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Originally Posted by fdpaq0580 (Post 2377120)

With time and the grace of God, they may achieve your great knowledge and experience.

I don't think it's possible for us to live that long.

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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 2377193)

Definitely not my first rodeo with hurricanes, I'm from Connecticut and lived in Boston for 7 years. HOWEVER -

In Connecticut, I lived in a house with a basement, the houses were constructed in the 1950's and 1960's, and weren't going anywhere. We had minor damage, and we were safe under the house in the basement. If the hurricane had blown the whole house away, we would've been fine. Wet and sad and annoyed, but fine. Just like most people who lived in houses INLAND in Connecticut who had basements.

In Boston, I lived next door to the fire department in a walk-up apartment over a store that was constructed in the 1930's. I sat the hurricane out snug as a bug in a rug in the fire department's truck bay, watching broken tree trunks and other debris blow by.

Here, we're in a manufactured home, with no basement. I think I'd be safer in a tent in the Ocala Forest than I am in my own house tomorrow night. But we'll see.

Hear in Florida, I miss my basement. I keep looking for the stairs.

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Originally Posted by Blueblaze (Post 2377471)

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.

People do not understand what insurance is. You pay a company to cover part of YOUR risk. They have calculations on what your risk is. You may discover that a different company thinks you risk is greater or less than the company you now use.
Another REALITY all companies will gladly sign you up. Companies are rated. Should you need to collect on damages,they are not all the same.
If, you have a mortgage the mortgage holder says you must be insured. Even that is not so. If, you have the money to cover the amount of the mortgage you can freeze the money and self insure. If, you have no mortgage, you can choose to self insure.

RE: Ten year old roof. I would check. I think it is thirteen years old.

Milton & death and the sky

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Originally Posted by Rich42 (Post 2377669)

A thousand deaths? That is ludicrous! Last count was 4 people died.

Last count I heard was 16 plus and that is 16 too many. There are quite a few homes destroyed by tornadoes - If I lost my house and belongings I would feel like the sky was falling and if I lost a friend or LOVED one I would feel incredibly sad. Perhaps the sky is falling would not be adequate to say if one lost their house, their history and if in addition a loved one or friend. There are no words! If you have never experienced total loss / one might be prudent to not ridicule or downplay HUMAN SUFFERING - which has NO positive or upside period!

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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.

Watching another suffer or lose property is quite different than one’s own suffering or property loss.

I agree, been here 14 yrs and played pickleball on every hurricane day in the villages, these people are great for business though.. sad, cracks me up that they will wait in a long line at the gas pumps, why..