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09-05-2017, 03:27 PM | #1 |
Rose Trellis
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Hurricane Irma
Have we started a thread yet? Any S. Fl mamas - are you getting ready?
We are potentially in the path, depending on if it swings east or west and will likely get 'something'. We're just outside of the evacuation zone for our area and will likely stay unless it is holding it's strength after landfall. We're as prepared as we can be. We went through a pretty much direct hit by a much weaker Matthew last year. Our biggest concern is a long term power outage, not the electricity so much as that our neighborhood water system does not have a backup generator so we'll be without running water. We have lots of water storage, but sanitation gets to be the main concern But I know people in S Fl who are looking at much much worse potential conditions as the shear wind speeds of the storm are incredible
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09-05-2017, 03:31 PM | #2 |
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Re: Hurricane Irma
We are in Charleston, SC, and I am prepared to evacuate or hunker down. We just moved here, so this whole hurricane thing is new to me. Feeling a little .
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09-05-2017, 04:08 PM | #3 |
Rose Trellis
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Re: Hurricane Irma
I grew up hearing about it with family in Fl but ti's totally different living it as an adult. I can imagine it's really crazy if you're new to it! I have no concept of earthquakes, snowstorms or any significant cold weather or anything like that and they scare me. Our part of the coast isn't supposed to get storms but it looks like the odds are changing!
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09-05-2017, 05:17 PM | #4 |
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Re: Hurricane Irma
I have a friend whose DD is going to school down there. They were able to book a flight to get her north. It sounds quite serious.
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09-05-2017, 08:06 PM | #5 |
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Re: Hurricane Irma
We live in central FL, but we are on vacation in Colonial Williamsburg right now. We won't go back home until the storm has passed, (which means extending our vacation and that gets expensive because we are in a timeshare now. After that time is up, we have to find money for a hotel.) but I wish I had brought more of my valuable/difficult to replace things with me (hard drives, homeopathy, essential oils, my laser, etc.!) All small, all hard to replace!
But, it's crazy in central FL now with hurricane prep. All stores are out of water, and people are having trouble finding propane. All generators are sold out, and stuff like that is going on. People are trying to decide whether to stay or go. And really, you have to make a decision like that before you really know what's going to happen. Once you get about a day away, the roads jam up and there is no gas to be found.
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09-05-2017, 08:44 PM | #6 |
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Re: Hurricane Irma
Depending on how things look Thursday will determine if we evacuate. DH has to stay for work so if it looks like we'll need to evacuate I'll go before it's mandatory! I already made tentative plans to go to Atlanta.
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09-06-2017, 09:15 AM | #7 | |
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Re: Hurricane Irma
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09-06-2017, 03:32 AM | #8 |
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Re: Hurricane Irma
I have been watching Irma for almost a week. Praying.
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09-06-2017, 05:29 AM | #9 |
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Re: Hurricane Irma
We are in Gville with 2 youngest kids and have a son in Jax and 2 married dds down in Polk county. One dd is evacing and going to AL.The other was going to evac today and head to a cousins in GA and pick me up alomg with our 2 YAs here but is not going to right now because of uncertainty of course of storm. Hoping she may still come here where winds wouldnt be as strong hopefully and not so low as where they are?
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09-06-2017, 08:00 AM | #10 |
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Re: Hurricane Irma
My sister lives on the east coast of Florida and was hit by Matthew last year. She has a friend inland that they stayed with last year and will stay again this year. Might be more of a direct hit but better to be away from the ocean.
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09-06-2017, 05:16 PM | #11 |
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Re: Hurricane Irma
Praying for everyone in the path.
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09-06-2017, 05:57 PM | #12 |
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Re: Hurricane Irma
One of my close friends is from Puerto Rico and she's very concerned Irma. They've never been hit with a Category 5 hurricane. My friend was supposed to accompany her elderly and ill father back to PR this week, but canceled the trip until after the hurricane. She thinks his house will be okay, but she's got other family that are pretty sure they are going to lose their houses in this. The biggest problem, though is going to be in clean up. So much of the best and brightest have left Puerto Rico in the last decade that there won't be enough of a workforce to put things back together if the damage is extensive. That plus looting and fraud are likely to be pretty rampant.
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09-06-2017, 07:15 PM | #13 |
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Re: Hurricane Irma
In South Carolina - inland. Water off the shelves in the grocery stores already. We are supposed to leave for vacation tomorrow. Neighbors watching the house and animals and dh will have to fly home if there is an issue I guess.
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09-07-2017, 09:36 AM | #14 |
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Re: Hurricane Irma
Praying everything is fine at your house and you can enjoy your vacation, CJ.
My sister is under mandatory evacuation. Where she lives is basically a sandbar, so they don't hesitate to evacuate there.
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09-07-2017, 11:22 AM | #15 |
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Re: Hurricane Irma
They just announced mandatory evacuation for my area.
Will be headed out tomorrow
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