manfestival
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Well I have tons of friends and family in Tampa and Orlando. I am in Peru right now feeling lucky but also slightly concerned
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Florida Gov. Declares State Of Emergency Over Hurricane Irma (Up: clean-up begins)
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On a scale of 1 to 10, how dumb is your cousin? lol
NormalFish
Banned
Tampa seems pretty chill. if you're in the zones close to the coast, peace out to at least a more inland shelter, but I'm not even in Zone E. it'll be a mess, but i'm not scared for my wellbeing or anything.
Royce McCutcheon
Junior Member
I'm in zone A, will this effect my Destiny time?
Generator + mobile hot spot. Like our forefathers did with halo, but this time with Internet access
TharpDaddy
Member
The roads are packed, the whole state can't evacuate, most need to ride it out. A 2 or 3 is a hurricane but she will be fine if they're prepared.
Dark_3nergy
Member
It's bothering me that I can't check updates but every 3 hours with the NHC. Tropical Tidbits is tough to navigate on mobile.
Any better places to keep an eye on this thing?
I live in Cape Coral, but currently have my wife and kids at my parents' house in Arcadia, another 40 miles inland.
Any better places to keep an eye on this thing?
I live in Cape Coral, but currently have my wife and kids at my parents' house in Arcadia, another 40 miles inland.
I can 100% assure that you will not be playing Destiny 2 anytime soon.
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
It looks like it dropped just under the line to Cat 4. Any chance it strengthens again before it makes landfall?
Virtually guaranteed that it will.
Updates from the National Hurricane Center come at 11, 2, 5, and 8 am and pm. News stations and websites that are tracking the storm, including Tropical Tidbits, all use their updates, so there isn't really any way for you to get a better "play-by-play" on what the storm is currently doing until it gets closer to shore and local news is covering it 24/7.
manny10032
Member
Im from Palm Bay also. Was thinking about driving to Gainesville, but saw how bad traffic was and decides against it
With all the panic from non Florida gaf, I think you all would literally be appalled if you knew how "business as usual" Orlando is today. Lawn care still going on. Everyone friendlier than normal and in good spirits at the stores. This will all change tomorrow I'm sure but who gives a fuck about mowing the lawn when you might not have a lawn in a few days? Floridians that's who
Agent_Carnage
Member
Probably going to head towards a shelter sometime tomarrow. The place where I live has alot of massive trees around it. I really dont feel like getting crushed by one of them.
17 Seconds
Banned
TheCochese
Banned
Royce McCutcheon
Junior Member
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Yeah I live in Orlando and its crazy how casual everyone is. My mom refuses to board up her windows but I at least got her to take the stuff from her deck today and put it inside, so progress I guess. The only way you can tell anyone takes this seriously is by going to a supermarket or gas station, shrug.
I saw some dude with his sprinklers on earlier today. Really dude, you don't need the water.
Warnen
Don't pass gaas, it is your Destiny!
I'm just outside of Boca Raton, got shutters up, food and water good. I'm going to play destiny till the internet/power goes out here.
Thankfully my area was totaled about 10 years ago so it's been rebuilt and with the storm going more west if lucky the power will stay on, internet on the other hand...
LumpOfCole
Member
Its really because Orlando hasnt received Katrina/Harvey levels of damage from a hurricane in living memory. Even in 2004 when Orlando was omnislashed by three hurricanes, it was a fucking mess but it didnt feel catastrophic. I didnt even lose power or internet in Matthew, though I know I got lucky. My biggest worry is being without power and my car getting hit by debris in my complexs lot, but Im definitely not worried for my safety. I live in a strong apartment building on the second floor.
Yeah I was just talking about that with a friend earlier. A lot of people out of state come through making doom and gloom drive by comments. This hurricane is a huge deal and needs to be taken seriously,I agree. But it gets to a point after doing prep for years you get good at it. Once you prep there's very little to do but sit and wait. Might as well enjoy your time while you can.
Edit: I want to note that I mean for people who take this storm seriously and have taken all the precautions they can for their area. If they are mowing the lawn but not boarding their windows or something that's a problem.
rbanke
Member
People get almost hysterical. Have supplies in case you need them, evacuate if your in a manufactured home/flood zone/mandatory evacuation area. Outside of that, you're very likely to be just fine. Now that we have a very good idea of the path, evacuating unnessesary areas of central florida just adds to the traffic and strain on shelters/hotels. The extreme doom and gloom some spread just serve to make people less likely to prepare next time when its not as bad as they were lead to believe.
In your mom's defense, I'm not boarding up either lol
Spent all morning getting supplies and gas, now I'm gonna spend most of the day cleaning and getting the house ready for the possibility I'll not be leaving for a few days. Not much else to do
Oppo
Member
I think it's probably better to err on the side of caution regarding the storm of historic strength, when lives are at risk.
also let's not pretend a lot of this nonchalance is rational; it's almost a protest at being harangued by scary news reports. "i'm watering my lawn; we got a badass over here, I seen some storms" etc
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
Sure. I edited my post to further explain that people who are doing trivial things when they haven't taken precautions first are being dumb.
A lot of people in my area prepped early and now suddenly have a lot of downtime due to work/class being canceled.
rbanke
Member
Sandbags are not waterproof bariers (in the quanitities homeowners can get them). They are best used to divert water from thresholds or prevent water intrusion from driving rain. If you have a door that is likely leak water into your house, than sandbags can help stop that. if your house is going to be underwater, sandbags aren't going to do much to keep the water out.
Yeah, it was backed up on 75 even with people using the shoulder lanes. Hopefully when it reaches up to Palm Bay the hurricane would be weaker.
Abstrusity
Member
Easy up hurricane shutters are too expensive for a "Well when it hits inland it's not gonna be that bad."
Matthew gave us, in Central Florida, some wind and rain. I didn't even lose power here.
Hitting land is going to slowly sap its strength as it approaches, and anything less than a 4 by the time it gets here will mean we're much more likely to be okay.
Basically, because hurricanes don't hit us hard this far inland, nobody really preps for them outside your food and water. nobody here has their windows boarded up. Most people haven't even bothered to bring lawn/patio furniture in. Trash cans are still out. Business as usual.
It'll take a hurricane ruining everything they have for them to see the light.
17 Seconds
Banned
it seems like a lot of people kind of want this to happen...
Snkfanatic
Banned
I'm in Gainesville, my apartment sent out a notice telling residents to not board up windows. They figure damage done by boarding up will be worse than the storm. I agree it shouldn't be bad here but explicitly telling your residents to not prepare to their comfort level doesn't sit well for me.
Also they are doing cosmetic construction on my building's siding right now. The workers have been just leaving their materials out in the parking lot. I'm hoping they take it all off site so that I don't have loose wood flying around during a cat 3.
Also they are doing cosmetic construction on my building's siding right now. The workers have been just leaving their materials out in the parking lot. I'm hoping they take it all off site so that I don't have loose wood flying around during a cat 3.
boredofcanada
Member
Had a Government that outlawed climate change discussion.
I don't own the property. If my landlord wanted it boarded they could have given me money and told me to do it or done it themselves. Neither of those things happened so it's not worth it, everything I own can easily be replaced. It's also a newer home so I'm not too worried
Abstrusity
Member
I don't think anyone WANTS it to happen. Making an observation on the stubborn inability for some to have some perspective and understanding of what a danger this actually is isn't wanting them to learn a lesson. It's "we've tried our damnedest to help people but they didn't want to listen, now let's hope they don't face the consequences."
CampbellzSoup
Member
I didn't take it seriously at first but now I'm getting nervous I'll be honest
OnionPowder
Member
Trash pick up was today, Id hope people have their trash cans out
fluffydelusions
Member
Just woke up. What did I miss? Have we heard from griss btw?
NormalFish
Banned
Definitely. But I haven't seen anyone predicting it will strengthen back to a Cat 5. Could be I missed the memo, though, I've been awol on following it for the past 3 hours.
SchrodingerC
Member
Some people now have impact windows, which negates the need for shutters, others just don't take hurricanes seriously.
For those thinking of traveling north:
A lady in our hotel had arrived and was saying how she left from West Palm Beach last night at 7 pm, and arrived here in Orlando at around 9 am. So you are looking at a 12+ hr drive at the least.
Of course, this is just one person's experience, but I figured it might help others plan their trip.
Good luck everyone, and be safe. Buy water every chance you get.
A lady in our hotel had arrived and was saying how she left from West Palm Beach last night at 7 pm, and arrived here in Orlando at around 9 am. So you are looking at a 12+ hr drive at the least.
Of course, this is just one person's experience, but I figured it might help others plan their trip.
Good luck everyone, and be safe. Buy water every chance you get.
boredofcanada
Member
Be safe guys
Not yet, not expecting to hear from him for a few days when the mobile signal will be fixed.