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Hurricane Milton coming to FL
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DisneyCane
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Obviously if your life is at risk without power it is necessary to evacuate. Most of the people who evacuate from non evacuation zones do so because they don't want to suffer without AC for a week, not because they will die without power.
But if there's higher than normal flooding in MK, wouldn't that cause water problems inside the Utilidors?
Sea World made their announcement and from what I have seen Disney and Uni still haven't? Pretty morale hurting for their employees and at this point irresponsible.
@Andrew C Here is a good exmaple of what we were discussing earlier. It gives a potential that Friday could happen without commitment and letting people know about the two days.
@Andrew C Here is a good exmaple of what we were discussing earlier. It gives a potential that Friday could happen without commitment and letting people know about the two days.
Nope, altho on multiple occasions people have been told by cast that they have them under the hotels "just incase", no idea why but apparently the thought of going UNDER the water calms people down. If you go on a few of the trip report sites and read peoples accounts from hurricanes in the 2000s it seemed to be a pretty common thing, some even going as far as to say they have tunnels connecting all hotels for emergencies, which of course is a massive fib!
If we're going to feel for anyone its the ones that get left over at castaway cay in the storm shelter - its perfectly safe but still...private island, storm...I'd be worried about the T-Rex.
And that you'd have to wait for a DCL ship to bring you provisions after the storm passed. As what happened with Dorian. Until the island was cleaned up for visitors, the ships docked at CC to check on staff living there and bringing supplies.
Closing at 6pm on Wednesday would not be 24 hours prior to expected landfall.
plutofan15
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Judging by photos, that has already begun and after parks close tonight will be a perfect time as well.
Because you can't "do something" to protect your home if your employer is still telling you to report to work.
This means the cruise that left yesterday will be getting an extra cruise day or two.
I have a friend on the current cruise.
MouseEarsMom33
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Shutting Disney World down for 2 days is a big deal. I'm sure they don't want to make a wrong decision.
If SeaWorld is shutting down for two days, I am thinking a similar announcement will be made this afternoon by Disney.
lazyboy97o
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SeaWorld typically closes sooner and for longer than Universal and Disney.
Mr. Sullivan
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That may be true for vacationers but it isn’t just going to be vacationers on property.
Many locals are booking hotel rooms at WDW and Universal because they’re among the few who aren’t booked up. There are even people in the Orlando subreddit encouraging people to go that route if they’re not comfortable at their homes. Disney and Universal both have supplies and infrastructure that makes people feel safer on the chance Orlando gets bad.
Even if Disney and Universal start turning people away (which I doubt they’re going to do any time soon), there is regardless going to be a fair number of people there to take care of and I’m sure this factors into how they’re making their decisions.
Don't know where they are getting their forecast, but Weather Channel and Accuweather are forecasting 40-60 mph winds. As typing it dropped to 35-50 mph.
Gringrinngghost
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SoFloMagic
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Local news gotta keep those eyeballs on the screens to get that cool cash.
But the true answer is that it could be either and we won't know until likely this time tomorrow.
A Cat 3 hitting Tampa then moving 90 miles and slowing winds down to 35-50 mph 90 miles away in Kissimmee ? FYI as of 5 min ago Weather channel is showing 100 mph Thu 8 am.
SoFloMagic
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Cat 2/3 winds in Kissimmee is looking like worst case scenario.
50mph+ is nearly guaranteed at this point.
Local news is going with fear for ratings.
Others are presenting the science.
TalkingHead
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Sustained or gusts? WESH showed TS-Cat 1 sustained in Polk. Sustained winds in Orange won’t be Cat 1.
Gringrinngghost
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It going to be dependent on how large the wind fields are going to be. HOWEVER due to the proximity to the parks, I do expect Hurricane Force winds regardless.