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!
For anyone who lives in apartments or condos make sure to fill your tubs w/water prior to the storm. Nothing is worse then carrying up jugs of water over and over to be able to flush the toilets. If you have water after the storm, depending on your area, you may have a boil water notice for a while.
anyone know if swimming pool water can be used to flush the toilets?
I've heard of that before. It should work fine,although I'm not an expert. But in emergency situations, you gotta do whatcha gotta do.
started doing a little research, and it seems like it's ok. Glad you've heard of it before; I hadn't