Live central Merritt Island. Family members talked it over. We decided to board up windows and stay. Been in same house 36 years and never left before. But we know, we’ve never had a storm of this magnitude. Have until Thursday afternoon to make up mind to leave or not. Have daughter who lives on east side of Orlando and that’s where I’ll run to.
Leave
Leave Now .
The sheriffs will make you leave anyways .
It’s a cat 3 to 4
Just leave .
We did .
Move to safety my FRiend. You can replace a home. You can not replace your life. Err on the side of caution. Prayers up for you, your family, and your home.
2 friends in NOLA, men in their 70’s, lived all their lives there, never evacuated for a ‘cane, even Camille. At the last minute they left before Katrina. Memory is that both were out of their homes for a year or two for repairs. You have to be smart about this. And your daughter would be thrilled to have quality time iwth you!!
You don’t want to be in this one. Remember that this hurricane is not only strong, but moving very slow. Even if you survive you will live in terror for a long time. There is even some possibility that it could reach Cat 5. There is picture floating around of Haiti. It said that only 1% of homes remain standing in a particular city.
We stayed through Hurricane Andrew. Then it became cat 4. Then it became cat 5. Worst decision we ever made in our lives. We were on the broward Dade line. It turned south from us. Kendall and Cutler Ridge looked like an A Bomb went off. There was so much debris you couldn’t even see where the streets were. Just house foundations left. We left Florida for 18 years. Moved back to the Panhandle. It’s an easy and quick drive to Alabama or other inland safety. I would never wait till the last minute to try to outrun a monster storm. Definitely wouldn’t hang around again either.
It’s not just the wind, it’s the potential storm surge:
https://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/surge/canaveral_mom4.png
Leave!
I’m at my daughter’s on the east side of Orlando, too.
Merritt Island is 10-15 minutes from my home
I NEVER remember this much intensity over a hurricane in our county and I’ve lived here a long time!
I never remember them evacuating Wuesthoff Hospital before......Cape Canaveral yes, but not Wuesthoff
PLEASE LEAVE!
I’ve lived in Merritt Island since 83. we evacuated to Orlando for this one. Many neighbors stayed. Hope it stays offshore.
