[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by vintageogauge

The winds from Irma in 2017 toppled a truck trailer that was parked along Fenney Way being used as a tool shed. Ask a neighbor or friend if you can squeeze it in their garage for a day or two just to be safe.

There is a huge difference in wind resistance between a truck trailer and a golf cart...

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijwjtRwey_A

Hurricanes in Utah??? Don't think so...

Also, the wind forces on a tractor trailor are massive when compared to an open air golf cart...

Think about the wind pressure on an open umbrella vs a closed umbrella...

[Blueblaze]

Originally Posted by Pondboy

Hurricane Hugo marched inland 235 miles to hit Charlotte NC with 80 mile per hour SUSTAINED winds. We’re 45 miles from the coast.

Granted, the weather service always goes on the high side for wind gusts, and we have been lucky that they have not been as strong. Plan for the worst, hope for the best.

Unless your house is on the historic side, it's rated for 110mph winds. If you're in a concrete block house, you'd need a cat5 TORNADO to blow it away.

I went through three cat 5 hurricanes in Houston, in a brick-frame 20-year-old house that was not built to any windstorm standard at all. The eye of Rita went directly over my house, 80 miles from the coast. The only damage was it knocked down a section of privacy fence with a rotted fence post.

A cat 5 is barely a cat 1 after 80 miles. 80 mph is cat 1. I've seen 70 mph STRAIGHT winds many times, growing up in Oklahoma.

We'll be fine.

[tophcfa]

Strap down the seat and the sunbrella enclosure and you should be good. If you are really concerned, and you have a concrete slab in your carport, using a hammer drill to make a couple holes in the concrete, put in some good concrete anchors with hooks, and use a ratchet strap to solidly secure the cart to the ground.

[Arctic Fox]

Originally Posted by Will.S

New to Florida & Hurricanes so please excuse the question. When this Hurricane hits land & turned into a possible Cat 3 storm, any suggestions how to secure a golf cart w/o a garage ? Are the sustained winds strong enough to flip a cart over?

I would reduce windage to a minimum by rolling up all of the Sunbrella sections and securing them with all of the provided poppers - your cart seat may get wet, but it's designed for that.

[Girlcopper]

Originally Posted by Will.S

New to Florida & Hurricanes so please excuse the question. When this Hurricane hits land & turned into a possible Cat 3 storm, any suggestions how to secure a golf cart w/o a garage ? Are the sustained winds strong enough to flip a cart over ?

Thanks.

You’re inland. It probably will only be a tropical storm if that much when it arrives

[Nana2Teddy]

From what I’ve been seeing on the news we’re not even in the path. It’s heading straight up the gulf to the panhandle in the Big Bend area. We might get winds at 40-55 mph max. I think Debby was worse a couple months ago, and she didn’t do much here other than flood some golf courses and fill some ponds (greatly needed). Your cart will be fine.

[G.R.I.T.S.]

2017 Irma was a Cat 1.

[Windguy]

Originally Posted by Ham_and_Cheese

If you can't get it on the porch, tuck it up horizontally to the house on the leeward side (facing away from the wind)

That should help keep it safe from most gusts

If the predicted storm track comes true, the worst winds will be coming from the south, so the north side would be best for the cart.

Originally Posted by Bill14564

So how far into GA will you be going today or tomorrow as you take your own advice and plan for the worst?

So true.

FL has had hurricanes where people panic, drive hours right into the area where the huricanes accually end up hitting the hardest. Wish people would think calmly and rationally.

If one wants to panic then worry about tornadoes. That's what we see more of in this area. In that case good luck finding a "root cellar". Most houses barely have a center enclosed space.

Advice, pick up yard fly-a-way stuff: Put away all the yard ornament decorations the deed restrictions say you aren't supposed to have.

Grills, move them inside. A Villa neighbor had a fluke wind gust, on a normal sunny day, create a tunnel wind. Her grill lifted and struck another neighbor's gutter. They are heavy but sh*t happens.

The Wizzard of Oz drives these type of things these days. Iykyk. Just watch past patterns and one will gain a sense of how hurricane patterns turn out most of the time in Central, FL.

Being on a *****ula (funny I mis-spelled peninsula and got a bad word lol) not many places one can go, especially when accurate news reporting of the non-speghetti hurricane direction plus traffic from actual evacuation areas, leaves one with little time to get to safer areas.

Snowbird panic often creates more chaos on the roads, in stores and at gas stations than is necessary or good.

Relax, stay calm and get necessary items ahead of time as in FL Gov does tax free prep time period in late Spring/early summer to assist with people chilling out to avoid store bum rusher horders and chaos creators.

Saw a ton of people filling their golf carts with gas. Making them a little heavier?? That is not going to put enough weight for a tornado. Quick, run to lowes and buy hundreds of bags of sand to weigh it down.

Maybe these golf cart gasers are fleeing via golf cart?? Now that's an exit plan this long-term Central, FL native has never seen.

[Windguy]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

Funny thing about running you may run right into path of flooding rain or tornado?

Agreed.

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT:
Most of us in TV have homes that can easily handle a hurricane. The roads will be clogged with people fleeing from the coasts and trailer parks. Gas supplies might run low. Please stay home if you can so that those who have a serious reason to flee can get out safely and quickly.

[Heytubes]

Originally Posted by Will.S

New to Florida & Hurricanes so please excuse the question. When this Hurricane hits land & turned into a possible Cat 3 storm, any suggestions how to secure a golf cart w/o a garage ? Are the sustained winds strong enough to flip a cart over ?

Thanks.

Keep in mind that when a hurricane hits the wind blows one way until the eye passes, then the wind blows the other way. By the time if it hits here it will be no more than a sustained summer thunderstorm with similar sustained winds. After having gone through Florida hurricanes since 1964 not a chicken little worrywart in central Florida.

[RRGuyNJ]

Originally Posted by Arctic Fox

Any storm is unlikely to still be a hurricane by the time it gets this far inland, so the chance of a golf cart being flipped is very remote.

Still worthwhile taking precautions, but no need to panic.

We are much farther inland in NC than the Villages and Hurricane Irene took our roof shingles and much more damage with no problem. $28k later we had all the damage repaired. Wishing good luck and safety to all effected.

[MrFlorida]

Park it near a structure, to block the wind. Should be ok.

[Lancer]

Originally Posted by Will.S

New to Florida & Hurricanes so please excuse the question. When this Hurricane hits land & turned into a possible Cat 3 storm, any suggestions how to secure a golf cart w/o a garage ? Are the sustained winds strong enough to flip a cart over ?

Thanks.

If you have a garage leave the car outside and park the cart in the garage.