Posted on 01/18/2024 12:09:41 PM PST by Jacquerie
I’m a scaredy-cat when it comes to Cat 5 storms. I think anyone would be who knows the sheer destructive power of such a monstropolous beast. But apparently some Florida politicians have no fear — at least, not when it comes to the residents of the Florida Keys.
As Hurricane Irma showed in 2017, the Keys are absolutely the worst place in Florida for a hurricane. They’re a chain of islands with only one evacuation route, U.S. 1. This is why state law says the communities there must limit their growth to “maintain a hurricane evacuation clearance time for permanent residents of no more than 24 hours.”
The Keys are already at that point. Yet when Sen. Rick “I Support An Indicted Presidential Candidate Because We’ve Both Pleaded the Fifth” Scott was governor, he said it would be okeydokey to add another 1,300 homes.
That ridiculous decision was challenged in court. When a judge ruled against adding all those new residents, the Legislature stepped in last year to overturn the decision. Lawmakers told the developers to go right ahead with their building plans.
“It was as blatant a political override of a judicial ruling as I’ve ever seen,” said Richard Grosso, the veteran land-use attorney who represented those challenging all the new building.
But what about the impact of all these new residents on hurricane evacuation times?
And now there’s talk of adding as many as 8,000 more — and using some sneaky methods to squeeze around the law.
(Excerpt) Read more at floridaphoenix.com ...
So this snowflake is in favor of the State telling people where they can and cannot live.
Got it.
Hmmmmm! I think we need to do that here in Reno as well. 🤔👍
Do what my folks did when they lived in Ft. Myers. Leave a week early and vacation in Georgia.
In the early 70s, I used to work in Miami, live in Coral Gables, had property on Big Pine Key, and during at CAT5 Storm, those few miles seemed like a LONG way to get out of it! It was bumper-to-bumper,. during the one CAT3 storm we had. I can’t even imagine the traffic from Key West...
When I was a young’un in Gitmo, we had strong hurricanes every year. There was nowhere to evacuate to: we just had to hunker down and ride it out.
One hurricane kept going in circles. It hit us 3 times in less than a week.
Your black robed gods were not elected and have no actual power. They are constrained to follow the law that the legislature has written for better or worse.
Plan ahead then. It’s not like tornadoes and 15 minutes notice or something.
The problem with hurricane evacuations is that the residents want to wait until the final 24 hours to evacuate even with 2-3 day warnings.
We did try to get out 30-45mins ahead of landfall, but it was already a parking lot. Only Heaven knows how many vehicles there were. We just got in line... “Hurry up and wait”.
What killed any technical point the author might have made was his blatant political barbs.
My ex BIL is like that. He’s always busy until the last minute, preparing his house for the eventual hurricane landing. He lives in Tampa. Every hurricane, it’s the same darn thing. I can barely understand how he manages to not have total destruction of his home, but he has skirted them for 25-ish years.
I understand wanting to protect your home. As he is a lifelong resident, wouldn’t you think he’d have some of the storm protection measures in place by now? The rest of my family does.
It is stunning and nerve-wracking to hear my nieces and nephews be concerned for his safety and well being when he is just as stubborn as a mule.
It used to be we’d wave at the 4 vehicles on the 25-30 mile drive to town. After the Kalifornian invasion a dozen years ago, it’s bumper to bumper 24/7. I don’t know about telling people where to live —— yes, I do. Those invaders can go back from where they came and take their wackadoodle liberal ideas with them.
A real problem with hurricanes is that newcomers don’t take them seriously and after a few near misses in forecasting they get very dismissive of the old local’s tales about how bad it can get.
It takes a couple hours to leave Key West to get to the mainland, during good days.
I can’t imagine that during such storm situations.
I know. I’ll build a home right next to an active volcano. Then I’ll blame the govt for my problems
I believe you.
Yes sir. The fear porn news a screaming, “It’s a cat 5”.
Problem is we get a near miss and all they got was some 30 mph winds. Next storm, I’ve been through a cat 5 and it was nothing
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