Riding out a hurricane
I am in central Fl. Just got out of hospital 2 days ago. I will probably have to stay put thru the coming hurricane. I am in a state park and all the other volunteers have left for the summer. Been se...
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Y'know what guys, this has seriously degenerated.
In a minimal/TS hurricane I'd probably stay put. Heavy rain and 60kt winds. News flash! We do that most summer days in Florida.
Hurricane Charlie was said to be fat tornado, and I think that's pretty accurate. It came ashore as a Cat 1 hurricane. In the park in Kissimmee all the pines and most upper oak limbs were down but there was no RV damage at all. Two mobile homes were mushed and many had some roof damage. The biggest problem was the lack of electricity or sewer service for about a week.
Up the road a mile or so was a different story. There had previously been a couple of mobile homes out in the pastures. After Charlie there were only frames chained down to the ground. Just frames. And the stick houses were worse; no sticks at all.
As for fleeing, I met people who fled Key West in their RV to Fort Myers...and then fled to Kissimmee where Charlie caught up with them.
The time to leave is NOT after the storm. We went up to Orlando and couldn't find a gas station that could pump gas. Nada. Spent the night parked by Lake Eola.
So...I think that if it's almost assured to be a TS I'd stay put; any more than that I'm off to a hundred miles or so northward. Although you might survive it, the lack of services or access to services can create difficulties. Very few of us are prepared at any moment to go boondock without services for a week or more.
In a minimal/TS hurricane I'd probably stay put. Heavy rain and 60kt winds. News flash! We do that most summer days in Florida.
Hurricane Charlie was said to be fat tornado, and I think that's pretty accurate. It came ashore as a Cat 1 hurricane. In the park in Kissimmee all the pines and most upper oak limbs were down but there was no RV damage at all. Two mobile homes were mushed and many had some roof damage. The biggest problem was the lack of electricity or sewer service for about a week.
Up the road a mile or so was a different story. There had previously been a couple of mobile homes out in the pastures. After Charlie there were only frames chained down to the ground. Just frames. And the stick houses were worse; no sticks at all.
As for fleeing, I met people who fled Key West in their RV to Fort Myers...and then fled to Kissimmee where Charlie caught up with them.
The time to leave is NOT after the storm. We went up to Orlando and couldn't find a gas station that could pump gas. Nada. Spent the night parked by Lake Eola.
So...I think that if it's almost assured to be a TS I'd stay put; any more than that I'm off to a hundred miles or so northward. Although you might survive it, the lack of services or access to services can create difficulties. Very few of us are prepared at any moment to go boondock without services for a week or more.
