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Originally Posted by Velvet
Sometimes I think we should rename ‘Sumter’ to ‘Sumpter’. Trying to remember there is no “p” just doesn’t come naturally for a lot of us. I’ll have to research the background of the name.
Happy to hear that the hurricane will be downgraded as my home (2007) is built to withstand sustained winds to about 116 mph. In the historic region, my parents owned a manufactured home as a seasonal, and in 15 years they replaced the roof once because a tree fell on it.
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Our roof in the historic region is new (in the last 5 years) but there's a super-tall tree right behind the house on our property. The branches overhang the roof, it's very close to the house. I worry about branches damaging the roof or knocking out windows in the winds, but not so much the tree falling on the house.
I'm very glad that I'm in the north right now. I'd hate to be down there with no air conditioning, no power, and flooding at the bottom of the hill (which is the way out of our section).
I think if I was down there I'd probably just drive north for a couple of hours on Sunday, and hole up in a hotel til I knew it was safe to return.
As it stands, I doubt the winds will be bad enough to blow roofs off buildings in the Villages. But they might be bad enough to cause damage from branches and lawn chairs and other things that aren't secured.