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Old 10-09-2024, 09:37 AM
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Originally Posted by BrianL99 View Post
14 threads currently running about Milton.

Get out of town. Board up the windows. Fill your bathtub with water. Fill your clothes dryer with ice. Hoard toilet paper.

As we say up north, "is this your first time on skates"?

Is this your first hurricane? Can't be, if you've lived in TV or Florida for more than a year or two. Where did you live before coming to Florida? Weather hasn't affected your life at some point?

New England has been hit with 71 Hurricanes or Tropical Storms, since I was born in 1953. One a year for me.

There have been 18 direct Hurricane hits in New England, since 1953. One every 4 years.

Close to 70 times in the last 70 years, Boston has been hit with a snow storm, dumping over 24" of snow in a 24 hour period. Worcester has been hit over 100 times in the last 70 years.

Doesn't the Midwest ever get bad weather?

Over the last 30 years, an average of 48 people per year, die from Hurricanes in the USA (136 if you include floods). Statistically, a non-event. (Weather Related Fatality and Injury Statistics)

The Villages is nearly 50 miles from the coast and probably has the most sophisticated drainage system in the USA.

Over-react much? Don't drive your golf cart through a flooded tunnel, you'll be fine. Friday is supposed to be 80 degrees and mostly sunny.

I know this isn't going to change anyone's mind or behavior, but this Chicken Little "the sky is falling" stuff is getting tedious.
Tell that to the folks in Asheville. Yes, the Villages has done pretty well when it comes to bad weather.....BUT there is always that one time and if folks want to be prepared, go for it. I've had home owners insurance on every home I have owned and have never/NEVER made a claim. Why have insurance if you never need it? BECAUSE, there is always that one chance you WILL need it. If folks want to be prepared for emergencies, leave them be. Do we laugh at apocalypse preppers? I don't get the Flu shot, but I don't laugh at those that do get them.
You said there are 14 hurricane threads? You made it 15, right?
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