Yes, this is a Q Win. But we are family and now a lot of Florida pedes are facing a potentially dangerous storm. Some are new Floridians and have no idea of how evacuations work here or may need other help from us experienced Floridians.
So I thought we could do a check-in post here and we can move to another Win to support each other, if needed. I lost my old home at Weather Underground when they got bought by Weather Channel so it would be nice to have a bunch of y’all to chat with.
Right now, TropicalTidbits.com is the best online site outside of the National Hurricane Center. Levi has been hurricane forecasting for many years and is excellent. You can see the Euro and GFS models there also.
So if you are a Floridian and are facing the roller coaster of the next five days, go ahead and say hi!
My husband and I have lived in Central FL area for decades. We bought our house in a rural area in 1999 and that September faced Cat 4 Hurricane Floyd, which fortunately missed us. I got the bug to understand hurricanes and have been watching them form intently for years, at least until Nov 2020, when my research time went elsewhere.
We live in a heavily wooded area and will definitely lose electricity every storm with overhead lines. We will also be one of the last areas to get it turned back on. Hurricanes suck for us. Too much prep and lots of work to keep generators running afterward.
Fortunately our RV can provide AC and a kitchen afterwards so that has made the aftermath much easier.
Have you got horses? If so how do they cope?
Andrew taught livestock folks to use a grease pencil to write your phone # on the neck. Take pics of you with animal to prove ownership later.
I did. No longer :( Their stalls were in a converted 2 car cement block garage, with the west side open. We blocked the opening a lot with the horse trailer.
They did well. They were used to fierce thunderstorms and the block wall and tile roof made it less scary I’m sure. I would hang lots of hay in hay nets in case I couldn’t get out for hours. I also hung extra buckets of water. We’ve lost water in some storms because our community well system backup generator failed so I learned to fill 2 large buckets with water (and cover them) so I could just dip their buckets in later.
I graduated out of North Marion High - we lived in Salt Springs through my high school years.
We're in Holly Hill, went to the closest Walmart this afternoon on Nova &Flomich, totally out of water there. I've been stocking up before this storm ever got together. I'm not too concerned, been through more tornadoes than I care to remember as well as hurricane force winds while living in Anchorage Ak +earthquakes. At least with hurricanes you can see them coming days in advance, quakes can happen Anytime No warning.
Actually they do happen, just not often. No, I was referring to growing up in North Dakota and Minnesota. When I was 5 (1965)we were living in Minot and we had a tornado bearing down on our house, literally shredded an elm tree in our backyard then miraculously changed course and jumped a block and went further East. I doubt I will ever forget that or the 7.1 quake in Anchorage in 2018, if I can survive those, everything else is easy.