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Byte1 10-09-2024 09:37 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by BrianL99 (Post 2377016)
14 threads currently running about Milton.

Get out of town. Board up the windows. Fill your bathtub with water. Fill your clothes dryer with ice. Hoard toilet paper.

As we say up north, "is this your first time on skates"?

Is this your first hurricane? Can't be, if you've lived in TV or Florida for more than a year or two. Where did you live before coming to Florida? Weather hasn't affected your life at some point?

New England has been hit with 71 Hurricanes or Tropical Storms, since I was born in 1953. One a year for me.

There have been 18 direct Hurricane hits in New England, since 1953. One every 4 years.

Close to 70 times in the last 70 years, Boston has been hit with a snow storm, dumping over 24" of snow in a 24 hour period. Worcester has been hit over 100 times in the last 70 years.

Doesn't the Midwest ever get bad weather?

Over the last 30 years, an average of 48 people per year, die from Hurricanes in the USA (136 if you include floods). Statistically, a non-event. (Weather Related Fatality and Injury Statistics)

The Villages is nearly 50 miles from the coast and probably has the most sophisticated drainage system in the USA.

Over-react much? Don't drive your golf cart through a flooded tunnel, you'll be fine. Friday is supposed to be 80 degrees and mostly sunny.

I know this isn't going to change anyone's mind or behavior, but this Chicken Little "the sky is falling" stuff is getting tedious.
Tell that to the folks in Asheville. Yes, the Villages has done pretty well when it comes to bad weather.....BUT there is always that one time and if folks want to be prepared, go for it. I've had home owners insurance on every home I have owned and have never/NEVER made a claim. Why have insurance if you never need it? BECAUSE, there is always that one chance you WILL need it. If folks want to be prepared for emergencies, leave them be. Do we laugh at apocalypse preppers? I don't get the Flu shot, but I don't laugh at those that do get them.
You said there are 14 hurricane threads? You made it 15, right?

BrianL99 10-09-2024 09:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Byte1 (Post 2377410)
ocalypse preppers? I don't get the Flu shot, but I don't laugh at those that do get them.
You said there are 14 hurricane threads? You made it 15, right?
No.

There were 14 threads on Hurricane Milton.

This thread was specific to people over-reacting and acting like the sky was falling, in response to a fairly typical, overly hyped weather condition, predicted to occur in a distant part of the state.

Byte1 10-09-2024 09:53 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by BrianL99 (Post 2377415)
No.

There were 14 threads on Hurricane Milton.

This thread was specific to people over-reacting and acting like the sky was falling, in response to a fairly typical, overly hyped weather condition, predicted to occur in a distant part of the state.
Hmmm, this thread DOES sound like it is related to the hurricane. I didn't see anything about dog poop, EV cars burning up in salt water, or gate arms being taken down in preparation for rain. "Over-reacting?" Please define "over-reacting."

BrianL99 10-09-2024 10:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Byte1 (Post 2377418)
Please define "over-reacting."
Do you ever evacuate from The Villages with an approaching storm?

Milton options within The Villages

Driving to the TV after hurricane.

Milton will be a Hurricane

how much weight can 100 mph topple?

Is your EV part of your emergency plan

Newbie Hurricane question

Gas Buddy Reports

This might save your life!

Doomscrollers Surge Cam in Sarasota

Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale

Roof Awareness - Hurricane Milton - SkyLight Roofing Villagesđź’š

I hope all the hoarders are happy

Scary stuff

Most trusted meteorologist for The Villages specifically?

jimjamuser 10-09-2024 10:08 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by BrianL99 (Post 2377016)
14 threads currently running about Milton.

Get out of town. Board up the windows. Fill your bathtub with water. Fill your clothes dryer with ice. Hoard toilet paper.

As we say up north, "is this your first time on skates"?

Is this your first hurricane? Can't be, if you've lived in TV or Florida for more than a year or two. Where did you live before coming to Florida? Weather hasn't affected your life at some point?

New England has been hit with 71 Hurricanes or Tropical Storms, since I was born in 1953. One a year for me.

There have been 18 direct Hurricane hits in New England, since 1953. One every 4 years.

Close to 70 times in the last 70 years, Boston has been hit with a snow storm, dumping over 24" of snow in a 24 hour period. Worcester has been hit over 100 times in the last 70 years.

Doesn't the Midwest ever get bad weather?

Over the last 30 years, an average of 48 people per year, die from Hurricanes in the USA (136 if you include floods). Statistically, a non-event. (Weather Related Fatality and Injury Statistics)

The Villages is nearly 50 miles from the coast and probably has the most sophisticated drainage system in the USA.

Over-react much? Don't drive your golf cart through a flooded tunnel, you'll be fine. Friday is supposed to be 80 degrees and mostly sunny.

I know this isn't going to change anyone's mind or behavior, but this Chicken Little "the sky is falling" stuff is getting tedious.
You made a good point basically about people NOT panicking. The Villages is located on what looks like the BETTER side of Milton (the north side). If Milton comes in at Sarasota we will be in luck and probably just get some rain and some mild winds. What COULD BE a problem even a DEADLY problem is the possible TORNADOES that are forming around the state even now (Wed morning). So, I think that it is ONLY NATURAL for people here in TV Land to have some amount of ANXIETY.
.....Another point is that these 2 hurricanes are different from some past hurricanes because the Gulf is warmer (record warmer) which lets them develop faster and stronger than in the past. And the population of Florida has grown rapidly in the last 5 years. It looks like it may hit Sarasota and go through densely populated areas. The property damage costs could be record high and the loss of human life could be equally high.

dewilson58 10-09-2024 10:16 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by BrianL99 (Post 2377016)
I know this isn't going to change anyone's mind or behavior, but this Chicken Little "the sky is falling" stuff is getting tedious.
No one is/was worried about the sky falling............it's the wind, rising water and flying debris.

With the current projected path(s)...........our neighbors are going to get hammered pretty good.
Thoughts are with all of them.

jimjamuser 10-09-2024 10:49 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy (Post 2377260)
Most interesting FL Hurricane fact:

There were no hurricanes making landfall in FL between October 2005 and September 2016.

That’s 11 years. Weather be random and a trait of randomness is clusters, like galaxies / solar systems in the vast universe
Since the whole Earth got WARMER in the last 5 years and the oceans rose significantly that puts us today and in the future in a completely different Climate situation. Strange that more people are COMING TO Florida at the same time that the threat of Hurricanes is getting greater.

jimjamuser 10-09-2024 11:06 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by kansasr (Post 2377127)
Considering the thousands of new residents we have in The Villages and for whom this is likely their first hurricane season, I'm glad their willing to ask their questions and raise their concerns to those of us who have been through this for many years.

Yes, it will be very rainy and very windy, but The Villages has been developed to mitigate flooding concerns and our houses built to the best hurricane standards in the country. And even during Irma, except for the historic district, lights mostly just flickered and power never went out for any period of time.

If I'm going to have to deal with hurricanes (I've lived in earthquake, tornado and blizzard sections of the country), this is probably the best place in the US to deal with them.
Not sure how "Florida could be a good place to deal with hurricanes". Hurricanes start in the tropics and travel to the NORTH making Florida an obvious target for hurricanes. The Gulf and the Atlantic have record warm water this year (and will continue that way into the future).The oceans are RISING at an INCREASING rate. From the air - Florida looks like lakes everywhere and Florida is flat with no mountain ranges to block hurricanes. In the past north central Florida has not had much hurricane damage, but if world populations keep increasing and the CO2 and methane from coal and oil burning keeps increasing, then likely, hurricane intensity will increase for the future.

BrianL99 10-09-2024 11:12 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by dewilson58 (Post 2377425)
No one is/was worried about the sky falling............it's the wind, rising water and flying debris.

With the current projected path(s)...........our neighbors are going to get hammered pretty good.
Thoughts are with all of them.
I just got off the phone with a friend in Lakewood Ranch. If you blow up the latest hurricane path map, the "line" goes exactly through his home. That said, Lakewood Ranch is about 10-12 miles inland.

If you're in the path of a hurricane, it pays to be inland, have a recently constructed home and quality drainage system. The Villages has all 3.

I wouldn't want to be living within a couple of miles of the coast, from Ft Myers all the way north to Tarpon Springs. Longboat Key to Clearwater would be very scary place to be this week.

Joe C. 10-09-2024 11:27 AM
My gas tanks are full. My furniture is off the lanai and inside the house. The potted plants are in the garage. I have bottled water, a gas stove, toilet paper, paper towels, food, and batteries and a radio. Now it's time to get a good book and sit down and have a good read. BTW, I notice that there are still lots of birds and ducks around the pond, so I don't expect this "terrible wind" that the television talking heads are espousing. Last Saturday, I told my wife that we wouldn't get a direct hit, because the eye would pass way south of us. So, I'm prepped, but have no worries. Just sit back and enjoy the ride.:wave:

LianneMigiano 10-09-2024 11:28 AM
Drive from St. Pete took 6.5 hours
 
Just bumped into an evacuating young couple, with a baby, from St. Petersburg that just spent 6.5 hours on the highway to get here. Bet they needed gasoline - and maybe a tranquilizer - when they arrived!

Grinchie 10-09-2024 11:44 AM
You are presuming their home is as well-built and as prepared for a hurricane, as is your home. The intensity of this storm is frightening. (I rode out Harvey comfortably, which was a cat 4, but was prepared & in a much stronger, larger, hurricane-prepped house.)

mikeycereal 10-09-2024 11:48 AM
Just checked again and the projected north edge of the cone has moved further south according to windy.com. Orlando is now near the north edge for the passing of Milton and at this rate they may end up out of the cone. Looking better for them than yesterday when they were projected to be well inside of it.

Blueblaze 10-09-2024 12:11 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Grinchie (Post 2377465)
You are presuming their home is as well-built and as prepared for a hurricane, as is your home. The intensity of this storm is frightening. (I rode out Harvey comfortably, which was a cat 4, but was prepared & in a much stronger, larger, hurricane-prepped house.)
I rode out Harvey (and three other cat-5 hurricanes) in a 20-year-old brick/frame home built to no hurricane standard whatsoever, the same distance from the ocean as The Villages. The eye of Rita went right over my house.

But it was a week before I could get out of my driveway from Harvey, and two weeks before we had power again (4 weeks w/Rita). The floodwaters never entered my house (barely), even though I measured 36" of rain over two days. Afterwards, I helped friends muck out the remains of their homes who were also not in any flood plain. Harvey was the worst storm I ever saw, and not because of the wind.

But you know what was different about the four hurricanes I lived through in Houston?

My insurance company never doubled my premiums in Cypress just because Galveston was flattened. And nobody ever threatened to cancel me because my roof was 10yrs old.

eyc234 10-09-2024 01:58 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by BrianL99 (Post 2377016)
14 threads currently running about Milton.

Get out of town. Board up the windows. Fill your bathtub with water. Fill your clothes dryer with ice. Hoard toilet paper.

As we say up north, "is this your first time on skates"?

Is this your first hurricane? Can't be, if you've lived in TV or Florida for more than a year or two. Where did you live before coming to Florida? Weather hasn't affected your life at some point?

New England has been hit with 71 Hurricanes or Tropical Storms, since I was born in 1953. One a year for me.

There have been 18 direct Hurricane hits in New England, since 1953. One every 4 years.

Close to 70 times in the last 70 years, Boston has been hit with a snow storm, dumping over 24" of snow in a 24 hour period. Worcester has been hit over 100 times in the last 70 years.

Doesn't the Midwest ever get bad weather?

Over the last 30 years, an average of 48 people per year, die from Hurricanes in the USA (136 if you include floods). Statistically, a non-event. (Weather Related Fatality and Injury Statistics)

The Villages is nearly 50 miles from the coast and probably has the most sophisticated drainage system in the USA.

Over-react much? Don't drive your golf cart through a flooded tunnel, you'll be fine. Friday is supposed to be 80 degrees and mostly sunny.

I know this isn't going to change anyone's mind or behavior, but this Chicken Little "the sky is falling" stuff is getting tedious.
The truth is that no one knows. There are more scenarios and possibilities than can be documented.

Normal 10-09-2024 02:21 PM
Not the worst hurricane
 
Weather needs to be respected.

I don’t want to make light of any storm, it can be dangerous in many situations and circumstances. But things could be much worse. Hurricanes have reached an excess of 200 mph sustained. The worst ever recorded was back in 1780. The bark was actually stripped off many of the trees and more than 20,000 died. Most stone forts were destroyed and metal cannons were thrown more than 100 feet. Not some, but actually every home on the island of Barbados was destroyed.

With all things considered, we have it good. When another storm like that comes through, I hope to not be around. A true storm of the century.

A good read on the Great Hurricane

Great Hurricane of 1780 | encyclopedia article by TheFreeDictionary

Red Rose 10-09-2024 02:25 PM
Don’t fill the Clothes Dryer with ice; fill the Clothes Washer with ice.

DAVES 10-09-2024 02:50 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by BrianL99 (Post 2377016)
14 threads currently running about Milton.

Get out of town. Board up the windows. Fill your bathtub with water. Fill your clothes dryer with ice. Hoard toilet paper.

As we say up north, "is this your first time on skates"?

Is this your first hurricane? Can't be, if you've lived in TV or Florida for more than a year or two. Where did you live before coming to Florida? Weather hasn't affected your life at some point?

New England has been hit with 71 Hurricanes or Tropical Storms, since I was born in 1953. One a year for me.

There have been 18 direct Hurricane hits in New England, since 1953. One every 4 years.

Close to 70 times in the last 70 years, Boston has been hit with a snow storm, dumping over 24" of snow in a 24 hour period. Worcester has been hit over 100 times in the last 70 years.

Doesn't the Midwest ever get bad weather?

Over the last 30 years, an average of 48 people per year, die from Hurricanes in the USA (136 if you include floods). Statistically, a non-event. (Weather Related Fatality and Injury Statistics)

The Villages is nearly 50 miles from the coast and probably has the most sophisticated drainage system in the USA.

Over-react much? Don't drive your golf cart through a flooded tunnel, you'll be fine. Friday is supposed to be 80 degrees and mostly sunny.

I know this isn't going to change anyone's mind or behavior, but this Chicken Little "the sky is falling" stuff is getting tedious.
Boy scout motto a boy scout is always prepared.
I still have my coleman lanterns and stove. Also mantles and replacement parts. Last time I needed them we were living in NY and without power for like five days. It was an adventure.
No TV. Went back to the past. Neighbors got together. Unlike here we had a gas stove.
Amusing had to show wife you can light a gas stove with a match. Oh some neighbors did have matches. Ever try starting a fire rubbing sticks. I've tried but never succeeded.

bowlingal 10-09-2024 02:56 PM
would rather have a hurricane, than an earthquake or tornado or wildfire

DAVES 10-09-2024 03:02 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Normal (Post 2377492)
Weather needs to be respected.

I don’t want to make light of any storm, it can be dangerous in many situations and circumstances. But things could be much worse. Hurricanes have reached an excess of 200 mph sustained. The worst ever recorded was back in 1780. The bark was actually stripped off many of the trees and more than 20,000 died. Most stone forts were destroyed and metal cannons were thrown more than 100 feet. Not some, but actually every home on the island of Barbados was destroyed.

With all things considered, we have it good. When another storm like that comes through, I hope to not be around. A true storm of the century.

A good read on the Great Hurricane

Great Hurricane of 1780 | encyclopedia article by TheFreeDictionary
HUM. If a cannon lands on my property. It can be traced to the owner-are they liable for damages. Can I keep it? Far as reads. I have a sort of hobby reading old books.
We tend to think about problems. There were always problems Posting, internet, telephone, perhaps have made complaining easier.

CarlR33 10-09-2024 03:16 PM
And that count does not include FB? Everyone is lonely? Maybe we need to have a live rolling Teams, Zoom or other call during the storm?

Bwanajim 10-09-2024 03:40 PM
I lived in Ft. Lauderdale since I was 7 & been thru plenty of hurricanes, including one that CHANGED DIRECTION from where everyone said it was heading. You never know. I personally have always had a 3 month supply of longterm food, water, water filters, first aid kit & plenty of bang bang to defend myself. I never went to a store before a hurricane.
I also always fill my gas tank when it gets to half.
Better to have it & not need it than need it & not have it….

Rainger99 10-09-2024 04:56 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by BrianL99 (Post 2377016)
14 threads currently running about Milton.

Get out of town. Board up the windows. Fill your bathtub with water. Fill your clothes dryer with ice. Hoard toilet paper.

As we say up north, "is this your first time on skates"?

Is this your first hurricane? Can't be, if you've lived in TV or Florida for more than a year or two. Where did you live before coming to Florida? Weather hasn't affected your life at some point?

New England has been hit with 71 Hurricanes or Tropical Storms, since I was born in 1953. One a year for me.

There have been 18 direct Hurricane hits in New England, since 1953. One every 4 years.

Close to 70 times in the last 70 years, Boston has been hit with a snow storm, dumping over 24" of snow in a 24 hour period. Worcester has been hit over 100 times in the last 70 years.

Doesn't the Midwest ever get bad weather?

Over the last 30 years, an average of 48 people per year, die from Hurricanes in the USA (136 if you include floods). Statistically, a non-event. (Weather Related Fatality and Injury Statistics)

The Villages is nearly 50 miles from the coast and probably has the most sophisticated drainage system in the USA.

Over-react much? Don't drive your golf cart through a flooded tunnel, you'll be fine. Friday is supposed to be 80 degrees and mostly sunny.

I know this isn't going to change anyone's mind or behavior, but this Chicken Little "the sky is falling" stuff is getting tedious.
It depends on where you live. Thousands of people in Florida are going to get hammered.

Damage estimates are $100 billion on the low end!

Bill14564 10-09-2024 05:00 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Rainger99 (Post 2377518)
It depends on where you live. Thousands of people in Florida are going to get hammered.

Damage estimates are $100 billion on the low end!
Damage estimates before it is known where it will make landfall? Probably about as good as their lottery pick.

BrianL99 10-09-2024 05:55 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Rainger99 (Post 2377518)
It depends on where you live. Thousands of people in Florida are going to get hammered.

Damage estimates are $100 billion on the low end!
Unrelated to The VIllages, other than the potential for increased insurance costs.

Marmaduke 10-09-2024 07:10 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by fdpaq0580 (Post 2377120)
Then why read and react to it?
For many here, it [BIis[/B] their "first time on skates". No need to belittle folks with genuine concerns. With time and the grace of God, they may achieve your great knowledge and experience.
Thank you. Well said.

Normal 10-09-2024 08:13 PM
Buckets
 
Rain (over 3 inches so far)and wind in buckets south of 44. How are things up north?

coffeebean 10-09-2024 08:18 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by RRGuyNJ (Post 2377287)
Try selling that 50 miles inland crap to the folks in Asheville and surrounding areas. I'm 100 miles inland and had $28K worth of damage during Irene in 2011. The Villages is inland but also vulnerable. I hope you do well during the storm.
100 miles inland...did you have water damage or wind damage?

Papa_lecki 10-09-2024 08:45 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Normal (Post 2377555)
Rain (over 3 inches so far)and wind in buckets south of 44. How are things up north?
Between 44 and 466a
Between 4 and 5 inches

OrangeBlossomBaby 10-09-2024 09:33 PM
The trailer park is holding steady.

We had a couple of power surges and I had to reboot my computer and fast forward the show I was streaming because it set it back to 0:00 both times. Got my tornado kit ready in the master bedroom closet.

According to the Lady Lake station for Weather Underground, we're getting 27mph winds with 40mph gusts. In an hour that'll start jacking up to 35mph with up to 60mph gusts for a few hours. By 7am it should be just a nice 15mph breeze.

Everyone in the neighborhood did a great job bringing in stuff from the lawn and lowering their flagpoles. It looks like we'll be seeing a lot of branches and palm fronds in the road, and possibly no power when we wake up in the morning.

asianthree 10-09-2024 10:34 PM
Have an oak tree in my birdcage across the pool resting on the lanai roof.

Remembergoldenrule 10-10-2024 05:31 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by coffeebean (Post 2377557)
100 miles inland...did you have water damage or wind damage?
Looks like The Villages will not be damaged, but here is another perspective on to prepare or not prepare. In Greenville SC meteorologist said, “just bad thunderstorms possible tornadoes, we will be on outer edge.”
Been without electricity for over ten days and saying another two before have it back. Grocery stores still recovering because they had to throw all refrigerated food out. Took week to get road out of neighborhood unblocked. Those tall palm trees can do same as oak tree. Roads flooded from jammed sewer systems, rivers, low level lands. Houses uninhabitable do to water, wind, tree damage. People first three days desperate looking for ways to charge phones. Asst living and nursing Holmes no power for over week. Death toll rising and missing persons still. We are lucky. Asheville just 40 miles from us much worse.

Point meteorologist predict, but don’t know. Be prepared.

KShowalter 10-10-2024 06:25 AM
Newcomer's First Hurricane
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by kansasr (Post 2377127)
Considering the thousands of new residents we have in The Villages and for whom this is likely their first hurricane season, I'm glad their willing to ask their questions and raise their concerns to those of us who have been through this for many years.

Yes, it will be very rainy and very windy, but The Villages has been developed to mitigate flooding concerns and our houses built to the best hurricane standards in the country. And even during Irma, except for the historic district, lights mostly just flickered and power never went out for any period of time.

If I'm going to have to deal with hurricanes (I've lived in earthquake, tornado and blizzard sections of the country), this is probably the best place in the US to deal with them.
Thank you very much for your kind understanding that not EVERYONE has experienced a hurricane of the magnitude of Melvin. I am a newcomer who lives alone and prepared.ahead of time. My rain gauge holds 14" and was full to the top so I know I got more here in Marsh Bend. When the ran and wind were at there worst about 11:00 pm my dogs and I were scared as my windows shook. That being said I had faith in the engineering genius of TV in building a community that basically doesn't flood and the houses are as hurricane proof (including mine) as possible. That fact alone and knowing I had neighbors sheltering at home too, gave me a great deal of comfort and faith last night. I need a sticker that says "I survived Melvin!" Next time I can relax a little more.

Velvet 10-10-2024 07:22 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by KShowalter (Post 2377611)
Thank you very much for your kind understanding that not EVERYONE has experienced a hurricane of the magnitude of Melvin. I am a newcomer who lives alone and prepared.ahead of time. My rain gauge holds 14" and was full to the top so I know I got more here in Marsh Bend. When the ran and wind were at there worst about 11:00 pm my dogs and I were scared as my windows shook. That being said I had faith in the engineering genius of TV in building a community that basically doesn't flood and the houses are as hurricane proof (including mine) as possible. That fact alone and knowing I had neighbors sheltering at home too, gave me a great deal of comfort and faith last night. I need a sticker that says "I survived Melvin!" Next time I can relax a little more.
Well done! I can just imagine how you felt.

mikeycereal 10-10-2024 08:19 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by KShowalter (Post 2377611)
Thank you very much for your kind understanding that not EVERYONE has experienced a hurricane of the magnitude of Melvin. I am a newcomer who lives alone and prepared.ahead of time. My rain gauge holds 14" and was full to the top so I know I got more here in Marsh Bend. When the ran and wind were at there worst about 11:00 pm my dogs and I were scared as my windows shook. That being said I had faith in the engineering genius of TV in building a community that basically doesn't flood and the houses are as hurricane proof (including mine) as possible. That fact alone and knowing I had neighbors sheltering at home too, gave me a great deal of comfort and faith last night. I need a sticker that says "I survived Melvin!" Next time I can relax a little more.
Same here though I was also worried during Ian my first FL Hurricane rodeo. The sounds of the wind hitting the house can be scary even for someone like me who experienced the same in 2022. Stayed up until 2am with the wind and rain still furiously hitting the house. A period of calm and then it resumed. The low-pitched wind gusts rumbled like an avalanche. Finally just fell asleep. Luckily no damage to my house or the neighbors.

Rich42 10-10-2024 08:41 AM
A thousand deaths? That is ludicrous! Last count was 4 people died.

Velvet 10-10-2024 08:52 AM
Yes, we were lucky. The angle of the storm and relative quick passing - so many things - I confess I was praying.

kp11364 10-10-2024 08:59 AM
The Sky isn't falling
 
Looking at the SECO outage map, looks like solid planning and preparation paid off - there are scattered outages in TV, but all are estimated to be repaired by 1pm.

BrianL99 10-10-2024 09:03 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 2377112)
It will not be as bad as Tampa, but I would not be surprised that the death toll from this hurricane may very well be in the thousands.
Quote:
Originally Posted by flash4353 (Post 2377353)
Wanna bet?
Quote:
Originally Posted by BrianL99 (Post 2377397)
The over/under is 10 .... if you don't count Lt. Dan in his 20' sailboat.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Rich42 (Post 2377669)
A thousand deaths? That is ludicrous! Last count was 4 people died.

I took the Under.

Sandy and Ed 10-10-2024 06:48 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by BrianL99 (Post 2377016)
14 threads currently running about Milton.

Get out of town. Board up the windows. Fill your bathtub with water. Fill your clothes dryer with ice. Hoard toilet paper.

As we say up north, "is this your first time on skates"?

Is this your first hurricane? Can't be, if you've lived in TV or Florida for more than a year or two. Where did you live before coming to Florida? Weather hasn't affected your life at some point?

New England has been hit with 71 Hurricanes or Tropical Storms, since I was born in 1953. One a year for me.

There have been 18 direct Hurricane hits in New England, since 1953. One every 4 years.

Close to 70 times in the last 70 years, Boston has been hit with a snow storm, dumping over 24" of snow in a 24 hour period. Worcester has been hit over 100 times in the last 70 years.

Doesn't the Midwest ever get bad weather?

Over the last 30 years, an average of 48 people per year, die from Hurricanes in the USA (136 if you include floods). Statistically, a non-event. (Weather Related Fatality and Injury Statistics)

The Villages is nearly 50 miles from the coast and probably has the most sophisticated drainage system in the USA.

Over-react much? Don't drive your golf cart through a flooded tunnel, you'll be fine. Friday is supposed to be 80 degrees and mostly sunny.

I know this isn't going to change anyone's mind or behavior, but this Chicken Little "the sky is falling" stuff is getting tedious.
Amen to that!! It doesn’t hurt to prepare for the worst but all this hoopla about simply being prepared, all this media attention and minute by minute updates is ridiculous. We are in the absolute best location in the state to survive a cat 5 hurricane an most of us are living in homes constructed to withstand a hurricane


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