Any damage?

[N44125]

Anyone have any damage from Hermine. Here in Poinciana, Comcast TV & Wifi working, electricity on, no flooding and no branches, etc down.

Golf courses just announced...NO point day...all day.

[red tail]

a paltry 1.5 in rain in rio grande

[Tnlady]

2.5" in Osceola Hills

[linda ackerly]

Our brother in law called to say he lost power last night. He lives in Silver Lake on East Schwartz Blvd. Don't know if power has been restored yet.

[billethkid]

We should all consider ourselves very fortunate .....this time.

[jnieman]

This is the worst storm I remember living here. I don't know how the palm trees kept upright. I was trying to remember when we had our wind mitigation study done how many miles per hour our house could take. Ours is a vinyl home built in 2008. Does anyone know?

[rjn5656]

no damage in our section of bonita

[justjim]

We are at our summer residence in Illinois. Heard from our "house watch" and no damage to our home in LaBelle.

We were in TV when the tornado hit in 2007---over 100 houses had to be rebuilt just two blocks from our villa in the village of Caroline. What a mess that turned out to be. Good to hear no tornado out of this storm and all are safe.

We are more concerned about the possibility of tornado than of a hurricane doing much damage in The Villages.

[jnieman]

Hubby just went to McD's down at Colony. He said the crews are out already gathering debris. He said they had a pile as high as our house sitting waiting to be picked up. I am happy they are so responsive. Our son was supposed to go to Disney at noon today with the kids. They have tickets for the haunted halloween. I just looked at the radar and orlando is going to get most of the storm all day today. https://weather.com/weather/radar/interactive/l/32162:4:US?animation=true&layer=radarConus&zoom=8

[jebartle]

Lots of palm poop! Palm trees sure are messy!

[villagetinker]

Walked the house and lot this morning (village of Pinellas), no apparent damage, took a quick look around the neighborhood and did not notice any damage. We did take the precaution to bring all the outside furniture inside, will probably take it out tomorrow. This was our first hurricane, glad it moved North from the initial prediction.

[jojo]

A mountain of palm fronds on Morse Blvd. near Colony. Crews are out all over cleaning up. 1.4 inches in Amelia.

[Taltarzac725]

Some tree moss of Morven Parkway and a few fallen branches on the Belmont Golf Course.

This is in Lynnhaven.

[Bjeanj]

2" in rain gauge from last night in Santiago. No branches down.

[delima2000]

Small branches and twigs in our front lawn. No damage. My front door was really making a whistleing noise during the windstorm. Scared the crap out of me.a new fron door might be on the horizon.

[Opmoochler]

In Hadley, palm stuff (not ours) and moss balls on our lawn, otherwise no damage. I was seriously surprised to see any limes left on our little key lime tree, but there were none on the ground, and our baby bottlebrush tree also survived! At 6:30 this a.m. we had only collected 3/4" of rain in our rain gauge-most of the rain must have fallen sideways:) I actually think our screened lanai collected deeper rain than the rain gauge. Has anyone used the lanai drains I've seen advertised?
Found it scary to huddle in our hall bathroom with son and lab during the take-cover tornado alert between 8:40 and 9:00. I've experienced hurricane winds and surges on the Chesapeake Bay (Isabel and Sandy), but was never too worried about tornadoes before.

[Villager Joyce]

No damage. As a point of interest to me, the area around our home (houses and villas, not open space) is so dark when there is no moon. I kept thinking if people would turn on their outside lights, I wouldn't feel like I was living in a bad episode of athe twilight Zone.

[Nucky]

I heard the words no more than 2 inches of rain from the storm on the radio at 3.30 pm. We got that much between 3 & 4am. I will have a more comprehensive plan in place shortly and make the decision to evacuate earlier. After everything's said and done if this is the price to pay for living in such a beautiful place the rest of the time so be it the trade off is well worth it. In a constructive way I wonder why there isn't some mention of preparedness during the day when you pick up your gate passes and the like.

[pauld315]

The other news source has quite a few pictures posted of damage around the area. Doesn't look too bad. As some have said you should be glad the path was north of The Villages area. First hurricane to hit Florida in 11 years may make some complacent in preparation but everyone needs to take the warnings seriously and have their hurricane kit available. I have gone through a couple of these and they are no fun.

[CWGUY]

The other news source has quite a few pictures posted of damage around the area. Doesn't look too bad. As some have said you should be glad the path was north of The Villages area. First hurricane to hit Florida in 11 years may make some complacent in preparation but everyone needs to take the warnings seriously and have their hurricane kit available. I have gone through a couple of these and they are no fun.

:ohdear: The Top Notch News Team from the other site also got a good picture of the boat that was put in Lake Sumter up side down as decoration too. :laugh: Storm damage?

[NYGUY]

Not much but some tree limbs down. About what you would expect from some wind driven rain. Life in Paradise rolls on!!

[golf2140]

Some thunder storms are more damaging.

[Bonny]

Nothing on my street in BonnyBrook. :)

[optv13sp]

In Hadley, palm stuff (not ours) and moss balls on our lawn, otherwise no damage. I was seriously surprised to see any limes left on our little key lime tree, but there were none on the ground, and our baby bottlebrush tree also survived! At 6:30 this a.m. we had only collected 3/4" of rain in our rain gauge-most of the rain must have fallen sideways:) I actually think our screened lanai collected deeper rain than the rain gauge. Has anyone used the lanai drains I've seen advertised?
Found it scary to huddle in our hall bathroom with son and lab during the take-cover tornado alert between 8:40 and 9:00. I've experienced hurricane winds and surges on the Chesapeake Bay (Isabel and Sandy), but was never too worried about tornadoes before.
How did you know about a take cover alert?
As a life-long Midwest resident, I have experienced hundreds and hundreds of Tornado Watch and Tornado Warnings and have never been that concerned because we have basements for shelter, sirens that go off to alert us about nearby tornadoes and four TV stations that provide street by street coverage throughout.
HOWEVER, I do not like the vulnerable feeling of no local TV coverage, no alert sirens, and no basements. We have Red Alerts on our phone as well as weather alerts from WESH-TV. We received one TEXT about a tornado warning...one TEXT. I monitored the situation closely via weather radio and the TV. I was aware of the tornado warnings nearby but there didn't seem to be adequate information about the direction they were moving etc. As I said, I'm used to top-notch coverage because tornadoes in the Midwest are so much more prevalent and powerful.
I'm thankful this was a Cat 1 hurricane and that we didn't lose power.

[mixsonci]

I would also like to know how you had a "take-cover tornado alert? The only thing I have is WESH 2 storm alert on my phone. Don't really know what else to do.

[CWGUY]

:coolsmiley: "THE WEATHER CHANNEL" app on my phone.

[Nucky]

I would also like to know how you had a "take-cover tornado alert? The only thing I have is WESH 2 storm alert on my phone. Don't really know what else to do.

Spring Chicken, I just said it for attention...give me a break. At 3.30pm I heard don't worry 2-3" of rain then the weather radio started alerting frequently then WESH warnings and reports...all was good until I heard the words over the alert radio to take cover or evacuate. It was to late to bail out at that point. I've been all over this for a while, I'm a news junkie. Leave, Stay, who the hell knows. I'm new here and never lived in a manufactured home before. I did consider these situations before I bought and now realize the decision must be made earlier and by me. Mixsonci, there is an emergency radio that you can buy and program for the county you live in. It was about $35 and is a Midland Radio. Very helpful. I think there are many people who are confused over what to do and how to proceed during an event like this.

[NYGUY]

How did you know about a take cover alert?
As a life-long Midwest resident, I have experienced hundreds and hundreds of Tornado Watch and Tornado Warnings and have never been that concerned because we have basements for shelter, sirens that go off to alert us about nearby tornadoes and four TV stations that provide street by street coverage throughout.
HOWEVER, I do not like the vulnerable feeling of no local TV coverage, no alert sirens, and no basements. We have Red Alerts on our phone as well as weather alerts from WESH-TV. We received one TEXT about a tornado warning...one TEXT. I monitored the situation closely via weather radio and the TV. I was aware of the tornado warnings nearby but there didn't seem to be adequate information about the direction they were moving etc. As I said, I'm used to top-notch coverage because tornadoes in the Midwest are so much more prevalent and powerful.
I'm thankful this was a Cat 1 hurricane and that we didn't lose power.

Florida tornadoes do not rise to the level you are use to in the Midwest. While I believe we have more tornadoes than any other state, most all are water spouts (and few of those reach land). We can get some tornadoes during thunder storms, but generally small. Hence, we don't have the warnings you are use to for tornadoes.

[Barefoot]

Why would you evacuate over a few inches of rain and some wind that was lighter than a few t-storms we've had in the last couple months?
I used to be extremely concerned about TORNADO WATCHES.
I'd go to our one interior room, the laundry room, with a chair, my pets, my passport/financial stuff, bottled water, and a comforter for over my head!
My husband is a retired Fire Captain. He would just smile and watch the storm from our birdcage.
I was certainly aware of the tornado damage in 2007, the year we purchased our first CYV.
I didn't realize it was an extremely rare occurrence.

Then I learned that if a tornado is seriously expected, your Weather Radio will advise of a tornado WARNING.
And you can watch local television to see if your area is truly in danger.
With a weather radio, programmed by the local Fire Department, you can be aware of all weather events.

[golfing eagles]

I used to be extremely concerned about TORNADO WATCHES.
I'd go to our one interior room, the laundry room, with a chair, my pets, my passport/financial stuff, bottled water, and a comforter for over my head!
My husband is a retired Fire Captain. He would just smile and watch the storm from our birdcage.
I was certainly aware of the tornado damage in 2007, the year we purchased our first CYV.
I didn't realize it was an extremely rare occurrence.

Then I learned that if a tornado is seriously expected, your Weather Radio will advise of a tornado WARNING.
And you can watch local television to see if your area is truly in danger.
With a weather radio, programmed by the local Fire Department, you can be aware of all weather events.


I was just sitting on my lanai watching for a funnel cloud and enjoying the cool breeze. With luck, a few Canadian lobsters would have fallen from the sky:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

[Rapscallion St Croix]

I haven't seen such devastation since the DC area earthquake of 2011

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/25/article-2030006-0D9150DC00000578-739_634x449.jpg

Seriously, I went through Katrina and was really concerned about Hermine. Luckily, we dodged the bullet.

[optv13sp]

Florida tornadoes do not rise to the level you are use to in the Midwest. While I believe we have more tornadoes than any other state, most all are water spouts (and few of those reach land). We can get some tornadoes during thunder storms, but generally small. Hence, we don't have the warnings you are use to for tornadoes.

Yes, as a veteran/expert of hundreds of tornadoes, I realize the difference in the severity of EF1 and EF4 or EF5. We were here in 2007 and saw the damage that could be done even by a less strong tornado. I merely want to be informed. I have the Midland weather radio programmed for Sumter. Perhaps if one hasn't experienced the excellent local TV coverage/warning during such an event, one can't appreciate how helpful it is. I watched Orlando stations and they were reporting extensively on the threat even though, as you say, Florida tornadoes tend to be less strong. Please don't suggest I move, I love it here. Having said that, I miss things about a bigger city...i.e. TV coverage when needed, exceptional health care, etc. We all have our opinions...this is mine.

[jnieman]

Yes, as a veteran/expert of hundreds of tornadoes, I realize the difference in the severity of EF1 and EF4 or EF5. We were here in 2007 and saw the damage that could be done even by a less strong tornado. I merely want to be informed. I have the Midland weather radio programmed for Sumter. Perhaps if one hasn't experienced the excellent local TV coverage/warning during such an event, one can't appreciate how helpful it is. I watched Orlando stations and they were reporting extensively on the threat even though, as you say, Florida tornadoes tend to be less strong. Please don't suggest I move, I love it here. Having said that, I miss things about a bigger city...i.e. TV coverage when needed, exceptional health care, etc. We all have our opinions...this is mine.

Can you tell me which local TV coverage you felt covered last night weather well? I watched channel 2 and they barely would even show the Villages or Leesburg, it was all about Orlando. I have Direct TV so I don't know if I have the same as you do.

[Happinow]

Greatful for the weather alerts on my phone. We did get a tornado warning last night which was scary. We went to the closet and stayed for a few minutes until the high winds passed. It was the first tornado warning we have been alerted to in the 4 1/2 years we lived here. Channel 13 did a great job giving a minute by minute tracking of where the tornado was headed. No damage here.

[NYGUY]

Yes, as a veteran/expert of hundreds of tornadoes, I realize the difference in the severity of EF1 and EF4 or EF5. We were here in 2007 and saw the damage that could be done even by a less strong tornado. I merely want to be informed. I have the Midland weather radio programmed for Sumter. Perhaps if one hasn't experienced the excellent local TV coverage/warning during such an event, one can't appreciate how helpful it is. I watched Orlando stations and they were reporting extensively on the threat even though, as you say, Florida tornadoes tend to be less strong. Please don't suggest I move, I love it here. Having said that, I miss things about a bigger city...i.e. TV coverage when needed, exceptional health care, etc. We all have our opinions...this is mine.

:agree: We went through Hurricane Andrew, a Cat 5, along with 200 MPH tornado winds. I understand the importance of good reporting (not over hyped as it normally is in Florida) and warnings.

[VILLAGERBB]

Sabal Chase - Extremely fortunate...and thankful.

[2BNTV]

The house held up in fine form but I noticed the gates to my complex were missing!!!

Came home and turned on the television and notice there was no power to my "Hopper". I notice a red light on the power strip was activated, so I probably took a hit! After resetting the power strip, everything booted up fine.

Good to go!!! ;smiley:

[justjim]

Florida tornadoes do not rise to the level you are use to in the Midwest. While I believe we have more tornadoes than any other state, most all are water spouts (and few of those reach land). We can get some tornadoes during thunder storms, but generally small. Hence, we don't have the warnings you are use to for tornadoes.

Generally agree with you. I too lived most of my life in Illinois. I've seen a tornado up close and seen its results. Ugly! Always had the sirens to warn us. The tornado that hit TV in 2007 was a F-3 or maybe F-4. Ugly and results were devastating.

[Bavarian]

No damage in Bridgeport Laurel Valley Thank God. Watching WESH 2, the tornado just missed us, lost power for a second. Got warning on WESH2 App on iPhone.

[delima2000]

Comcast channel 6 wkmg did a great job in talking about the rotation of the storms In Clermont and Leesburg and where it was heading to. Tom Sorells the weatherman didn't understand why Sumter county wasn't under the same warming as lake because the storm was headed towards fruit land park and wildwood. Then he found out that is because they are under a different weather radar. The other channel seem to concentrate on The Orlando area and the coast. (Atlantic)

[crabbyannie1]

Anyone have any damage from Hermine. Here in Poinciana, Comcast TV & Wifi working, electricity on, no flooding and no branches, etc down.

Golf courses just announced...NO point day...all day.

My beautiful red Weeping Bottlebrush Tree, which was just starting to bloom and full of buds, snapped at the base and fell over. It's crushed, and so am I.

[crabbyannie1]

How did you know about a take cover alert?
As a life-long Midwest resident, I have experienced hundreds and hundreds of Tornado Watch and Tornado Warnings and have never been that concerned because we have basements for shelter, sirens that go off to alert us about nearby tornadoes and four TV stations that provide street by street coverage throughout.
HOWEVER, I do not like the vulnerable feeling of no local TV coverage, no alert sirens, and no basements. We have Red Alerts on our phone as well as weather alerts from WESH-TV. We received one TEXT about a tornado warning...one TEXT. I monitored the situation closely via weather radio and the TV. I was aware of the tornado warnings nearby but there didn't seem to be adequate information about the direction they were moving etc. As I said, I'm used to top-notch coverage because tornadoes in the Midwest are so much more prevalent and powerful.
I'm thankful this was a Cat 1 hurricane and that we didn't lose power.

We, also, relied on our weather radio and TV news. I signed up for phone alerts when we first moved here almost 5 years ago and received nothing this time, which surprised me.

[thelegges]

Up north we have sirens for all weather. It's on the fire station down the street. We have a fair amount of time to get to the basement. Or if you live near the railway you can watch the tornado travel the track. TV is a little different for us. If our house had been built in 07 the tornado went right thru our lot.

[Villageshooter]

I heard the words no more than 2 inches of rain from the storm on the radio at 3.30 pm. We got that much between 3 & 4am. I will have a more comprehensive plan in place shortly and make the decision to evacuate earlier. After everything's said and done if this is the price to pay for living in such a beautiful place the rest of the time so be it the trade off is well worth it. In a constructive way I wonder why there isn't some mention of preparedness during the day when you pick up your gate passes and the like.

there can be no plan because there's no place to go and hide to take shelter all of these homes are built on a slab with no basement if we ever get a huge tornado through here we will have more dead bodies and we have golf carts!

[Villageshooter]

Yes, as a veteran/expert of hundreds of tornadoes, I realize the difference in the severity of EF1 and EF4 or EF5. We were here in 2007 and saw the damage that could be done even by a less strong tornado. I merely want to be informed. I have the Midland weather radio programmed for Sumter. Perhaps if one hasn't experienced the excellent local TV coverage/warning during such an event, one can't appreciate how helpful it is. I watched Orlando stations and they were reporting extensively on the threat even though, as you say, Florida tornadoes tend to be less strong. Please don't suggest I move, I love it here. Having said that, I miss things about a bigger city...i.e. TV coverage when needed, exceptional health care, etc. We all have our opinions...this is mine. The rickety construction of these homes the big bad Wolf could huff and puff and blow them down

[rubicon]

A local meteorologist once did a seminar at one of the rec centers following the tornado that hit here especially Mallory area) a few years back and showed that historically this part of florida has been pretty well insulated from the brunt of hurricane damage . of course when it comes to weather the past is not prologue for the future

[thelegges]

The rickety construction of these homes the big bad Wolf could huff and puff and blow them down

Since I don't have a red hooded cape not worried about the big bad wolf. Why would you buy here if you thought your home was rickety construction?

[golfing eagles]

there can be no plan because there's no place to go and hide to take shelter all of these homes are built on a slab with no basement if we ever get a huge tornado through here we will have more dead bodies and we have golf carts!

There are a bunch of county shelters---I know of one on Powell Rd between 466A and 44A

[photo1902]

Can you tell me which local TV coverage you felt covered last night weather well? I watched channel 2 and they barely would even show the Villages or Leesburg, it was all about Orlando. I have Direct TV so I don't know if I have the same as you do.

WFTV had excellent storm coverage, which interrupted regular programming. Extremely thorough including warnings in The Villages and surrounding areas.

[pooh]

There are many ways to be kept aware of storm conditions and alerts. Sign up for weather alerts from near-by tv stations, Internet weather apps, phone apps and it would be wise to get a weather radio. Many who are new to this area might expect the same sort of weather alert notifications they had in their previous locations. This part of Florida has no siren alerts.....it doesn't. It is better to adapt to local systems than complain, not adjust and be in danger. We had only been here a short time when the 2007 tornado hit. Before that event, really wasn't thinking about such a device, no need for them where we lived previously. SInce then, a weather radio has been a part of our home decor and necessities. We are all responsible for staying as safe as we can in adverse weather situations and there are many ways to be alerted to dangerous conditions.

[twoplanekid]

More information on Florida Tornadoes

Tornadoes - Florida Climate Center (http://climatecenter.fsu.edu/topics/tornadoes)

and a video of the Villages in 2007 the day after

The Villages Tornado - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmFOnQcIhsE)

[Sandtrap328]

For those who miss having a basement shelter for a hurricane or tornado - there is a company in Crystal River that sells tornado shelters. They are a slightly modified concrete septic tank that you can have sitting in your garage and crawl into it when a tornado warning or hurricane warning occurs.

It probably would not stand up to a direct hit but may be safer than a closet. Keep it well stocked with wine and cookies!

If I hear of an approaching large hurricane, I am just going to pack up the golf cart with essentials (wine and cookies) and head up I-75 to Atlanta!

[pooh]

Not to minimize the seriousness of being prepared....but this was kind of funny....

[dave from deland]

This is the worst storm I remember living here. I don't know how the palm trees kept upright. I was trying to remember when we had our wind mitigation study done how many miles per hour our house could take. Ours is a vinyl home built in 2008. Does anyone know?Houses in Florida are built to withstand high winds as a result of the damage caused by Hurricane Andrew in Miami, August 1992. They used to use staples to put on tar paper prior to that Hurricane, as an example. They now use nails which penetrate the wood roof and into the attic. The building codes that came into being after that Hurricane have greatly reduced damage from wind storms and minimal Hurricanes in all of Florida.