Floridian hurricane?

[GRiver]

Is everyone that’s going to get affected buy the storm ready? Hope everybody and their loved ones stays safe. 

[Darth-Baiter]

Indeed.  Best wishes to the other side of the country friends. 

[Captain Phil]

Looks like this storm is going to hit around Cedar Key and Apalachicola.  Thankfully, there is not much development around there.   Cedar Key is a tiny restored fishing village.  It's been underwater so many times, they issue snorkels to the new residents.  Joking aside, I hope everyone stays safe.  If they tell you to evacuate, do it.

 

It's a good thing to warn people about the dangers and to tell them to be prepared.  It's another thing to incite panic.  I've been through dozens of hurricanes.   When you live in Florida, it's something you deal with.   We have many new residents that don't know what to expect.  Unless you live within 5 miles of the coast or in a low area, hurricanes are mostly an inconvenience.  The worst thing is dealing with power outages. It's no fun to lose your air conditioning in Florida. Falling trees are another problem.  Watching the Weather Channel during a hurricane is a joke.  If you listen to that guy, you would think it's the end of the world! 

[Catt]

53 minutes ago, Captain Phil said:

Unless you live within 5 miles of the coast or in a low area, hurricanes are mostly an inconvenience

 

Guess I need to move closer to the coast huh!

 

 

[GaryH]

Best of luck for all you guys and gals down there. Stay safe.

[Captain Phil]

1 hour ago, Catt said:

 

Guess I need to move closer to the coast huh!

 

 

 

Looks like my neighborhood. 

[gim]

I'll take a cold snap or a foot of snow in January that they refer to as a blizzard over a hurricane any day of the week.

 

Hurricane Franklin is a monster out in the Atlantic right now.  Luckily its out at sea and shows no sign of making landfall anywhere.

[TnRiver46]

 

 

Sorry this is all I can think of when the topic comes up 

[you]

All set here. We are inland and mostly afraid of downed trees and power lines, as others have said. I'm curious to see what it will do to the local rivers, which recently returned to normal levels after a long drought.

 

I'm thinking about the folks on the coast. This will be a rough one to recover from.

 

[crypt]

my niece moved to Colorado right after the last hurricane that hit her place in Ft. Meyers last year. I'm on the east coast just south of the Space Center. We'll be ok. 

[Mike L]

We’re on the SW coast about 3 miles from Charlotte Harbor and all we’ve gotten are 2 rain bands that went through a few hours ago. 
 

It looks like the folks North of Tampa will be getting the brunt of it tonight and tomorrow. 
 

You all stay safe. 
 

 

 

Mike
 

[N Florida Mike]

14 hours ago, Captain Phil said:

Watching the Weather Channel during a hurricane is a joke.  If you listen to that guy, you would think it's the end of the world! 

Exactly. That and the sinister music they start playing when it’s still a thousand miles away…

It looked like it was coming our way more yesterday but today the track has shifted west. They are predicting tropical storm force winds here tomorrow though . 
I just got done with a walk, and I could see lightning on the horizen to the south . It’s about 45 miles away , and is the first big band coming our way from the storm…

 

[GRiver]

I secured everything here, the rising water does more than the storm. And sometimes it takes a couple days to rise but can take months to go down. 

[Mike L]

You guys be safe up that way. 
Cat 4 Is nothing to be messed with. 
Take it from a guy who rode out 2 Cat 5’s

We’re just getting the tail end of a few bands that’s training in off the Gulf. 
 

My daughter who lives on the Peace River, said the water is 5ft over her dock and her boat is floating on the lift

 

 

 

 

Mike

[N Florida Mike]

It’s going to be bad over in the “ big bend “ area. Up to 130 mph and still has a ways to go before landfall.

They were saying the last major hurricane to hit that area was 1896 !

Its forecast to remain at hurricane strength all the way through South Georgia to the coast!

Our winds were calm when I got up 40 minutes ago. Now up around 20 and growing. 

[Mike L]

According to what I’m seeing now the eye should past just north of you which means you CAN be in the path of the eye wall. 
 

If you are please grab what you got and hold on. 
Close all the doors to every room in your house and stay away from any sliding glass doors and windows. 
 

You can check out everything when it passes you 

 

This too shall pass 

 

 

Mike

Another thing I learned..

if you can safely and you have a south facing garage and it looks like you’re gonna get the full force winds, bring your cars up about and inch from the garage door. 
They will help deflect the wind enough to help your door from not blowing in. 
 

Trust me on this 
 

 

 

 

 

Mike

[Captain Phil]

12 hours ago, N Florida Mike said:

Exactly. That and the sinister music they start playing when it’s still a thousand miles away…

 

It's all about ratings.  The Weather Channel thrives when these storms happen. Much of the country probably thinks the entire State is underwater?   The Big Bend area is sparsely populated.  If you build a home directly on water in Florida, you can expect it to be flooded at some time or another.  If you have a 100 year old oak tree hanging over your house, you don't have to be a rocket scientist to know what can happen.  In 75 years of living in Florida, I have only seen the eye of a hurricane two times.   A tree limb fell on my house once.  All it takes is once, but you could say that about driving to Walmart.

 

One day, a huge hurricane will hit Florida again.  It's happened before and it will happen again.  On September 6, 1928, a devastating hurricane out of the Atlantic went in at Palm Beach,  So many farm workers were killed when Lake Okeechobee flooded they buried them in mass graves.  Even today, people are still finding their bones out in the lake.  The bottom of both coasts is littered with the wreckage of ships that found themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time. If you are moving to Florida to live near water, you should expect to have issues.  Use common sense and be prepared.  There is no reason to panic. 

[TnRiver46]

^what he said!!! The most shocking thing about weather is peoples reactions to it. Every single year they just can’t believe it. In my area it’s always around gatlinburg/pigeon forge/sevierville. The place has flooded a thousand times but it’s a total shocker to everyone every time 

[gim]

Weather terrorists love to hype up and cover certain natural events.  Hurricanes and blizzards often grab the attention.

 

The real killer is heat.  Heatwaves account for more deaths in this country than every other natural disaster combined.  But yet, the media doesn't hype it up nearly as much.  Rarely does it cause catastrophic property damage, so its not as "important" to them.  They broadcast what grabs people's attention, and that creates higher ratings.

[N Florida Mike]

I’ve been watching “weather nation”. No un necessary hype. The guys in the field aren’t acting all heroic or talking like it’s the end of the world. They speak  calmly and realistically. The graphics aren’t as high tech, but adequate. The music isn’t all gloom and doom either.

Think Ive found a new favorite weather station!

The only places that equals Florida for hurricanes is Louisiana and North Carolina, where my cousins are. My mom passed away the week Matthew came through. There was lots of Flooding and tree damage along our coast. Then it went right up and hit NC in the exact area my mom was from. It took us nearly a month to have the funeral up there because of all the damage and flooding, bridges washed out, etc.

[Zcoker]

It's not only the coastal areas that are threatened by major hurricanes but also the inland areas that they pass through. Lotta these inland folks feel safe, or unthreatened because they live way inland or high on the hill. They brush off the threat. The don't prepare. Not our problem. I bet they're scrambling now because hurricane Idalia is expected to be a Cat 2 entering the Valdosta Georgia area and beyond, like almost the middle of that state! Way inland! No storm surge but Cat 2 winds, tornados and flooding which is all bad enough. Those folks are hardly prepared and can often sufferer serious problems. Hopefully it all works out for everyone with no one killed. Damage is damage and can always be repaired. Life cannot. 

[Darth-Baiter]

i remember one drought year, i was complaining on a forum very much like this one.  except that one had a bunch of Dick members.    some guy chimes in with something like, "well if you're an idiot and decide to buy a house in an area that is a desert, you deserve it"  (i paraphrased);.

 

i dont argue on forums so i didnt.  but i did note that he lived in Hurricane rich area.  Florida.  that season his house got hammered and he got on the same forum complaining EXACTLY how i was complaining about the drought.   i took the high road.   but it was tempting.  

 

best of luck to everyone, whereever they live.  be it killer bees or tornados...life can be tough, nature isnt all that cool, all the time.  

[TnRiver46]

Mother Nature will steal your lunch then ? in the sack. 
 

humans can’t admit it, but she can’t be controlled 

[gim]

26 minutes ago, Darth-Baiter said:

but i did note that he lived in Hurricane rich area.  Florida. 

 

I'm sure most people that live in Florida or along the gulf coast are aware that hurricanes are a potential threat.  If they aren't, well, that's their own ignorance.  No different than drought in the west, earthquakes in Cali, or a blizzard in the Midwest.  We've built some massive cities in places where they really probably shouldn't be.  I won't mention any specifically, but you can figure it out.

[you]

Looking at the damage in Steinhatchee and Cedar Key...wow. Not unexpected, but still a bummer.

 

Always impressed by what these storms can do and by how resilient the residents are. I know folks often say they shouldn't build towns along coastal lowlands, but for me, these places are gems and crucial infrastructure for gulf anglers and wildlife lovers.

 

I'm not saying they should be built up like the Atlantic coast. Help to keep them like they are and respect the culture. If you're passing through, buy some bait, eat at the restaurants, learn from the locals, and have a great time.