Gonna hunker down in Orlando, Propane, Gas, water, booze, food & ammo, what more do we need? Hopefully it stays east enough to spare us, my condo on Hutchinson Island, 40 feet from the beach,,,,,, well, that's what faith and insurance is for, stay safe all.
One of my race car buddy's was driving south from Valdosta on 75 this afternoon and said it was bumper to bumper and crawling along at 10-15 mph in the N bound lanes. South bound was wide open with 2 or 3 cars in sight. I know there is a plan in place where they can open the N and S bound lanes to N bound travel for evacuations.
I'm a good 600+miles from where it's going to make land fall and all these local tards are buying all the gas , people are so stupid sometimes I'll be lucky if I can get to BG next week, all the stations gonna be out of fuel ha
LOL I over filled the tank on my F250 yesterday thinking the same thing. I got enough in the tank to get me into Tenn.
The new Euro model moves the track west and now has IRMA tracking up the spine of Florida. This model has the best track record for accuracy. This is an important change. This track change may affect Bowling Green. It may also affect your escape route. Stay tuned.
I remember Donna well. I was a senior in high school living in Miami for that one and it wasn't too bad where I lived which was about 5 miles from the ocean. We did party during the storm, though.
I'm just thinking out loud here (dangerous, I know) but if things are supposed to be so severe, wouldn't it make sense to utilize military aircraft to evacuate people too? I mean, why wait till after the fact to take action? I heard that AA is stopping all out bound flights from Fla. as of 4 PM Friday.
You'd think in todays time, a strategically placed bomb dropped in the eye would shut Irma down and prevent the devestation? Wishful thinking..... Everyone staying put, be safe.
Good morning Buick family. A breeze! Yes, I feel a breeze. Yesterday was the "calm before the storm." There was absolutely NO breeze. Every neighbor I saw, including myself, was soaked with sweat, and I do mean soaked!!! My son and I went to help a neighbor out. I went in the house to get a shirt. My wife said, "You had a shirt this morning. Where is it?" I said, "There is no way I'm putting that nasty thing back on my body!" I'm glad yesterday is over with. All the big stuff is finished. Now I just need to do little odds and ends. Stupid people..... You all would not believe the D.A.'s that are throwing out big stuff. I saw BBQ grills, sofas, bedroom sets, and other kinds of trash put out to the curb. The trash is NOT going to be picked up!!! I guess they figure it will "go away." Bowling Green.... I don't think it is happening for my sons and me. My youngest son is deployed with the National Guard down in Miami. My oldest son and I came to the realization yesterday that we're not going to have electric for weeks. It'll be the first Nationals we've missed in 20 years. Serious bummer! < My wife just woke up and came outside. She said, "Man it's bright out here!" The house is like a cave. DARK! Speaking of my wife, We had our 38th anniversary yesterday. I got her a dozen roses, a heart shaped helium balloon, and a card. That's the best I could do considering it is crazy down here. She made me a giant pot of her awesome spaghetti. Now I have lunch for a couple of days. Oh well, I guess I need to get off my butt and go do something. I'll check back in later.... JC1
As Jim said, the track of the storm is projected to move westward - which brings it closer to us. Trash will be picked up today, so that's on my very long to-do list for this day. The good news is that at least for now, Irma has been downgraded to a Cat 4 storm, so now top winds are (only) 150 mph. That may not seem like much, but most commercial building codes here are for max 170 winds. With it's earlier gusts of 185, that could have been really ugly. Time to put the hurricane shutters up and move the lawn tractor from it's metal-framed tent into the barn.
The Galveston hurricane (1900) may have been the one with the greatest loss of life. the 1938 hurricane may have caused the most widespread damage - deep up into New England
I evacuated my new place, I didn't evacuate far, But to a brand new home built with latest hurricane specifications and technology plus optional galvanized storm shutters, also high enough not to worry about water.
How about power etc? I have been through it post hurricane strike and it is a difficult situation. Find some bug spray, block ice and some fans.
