Originally Posted by drcar (Post 1677845)

Your opinion is noted, but unless you work, run, manage any of the areas closed, your opinion is only noted and useless. I work for, Manage, one of the closed areas. Our employees were grateful and relieved for the quick action. Work was one less thing to worry about. Some staff left the area, their choice, but it gave them the ability to leave in a timely fashion. You are correct that this is a slow moving storm, BUT what if it speeds up and turns west?

Again we can live without a few days of Rec Centers, golf pools etc. But I know my staff has the peace of mind that they have time to make their personal choices.

Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr (Post 1677838)

I was addressing the response that some people had saying that closing the amenities gave the employees time to get their homes prepared. This hurricane was predicted to impact our area on Monday or Tuesday. Now they're saying Wednesday. It has been one of the slowest moving storms in history to those predictions were pretty accurate.

I have friends who had all of their outside stuff pulled in last Thursday. That's pretty ridiculous IMHO. Again, how long does it take to prepare your house? If it takes days, you're not preparing properly to begin with.

Yes, closing up the rec centers and pools takes a bit longer but 4-5 days? I would think that if they kept them open until they had a better idea of what was going to happen, closing them down could be accomplished in a day. They might even ask employees who were off to come in and assist with the closing up operation since they are going to miss out on several days pay.

Originally Posted by geofitz13 (Post 1677443)

Nope. With all the uncertainty about the track of the storm, I feel that if they erred, it was on the side of caution. A few days without golf and rec centers may be an inconvenience, but not that big a deal. I'd rather be careful than sorry.

Originally Posted by Kahuna32162 (Post 1677442)

Looks like Dorian is turning East and will only skim the Florida coast sometime Tuesday or Wednesday. With Rec centers, golf courses, pools and entertainment all cancelled, do you think TV pulled the trigger too soon?

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter (Post 1677859)

:boom::boom::boom:

Originally Posted by Polar Bear (Post 1677860)

Ditto what Bogie Shooter said. :)

Originally Posted by Liz22 (Post 1677811)

Yes! They could have waited until later like other companies/stores have done, but then again they wouldn't have had a 5 day vacation. Now we know we are not having any issue and everything is closed.

Originally Posted by Marathon Man (Post 1677861)

Enough already...

Originally Posted by Marathon Man (Post 1677861)

...Apparently, you should be in charge.

Originally Posted by thelegges (Post 1677884)

Since this is a mandatory closure, the employees may have a 5 day weekend, but they will not get paid. As in any large facility hospital that is shut down, you get time off without pay. Many of these employees could use a full paycheck.
When TV is no longer in danger and the CAT 5 has moved on, I get to wonder if where our oldest is north of Wilmington on a barrier island, will be safe.

Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr (Post 1677843)

Yup, and if I lived on an island out in the middle of the ocean or near the east coast of Florida, I'd be very concerned. In fact, I'd probably have evacuated to someplace inland like The Villages by now.

I'll ask again. When was the last time the area of The Villages had serious widespread damage from a hurricane? I haven't been able to find an answer.

I know tornadoes hit in 2007 but that's not a hurricane.

We had the eye of Irma go directly over us in 2017 and it was not a big deal. We lost power in my area for about three days, but had no damage to the house and never lost water. Several manufactured homes had some damage, but it was mostly to carports and lanais. We also had a few roads that were impassable for a few days, but again, nothing that impacted most of us all that much.

Irma was a CAT 5 and the largest storm ever to make landfall in Florida. As it progressed up the middle of the state however it weakened and was a CAT 3 (I think) when it got here.

Here is what happened in Florida a few days in advance of Irma.
"An estimated 6.5 million Floridians were ordered to evacuate, mostly those living on barrier islands or in coastal areas; in mobile or sub-standard homes; and in low-lying or flood prone areas."

Originally Posted by HoosierPa (Post 1677893)

Management blew it

Originally Posted by drcar (Post 1677888)

Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 1677886)

This is where "SAVE YOUR money for a rainy day" becomes valuable information.

Originally Posted by justjim (Post 1677924)

Originally Posted by HoosierPa (Post 1677893)

Management blew it

Originally Posted by Polar Bear (Post 1677885)

:thumbup:


WHAT!!??!! :eek:

Originally Posted by maybe (Post 1677590)

I am all for safety too, but I have seen no reason the p-ball courts, etc, could not be open today. The worst we could get today from Dorian would be less than what we could get nearly any summer day from thunderstorms. Good management would be adept at making quick changes. I am fine with them removing the water carts, folding sun screens, etc, but the courts could be as safely open today as any other summer day.

Originally Posted by Dilligas (Post 1677987)

Glad you could prepare in one hour. Have you offered to help your neighbors who physically can't bring in the lanai furniture? Do you have snowbirds or vacationing neighbors who can prepare, so you can offer to help them. We do have all the above, and help all the above. It took 2 hours to clear snowbird neighbor lanai and pool area. That's what people in Florida do in preparation for major Hurricanes.....then get together with the neighborhood for a 'hurricane party' while the storm passes.

Originally Posted by Dilligas (Post 1677972)

We all forget, those who work in TV also need to prepare for the Cat 5 storm ..... some more than we do as they may live in trailers or manufactured homes, or worse yet, closer to the East coast of Florida.

Originally Posted by Topspinmo (Post 1677990)

Same with asphalt tennis courts, no reason to lock them out. Nobody need to manage these courts. People bring there own balls and water. I play with two groups that don’t even use rec center Pickleballs. I imagine the locked them out for fear of law suits if someone got hurt and no one around. With all these sue happy lawyers and fake injuries I could see why they done it.

Originally Posted by Dilligas (Post 1677987)

Glad you could prepare in one hour. Have you offered to help your neighbors who physically can't bring in the lanai furniture? Do you have snowbirds or vacationing neighbors who can prepare, so you can offer to help them. We do have all the above, and help all the above. It took 2 hours to clear snowbird neighbor lanai and pool area. That's what people in Florida do in preparation for major Hurricanes.....then get together with the neighborhood for a 'hurricane party' while the storm passes.

Originally Posted by skip0358 (Post 1677984)

Big deal they closed things down a little early because of what the forecast was predicting can’t swim,golf, use the rec centers, music was cancelled so what. Your still alive the storm has decreased we get to live another day. That’s all that matters. Had nothing been done and the stuff hit the fan the powers to be would be getting beat up for not reacting. Qqq

Originally Posted by Nucky (Post 1677994)

Topspinmo, I really enjoy the things you post. I'm not kidding. The question is why can't people just go with the flow? Things am closed! Period! They, the big decision-makers made their decision. I'm glad they had their Own Balls! :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl: God willing it will be over in a couple of days. Peace Out!

Originally Posted by Liz22 (Post 1678052)

Yep, and now it is stalled over the Bahamas for about 3 days so what to they want to do now, keep everything closed for 4 or 5 more days?