To all Florida and Georgia posters in hurricane path, be safe yall

Hurricanes are weird. I live in the FL Panhandle, but I'm just far enough west where I'm pretty safe. People hundreds of miles away on the other side of the state are getting hammered. Usually you would be safe where they are located.
 
Hardline said:
I have three cousins and one uncle that live in Tallahassee. They are riding it out at home. Not sure that's smart but they've been through hurricanes before.
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This is first hurricane to directly (?) Hit Tallahassee in decades so they may be in a more difficult situation.
 
I have been through many hurricanes and always rode them out. If this one hit anywhere near Galveston and I still lived in SE Houston, I would have been leaving for this one. It is the biggest in the gulf’s history, not strongest, but biggest with a record-breaking surge. The winds aren’t the worry but flooding is.
 
Tabascocat said:
I have been through many hurricanes and always rode them out. If this one hit anywhere near Galveston and I still lived in SE Houston, I would have been leaving for this one. It is the biggest in the gulf’s history, not strongest, but biggest with a record-breaking surge. The winds aren’t the worry but flooding is.
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I have lived in Coastal Cities ( St.Petersburg/Tampa) and North Florida ( Gainsville/Lake City ). Huge difference damage-wise. The problem in South Florida, like Houston, is flooding. Wind damage has nowhere near the impact in South Florida as it does in North Florida. The impact of last year's hurricane in North Florida was like something I had never seen. To see so many 30, 40, 50ft trees blocking roads, destroying power lines, houses and commercial buildings. It was estimated lots of trees were 80-100 years old. Some schools were closed almost 2 weeks AFTER the storm because school buses couldn't pick up kids coz trees were blocking many roads in rural areas, some dirt roads. State and local governments weren't prepared for such massive damage, so they hired contracts from all over the region.
 
Hawkeye0202 said:
I have lived in Coastal Cities ( St.Petersburg/Tampa) and North Florida ( Gainsville/Lake City ). Huge difference damage-wise. The problem in South Florida, like Houston, is flooding. Wind damage has nowhere near the impact in South Florida as it does in North Florida. The impact of last year's hurricane in North Florida was like something I had never seen. To see so many 30, 40, 50ft trees blocking roads, destroying power lines, houses and commercial buildings. It was estimated lots of trees were 80-100 years old. Some schools were closed almost 2 weeks AFTER the storm because school buses couldn't pick up kids coz trees were blocking many roads in rural areas, some dirt roads. State and local governments weren't prepared for such massive damage, so they hired contracts from all over the region.
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Yea, it makes a difference depending where ya live geographically. Wind is a problem further inland but surge is the biggest concern along the coasts.
 
Praying for those states! My parents are actually on the way to florida, Hopefully they avoid any craziness that may happen.
 
Jammer said:
This is first hurricane to directly (?) Hit Tallahassee in decades so they may be in a more difficult situation.
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From what I hear, since the 1800s. But if you're far west in the panhandle, you should be ok. It's amazing how things work out by random.

I live in NJ, so we never even get tropical storms. But when Sandy hit us as a tropical storm, borderline tropical depression, it was the worst thing I've ever seen. I can't imagine a category anything storm.
 
Have been in Sarasota Fl now since 2019, NY lifer prior to that. I always enjoyed snow storms, blizzards every winter in NY and I loved driving in them but I did have the Hummers or Jeeps etc to handle it. Anyway, now down here in a good size house on a lake and golf course. We have a 1,500 sq ft lanai so we were outside yesterday enjoying the usual happy hour with a couple of friends. The wind was just ripping off of the golf course. I find it stressful actually, cage could blow away, palms could fall on house etc. Wife could take a nap during a Hurricane, in fact last years that hit us closer she did. I always tell her that she is in a bubble. Anyway, I am the last one to worry about much in life at all but these wind storms do give me concern. Just not nearly as enjoyable as those NY blizzards were. And this was about 125 miles North of where we are! I told my wife that next year if we get word then we are going to the HardRock in Miami to eat and drink. I don’t necessarily mind losing it all, I just prefer to be far away when that happens.
 
Over 200+ reported dead now and a lot of reports from the ground that that might not be remotely close to what it will be in the coming weeks.
 
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