Hurricane Ian
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In terms of destruction, is this as bad as Katrina, Andrew and others?
I suppose we won't probably know for a while.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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In terms of destruction, is this as bad as Katrina, Andrew and others?
I suppose we won't probably know for a while.
@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.
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@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.
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In terms of destruction, is this as bad as Katrina, Andrew and others?
I suppose we won't probably know for a while.
@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.
- 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.
- 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.
“Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”
Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton
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I don’t see any EV’s, do you?
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Today I played a round of golf for the 46th day in a row, a new record.
If I play tomorrow it will be the first time in 3 years that I played every day in a month. But I won't play tomorrow.
The course is closed tomorrow due to Ian.
This truly is a devastating storm.
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It's more interesting if you play through the storm.
“Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”
Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton
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@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.
- 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.
- 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.
@Jolly said in Hurricane Ian:
@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.
- 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.
- 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.
Or in the way they should - up on stilts like they do in Alabama.
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The rain from leftover Ian started here at about 7:00, with wind gusts in the 30s maybe just into the 40s.
We'll get 5-6 inches of rain over a day or 2. We really need every bit of it. We'll get some local flooding but mostly just a soaking with some wind.
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I have a good friend who lives in fort Myers. Actually just inland of the city on a rural piece of property where I have visited many times.
The fucking eye passed right over his place. Lots of trees down and the roof ripped off his pole barn. But otherwise no physical injuries to him or household.
A mutual acquaintance with a gorgeous house on the Caloosahatchee river faired much more poorly. Water surge of 5 feet has left the house unapproachable.
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@89th said in Hurricane Ian:
@George-K said in Hurricane Ian:
Not the worst idea I've ever seen, if the anchors are solid.
They do that in Newfoundland. My uncle's house on Poole's Island is cabled down, anchored into the rock.
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"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
