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.

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.

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.

Checked and I have them too. Edited my original post. Thanks for the education!

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.

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:

Gonna cook all my frozen turkey breast, and other expensive frozen entries before the lights go out....Jus sayin...

The gates are off, so we're ready..... got wine and beer for the party.

If the lights go out, will you have power to run your fridge to keep that cooked food cold?

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Latest forecast has Hurricane Ian going directly over The Villages!!

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.

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.

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