Hurricane Irma

[LAKid53]

Naples is next. Lovely city, great Greek food. But I'm hoping Irma decides to take a turn to the right there.

 

[some other guy]

Same with SoFla. They don't get waves that far down. Every time a storm comes you'll see a bunch of surfers out.

Yeah, the hurricane surf thing is very real. My mom was into surfing back in the day and would "have friends who" stayed out up until the last minute before hightailing it home.

 

[LAKid53]

As someone who lives in an area where tornado watches/warnings are fairly frequent in the summer, this worries me a bit. I'm sure most WDW structures can handle a hurricane-but they wouldn't stand a chance against a decent sized tornado. Hurricanes are like battering rams, tornadoes are like buzz saws. Stay safe everyone.

The only safe place from a tornado is underground, like the utilidors

 

[The Mom]

As of 1 PM...

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That is just FPL. We have two houses in different counties; JEA for the Jax area (and they also have customers in adjoining counties - we had them when we lived in Orange park - and Clay Electric for our house in Putnam County. But FPL is the largest utility company in the state.

 

[LAKid53]

Yeah, the hurricane surf thing is very real. My mom was into surfing back in the day and would "have friends who" stayed out up until the last minute before hightailing it home.

Just move to the West coast. We've always got good waves...and fish with really big teeth...

 

[Sped2424]

I understand that effect my point was another poster was saying Orlando is not in trouble. They are in trouble and there are going to be hurricane force winds coming through tonight.

Hurricane force gusts 70-85 are being predicted for Orlando with the current trajectory which is much more in line with a bad tropical storm in terms of wind levels. Much different than sustained hurricane winds. I don't think anyone is trying to say Orlando is in any sort of clear. I do think Orlando is in a position that is more favorable than previous forecasts.

 

[Dubman]

Unbelievable! Morons

Looting in Fort Lauderdale

 

[invader]

Mike Pence on Local 6 right now

 

[21stamps]

As of 1 PM...

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I'm hoping that Scott is correct about all of the trucks being positioned and that areas will be restored as soon as possible after the storm passes. They have promised that this would not be another Wilma situation.

 

[cosmicgirl]

Unbelievable! Morons

Looting in Fort Lauderdale

Nikes? Seriously? At least the looters on the islands went for the TVs.
It would be really funny if they got the wrong size in such a hurry.

 

[LAKid53]

Unbelievable! Morons

Looting in Fort Lauderdale

Isn't WPLG in Miami? It was when I lived there.

But yeah, dumb, stupid and illegal. With a major hurricane threatening to make my life bad over the next few weeks, the last thing I'd go after are a bunch of expensive tennis shoes. Food, water are essential to life, Air Jordons not so much...

 

[some other guy]

13 just went ape about a maybe tornado over at Kennedy Space Center

 

[LAKid53]

Nikes? Seriously? At least the looters on the islands went for the TVs.
It would be really funny if they got the wrong size in such a hurry.

Karma

 

[RSoxNo1]

Nikes? Seriously? At least the looters on the islands went for the TVs.
It would be really funny if they got the wrong size in such a hurry.

The most important thing in a hurricane is to have sweet kicks.

 

[LAKid53]

13 just went ape about a maybe tornado over at Kennedy Space Center

Oh, no!

 

[LAKid53]

The most important thing in a hurricane is to have sweet kicks.

 

[some other guy]

Oh, no!

I think it was near a landing strip, and even then "13 went ape over a maybe tornado" is a far cry from "a tornado has actually occurred and done anything more than displace some alligators".
They just said "maybe an ef0 ef1".

 

[DisAl]

Karma

Looters? Load of rock salt from a 12 gauge would be appropriate..... Wouldn't want to really injure anybody but it would be justice for them to need those shoes to stand up in for the next couple of weeks.

 

[wdwmagic]

Orange County Convention Center is a staging post for rescue helicopters. The convention space is lined with them.

 

[G00fyDad]

I wonder if that varies by state? I guess the best thing is to check with your insurance company.

It probably varies by company as well as state. But here in southern Indiana State Farm (and most others) will pay for any tree that falls on your house whether it is a neighbour's tree or your own. However, your insurance will not pay for a tree in your yard falling on their house.