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Ever been on vacation when a hurricane hit?

Posted on 8/23/14 at 4:39 pm
Posted by NatalbanyTigerFan
On the water somewhere
Member since Oct 2007
7593 posts
Posted on 8/23/14 at 4:39 pm
Have any of you had experiences where you were away from home on vacation when a storm hit close by?
Posted by Coon
La 56 Southbound
Member since Feb 2005
18492 posts
Posted on 8/23/14 at 4:42 pm to
You mean you were away and a storm hit your home or hit where you were on vacation?
Posted by NatalbanyTigerFan
On the water somewhere
Member since Oct 2007
7593 posts
Posted on 8/23/14 at 4:44 pm to
Where you were on vacation. Like the storm took an unexpected turn and came to where you were.
Posted by ksayetiger
Centenary Gents
Member since Jul 2007
68252 posts
Posted on 8/23/14 at 4:44 pm to
not me, but had a friend visit from tampa when I was in br during august 2005. she ended up having to drive to houston to get back since her flight was canceled out of msy
Posted by tween the hedges
Member since Feb 2012
20238 posts
Posted on 8/23/14 at 4:47 pm to
Had to evacuate Destin once. Traffic was an absolute nightmare.
Posted by hobotiger
Asbury Park, NJ
Member since Nov 2007
5192 posts
Posted on 8/23/14 at 4:50 pm to
Went down to Boca when Hurricane Isaac passed by, shut the hotel down. Mostly lots of wind and rain but def no outdoor activities. We were there with three other couples who love to drink, bar tab was ridiculous. Then one couple from NOLA got stuck there for about 4 extra days, not cheap.
Posted by Coon
La 56 Southbound
Member since Feb 2005
18492 posts
Posted on 8/23/14 at 4:52 pm to
Yes, St. John for hurricane lee I believe. We were in the airport in st Thomas and watched our plane touch down then take back off and head to Puerto Rico. It sucked because we had no hotel room and had to take a van ride across the island during the hurricane to find a place. Thankfully we did and got off the island the next day.
Posted by jmarto1
Houma, LA/ Las Vegas, NV
Member since Mar 2008
33815 posts
Posted on 8/23/14 at 4:56 pm to
Not quiet the same but left Miami as a TS was coming. Had to fly out in it. Surprisingly was one of the smoothest flights I have ever had.
Posted by unclejhim
Folsom, La.
Member since Nov 2011
3703 posts
Posted on 8/23/14 at 4:58 pm to
We went to Destin a few years back when Hurricane Arlene hit. My sister in law (who organized the trip) is named Arlene!!
Posted by Kajungee
South ,Section 6 Row N
Member since Mar 2004
17033 posts
Posted on 8/23/14 at 5:02 pm to
When I was a snot nosed kid, my family went to spend a week at my uncle's camp on Bay St. Louis.
3 days in Hurricane Camile was just off the coast. We found a pay phone at a store, called my uncle who was leaving to come help batten down the camp.
As we started doing what we could a friend of my uncle showed up to inform us that my uncle had a stroke while driving and crashed on the way to met us. He was paralyzed for the rest of his life.
We did what we could. But it didn't matter.
We returned a week later and could find nothing left of his camp.
Posted by LanierSpots
Sarasota, Florida
Member since Sep 2010
61506 posts
Posted on 8/23/14 at 5:05 pm to
Was in Punta Cana in 2012 when Isaac came through


Im here now actually and Invest 96-L is screwing it up...
Posted by FastSec985
Covington
Member since Jan 2009
14 posts
Posted on 8/23/14 at 5:08 pm to
Yes, in the Dominican Republic for my honeymoon and the resort took a good hit.
Posted by StrangeBrew
Salvation Army-Thanks Obama
Member since May 2009
18183 posts
Posted on 8/23/14 at 5:18 pm to
I have so much sex on vacation I have never noticed the weather
Posted by jack6294
Greater Baton Rouge Area
Member since Jan 2007
4033 posts
Posted on 8/23/14 at 5:21 pm to
Yes, last year at Rosemary Beach in October

Hurricane Karen

Threatened but wound up petering out
Posted by Marco Esquandolas
Member since Jul 2013
11423 posts
Posted on 8/23/14 at 5:22 pm to
I was at a work conference in Miami and they ended it a day early because a storm named Katrina was heading for Florida--so I flew home to New Orleans!!!
Posted by patnuh
South LA
Member since Sep 2005
6692 posts
Posted on 8/23/14 at 5:24 pm to
Few summers ago I was in the Hamptons and had to leave a day early bc of hurricane. Irene I think. They closed the airport just hours after we got out.
Posted by LSUwag
Florida man
Member since Jan 2007
17318 posts
Posted on 8/23/14 at 5:24 pm to
I was trapped in NOLA when Hurricane Francis hit Florida. I had a difficult time getting home.
Posted by BluegrassBelle
RIP Hefty Lefty - 1981-2019
Member since Nov 2010
98821 posts
Posted on 8/23/14 at 5:30 pm to
Was in Tampa/St. Pete when Hurricane Dennis came through in 2005. Was a ways out in the gulf but flooded the hell out of the area we were in. Ended up hitting a bunch of remnants of it driving home.
Posted by 756
Member since Sep 2004
14852 posts
Posted on 8/23/14 at 5:31 pm to
I was in San Destin on vacation and had to evacuate to red cross center from my condo
Posted by redfish99
B.R.
Member since Aug 2007
16399 posts
Posted on 8/23/14 at 5:33 pm to
I was in Orlando for Rita. Flew to mobile closest I could I get drove a rental home to a housefull of SW La. House guests.
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