Evacuating FLA??
 

Our friends are panicking and afraid of this hurricane heading toward glad. They are ready to evacuate. I. Haven't had news on so not sure how bad it will be. Anyone updated on this?

The guidance from Miami (see link below) has the "cone of panic" twice the width of Florida on Tuesday afternoon and it is expected to be of tropical storm intensity. The latest GFS simulation has it making landfall on the eastern part of the FL panhandle on Wednesday afternoon. In summary, it is still pretty far out. Tell your friends to calm down.

HURRICANE ELSA

Hurricanes are part of living here .

as is over-reacting - worrying that every tropical warning is going to be the "storm of the century"

Glad we are not living in glad.

Guess we will wait and panic at the last minute.

Maybe "your friends" should check with the Nat'l Weather Service or the National Hurricane Center ???

You obviously have internet access so for more professional info than all the weather prognosticators here try these: :D

National Hurricane Center
National Weather Service

People have to do what makes them feel safe/comfortable. No place is safe from natural disasters.

Sorry, I don't buy that line. It's the same crap people say about masks. Who cares what makes YOU feel safe or ME feel safe. We need to do that which makes sense, that which is recommended by the experts, and do it at the time recommended. Today I saw a cyclist riding alone with a mask on. You might say "he's doing what makes him feel safe". But in reality, he is a total moron. Likewise , you can stay in your home when it is under a mandatory evacuation because you feel safe. Another case of being a moron. Sorry if that is offensive, but that's simply the facts of the situation.

No need to ever panic. I gave you the link to the Miami hurricane center guidance. Use it.

I assume you were being disingenuous. But seriously, no one should panic. After all, when they do evacuate for a hurricane, THIS is the place they evacuate those people TO

One of the reasons we moved here was to "get away" from hurricanes in Southeast FL. Too few evacuation routes...either up I-95 or across Alligator Alley to SW Fl and then up I-75. Gridlock.

If you and your friends are in the villages, this is generally regarded as 'shelter in place' location. Irma came directly over TV a few years ago, wind gusts hit around 115 MPH, somewhere around 15 inches of rain in a 24 hour period. There was very little damage, some relatively minor flooding and the major power disruptions were in the historic areas. Also, we are inland and the storms lose intensity as they move over land. IMHO, the local television stations and papers have hurricane guides follow these, we are staying put.

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The path of Irma was actually west of us - the center of the circulation did not pass directly over The Villages. At that point, it was probably a tropical storm in intensity and the exact path is really not of much consequence since the circulation was pretty wide but it is a misconception that the center of the circulation passed over The Villages.