Hurricane Ian

[Jolly]

Neat stuff.

[George K]

[LuFins Dad]

I don’t see any EV’s, do you?

[Jolly]

@LuFins-Dad said in Hurricane Ian:

I don’t see any EV’s, do you?

That would be a nightmare.

[Doctor Phibes]

@George-K said in Hurricane Ian:

Yeah, all those folks fleeing high taxes from New York, LA and Chicago we've been hearing so much about might be having a bit of a re-think.

[Jolly]

Nah.

[Doctor Phibes]

@Jolly said in Hurricane Ian:

Nah.

We moved to Canada a couple of months before the 1998 ice storm. Let's just say we were a little surprised.

"I distinctly remember them telling me not to worry, it's a dry cold!"

[jon-nyc]

@Jolly said in Hurricane Ian:

@jon-nyc said in Hurricane Ian:

@Jolly To avoid the risk and inconvenience?

We used to evacuate when I lived in FL. We had relatives in Tampa and we’d go there.

But I didn’t evacuate for Sandy or Irene when I lived in the city.

Storm surge and tornadoes kill. For me, surge is not a factor and the tornadoes will follow the track through a quarter of the country. Flooding can be a problem, especially as the area develops and drainages change, but my houseplace has never flooded (except during 1927, but that's another ball of wax). I do rarely get cut off, but the water will go down in a couple of days and if I have to get out, I'll boat out.

So, besides trees dropping or roof damage, it's mostly just inconvenient. If I lived on the coast, I'd think differently.

Yeah, we were on a coastal island which had an average elevation of 18ft. Where our house was the elevation was 10ft.

[Doctor Phibes]

Link to video

[89th]

@Doctor-Phibes I've been on that plane (while it's on the ground). Cool to see, very...tight spaces and the equipment seems quite...analog. Amazing what it has flown through.

[Jolly]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Hurricane Ian:

@Jolly said in Hurricane Ian:

Nah.

We moved to Canada a couple of months before the 1998 ice storm. Let's just say we were a little surprised.

"I distinctly remember them telling me not to worry, it's a dry cold!"

The media usually makes out a storm as worse than what it is. Occasionally, we really do get a bad one, like Audrey, Camille, Katrina or Andrew. Then the media does their usual, as in hyping it relentlessly, covering the damage selectively, and then forgetting all about it in two weeks.

[Catseye3]

Excerpted from CNN: "At least three sections of the Sanibel Causeway were washed away by storm surge from Hurricane Ian, according to video from CNN affiliates WBBH and WPLG, severing the Sanibel and Captiva islands’ only connection to Florida’s mainland.

"The videos from the causeway show two portions of the ramp to both bridges washed away, as well as a stretch of roadway that crossed an island in the middle of the causeway.

"The county, which includes Fort Myers in addition to Sanibel and Captiva islands and Cape Coral, suffered “catastrophic damage” from the storm, officials said in their update, noting that 98% of the county remains without power.

"Urban search and rescue crews from local agencies are “actively engaged in search and rescue efforts,” with federal search and rescue teams being deployed. In the meantime, the 15 shelters opened prior to the storm’s arrival remain open.

More: https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/29/us/sanibel-causeway-bridge-florida-hurricane-ian/index.html

[George K]

Just a collection of photos on FB...

[LuFins Dad]

I’m still on a FB group for Universal Studios from our vacation in May. Saw these pictures there:

[Jolly]

Coastal stuff and McMansions.

They'll learn.

[George K]

In terms of destruction, is this as bad as Katrina, Andrew and others?

I suppose we won't probably know for a while.

[Copper]

@George-K said in Hurricane Ian:

In terms of destruction, is this as bad as Katrina, Andrew and others?

I suppose we won't probably know for a while.

You can tell a lot about how bad it is by the political affiliation of the president.

We learned this after Katrina.

[Copper]

@Jolly said in Hurricane Ian:

Coastal stuff and McMansions.

They'll learn.

Yes, stock up on blue tarps.

A few years ago I drove through the Keys about 6 months after a major hurricane. Everywhere you looked you would see blue tarps being used to temporarily cover holes in roofs. There are only so many roofers in the world.

[Jolly]

@George-K said in Hurricane Ian:

In terms of destruction, is this as bad as Katrina, Andrew and others?

I suppose we won't probably know for a while.

Oh, it's a multi-billion dollar storm, mostly because of where it came in. If it would have hit the panhandle, like some models predicted, wouldn't cost nearly as much.

1. That part of Florida hasn't had a major hurricane in a long time. People build stuff where they shouldn't. The state won't have levees and pumps in places they should. Lot of difference in a Cat 1 and a Cat 3 or better.
2. Because of the above, many of the people there won't know what to do to prepare. You need evacuation plans. If you stay... You need tarps. You need a generator and you need to know how to use it. You need generator fuel. You need communications. You need an emergency radio. You need the right kind of food and a way to heat it. And you need a good supply of drinking water.

[George K]

@LuFins-Dad said in Hurricane Ian:

I don’t see any EV’s, do you?