Irma - when will you evacuate
 

Curious as to your thought process on when to evacuate ? How will you make that decision ? What is your game plan if you do evacuate ?

You may be a little late. Traffic is already so bad on 75 north that cars have spilled over to 301 north. Bumper to bumper.

Make sure you have a place to stay. Hotels in Atlanta are pretty full as coastal Georgia and S. Carolina are already heading inland. The Atlanta Speedway is opening to campers who evacuate.

We do not plan to evacuate. We don't live in a mobile/pre-manufactured home, nor are we immediately adjacent to a lake where we might be concerned with flooding. I am not minimizing the potential effects of the storm, but for us, if we were to evacuate, we might as well leave the state of Florida.

If the worst that happens is we lose power for a few days, not having an air conditioner would be an inconvenience. We lived in Michigan and losing power during a winter storm was worse. We had to worry about freezing pipes, no heat, unsafe road conditions, etc.

I would be more concerned if we lived along the coast, and my perspective on evacuation would be much different.

As far as a plan, we already know where our "shelter in place" within our home will be (this should already be known anyway). Good preparation helps, and there are other threads with recommendations as to what you should be doing. If you haven't already stocked bottled water, you might have a chance on a resupply, but most (if not all) stores in the area have had their shelves emptied. You might consider other beverages that are still available on the shelves.

We also are sheltering in place, my biggest concern is spin off tornados.

No plans to evacuate.

I have wife a large dog and an 89 yr old mother-in-law who lives in a home we bought her. We will take a look in the morning to see if the storm is coming straight up through the middle of the State or moving off shore. If the storm appears to be progressing straight up toward Orlando then I believe we could get 100 mile per hour winds here. That will mean lots of damage to TV and loss of power. I have a son in Atlanta and we would go there.

Originally was thinking of going to Atlanta and couldn't find a hotel room.Traffic is backed up for miles on I75.
Airfare prices to N.Y. are crazy ( don't want to go there anyway).

Will watch the weather channel and just snuggle in and pray.

Until you lose power. Make sure you have a battery operated radio ready, flashlights or lanterns and a good supply of water in your tubs, washing machine etc. Also, withdraw a good sum of cash to have on hand. When the power goes off there is no ATM's etc to get money from.

I would think if the eye comes straight up the middle of the state, for 400 miles over land, it would be little more than a tropical breeze when it gets here. I'd be more concerned if it came up the east coast and hung a left at the Cape

Then you know nothing about what the storm in 1960 did. I cannot remember the name but it did just that......up the middle!

Whatever

It is useless to worry about things you can't control
 

Several have mentioned saving water in your bath tub.

We do not have a bath tub so that is not an option. Likely, your tub drain leaks a bit anyway.

We do have a slop sink and we will fill those large plastic bags we all have for trash. Test the ones you have. Ours do not leak. If, you put them in your slop sink and make sure you fill the sink with them, like a tire inner tube it will be able to hold the water weight supported by the sink.

I would not drink this water or the water from your tub for that matter-it is for flushing the toilets.

GOOD LUCK.

Best quick idea for storing water I found is large zip lock bags.

It appears to be going up the east coast, so we may be fine.

Relax

I'll probably evacuate when I move to a coast, which is some time this side of never.

This is a huge storm, largest ever in the Atlantic. Your assessment needs work.


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I usually evacuate in the morning, besides that, not too worried about this Hurricane

Perhaps. Please cite an example of a hurricane, even a cat 4 or 5, that was more than a TS after travelling 400 miles over land. One will do. Harvey was a 4 or strong 3 at landfall, and was a TS 80 miles inland. Now try 400 miles

Critical.......what is ur assessment???.......assuming all ur work is done.

Agree Hot...............it's easy to take shots on this forum, but not add any value when some one is critical.

I (with no knowledge) think it's logical for a hurricane to lose strength over land.......traveling 400 miles.

And I do too.

As far as water, don't forget your hot water tank hold about 40 gallons.

Just moved here from PA last week. Yeah, great timing. Just wondering, have there been occasions where the Villages homes have lost power and water during a storm? Have any of the areas suffered local flooding due to an excessive amount of rain?

We've taken all of the precautions mentioned here, just wondering what else can be done. We have no large trees around us, no close bodies of water that I can see. We have animals, evacuating is not easy with most hotels having a "no pets" policy. The highways are suffering gridlock, no one is getting anywhere fast. Another deterrent is that most hotels within a reasonable driving distance are already booked solid.

All the news that we've been watching are focused on the Orlando area, not much being said about our area. It's looking like a severe tropical storm with winds maybe 60-80 mph in our area as the storm passes. I guess the other problem is back side tornado activity that goes along with the hurricane.

Thanks

As usual...more spin off posts than useful info. We play on staying put. I don't see that it's any safer any place else. We have the necessities...water and toilet paper. As to a battery operated radio...that's what the car is for.

Not much info to add as we have only been here a few weeks on a house we closed on June 30. We've also been checking hotels anywhere from 100 to 400 miles away. Couldn't find any that would allow a 26 pound beagle. It looks like we are staying put. On the plus side we are in Phillips a Villas, a new complex with drainage grates in the roads and also a drainage grate in the backyard. No mature trees but there are landscaping rockets everywhere. Hopefully they will stay where they are.

That's landscaping rocks not rockets. Hopefully the rocks will not become rockets.

We are staying put, we do not want any Villager's looting. Bought a boat, water, sandbags and insurance, just in case.

Donna?

And cars going west to 19 heading toward the panhandle

I don't think it will rain here! This storm is projected to be over 100 miles off the east coast.

I didn't know that The Villages was that big. Here in Caroline we are about 250 miles by air to Miami.

No
 

Staying right here. Been through three with no damage. Ne florida.

We're staying put and praying. 🙏

You may want to rethink that, given that the storm is wider than the entire state of Florida...and the exact track is far from known.

While I will be staying, I'm certainly not going to look down my nose at those who choose to get out...because they may turn out to have been the smart ones.

While I wouldn't be surprised with heavy rainfall and even winds that could reach 70+ mph, we could also very easily lose electricity for days...so that's the primary issue that I'm planning on and preparing for.

I'm with you, I'm gone if there is any danger, but, I just don't see any. My fear would come into play if this storm goes into the gulf but not east of Florida.

The "developers" have been busy with landfill south of Florida City. They have to stop short of Cuban territorial waters, hence the difference in milage:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

Thank you for your prayers.

IMHO its too late to evacuate I 75 is a parking lot

Too late to get out.
Wish we had gone.

Still do not trust the television weather channels,
due to 20 years of scare tactics ( all about ratings).

I'm concerned now given the possible path through the state.

Evacuation
 

I evacuated yesterday to North Carolina. Be safe all...it seems we have a long road ahead and we may have problems we haven't even thought of yet.