stores Walmart, Home Depot, Rural King etc have been all getting shipments - I was at a Rural King the other day at 6 AM and they were unloading a supply of generators.
    Many people wait until the storm is approaching to get they supplies instead of stocking before hand.
    also this storm is a big bad one & is going to tear things up & folks may be panicking a bit - Eastcoast Jim

    Also, there's a huge margin of error to the predicted track. So often the news will hype up a hurricane a week away, then a week later we just get some clouds and really good surfing as it passes a few hundred miles off the coast. We get kind of jaded to all the warnings that never pan out. It's a boy who cried wolf sort of phenomenon.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    Good luck all and stay safe.
  • JetJaguar
    JetJaguar Posts: 801 Member
    We're all boarded up and ready to go. All that's left is to wait it out.

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    Good luck and Godspeed, Jack in The Box antenna ball. Hope to see you on the other side. :cry:
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