How are my FL people holding up?
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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.
Yep that is true too - I don't pay a lot of attention to the warnings - this one I did and so is everyone else - Eastcoast Jim0 -
Be safe everyone. Prayers from the Northeast!
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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.
Yep that is true too - I don't pay a lot of attention to the warnings - this one I did and so is everyone else - Eastcoast Jim
Same here. This is the first time in maybe 7 or 8 years I actually put boards up. We also scored a generator and enough fuel to keep our kitchen running for about 30 hours.0 -
stay safe everyone. i will keep you all i my prayers0
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I'm faring well thankfully and so is my family. I happened to have a ton of non-perishables with me, so I didn't need to stock up. Also, my university's dorms are pretty safe, so I'm not terribly worried for when the storm hits tomorrow, I also couldn't find water, but my floormates did, so if the water on my floor stops running or gets contaminated, I'll be fine. I'm still hitting my macros and working out though.2
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Me, telling myself to stop eating hurricane snacks
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We had a category 4 here and we evacuated. I was here in a 1 and that was fun but a 4 or 5 no way!0
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OutOfUserName wrote: »why not evacuate?
We were not in an evacuation zone. So we chose to stay. I've lived in FL my entire life & ive been through many a hurricane.1 -
Good right now, the storm isn't supposed to get bad til about 60
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Tampa area....I was able to board up half my place with aluminum siding yesterday thanks to my neighbor having extra left over. The trees around here make me nervous though. There's a tall pine tree right by me and my parents have 2 big oak trees in their front yard. Not raining hard yet here, an occasional gust once in a while. What about you?1
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Tampa area....I was able to board up half my place with aluminum siding yesterday thanks to my neighbor having extra left over. The trees around here make me nervous though. There's a tall pine tree right by me and my parents have 2 big oak trees in their front yard. Not raining hard yet here, an occasional gust once in a while. What about you?
South FL/Fort Lauderdale. It's so ugly right now.0 -
Praying for your safety! This storm is no joke! And heard Jose upgraded to a 4 too...1
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How did everyone make out? I'm concerned about those in South FL, they got hit hard. Orlando here, and we're alright. No power since 10 last night, but we have a generator. My elaborate Christmas light setup has finally paid off - we have plenty of extension cords.
Not much damage for us. The patio screen is torn, and we lost four shingles off the back of the roof. Already replaced the shingles, I had a pack of shingles left over from Matthew last year, and the screen is easy enough to replace. Also, we have no phone service, but we do have internet since I have the router on the generator.
BTW, Jack In The Box antenna ball made it! We've named him Lieutenant Dan.
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Fine in Vero. Some trees down. Still a lot of people without power. Mine was off only 24 hours, which I'm super impressed with.
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