Preparing for the storm
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When do you leave the island?
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@StrongBad said in Preparing for the storm:
When do you leave the island?
Mandatory Evacuation is at 3PM today. I am leaving work at noon.
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@IRJ said in Preparing for the storm:
@StrongBad said in Preparing for the storm:
When do you leave the island?
Mandatory Evacuation is at 3PM today. I am leaving work at noon.
Chicago news mentioned it is a cat 3 now.
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@JaredBusch said in Preparing for the storm:
@IRJ said in Preparing for the storm:
@StrongBad said in Preparing for the storm:
When do you leave the island?
Mandatory Evacuation is at 3PM today. I am leaving work at noon.
Chicago news mentioned it is a cat 3 now.
We are leaving the island. At a minimum flooding is going to be an issue. Hopefully I have a house to come back to when this is all over with.
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A friend who is on vacation in Jacksonville right now said he saw a motorcycle blow over last night. He's headed back north.
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@RojoLoco said in Preparing for the storm:
A friend who is on vacation in Jacksonville right now said he saw a motorcycle blow over last night. He's headed back north.
That wasn't from Matthew. We won't start feeling Matthew until tomorrow.
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@IRJ said in Preparing for the storm:
@JaredBusch said in Preparing for the storm:
@IRJ said in Preparing for the storm:
@StrongBad said in Preparing for the storm:
When do you leave the island?
Mandatory Evacuation is at 3PM today. I am leaving work at noon.
Chicago news mentioned it is a cat 3 now.
We are leaving the island. At a minimum flooding is going to be an issue. Hopefully I have a house to come back to when this is all over with.
Weather said it upgraded back to a Category 4 after getting on open water again.
Also showing how close to landfall it is.
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Crazy how the models are showing that it may loop around and come back to hit the FL peninsula a 2nd time. No telling where it will go if that occurs and it enters the gulf.
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@Danp said in Preparing for the storm:
Crazy how the models are showing that it may loop around and come back to hit the FL peninsula a 2nd time. No telling where it will go if that occurs and it enters the gulf.
Yeah I saw that on the news this morning, I wonder if it would gain strength again when it double backs, that would be insane.
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Matthew is expected to make landfall right where my house is as a category 4. I spent 10 hours till 2am last night boarding up. We evacuated in the middle of the night last night to my parents which is about an hour I land.
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@IRJ said in Preparing for the storm:
Matthew is expected to make landfall right where my house is as a category 4. I spent 10 hours till 2am last night boarding up. We evacuated in the middle of the night last night to my parents which is about an hour I land.
Wow, good luck.
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@IRJ: if you and your family wish to flee farther north, just say the word... Middle Georgia is nice this time of year, lol.
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Oh wow, good luck. Stay safe and keep us up to date!
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@IRJ said in Preparing for the storm:
Matthew is expected to make landfall right where my house is as a category 4. I spent 10 hours till 2am last night boarding up. We evacuated in the middle of the night last night to my parents which is about an hour I land.
May you find safety, and upon your return, there is little damage.
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@IRJ said in Preparing for the storm:
@fuznutz04 said in Preparing for the storm:
Good luck! Which island?
Merritt Island in Florida. Not as bad as being in the Bahamas, but it isn't a good thing either.
That's in the middle of the river, right?
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@stacksofplates said in Preparing for the storm:
@IRJ said in Preparing for the storm:
@fuznutz04 said in Preparing for the storm:
Good luck! Which island?
Merritt Island in Florida. Not as bad as being in the Bahamas, but it isn't a good thing either.
That's in the middle of the river, right?
Yes, but technically they are saltwater lagoons even though they are named as rivers.
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We are safe
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We got really lucky that the storm weakened and went offshore a bit at the last minute.
At one point they thought it was gonna hit us directly as a category 5, but when it was all said and done it was a category 3 and it stayed offshore a little bit.
There's damage and flooding, but it could be worse. I gave no idea how bad my house is, but about 50 miles inland it isn't too bad.
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@IRJ said in Preparing for the storm:
We got really lucky that the storm weakened and went offshore a bit at the last minute.
At one point they thought it was gonna hit us directly as a category 5, but when it was all said and done it was a category 3 and it stayed offshore a little bit.
There's damage and flooding, but it could be worse. I gave no idea how bad my house is, but about 50 miles inland it isn't too bad.
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When will you be able to return?
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I'd wait and see if Matthew is going to make a second pass like is expected or not before trying to go back.
