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I know it's just Facebook ... but on Tuesday, my wife's Facebook page was full of New Orleanians bragging about how they already booked hotel rooms in Shreveport and how Irma's path looked just like Katrina's. Haven't been to the grocery since Sunday, so I don't know if there had been a run on the usual hurricane provisions locally ... kinda doubt it.
Hwy 90 worth it? It'll take you to Pensacola from Jax, but I don't know what local conditions would be like (traffic in all the towns 90 passes through, etc.).
I think Lee is a quite appropriate name for something devastating the Eastern Seaboard
I thought about that also. Not just traffic, it would also be ? hours in car with 4 others including MIL and her boyfriend. Then 3 days in hotel with nervous wife wondering what is going on.
Something something small government something something taxes something somethingOf ALL the states to use Contra Flow, You would THINK the giant ####### North-South peninsula that has the highest rate of hurricane landfall and only ONE path to flee to safety would be a prime candidate for this sort of thing....
It will slow down when it starts doing the right hand turn but that shouldn't be for another day or two
phew.... kinda. roof gone means everything inside is gone. but hopefully insured? bottom line- glad she's ok.
yes, he's fine. they have a secondary cottage on the property that is new cement construction, but 1/3 is glass walled. it and they are ok. the main house lost it's roof, so whatever they left inside is probably toast. my sister is a long time local and knows the drill, so i'm sure she removed valuable/expensive things. no word on cars yet.
Glad she's OK. The pics you posted look beautiful. While I'm sure rebuilding is going to be awful, I couldn't imagine a nicer place to rebuild in.
I've come to grips with the possibility that I might not have a house by Monday. Stuff can be replaced anyway.
While things will not be pleasant in Lakeland, if the current track verifies I think you will be okay for the most part (tornadoes can be a problem though). Hopefully, you shouldn't see Cat 5 or even Cat 4 winds there. My mom is in Seffner, not too far away from you but further from the path and she is not going anywhere, and at present I am not to worried about her. Obviously if things shift west, that changes.
That girl is cool. I've hung out with her a few times since the wedding, she's very chill and funny.
You should leave. I would not want to be within 50 miles of the center in anything but a bunker.
Oh, I abandoned ship yesterday. If my house is in fact gone, I plan on putting a CBS house up.
Yeah that evac soured us on leaving in other situations. But this ain't no regular storm. If we didn't start taking back roads then we might still be on 26N
I think this is about where Soggy Dollar is.... used to be.
I like it. When the ship hits the fan.
my mom passed in 2014 and she had a double wide with a land lease in a 55+ community in Pt ST Lucie, east of 1. She was lucky in her 7 years there (she couldn't afford insurance I came to find out) in that nothing major hit her area. I inherited that giant toilet of a property and sold it for $61,000- in 2015. I had thought about keeping it and renting, etc. wife talked me out of it based on monthly costs. gb my wife cause I hate to see what's gonna happen to that area.
