Official Florida is Fucked Hurricane thread

[Cleo]

As kewl as using the Greek alphabet would be I'm really hoping for no more storms.

I never been through one that came from the west and didn't even know that they would do that. I see lots of other storms have done this in the past though.
http://weather.sun-sentinel.com/trop...524_climo.html

Poor Key West. This is their big yearly event and it starts this weekend.
http://www.650motorcycles.com/keywest.html
http://www.fantasyfest.net/

It's still pretty far away so a lot could change but I am going to top off my car's gas tank tomorrow. I'm not sure what to expect from a storm coming at me across the state like this. I would think that it would weaken but the weather people are saying it won't. Florida is real flat and the whole south middle of the state is nothing but a huge very shallow river so maybe that is why.

I just keep on looking at my big untrimmed very tall trees in my yard…

[sue-fl]

Well I thought we were done for the year but no From what I'm seeing on tv so far is that I think the Tampa Bay area will advoid the direct hit. But I'm not taking any chances plan on filling up the cars and getting gas for the generator tomorrow. I live a block off the bay so we'll be ok if it stays at a 3 or lower. If it turns into a 4 and hits here we are fucked. Our house would be under water, got my fingers crossed here..

[Bill]

Those painted tits pictures are strangely erotic. One gets jaded seeing porn women all the time, so seeing real women proudly showing off their tits is kinda nice.

[MrYum]

Yep, I'm about 100 miles south of Tampa. Too early to tell yet, but sure looks like we're in for a bit o rain and wind. Truck and car are already full of fuel. So, I'll be topping up the extra gas cans, zip tying all the hoses to the fence, pulling in plants, deck furniture, etc..

Yea Cleo, my trees are the biggest concern here too. I have several big mature oaks on the property. With where the trees are, about the worst that could happen would be damage to the pool cage and/or storage shed.

I'm pretty confident the house itself could take heavy winds without significant damage. This place was built after Andrew so it's all re-inforced cinder block construction. And the windows are covered in the 3m film rating them to something like 130 mph winds.

I'll also be moving the generator, chain saw and extra fuel OUT of the storage shed and into the garage...just in case.

Ahh, the price of living in paradise

[Beachbum]

Originally Posted by Cleo

As kewl as using the Greek alphabet would be I'm really hoping for no more storms.

I never been through one that came from the west and didn't even know that they would do that. I see lots of other storms have done this in the past though.
http://weather.sun-sentinel.com/trop...524_climo.html

Poor Key West. This is their big yearly event and it starts this weekend.
http://www.650motorcycles.com/keywest.html
http://www.fantasyfest.net/

It's still pretty far away so a lot could change but I am going to top off my car's gas tank tomorrow. I'm not sure what to expect from a storm coming at me across the state like this. I would think that it would weaken but the weather people are saying it won't. Florida is real flat and the whole south middle of the state is nothing but a huge very shallow river so maybe that is why.

I just keep on looking at my big untrimmed very tall trees in my yard…

I'm with you, getting gas and supplies tomorrow just in case. I'm really hoping this thing takes it easy on us... NOBODY need this right now for sure.

[Maj. Stress]

Originally Posted by Cleo

I would think that it would weaken but the weather people are saying it won't.

I was thinking the same thing with Rita. I live 100 miles inland from Beaumont in the woods of East Texas. By the time Rita paid a visit winds were still 75-100 mph. Not to bad, but I was thinking they would be more in the 45-50 range that far inland.
Stay safe and let's hope this bitch heads back out to sea.