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Hurricane Milton coming to FL
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DisneyFanatic12
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And I’m sure many of us who are CMs are looking to be on the ride out crews, but it’s optional and not really stuck either. Although I would say those with cancelled flights are pretty stuck, sadly.
lazyboy97o
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As a facility with surgery and emergency services, it would considered a Risk Category IV which are “Buildings and other structures designated as essential facilities” (FBC Table 1604.5). Those large windows are supposed to be impacted rated and the structure designed to handle at a minimum wind gusts around 160 mph.
The short answer is yes.
With the current forecast I don't think MCO will open until late Thursday or maybe Friday.
Ayla
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CM's and the public should have known yesterday what the plan was. Pure incompetence.
Tropicana Field in St Petersburg is the staging area for first responders for Milton . Thousands of cots are on the playing field where first responders will be sleeping. The place will probably have more people in the building than in a typical Devil Rays game.
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DisneyDreamerxyz
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I worked rideout crew for Ian and had to be on my feet for 24 hours before they let us sleep. We were called in around 10am and we worked all day and overnight and then were able to go to our hotel room the next morning. (1 roommate with a coworker) and then get up to work overnight again. The food was pretty meh I ended up buying a pizza for myself because the food provided wasnt filling me up.
A bit of hubris there for sure for UO and WDW.
DisneyCane
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Glad you made it out. Safe travels!
Brian
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Not really. The storm was originally supposed to make landfall around Tuesday evening, then Wednesday afternoon, and now it's looking like 1am Thursday, and there's potential for that to go later still. Disney is wisely waiting to see if they can have a shortened operating day on Wednesday, or if the track has significant deviation which would spare the area from the worst of the effects, which has happened several times in recent memory.
I don't think people realize how much money Disney stands to lose from having the parks closed, even for a day. This is a decision which is not taken lightly in the slightest, and can't be made solely for the sake of good vibes and appeasing uninterested parties that allege they're not "doing the right thing" fast enough.
That said, an announcement should be expected late this afternoon.
JMcMahonEsq
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Why would the public need to know yesterday what WDW's plan was? Is there some out there who was thinking I can see the weather reports, and all the updates, the state of emergency being declared, but if WDW doesn't announce its closed we are showing up on Wed/Thursday we are going? If so then those people need to win the darwin award to help protect the species.
Workers are another story.
It’s not just the eye. It’s what’s a hundred miles ahead of it.
And getting your staff home safe.
A number of cast live in cheaper COL Davenport , Lakeland Winter Haven Haines City as compared to Orlando and consideration hopefully happens if these cast working Tuesday night still have to drive home in very inclement weather.
hopemax
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My Dad’s flight also left MCO on time this morning. And I’ll be off to the airport to pick him up in about an hour.
Never mentioned the eye. Have you looked at the forecast? Winds less than 20 mph until after midnight Wednesday.
I'm not going to mince words - What a moronic thing to say. "It was only an EF-4 tornado instead of an EF-5, thank goodness". You do realize that a potential reduction of 10mph of wind and 1ft less of storm surge isn't going to mean jack squat for the amount of damage done, right?
Andrew25
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The issue is that a lot of non-Floridians don't entirely understand how large a hurricane actually is. Everyone loves to focus on the eye, but its effects are large spread, with most of the rain occurring prior to the eye even reaching land. A tourist who arrives in Orlando this week completely understands bad weather is coming, but don't necessarily understand how it'll impact the area even with the eyes 100 miles away.
I lived in Celebration during Ian, and RCID (at the time) was monitoring Reedy Creek (the actual waterway) to make sure it flowing out of WDW property correctly, and it got very high. All of the walkways in the wetlands around Celebration were closed off for quite a while as it completely flooded (thankfully no homes suffered flooding damage, but it was quite close).
Hurricane Ian was a Cat 4 when it made landfall in SW Florida, and brought lots of flooding into the Kissimmee/Orlando area... where a good amount of CMs live. Did we not see the images out of Universal and how much flooding they received during Ian? It ripped a hole off the side of the Jurassic Park River Adventure showbuilding.
As for how much money the parks can lose when they close... how much money can they actually generate on a stormy day when flights can't get in with paying tourists and hotels are booked with families from the coast not going to the parks? Who in their right mind, outside a few non-locals, is interested in visiting the parks when rain is expected to fall for 2-3 days continuously? Not enough to generate a significant profit.
Storm winds not expected for Disney until late Wednesday early Thursday and may be later if trend continues.