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bobrizer2
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Oct 05, 2016

HURRICANE INFO FOR THOSE IN FLORIDA

Evacuations are currently underway from most of the East coast of Florida. No reports of gasoline shortages have been reported as yet, although grocery shelves are reported bare. It was reported that the state parks will be closed, although that has not been verified. The Ocala Natal Forest campground at Salt Springs has ordered everyone to be out by Thursday. 12:00 pm and will not reopen until next Tues. Orlando, the home of Mickey Mouse is now under a Hurricane Watch.

If you are one of the evacuees, there are still spaces available in some of the larger private campgrounds on the West Coast, but they are filling up fast. We are at the Sun And Fun in Sarasota and they still have space available.

If you elect to stay in place and ride this one out, then take it from an old Flordian, be prepared to give your butt to the Lord.
BigBob

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  • tinner12002 wrote:
    We were planning on going to Daytona Biketoberfest next weekend...wondering now if they will cancel the whole thing.

    I speculate that it will be 50/50. If the storm loops back around (as some models show), then it will almost surely be canceled, or at least not worth attending. But even without that, if Daytona and surrounding areas take a direct hit tomorrow, it'll likely do significant damage to many of the accommodations, which will again make it not a very attractive even.

    It sucks, because the local economies depend heavily on the biker events. Bike week and Biketoberfest can literally "make or break" many of the local smaller establishments.
  • We were planning on going to Daytona Biketoberfest next weekend...wondering now if they will cancel the whole thing.
  • rhagfo wrote:
    If you are in an RV in Florida anywhere above Marathon I hope you have really great insurance, and you will around to collect on it!!!!

    That's a bit of an extreme exaggeration.
    Above central FL and to the west is still projected to be pretty safe. Up where we live, we're projecting for 20-30 MPH winds, maybe gusting to 40-50 at most. Obviously along the west coast, there's going to be some storm surge and high water levels. North and west of us, and all throughout the panhandle will maybe see some rain. West of Tallahassee = what storm?

    East Coast from Ft. Lauderdale to Jacksonville = WATCH OUT!
  • rhagfo's avatar
    rhagfo
    Explorer III
    If you are in an RV in Florida anywhere above Marathon I hope you have really great insurance, and you will around to collect on it!!!!

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