Hurricane Ian
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@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.
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@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!"
@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.
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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
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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.
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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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@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.
