You could drown with 10 foot surge. That's why you have to evacuate if you live within a mile of the beach. And flying debris can kill you. This will be the most expensive hurricane to ever hit the US. West Palm Beach is the most expensive real estate in the country.
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Whenever I see posts like this, I immediately know that the poster...
1) Has never been in a Cat 4/5 hurricane before
2) Has never been in any type of weather event before
3) Knows no one personally that were killed in a weather event
4) Has no wife or kids
5) Has never worked as a first responder
6) Is most likely a teenager living in his mothers basement
Anybody telling you to not worry about your own life vs Mother's nature doesn't give a shit about you and your own life.
I hire people for disaster relief efforts. Try spending months as a case worker listening to people tell you their horrifying stories and you would have a much different view on these things. Talk to someone who watched their kids get swept away to their deaths, or people who had to rip the roofs open on their house to prevent drowning or a man who saw a tree fall on his 8 year old son. In hundreds of these cases NONE of them ever could imagine they would be in harms way. ALL of them would have happily just drove 20 - 30 miles down the road to safer pastures if given the chance again.
The reason why they are warning people ad nauseum is because there's always the people like you that won't take it serious.Comment -
I own a 45 unit building in Desoto County. Damn straight this is serious stuff from not only life, but business point of view. Aside from that life is good in Cape Coral.Comment -
You hire people? What does it pay? Lodging, food? Who is paying?Whenever I see posts like this, I immediately know that the poster...
1) Has never been in a Cat 4/5 hurricane before
2) Has never been in any type of weather event before
3) Knows no one personally that were killed in a weather event
4) Has no wife or kids
5) Has never worked as a first responder
6) Is most likely a teenager living in his mothers basement
Anybody telling you to not worry about your own life vs Mother's nature doesn't give a shit about you and your own life.
I hire people for disaster relief efforts. Try spending months as a case worker listening to people tell you their horrifying stories and you would have a much different view on these things. Talk to someone who watched their kids get swept away to their deaths, or people who had to rip the roofs open on their house to prevent drowning or a man who saw a tree fall on his 8 year old son. In hundreds of these cases NONE of them ever could imagine they would be in harms way. ALL of them would have happily just drove 20 - 30 miles down the road to safer pastures if given the chance again.
The reason why they are warning people ad nauseum is because there's always the people like you that won't take it serious.
Always wanted to help, thought it was voluntary. Disasters aren't normally close for me to help.Comment -
been in a few hurricanes probably no 4's or 5's. been in a tornado far worse than this over-hyped event. don't know anyone killed in one of these. no wife, no kids, no mother or basement dweller. certainly wouldn't want to be a first responder to anything. not saying it isn't bad for some, but you will find that this one will only inflict minor damage. trending out to sea.Whenever I see posts like this, I immediately know that the poster...
1) Has never been in a Cat 4/5 hurricane before
2) Has never been in any type of weather event before
3) Knows no one personally that were killed in a weather event
4) Has no wife or kids
5) Has never worked as a first responder
6) Is most likely a teenager living in his mothers basement
Anybody telling you to not worry about your own life vs Mother's nature doesn't give a shit about you and your own life.
I hire people for disaster relief efforts. Try spending months as a case worker listening to people tell you their horrifying stories and you would have a much different view on these things. Talk to someone who watched their kids get swept away to their deaths, or people who had to rip the roofs open on their house to prevent drowning or a man who saw a tree fall on his 8 year old son. In hundreds of these cases NONE of them ever could imagine they would be in harms way. ALL of them would have happily just drove 20 - 30 miles down the road to safer pastures if given the chance again.
The reason why they are warning people ad nauseum is because there's always the people like you that won't take it serious.Comment -
very true. certainly a hurricane covers more territory, but hardly compares to the damage inflicted by a tornado. miami got off with 44 mph winds and 2" of rain. i hope no one in that county took it seriously at least. but i'm sure they did react like they always do when some tv forecaster (who is ordered to over-hype) tells them that they are in for it.Comment -
Right around Charleston hurricane not bad...goes pout to seaComment -
I am glad Miami is not going to get hit as hard as I thought 2 days ago... I went through Hurricane Andrew and that shit was no joke seeing all your windows break and roof caving in....Comment -
Still a chance it circles back around into Florida again, also Nicole is forming in the Atlantic.Comment -
i think that anyone who lives in or moves to the east coast of florida must know that these things happen almost every year to some extent. people that are afraid of a few feet of harmless snow and don't like it when it is cold out move there to sweat in the summer and get rained on every afternoon and face hurricane threats every fall in exchange for what. get to lay on a free beach all day for most of the time and fend off alligators in their yard when they get home if a sinkhole didn't swallow it. did i mention the snakes.Comment -
Right now we are right in the middle of it just had some 80 mph gusts and heavy rain power off but came on for about 30 mins and back off. Boards ratting on windows sounds are some of the scarious I ever heard sounds like a war going o going be scared to go outside in morning and see damage so far my upper windows have held . I did see my inner front door a actually bend most amazing thing I have seen. I also know it moved my grill which is close to 125 poinds in locked wheels move 15 feet acrosss patio. The power is intenseComment -
You guys in vero area need to hunker down I think the worst is coming your wayComment -
80 mph wind you have about 20 lbs per square foot of pressure on your walls. Your door has about 500 lbs of force on it from the wind pressure.
Stay safe!Comment -
If anyone can post photos of your houses in ocean post photos and I will give you points
Do not worry if you have insurance
Best of luckComment -
Some warnings got lifted in Florida which is a good signComment -
Dude you need to leave, you guys make me nervous staying there. Mets this is not good man. Please be safe Mother Nature is nothing to mess with.Comment -
It's too late to leave now. Folks have to hunker down and bear it.
I just got bad news that Nassau island is in terrible shape. A friend of mine's moms house roof flew off, water came in and totally collapsed. Houses totally destroyed all over the island, cars underwater. Trees down everywhere. The airport is totally under water. So far, they're not hearing of any deaths but many houses leveled to the ground.Comment -
Why on earth would you guys stay in that?Comment -
Okay folks - it looks like this storm is breaking up. The system is not very organized and too far east to impact the coastline. It should be a cat 1 by the time it hit the Carolina's and the loop back should not be an issue. Worst case isolate tropical storms but we dodged a bullet here.
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Cool storyOkay folks - it looks like this storm is breaking up. The system is not very organized and too far east to impact the coastline. It should be a cat 1 by the time it hit the Carolina's and the loop back should not be an issue. Worst case isolate tropical storms but we dodged a bullet here.Comment -
Parts of Florida is going to get hit hard but other than that it's not gonna be that badComment -
I'm serious. The media is still reporting death and mayhem but things are clearing up for the better. That doesn't mean shit can't restart but right now it looks good despite what I'm seeing on CNN, Weather Channel, etc.
The only problem with events like this is that people become very complacent the next time because they think the media is exaggerating. This storm was a monster in the Caribbean, it devastated a lot of areas but people here will only remember how millions were told to evacuate and nothing happened. The same thing happened in Texas and LA. Several false alarms so people got lax and hunkered down when they really should have left.Comment -
Power just came back on but keeping headphones in so I don't have to hear wind. Thought it was past me but the winds are freaking crazyComment -
These guys on CNN contradicting themselves..."good chance it wont make land" "but a good chance it will bring terrible devastation to the area"
explain that...Comment -
Looks like the eye kind broke up and came in around vero beach all I know is a lot of the heavy winds and bands Worked south and now coming at me from the west which is the way my houses faces so it sounds awful outside. Know I lost my gutter I heard it come off and bounce on my patio. Also had 100 point glass table outside that I laid upside down and its slide across my patio but so far rest of house has SUBstained my neighbhors had 2 royal palms that have to be 120 feet high and they are bending could be disastrous for them if they fallComment -
Still going to be heavy rain and strong winds I assume but I'm not following it to be honest. These storms are enourmous (don't need to even be cat 1) get on the edge of them and it's still intense. Only takes one blocked stormwater drain to flood a street no problem, whether that's terrible devastation or not maybe not but will be for some.Comment
