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Hurricane Matthew
- Thread starter JohnD
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PhilharMagician
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Exactly. I would almost take my chances in the trees rather than have to park in a open parking lot at one of the other resorts with possibly 100 MPH gusts. Hopefully people went West to get away.
Maybe. However, the interstates will be parking lots.
WDW862
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Charley plowed right through central Florida.Notice he said Central Florida?
Source: I was in the eye.
cursivesailor
Active Member
Theres so little to care about at HS right now that they forgot to close i!
wannabeBelle
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Seriously?? I just cant...............Marie
GrumpyFan
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Sunday will probably be heavy, and if there is widespread damage and power outages, you may have trouble.
It's too hard to say right now, really. All just depends on how everything is effected.
Your best bet is to watch the news, then call your resort before heading down.
Nubs70
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Interstates will clear first. State Highways second and so forth..
mousehockey37
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There's no way to tell. We'll find out as Jim Cantore makes his way up the coast.
21stamps
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You won't know until the storm hits. There's still too many variables.
Would you be able to point me to that? I've only seen gusts to 105 in the WDW area
And wind gusts as it passed through Orlando were about 106 mph. Matthew is expected to be higher.
Edit: Kate was a weak Category 2 storm when it made landfall 9 miles west of Tallahassee. Gusts were clocked at 108 mph. However, 90% of Tallahassee was without power, we had a curfew and I was without power from 6pm the Thursday she struck until the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. Over 1,000 trees fell around town. Matthew is going to be much, much worse.
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GrumpyFan
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I believe that's referring to the forecast/prediction, since he mentioned "model".
Princess Leia
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Maybe they're keeping DHS open so people can stay at the Hollywood Tower Hotel.
DrummerAlly
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Let's say your trip is booked for Fri-Monday and have 4 day park hoppers. Will Disney reimburse people for the days lost on their tickets? I just got back from a stay at AoA and there is nothing to do in those rooms and it's not like there's enough indoor space for them to actually hold good activities. I can't imagine how miserable this must be for people stuck there.
My local forecast (15 minutes north of WDW) calls for Cat 1 sustained winds
Jimmy Thick
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It was a graphic on the Weather Channel,as a possibility, if it's accurate or hyperbole is anyone's guess but hopefully bullwonka.
PhotoDave219
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That sucks....
Over at the airport, yes. Sustained winds over by the all stars never reached hurricane strength.
But when youre talking about winds over 50mph sustained, doesnt really matter whether its 100 or 110, youre screwed none the less.
EpcotEric01
Active Member
The actual statement is the largest hurricane to hit the EAST coast of Florida, not Central Florida specifically.