Posted on 08/14/2004 1:42:49 AM PDT by kattracks
Hmm I guess i should warn anyone in the Myrtle Beach area to watch out then. MY Brother is on his way to Myrtle today for the Dupont World Amatuer Golf Tournament. IN the last ten years he has brought at least 5 TS's or Hurricanes into the area with him. LOL
It is a standing joke in our family. We find out when the Dupont is and when MY Brother is going up there, and then pencil in that the area will have a Storm of some type right before or during that week.
We've lived in Florida for 30 years, and a few of those years were spent in a mobile home, and others were spent in a coastal area. Mobile homes have always -- always -- been the first to be warned to evacuate if a storm is anywhere in the vicinity.
After mobile homes, those living in coastal areas are told to leave. We, family and friends have been through so many evacuations/preparations that we can't even count. We may b--ch and grumble after the storm passes, but no one I know is so stupid as to wait and see before making a decision.
If Andrew's devastation didn't teach people how storms can make sudden moves, then nothing can -- and to suggest that governments are responsible for making decisions for people is to advocate the nanny state.
The loss of life is tragic, but it was avoidable.
Thank you for the lightening up this tragic day - menagerie - LOL.
The media is trying to spin this as a political move by President Bush.
I haven't heard anything about the damage on Boca Grande (Gasparilla Island). Do you or anyone have any info?
Captiva and Sanibel...water not safe to drink and do not turn on generators. (crews working on the grid)
Captiva has been split into...a new 400 yard wide pass has been created.
"I tied it(boat) up real good and put out some fenders but I was just kidding myself about it being safe if we had a direct hit."
Hopefully your boat is still intact. Everytime I see the power of wind and water it amazes me to no end. Mother Nature is mind boggling. Unfortunetly for many boat owners I bet those ropes snapped like cheap sewing thread.
I haven't read through the thread yet, but does anyone know of any damage in Venice, just a few miles to the north? Specifically the Plantations? My mother lives there and has many elderly friends who stayed there. My mother is here in Indiana at the moment so she was out of harms way.
Moderators should just add an "unconfirmed" tag and/or move the post to discussion when major unconfirmed breaking news is reported that is by it's very nature unconfirmed. Otherwise the strength of FR is diluted.
Apparently the poster was trying to add a video report to the post when he was banned. I imagine that blogs will eventually overtake FR because of anal moderators.
I don't remember. We had the news on nonstop cause we're in Jax in NE FL. I know they told Pinellas county and N of there in areas which would receive surge but I don't know about Punta. The storm track changed by an hour, iow, we were supposed to have the eye pass over us 'but' when it changed track, it passed to the south of us by an hour and went over St. Augustine & Daytona Beach before going back to sea. That may not seem like a very big difference but for us we had low level winds and rain compared to the 75-90 mph winds plus possible tornadoes they had been telling us to prepare for.
Realize it is a long way out, but just noticed that NHC has TD 5 tracking right along the same path as Charley south of Cuba on thier 5 day forecast.
It's a good idea to get out of there early. Even on "normal" days, a simple accident on Rt. 1 make movement in/out of the Key impossible. If this thing looks like it's going to get close to us (which it does) you might want to start going to see Grandma early in the week!!!
I distictly remember the laeftist press reports of the poor storm victims blaminmg Bush. But, I though the president had waited several days before acting. Pre-FR days, so I was still getting my news from ABCNBCCBS.
Wish I had known this before booking my vacation to Myrtle Beach :-) Was suppose to leave this morning. Hoping to leave tomorrow...
Well I think it does sound crude to have stacked them but we don't know what the area is like either.There is bound to be tons of debri, electrical lines down may not be a problem if the power is out there. If there are that many dead (just read min. 60) there may not be a large area to lay them out individually.
right now Grandma is without power from Charley's visit. She is in Palm Coast. No other damage, thankfully. My husband thinks I am being hysterical, but that one feeder band we got late Thursday/ early Friday convinced me that I don't want to experience a hurricane, even in my strong house. My wild and crazy adrenaline days are over.
Prayers for all.
NO, IT DOESN'T!!
IT LOOKS LIKE A CAT4 HURRICANE JUST CAME THROUGH THERE!............
The one time I've left (hurricane Floyd that didn't hit us but looked awful) I packed up both dogs, 5 cats and two birds and headed to my parents house N. of me.
When we went through the un-named storm and the one that hit us in 1999 (can't remeber the name of it to save my life) I kept the dogs inside until it was safe for them to go out. I figured if they made a mess in the house, it was better then having them die. Unbelievably neither of them even so much as tinkled in the house, though by the time I opened the door to see if it was safe to let them out, their eyes were floating.
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