[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]

Originally Posted by 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.

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. 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]

Originally Posted by 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.

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]

"THE WEATHER CHANNEL" app on my phone.

[Nucky]

Originally Posted by 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.

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]

Originally Posted by optv13sp

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]

Originally Posted by spring_chicken

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]

Originally Posted by Barefoot

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