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Where would you go? Leave the state?I am about 40 miles south of Tampa. Wife and I are looking at evacuating as early as Monday.
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Where would you go? Leave the state?I am about 40 miles south of Tampa. Wife and I are looking at evacuating as early as Monday.
CancelLet's hypothetically say you had a trip planned to a certain area near Orlando that is "magical" starting on Wednesday. Best bet to cancel or try to wait and see if any parts of the trip are salvageable?
Let's hypothetically say you had a trip planned to a certain area near Orlando that is "magical" starting on Wednesday. Best bet to cancel or try to wait and see if any parts of the trip are salvageable?
Same.. My weather station also does the same systems and the tracking is similarI didn’t thumbs up your post because I like plants and would prefer to get an inch of rain every 7-8 days. I installed a personal weather station at my house (central Piedmont NC) 3-1/2 years ago and upload data to Weather Underground and Ambient Weather. Two years ago it measured 43+ inches of rain, last year 44+ inches, and 45+ this year already. That only includes a bit over 2” associated with Helene.
This is a very short measuring period to establish trend, but my data is pointing toward a general rainfall increase (in my area) with the warming weather patterns. Also, in each of the past few years, either November or December has been one of the highest rainfall months of that year. This year? We’ll see.
Buy the trip insurance and cancelLet's hypothetically say you had a trip planned to a certain area near Orlando that is "magical" starting on Wednesday. Best bet to cancel or try to wait and see if any parts of the trip are salvageable?
Tell me more about the weather station?Same.. My weather station also does the same systems and the tracking is similar
But given growing season is ending, and given how much rain we had in September (9 days after Helene and the ground is still wet) we could go weeks and be more than fine
The Gulf is warm as hell.I’m surprised to see this storm forecasted to strengthen as it passes through the Gulf. If my understanding is correct, hurricanes cool the water it passes above making it less likely for a subsequent weather system in the same area to reach hurricane strength.
Tell me more about the weather station?
CFord,My brother-in-law and sister-in-law live two rows back from the beach in St. Pete. They only just got their power back a couple of days ago from Helene. Hopefully they are making preparations already to either evacuate down to Fort Myers where her parents live, or to Fernandina Beach where my mother-in-law and father-in-law have a place.
I have a house at OIB you are welcome to use if you don’t have a place to go.Where would you go? Leave the state?
Thanks a ton, Zoo. I really appreciate it. I’m sure they will get it all figured out. I’ll probably touch base with him tomorrow just to check in but they are both smart and won’t try to stupidly ride out a storm that they have no business trying to ride out.CFord,
I just heard on NPR that local authorities in Fort Meyer are calling for a complete evacuation on Monday.
I also wouldn’t look at Ferdandina Beach as a bail-out location. Barrier island in Florida?
Please lord no.I think Milton is going to become a cat 5 and make landfall as a cat 4.
Yes. Heading to Savannah. I fear that this storm is going to be a monster.Where would you go? Leave the state?
Really appreciate it, brother. We already made plans to go to Savannah, GA. Very nice of you to offer!I have a house at OIB you are welcome to use if you don’t have a place to go.