Hurricane Ian expected to impact Florida (updates and related discussions)

StarWarsGirl

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Californian Elitist said:
I live in earthquake country, where there is no warning at all.

I feel that if I lived in an area where it was prone to strong hurricanes, I would be my best to leave when that time came.
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Well, it kind of depends on where you are and your circumstances.

My aunt lives in SC and went through Matthew a few years ago. She's far enough inland that they stayed put, plus they have farm animals that they had to take care of through the storm. They didn't have much damage other than just a lot of cleanup in their yard. Meanwhile, about an hour away from her in Hilton Head, they had absolutely devastating damage, evacuation orders, etc, because it's closer to the water.

I've been through hurricanes here in Maryland, and I am absolutely never staying in my house again. I will go ride out the hurricane in a pet-friendly hotel, or I'll take my cats and go 45 minutes north to my grandma's in PA. We have too many tall trees around us. It was terrifying going through that. Especially since last year we had a tornado come through (which we typically don't get here) and a tree fell on our next door neighbor's house. Nope, not doing that. Ironically, one time when I was in high school, we stayed later at WDW because there was a hurricane hitting back home on the day when we were supposed to leave, and we stayed later at WDW for that reason.

Florida is an evaluate situation. Most everything is built to hurricane standards just like how everything in California is built to earthquake standards. If I lived in central Florida, it would depend on the property and whether it's close to the water/prone to flooding, near any tall trees, etc. In that case, if I lived there and didn't feel safe enough staying in my home, I would go to a hotel just like I would here.

For costal Florida, that's a whole different can of worms. You have to figure out where it's hitting. Our friends who are in Jacksonville are fine and are riding it out in their home, but they've had to evacuate other times. Meanwhile, Tampa is getting hit hard.

But I would still rather live in a hurricane zone than an earthquake zone. I felt one once and it scared me half to death.
 
MisterPenguin

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flynnibus

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I love how people are already calling Orlando's risk concluded because the initial event has peaked and they haven't died yet. The fun is just starting for Orlando. It's the rain and until that storm is up next Jaxsonville Orlando's situation is gonna keep building.

You won't know how much Orlando is hurting until you see how the localized rain plays out.

Cat1/Tropical Storm winds were never really a major risk for Orlando - it's the rain...
 
hopemax

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I was just looking at the radar, and it looks like the heavy stuff is about an hour away. This is a screenshot from AccuWeather for 10:00-10:15. The purplish says it's ice, but I assume it's not actually ice but even more rain.
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MisterPenguin

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StarWarsGirl said:
Well, it kind of depends on where you are and your circumstances.

My aunt lives in SC and went through Matthew a few years ago. She's far enough inland that they stayed put, plus they have farm animals that they had to take care of through the storm. They didn't have much damage other than just a lot of cleanup in their yard. Meanwhile, about an hour away from her in Hilton Head, they had absolutely devastating damage, evacuation orders, etc, because it's closer to the water.

I've been through hurricanes here in Maryland, and I am absolutely never staying in my house again. I will go ride out the hurricane in a pet-friendly hotel, or I'll take my cats and go 45 minutes north to my grandma's in PA. We have too many tall trees around us. It was terrifying going through that. Especially since last year we had a tornado come through (which we typically don't get here) and a tree fell on our next door neighbor's house. Nope, not doing that. Ironically, one time when I was in high school, we stayed later at WDW because there was a hurricane hitting back home on the day when we were supposed to leave, and we stayed later at WDW for that reason.

Florida is an evaluate situation. Most everything is built to hurricane standards just like how everything in California is built to earthquake standards. If I lived in central Florida, it would depend on the property and whether it's close to the water/prone to flooding, near any tall trees, etc. In that case, if I lived there and didn't feel safe enough staying in my home, I would go to a hotel just like I would here.

For costal Florida, that's a whole different can of worms. You have to figure out where it's hitting. Our friends who are in Jacksonville are fine and are riding it out in their home, but they've had to evacuate other times. Meanwhile, Tampa is getting hit hard.

But I would still rather live in a hurricane zone than an earthquake zone. I felt one once and it scared me half to death.
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I have friends who live in Venice and they evacuated to a friends house about an hour northwest of Orlando, they are still concerned for what’s to come tonight but they are so glad they aren’t at home in Venice right now.
 

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