[Martian]

Originally Posted by Henryk

Invite your neighbors for a little wine and cheese.

TV is not overreacting; it is being prepared.

[600th Photo Sq]

3 - 4 days or so out of anyone's routine is ridiculous considering the forecast. Be sensible the decision was made by not one or two but many...Deal With It !

[B-flat]

TV made the right decision in my opinion, as others have said better safe than sorry.

The way I see it some of negative remarks about too soon are probably from the same people who would complain about winning a million dollars if it were given to them in 10s and 20s but they wanted it in 50s and 100s.

[kcrazorbackfan]

Originally Posted by geofitz13

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.

It's called protecting their assets. They are damned if they do and damned if they don't.

[patfla06]

No. Hurricanes are very unpredictable.
I think T.V. reacted responsibly.

The Summer has had a lot of rain where you couldn’t use the facilities anyway.

We should be thankful, so far, this dangerous storm is not hitting us directly.

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Can anyone tell me the last time that a hurricane had serious widespread damage to The Villages or the surrounding area?

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Originally Posted by ColdNoMore

And by being extra cautious (and thinking of the employees who have to work to keep facilities open), exactly what major impact to your life...has a few extra closed days caused?

So why not be extra extra cautious and close everything as soon as a tropical depression, that could turn into a hurricane that could hit Florida occurs. Or better yet, since this is hurricane season, why not just close everything beginning in mid August until the snowbirds all come back.

Again, the question is how cautious have they been and how cautious should they be. No one is saying that facilities shouldn't be closed at some point, but we all moved here because of the lifestyle. We pay for these facilities and should be able to use them as much as possible. No one has had major impact on their lives by closing them but that is not the question. The question is were they closed to early and I believe that they were.

The only thing gained by closing a pool and rec center is that The Villages didn't have to pay employees for those days. Someone mentioned giving the employees time off to prepare for the storm. Has anyone considered that some of these employee might need the extra five days pay that they're going to lose?

And how long does it take to prepare for these things anyway. We should all be 80% prepared anyway. Pull the lawn furniture inside. That's got to take whole hour. Fill the cars with gas. Another hour. What else does anyone do?

[jg29566]

NO! You can’t fool or 2nd guess Mother Nature. Being thru many hurricanes (SC & FL) you prepare for the worst and hope for the best. What a true blessing if this monster ends up never making landfall

[D.Lawrence]

It's all good, they made the correct moves to protect the facilities, they can start to re open on Tuesday, enjoy some calming time and rest.

[bigallis1]

Hats off to The Villages management for making the right move early on!

[TimeForChange]

Since none of the weather experts know, or still don't know the exact direction the storm will take then TV did the right thing. On Thursday one report said the "storm could hit anywhere between Key West and Jacksonville".

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr

..... Pull the lawn furniture inside. That's got to take whole hour. Fill the cars with gas. Another hour. What else does anyone do?

I've been thinking about this too. Preparing for the storm, basically all we plan to do is bring in the lanai furniture and our two potted plants. That should take about 20 minutes tops.

Time and money spent purchasing bottled water is really not necessary. We all have perfectly good tap water that we can stock pile before the storm. I would imagine most everyone has empty receptacles to put tap water in to. Fill the tub with water to use for flushing toilets.

We don't plan to board up windows. Should we? We don't have hurricane shutters on our home. How many people in TV do? The Villages doesn't board up windows on rec centers and such so I would imagine it really isn't necessary.

We gassed up the car already so that was done a few days ago when everyone else was at the gas stations. I know now we could have waited to do that and that took about 20 minutes. Gas lines during Andrew were MUCH worse and folks were running out gas in their cars as they waited in line. Their cars had to be pushed to the pumps.

We always have plenty of batteries so no need there to spend any time trying to find batteries on empty store shelves.

Total hurricane preparation for us is less than an hour. Is there something we should be doing that I haven't mentioned?

Our home was 60 miles from the eye of Andrew when it came ashore in south Florida. Our community suffered downed palm fronds and that was all. Hope that is all we have here as a worse case scenario.

[skip0358]

Who cares when they pulled the trigger? If it wasn't done soon enough you'd hear they should of done it sooner, now it being said they did it too early. It's over and done err on the side of caution period. So you couldn't play golf or swim or use the rec center big deal. Oh you pay a fee to use this stuff so what, Guess you never go on vacation or leave the villages or get sick. What about those who never golf, play tennis or pickleball. They still pay for it. You had plenty of time to get ready just in case the Stuff hit the fan and I'll bet if the storm changes course again and heads for us there will be another panic shopping at the supermarkets. Chill and be thankful we don't look like the Abaco Island area. JMO now you can bash my comment.

[ladybugsmom]

Closed way to quickly. Everything closed for a week is ridiculous.

[JimJohnson]

The Villages has little to fear from a hurricane due to are large distance from either coast. Tornadoes are a danger to us, but not hurricanes.