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Old 06-23-2022, 11:46 AM
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Originally Posted by banjobob View Post
Save your money , not a necessity this far north in Florida .Bad Hurricanes are mostly farther south.
Sorry to contradict, but “never say never.” We moved here from Jacksonville, Fl…arguably much further north than TV and lost power for 3 days in Matthew and 2 days in IRMA. So the North-South argument falls flat. The “more inland” argument might hold—hurricanes lose energy over land. The reason for fewer outages here is that 95% of the power lines are buried. Did we get rid of our generator? Not on your life…and the portable AC is still taking up space in a closet. Try 4hrs, let alone 4days, without AC. Then you’ll wish you had bought that $400 generator when you could—because they WILL be hard to come by when Jim Cantore starts spouting the worst. For about $600 (AC & Gen) we KNOW we’ll be able to sleep, and our groceries will be safe, when the wind starts to blow…