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OrangeBlossomBaby 09-26-2022 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Keefelane66 (Post 2140192)
Stu from NY technically your skin is your largest organ if you swim in the pools here they are chlorinated and will not kill you. Obviously you don't have a pool if you were to use a pool water test kit for chlorine take regular tap water if unfiltered and will test similar chlorine content of pool. Short answer I probably drank gallons of pool water as a kid I'm still alive
Chlorine is not the only chemical added to pool water. There's bromine, algaecide, calcium chloride, baking soda (to increase alkyline), cyanuric acid, and a few other things. And that's just for chlorine pools. Salt-water pools are not potable at all and drinking it in lieu of fresh water will make you very sick. Ingesting a few gulps of pool water by mistake when you're in the pool is a lot different from using it to make your coffee or filling up your water bottle and drinking 8-24 ounces of the stuff every day.

metoo21 09-26-2022 04:36 PM
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Toymeister 09-26-2022 04:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Worldseries27 (Post 2140141)
did you forgo a natural gas generator?
Yes because of cost. We are fortunate we can afford a whole house generator, however because I've experienced an extended power outage and I am in my fifties, we can stand some inconvenience.

Realistically there won't be a wholesale disaster here, for this event or any other. I've prepared with that in mind balanced against cost and our tolerance for discomfort through our filter of actual experiences.

Bill14564 09-26-2022 04:47 PM
//replied to a post that has now been edited//

jebartle 09-26-2022 05:05 PM
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Originally Posted by midiwiz (Post 2140055)
after many many years of being on the coast, getting hit my Irma, etc. This is what I can tell you.

1. There is a reason I don't have trees in my yard.
2. In a CAT 5 (or near) board can be a waste of time
3. do not panic at all, no one really knows what will happen until days before it lands
4. if you do not have a truck, do not go driving around after the storm passes - your car won't be happy
5. if you must - stocking up doesn't work as well as making a large item - I do lentil stew - it's all veggies so if it gets warm there is zero risk - if you have meat then just freeze it and use it in portions (**note do not use fish and poultry in this strategy)
6. Frozen pizzas are great
7. If you have underground power lines - you do not need a generator. IF (big if) you lose power it will be only a hours just don't open the fridge and freezer a lot.
8. Tuck all the cars in the garage,
9. Don't bother to evacuate - the frustration isn't worth it. However IF it was a mandatory - FLY!!!
10. have a LOT of alcohol
11. make sure you take the dog out before the majority of it hits
12. Have fun, enjoy, we just have a party LOL it's really not all that bad at all.
13 . fill your bathtub (might want to clean it first)
14. did I mention - LOTS of alcohol??

oh and for TV by all means DO NOT take the golf cart out afterwards... these people do not hurricane cut the palms so there will be a lot of problems. and possible flodded tunnels.
15, if your scared, you will be glad you bought all that TP.

Flyers999 09-26-2022 05:34 PM
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Looks like it might be another Irma. Irma hit the keys as a cat 4, then then made FL landfall at around Naples as a category 3 hurricane(see attachment). Then passed between Tampa and Orlando as a category 1. By the time it reached the longitude of the Villages, it was tropical-force winds under 70 mph.
We dodged a bullet and my house lost neither power nor internet. Cities below us weren't so lucky and it's been estimated that 73% of customers in Florida lost electricity at some point.

kkingston57 09-26-2022 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Koapaka (Post 2140061)
Hey, I think we crossed paths at Publix yesterday looking at your #10 & 14 on the list! LOL Great post...try to relax and remember the MSM hypes up ANYTHING that helps their ratings. :beer3:
Most are hyped up, but don't tell that to the people who stayed and were hit by Andew in 1992, Katrina in 2005, Dorian in 2018(stalled over Grand Bahama with 150 mph winds)

kkingston57 09-26-2022 05:40 PM
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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 2140117)
Except that one time when it didn't leave us safe and sound. In Boston, I was fine. Back home in CT, we lost two trees, a corner of our garage, had some flood damage to the kitchen and the guest bedroom wall, and several broken/missing roof shingles. We were the lucky ones in the neighborhood. The house across the street ended up with a windowless skylight into most of their second floor when the roof peeled back like a sardine can, and next door to us a tree crashed through their garage and damaged their vintage 'vette stored inside.

We were out of power for four days. In the winter. With electric-powered oil heat. We had no trouble with bad food in the fridge, we just put it in boxes out in the garage where it stayed icy cold. That was AFTER we spent 4 hours shoveling a path from the back door to the garage.
Big difference is that TV has poor construction.

kkingston57 09-26-2022 05:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Keefelane66 (Post 2140138)
Where can I get sandbags in The Villages I'm very concerned that there are no steps and driving rain could enter the home through front door and garage
Would not worry about garage. Almost all garages in TV are below floor level. Have been through 5-6 hurricanes and have never seen water come below front door. Threshold should keep it out unless there is significant flooding. TV does drain very well, except for the golf courses.

kkingston57 09-26-2022 05:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Babsjeanie (Post 2140184)
Any thoughts on taking water out of the pool. Was told by Patriot not to take any water out. Doing so could damage the motor if below the skimmer. I was concerned about the overflow.

DO NOT lower pool level. If there is heavy rain, water can get underneath the pool and pool will float and will need to be demolished. In addition if this occurs your insurance will not pay for it. Was an insurance adjuster and investigated 10+ similar cases. You can always remove water from the pool after the storm.

vintageogauge 09-26-2022 06:02 PM
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Originally Posted by kkingston57 (Post 2140248)
Big difference is that TV has poor construction.
I was here for the tornado 2/2/07 and the homes built by The Villages held up quite well especially the block/stucco homes. Some were destroyed but most had repairable damge.

Bill14564 09-26-2022 06:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Keefelane66 (Post 2140138)
Where can I get sandbags in The Villages I'm very concerned that there are no steps and driving rain could enter the home through front door and garage
Lake Panasoffkee Regional Rec park, 1589 CR 459, Lake Panasofkee, FL

8AM to 5PM until further notice

Residents will need to provide proof of residence withing Sumter County and should bring a shovel if they have one. Residents pick up sandbags, fill them, and place them in their vehicles. There is a ten (10) sandbag limit per vehicle.
This was an official press release from Sumter County. I saw the image on FB... haven't looked for it on an official Sumter County page yet.

This image shows the information if the link works.

metoo21 09-26-2022 06:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Bill14564 (Post 2140234)
Do you live in the Villages? All the homes I've heard of, including mine, come with both smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors. I have two CO detectors in my house.
Where are your located? What do they look like.

Bill14564 09-26-2022 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by metoo21 (Post 2140263)
Where are your located? What do they look like.

In my home I have a smoke alarm in each bedroom and a CO alarm outside the master and in the hall between the two guest rooms. I'm sure different layouts will have different placements.

The combination CO/smoke alarms are very similar in appearance to the simple smoke alarms. You would need to look closely to tell which is which. Without a ladder to get close I can look at them and see that there is a difference in the writing on the front of them but if I didn't already know which was which I wouldn't be able to tell.

metoo21 09-26-2022 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Bill14564 (Post 2140268)
In my home I have a smoke alarm in each bedroom and a CO alarm outside the master and in the hall between the two guest rooms. I'm sure different layouts will have different placements.

The combination CO/smoke alarms are very similar in appearance to the simple smoke alarms. You would need to look closely to tell which is which. Without a ladder to get close I can look at them and see that there is a difference in the writing on the front of them but if I didn't already know which was which I wouldn't be able to tell.
Checked and I have them too. Edited my original post. Thanks for the education!

Toymeister 09-26-2022 07:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Keefelane66 (Post 2140192)
Stu from NY technically your skin is your largest organ if you swim in the pools here they are chlorinated and will not kill you. Obviously you don't have a pool if you were to use a pool water test kit for chlorine take regular tap water if unfiltered and will test similar chlorine content of pool. Short answer I probably drank gallons of pool water as a kid I'm still alive
That's incorrect your body's largest exposure to the world is your lungs. An average adult has 100sq meters of surface area in their lungs.

Fun fact. If you are so unfortunate to arrive at an ER with burns and you are conscious what is the very first question that you will be asked?

"Do you taste hotdogs"

The doc is asking because burned lungs taste like hotdogs. Truth. I experienced this. That is not a question that you ever want to be asked in an ER.

Vermilion Villager 09-26-2022 10:15 PM
Looks like it's gonna happen! Strongest hurricane to hit Tampa area in over 100 years. Some models show the eye of a strong Cat 1 coming right over the villages. :cryin2:

Villagevip 09-27-2022 12:29 AM
Gonna cook all my frozen turkey breast, and other expensive frozen entries before the lights go out....Jus sayin...

MrFlorida 09-27-2022 08:15 AM
The gates are off, so we're ready..... got wine and beer for the party.

Aces4 09-27-2022 08:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Villagevip (Post 2140312)
Gonna cook all my frozen turkey breast, and other expensive frozen entries before the lights go out....Jus sayin...
If the lights go out, will you have power to run your fridge to keep that cooked food cold?

RPDaly 09-27-2022 08:46 AM
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Rainger99 09-27-2022 08:47 AM
Latest forecast has Hurricane Ian going directly over The Villages!!

billethkid 09-27-2022 12:19 PM
I fully expect we will lose power from downed/damaged lines to TV or rising water flooding the power stations.

We are at about 75 feet above sea level.......still view possible threat between the pool filling and filling yard swales ......and most homes in TV main living floor level only 6-8 inches up.....

We have been here 18 years and never saw any real threats during the worst to date.....except for the tornadoes none of the hurricanes have been this close.

We shall see.

Good luck to all and hunker down safe.

kkingston57 09-27-2022 01:51 PM
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Originally Posted by vintageogauge (Post 2140254)
I was here for the tornado 2/2/07 and the homes built by The Villages held up quite well especially the block/stucco homes. Some were destroyed but most had repairable damge.
Tornadoes are a different story. Agree about the concrete block homes, but most home in TV are stick built/frame and do not have any window protection like homes in S. Florida. Since 1990's homes in S. Florida are required to have window protection or have impact resistant glass. On bright side we have very few cocout palms which are a windows best enemy.

asianthree 09-27-2022 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by kkingston57 (Post 2140250)
Would not worry about garage. Almost all garages in TV are below floor level. Have been through 5-6 hurricanes and have never seen water come below front door. Threshold should keep it out unless there is significant flooding. TV does drain very well, except for the golf courses.
Thousands of gallons of water using sprinklers 24/7 on the golf courses to keep our home from flooding. That the reason course’s don’t drain quickly

Flyers999 09-28-2022 11:42 AM
There is a map of the villages which shows the elevation of each area. Our home is on a higher area than most, according to that map. I didn't use sandbags for Irma and won't this time. According to the latest forecast, our area will have the most rain of any area in the state. Gulp!

(If you're are interested, you'll have to google to find that map. )

Stu from NYC 09-28-2022 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Flyers999 (Post 2140749)
There is a map of the villages which shows the elevation of each area. Our home is on a higher area than most, according to that map. I didn't use sandbags for Irma and won't this time. According to the latest forecast, our area will have the most rain of any area in the state. Gulp!

(If you're are interested, you'll have to google to find that map. )
Weather channel says 2-3 inches tomorrow when we get the worst of the storm, where are you seeing we will have the most rain?

Aloha1 09-28-2022 12:12 PM
1 PM update on Spectrum 13 News has us at 12" total thru Friday and winds 25-35 gusting to 55 tomorrow. Looking like we will be on the far right edge of the storm when it gets here. Irma passed over us at 75 MPH and we got 15" of rain. Let's hope this forecast stays or gets better.

Weather Channel is notorious for being wrong.

walterray1 09-28-2022 12:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Stu from NYC (Post 2140760)
Weather channel says 2-3 inches tomorrow when we get the worst of the storm, where are you seeing we will have the most rain?
WESH 2 news out of Orlando showed potential for 25 inches as we will be in the rain band. Hope they are wrong.

Aloha1 09-28-2022 12:36 PM
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Originally Posted by walterray1 (Post 2140763)
WESH 2 news out of Orlando showed potential for 25 inches as we will be in the rain band. Hope they are wrong.
South of TV possibly but we are on the northern edge as of now.

laboutj 09-28-2022 12:36 PM
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Originally Posted by walterray1 (Post 2140763)
WESH 2 news out of Orlando showed potential for 25 inches as we will be in the rain band. Hope they are wrong.
Sensationalism. That 25 inch potential is one outlier model. Reminds me of the weather people during every snowstorm in New England.

vintageogauge 09-28-2022 12:52 PM
If we get the same rain and winds as Irma won't be much of a problem except for taking out the dog to poop.

retiredguy123 09-28-2022 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Aloha1 (Post 2140762)
1 PM update on Spectrum 13 News has us at 12" total thru Friday and winds 25-35 gusting to 55 tomorrow. Looking like we will be on the far right edge of the storm when it gets here. Irma passed over us at 75 MPH and we got 15" of rain. Let's hope this forecast stays or gets better.

Weather Channel is notorious for being wrong.
According to the National Weather Service and Wikipedia, the maximum sustained wind speeds for the Lake County, Sumter County, and Marion County sections of The Villages during Irma was 48 mph, with wind gusts of up to 68 mph.

coffeebean 09-28-2022 01:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Flyers999 (Post 2140749)
There is a map of the villages which shows the elevation of each area. Our home is on a higher area than most, according to that map. I didn't use sandbags for Irma and won't this time. According to the latest forecast, our area will have the most rain of any area in the state. Gulp!

(If you're are interested, you'll have to google to find that map. )
I saw the future rain forecast this morning on WESH 2 and I thought they must have made a mistake with their rain totals. I could not believe what I saw.........The Villages showed 26.2 inches forecast by Friday at 9:00 pm and Ocala only just over 6". Leesburg is forecast to have a total of 28.2 inches in the same time frame. This will be a great test of The Villages' water management system.

Anyone know how much rain we had during Irma?

coffeebean 09-28-2022 01:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Stu from NYC (Post 2140760)
Weather channel says 2-3 inches tomorrow when we get the worst of the storm, where are you seeing we will have the most rain?
I took a photo of the graphic Eric Burris used on WESH 2 this morning that showed The Villages future forecast of 26.2" by Friday night at 9:00.

retiredguy123 09-28-2022 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by coffeebean (Post 2140787)
I saw the future rain forecast this morning on WESH 2 and I thought they must have made a mistake with their rain totals. I could not believe what I saw.........The Villages showed 26.2 inches forecast by Friday at 9:00 pm and Ocala only just over 6". Leesburg is forecast to have a total of 28.2 inches in the same time frame. This will be a great test of The Villages' water management system.

Anyone know how much rain we had during Irma?
It is hard to say exactly, but I think The Villages got about 10 inches of rain during Irma. That is by averaging the recorded amounts for Orlando and Gainesville, both of which got about 10 inches of rain.

retiredguy123 09-28-2022 01:48 PM
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Originally Posted by coffeebean (Post 2140789)
I took a photo of the graphic Eric Burris used on WESH 2 this morning that showed The Villages future forecast of 26.2" by Friday night at 9:00.
This Government website has a map that predicts our area to get between 10 and 20 inches of rain.

HURRICANE IAN

JoMar 09-28-2022 02:28 PM
And the wind speeds and rain totals continue to go down.

La lamy 09-28-2022 02:37 PM
Every area of TV handles rain accumulation differently. I know my house in the historic section did not fare well during Irma. Just hoping for the best with Ian. Stay safe everybody.

retiredguy123 09-28-2022 03:09 PM
Wow. This Hurricane IAN non-stop coverage is almost as exciting as the 12 days of Queen Elizabeth funeral coverage. Does the news media really think they are satisfying their viewers?


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