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Florida
#7680827
09/28/22 12:09 PM
09/28/22 12:09 PM
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Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 16,150
Tennessee
Scuba1
OP
"color blind Kraut"
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OP
"color blind Kraut"
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 16,150
Tennessee
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As ya'll know I am not the praying type. But I hope that the folks in Florida get through this one as safe as they can.
Let's go Brandon
"Shall not comply" with morons who don't understand "shall not infringe."
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Re: Florida
[Re: Scuba1]
#7680858
09/28/22 01:03 PM
09/28/22 01:03 PM
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Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 11,501
Montana ,Rocky Mtns.
Sharon
"American Honey"
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"American Honey"
Joined: Mar 2011
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Montana ,Rocky Mtns.
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This is indeed the largest one in a long time-but others have been close, or even more, Cat 5, but slowed a bit by the time they reached shore.
Either way, all of them are fraught with risk. Just sustained wind at 72 MPH is very dangerous.
I would be hauling horses for people right up to the wind just beginning off shore a ways. I always had my quitting point. That way no one became complacent.
So many think when the winds die down they can wander outside . The quiet, ominous eye is an unforgettable experience. That fools almost everyone inexperienced.
The best thing to do is leave.
The only houses I've ever known to stand in stalwart defiance to generations of storms are the old time "conch houses" . Small, thick walled concrete boxes riddled with rebar, tiny windows . Ugly, but effective. They may lose the roof, but the rest stays.
I feel for everything living during this one.
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Re: Florida
[Re: Sharon]
#7680861
09/28/22 01:10 PM
09/28/22 01:10 PM
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Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 25,629
Georgia
warrior
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Georgia
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This is indeed the largest one in a long time-but others have been close, or even more, Cat 5, but slowed a bit by the time they reached shore.
Either way, all of them are fraught with risk. Just sustained wind at 72 MPH is very dangerous.
I would be hauling horses for people right up to the wind just beginning off shore a ways. I always had my quitting point. That way no one became complacent.
So many think when the winds die down they can wander outside . The quiet, ominous eye is an unforgettable experience. That fools almost everyone inexperienced.
The best thing to do is leave.
The only houses I've ever known to stand in stalwart defiance to generations of storms are the old time "conch houses" . Small, thick walled concrete boxes riddled with rebar, tiny windows . Ugly, but effective. They may lose the roof, but the rest stays.
I feel for everything living during this one. I was just telling the missus yesterday how grand dad's house in Clearwater was built. One story cinder block with real concrete stucco, low roof with no overhang and tile roof. Probably built in the fifties of forties. The kind of house I'd feel comfortable riding one out in.
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Re: Florida
[Re: Scuba1]
#7680865
09/28/22 01:19 PM
09/28/22 01:19 PM
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Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 20,337
The Hill Country of Texas
Leftlane
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"HOSS"
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 20,337
The Hill Country of Texas
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Unless you have a crystal ball even better than JByrds and know what this storm might do different than the last 8 or 10 I would not reccomend staying no matter how a home was constructed. If yall had 50 or 60 total losses like I did down in Cameron Parish after Rita I'm betting you'd agree.
Lots of ppl drowned in low roof cinder block houses that year when the water line came up above their ceilings.
I'm not scared of much but riding out a Cat 4 or 5 in low country is just asking for it
“What’s good for me may not be good for the weak minded.”
Captain Gus McCrae- Texas Rangers
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Re: Florida
[Re: warrior]
#7680889
09/28/22 01:44 PM
09/28/22 01:44 PM
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Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 11,501
Montana ,Rocky Mtns.
Sharon
"American Honey"
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"American Honey"
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Montana ,Rocky Mtns.
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Didn't say I would stay in that location just that the construction materials would give me more confidence than my current sawmill slat stick house.
I don't trust this one in our summertime popcorn thunderstorms, lol. I knew what you meant ! I've done that there, made those decisions . Of course, those near to the ocean need to just flat leave , no matter what house they have access to. The real troubles for them are after the storm. Being stuck in location during one, yes, like you , to be in the strongest build of a house possible is vital.
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Re: Florida
[Re: warrior]
#7680908
09/28/22 02:03 PM
09/28/22 02:03 PM
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Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 11,501
Montana ,Rocky Mtns.
Sharon
"American Honey"
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"American Honey"
Joined: Mar 2011
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Montana ,Rocky Mtns.
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I would've boarded up, tied down and locked the door a week ago and beat the rush out of town.
JMO, but having a plan well executed and not needing it beats running out in the storm at the last minute. Exactly. I've seen people do that, and get stuck in a line of never ending traffic ! As someone mentioned earlier, rots o ruk in an EV . Coming back to a tangled mess of power lines, flooding, trees down, no power, and varmints crawling all over the place wasn't fun to endure.
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Re: Florida
[Re: Scuba1]
#7680912
09/28/22 02:14 PM
09/28/22 02:14 PM
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Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 11,501
Montana ,Rocky Mtns.
Sharon
"American Honey"
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"American Honey"
Joined: Mar 2011
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Montana ,Rocky Mtns.
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Yes, but what a mess....ugh....I have more memories of the cleanup and waiting for the power line men , who worked constantly day and night, than the storm itself.
Nowadays , the risk of looters and outright thugs wandering around is much higher, I think, than when I was there. A LOT of local Floridians will take care of that trash in short order also if they wander into the wrong neighborhood.
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Re: Florida
[Re: Sharon]
#7680918
09/28/22 02:21 PM
09/28/22 02:21 PM
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Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 25,629
Georgia
warrior
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Georgia
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Yes, but what a mess....ugh....I have more memories of the cleanup and waiting for the power line men , who worked constantly day and night, than the storm itself.
Nowadays , the risk of looters and outright thugs wandering around is much higher, I think, than when I was there. A LOT of local Floridians will take care of that trash in short order also if they wander into the wrong neighborhood. Yup, that area has grown so much in my lifetime. I imagine it's wall to wall subdivisions and strip malls now. I recall nothing but miles and miles of palmetto flatwoods from Ocala until well past Port Richey. My last trip down was built up well above Weeki Watchi and that was in the early nineties.
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Re: Florida
[Re: Scuba1]
#7680942
09/28/22 02:44 PM
09/28/22 02:44 PM
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Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 11,501
Montana ,Rocky Mtns.
Sharon
"American Honey"
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"American Honey"
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Montana ,Rocky Mtns.
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 Some things never change, racer man, they always do that. Police got to where they just tell them-your risk. Don't come crying for the coast guard when you're drug out to sea... Ocala is my favourite place in all of FLA. My father was born there. I showed some of the finest horses in the country there. When I think of palmettos, I think of moccasins and rattlers. And black widows. A lot has changed there, though ranchers have done a remarkable job in keeping that prime horse country in Ocala the same. Seems like the whole state is going to be affected by this one.
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