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Originally Posted by Carla B
Sorry, Russ, no one on this forum so far seems to have been around for the hurricanes in 2004. I'd like to know their experience, as well.
One thought about pine trees and wind. I also went through Hurricane Alicia in 1983 in Houston. Although I lived on the "clean" side of the hurricane I saw a lot of destruction in the northeast part of Houston which was on the "dirty" side and in a pine forest. Yes, pine trees snap in high wind, but the good news is that TV doesn't have a lot of pine trees.
Also, insurance companies seem to take a different view of the risk of living in The Villages versus living near the coast. It's expensive and difficult to get insurance on our condo east of I-95 in south Florida. Here our concrete house is insured for more than 4 times the value of the interior only of our condo for about the same premium.
All in all, I'd rather be here than there. Probably the main danger of a hurricane here would be the tornados that might be spawned by the system.
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Sorry Russ, Carla, just picked up on this thread. I was living in an RV park two miles east of the Villages in 2004. First one (forget the name) knocked out power for a few days while I was hiding in Texas. The next one (Charlie) was supposed to hit us direct. A friend went to his son's house in Orlando where Charlie hit pretty hard. Nothing here but a gentle breeze. The next one (Frances I think.) knocked down a few trees and did considerable damage to quite a few roofs in the Villages and Spruce Creek South. I think there might have been another but of no consequence. I think we need to worry more about Tornados here as evidenced by the severe damage in the Villages in Feb. 2007. It came through the Villages with a vengance and crossed Rolling acres just one mile south of the R V Park, thank God. Hope to be back inTV in a CBS when the next one hits.