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Old 09-27-2024, 08:50 AM
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Originally Posted by walterray1 View Post
Instead of being sarcastic it might be more appropriate to be thankful that the storm didn't do much here. Other places were not so lucky. The Villages is one of, if not the best place to be in Florida during hurricanes. I would rather over prepare and not need it rather than the other way around.
Sometimes a little sarcasm seems justified. Early on, the forecast had the storm staying well away from us here. I believe by Wednesday afternoon, the forecast had us receiving less than 2" of rain and at less than 30% chance of 50mph winds. If we weren't going to get the winds and we weren't going to get the rain and we weren't going to get the storm surge then what necessitated the concern and the closures?

I'm thankful hurricane John didn't do much here. But then again, I didn't expect it to since it was not forecast to come here. I'm thankful Helene took the track it did and we knew early on it would not have a great effect here.
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