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Old 09-05-2017, 03:12 PM
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Originally Posted by patfla06 View Post
This is exactly the scenario we would worry about.

Being inland you obviously don't get storm surge like the coasts. But if you get rain stalled will be a big problem. Yes going over land helps but Florida is flat and doesn't slow it as much.

Wind over 100 mph is a frightening thought.
All those loose items in your yards should be taken in.
(A reason I don't like all those rocks people put in their
Landscaping).


Praying it does not hit us or anyone else.
We lived in South Florida during Andrew. I distinctly remember Brian Norcross telling us anything along the ground would not become a missile. He told us to turn our large potted plants on their sides etc. Tornadoes, however, can make anything become a missile no matter where it is. I'm surely hoping the landscape rocks will stay put. There is an awful lot of them in TV.
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