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Posted on 9/5/17 at 9:20 pm to Paul Allen
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Aside from a hospital worker (medical field) or first responder (law enforcement), what job would you not be able to get away from?
Estimator. You’d be surprised how vital some people’s jobs are
Posted on 9/5/17 at 9:21 pm to gaetti15
How many airplanes are leaving that island in a span of a day?
Posted on 9/5/17 at 9:21 pm to S
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Idk what that northernmost Leeward Island is called but it finna get loved quite tenderly.
If it's the one on the "corner" I think it's Barbuda
Posted on 9/5/17 at 9:22 pm to slackster
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quote: Everyone I know who has ridden one of these out has said they would never do it again after the fact. Every single one of them Yep.
Not trying to be a dick, but I know someone who rode out Katrina in plaquemines parish... they stayed down in Venice I think and according to them, if they survived Katrina, then they will be alright
Lawd
FWIW I wasn't saying I agree with themThis post was edited on 9/5/17 at 9:52 pm
Posted on 9/5/17 at 9:23 pm to jdd48
quote:As a comparison: 185 MPH is right snack in the middle of the range for an F3 tornado. That would mean the sustained wind of the Hurricane would be around same speed of the top 5% or so of the strongest tornadoes.
Yea F that. One thing to ride out a 2 or even a 3 if you're a bit inland. Quite another to stare down one of the strongest storms on record when you're on the coast.
A hurricane with those types of winds is just unfathomable to me.
Posted on 9/5/17 at 9:23 pm to RatLTrap
So FEMA reimburses if you were to evacuate and pay for travel? I didn't know that, or never really thought about it.
Posted on 9/5/17 at 9:23 pm to Mr. Hangover
Breaking: Jim Cantore has zip tied himself to a light pole in Barbuda. He's got a camcorder and has been screaming "bring it on" for the past hour straight.
Posted on 9/5/17 at 9:24 pm to AubieALUMdvm
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My question is this - being that it's so strong would it still be a hurricane by the time it made its way into upstate South Carolina? Would we still see devastating impacts? .
Look at Katrina's inland swath.
We came down I-59 from Tn to Slidell. Beginning in Mississippi, the pine trees were knocked over and had damaged the heavy AL guardrails. NOT A SINGLE GUARDRAIL was untouched, the entire route. Even though the trees had been cut so traffic could get through, the cleanup before we got there had already been massive. That was just getting the broken parts of pine trees off the highway. That's over 150 miles inland.
Look at your power lines and do you have pine trees? That will pretty much tell you if you'll have power or not since too many electric districts don't keep their rights of way cleared.
eta Husband insists I mention that every sign along the interstate was flattened, not just the big ones, all of them, every "wrong way", etc.
This post was edited on 9/5/17 at 9:36 pm
Posted on 9/5/17 at 9:25 pm to Mr. Hangover
Yeah. I wonder if that person had people waiting around hoping to hear from him 6 days later and wondering if he was dead. Would he be willing to do that tagain o people who love him? I found my dad off a freaking message board after Katrina. He promised me he would never do that to me again.
Posted on 9/5/17 at 9:25 pm to AubieALUMdvm
Yeah, evac plan is basically the same thing we did last year.
My advice for those dealing with an evacuation for the first time.. don't wait to leave or your life will be miserable stuck on the road, likely going directions you may not want to go. They gave the evac order at 5PM last year and me and the family were on the road by 7PM
My advice for those dealing with an evacuation for the first time.. don't wait to leave or your life will be miserable stuck on the road, likely going directions you may not want to go. They gave the evac order at 5PM last year and me and the family were on the road by 7PM
Posted on 9/5/17 at 9:25 pm to Mr. Hangover
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quote: Everyone I know who has ridden one of these out has said they would never do it again after the fact. Every single one of them Yep
Really depends on your shelter and supplies. Be prepared to go without food, water, medicine for a week or more. Personally, the wife and I can’t go more than a few days without Mountain Dew. Not worth the risk imho
Posted on 9/5/17 at 9:26 pm to NorthEndZone
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Barbuda weather station - reports every 6 minutes - nothing ridiculous yet, but it's coming...
I've got a feeling it won't be reporting in the morning.
Posted on 9/5/17 at 9:27 pm to Paul Allen
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How many airplanes are leaving that island in a span of a day?
Idk, he's not in the best of shape financially. Wife's aunt offered to pay for two plane tickets this morning, but by then it was too late supposedly. Maybe flights were booked or something idk.
He's worried. His house is made of cement. Right now all we can do is hope everything will be the best given the dire circumstances. He's got a baseball bat and a honey bucket at least.
They (St.thomas) shut off the power 12 hours in advance of the storm
This post was edited on 9/5/17 at 9:27 pm
Posted on 9/5/17 at 9:27 pm to Jim Rockford
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Miami Beach distributing 10 sandbags per family, with proof of address. They're all heart
And those are the bags only. You have to go get your own sand.
This post was edited on 9/5/17 at 9:35 pm
Posted on 9/5/17 at 9:28 pm to gaetti15
Do you know if they have concrete walls?
I have a friend who lives in BR with a house in St. John he told me yesterday that he's got cinderblock walls and insurance, and his wife has been wanting to redecorate.
I have a friend who lives in BR with a house in St. John he told me yesterday that he's got cinderblock walls and insurance, and his wife has been wanting to redecorate.
Posted on 9/5/17 at 9:28 pm to gaetti15
Cement house is good. Any idea how high it is above sea level?
Posted on 9/5/17 at 9:28 pm to S
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Idk what that northernmost Leeward Island is called but it finna get loved quite tenderly.
I feel so terrible for cracking up at that.
Posted on 9/5/17 at 9:29 pm to gaetti15
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He's got a baseball bat and a honey bucket at least.
That's not much.
Posted on 9/5/17 at 9:29 pm to PhillipJFry
quote:Ask some of the ones in Louisiana here for sure. I do believe a mandatory evac notice has to be given and where you fled declared a disaster. I am not sure.
So FEMA reimburses if you were to evacuate and pay for travel? I didn't know that, or never really thought about it.
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