Hurricane Ian
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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.
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@George-K said in Hurricane Ian:
Thanks a lot, George... When I was a kid, I used to have a recurring nightmare where the house was flooding and there were alligators in the house. I would always wake up FEELING the gator's jaws clamping down and shattering my leg or arm (it varied) and the limb starting to be torn free. I mean, this dream happened often when I was 6-10 and still crops up occasionally today.
Want to guess who's going to have that dream again?
