Picked a bad time to go to Florida.

[CarolynandBob]

We came here for a vacation and to set up our domicile. Setting it up was easy.
We are on the west coast in Siesta Key, so Mathew isn't going to hit us. This morning we woke up to a tropical storm watch. We will stay here until the hurricane passes then decide where we will go. Suppose to go to the keys on Saturday but that may change. Hope the state doesn't get hit to hard.

[Laman]

GoPackGo wrote:
I lived in Orlando for about 15 years. From mid August into mid-October seems to be when there is the biggest chance of a hurricane causing disruption in Florida. Hurricanes draw their power from warm ocean water and by September, the Florida and Caribbean areas of the Atlantic Ocean and also the Gulf waters have been heating up for a good 6 months, storing up a vast amount of heat energy. The advice I give friends is to not plan a vacation in Florida during that time.

I always feel sorry for families who have planned a Florida vacation to Disney or the Keys for years, scheduled vacation time, made reservations, and spent thousands of dollars for tickets, hotels, campgrounds, car rentals, etc and then have to leave due to a hurricane.

While the risk of in Florida is the highest at that time of the year you should also note that it has been ten years since a hurricane touched Florida land (Wilma 2005). While you should always pay attention to the weather, I am much more cautious(scared) of Tornado Alley in the spring, warning people away from Florida is shall we say overkill.

I am a 30 year resident of Florida and have lived within 50 miles of the Gulf of Mexico my entire life.

[GoPackGo]

I lived in Orlando for about 15 years. From mid August into mid-October seems to be when there is the biggest chance of a hurricane causing disruption in Florida. Hurricanes draw their power from warm ocean water and by September, the Florida and Caribbean areas of the Atlantic Ocean and also the Gulf waters have been heating up for a good 6 months, storing up a vast amount of heat energy. The advice I give friends is to not plan a vacation in Florida during that time.

I always feel sorry for families who have planned a Florida vacation to Disney or the Keys for years, scheduled vacation time, made reservations, and spent thousands of dollars for tickets, hotels, campgrounds, car rentals, etc and then have to leave due to a hurricane.

[Walaby]

If you're interested in some German Cuisine while in Siesta Key, check out A Taste of Germany on Midnight Pass Road. If you are at Turtle Beach, it's just down the road from you. In the strip mall with Davidson's Drugs and the Post Office. 6575 Midnight Pass Road

A Taste of Germany

Mike

[fcooper]

tnrv'er wrote:
We left for Florida on 10/1 for a week long vacation at north beach campground in St. Augustine. We left at 6AM on the 5th due to the approaching hurricane.
There were gas lines forming already on weds. morning. The campground is on a barrier island so i dont even know what kind of damage it sustained. The town of St. Augustine was flooded according to the news.

Posted yesterday on the north beach facebook page:

Please don't try to come to the campground we have no power and we are flooded.

Fred

[tnrv_er]

We left for Florida on 10/1 for a week long vacation at north beach campground in St. Augustine. We left at 6AM on the 5th due to the approaching hurricane.
There were gas lines forming already on weds. morning. The campground is on a barrier island so i dont even know what kind of damage it sustained. The town of St. Augustine was flooded according to the news.

[NCWriter]

You must be at Turtle Beach. You can walk across the road and eat at Turtles on the Bay. Very reasonable for our town, OK food, nice waitresses.

[avan]

I wouldn't forget about the Keys but it would be prudent to wait awhile until fuel supplies restabilize. Fuel shortages even here in Naples area due to folks fleeing the east side of the state. OTOH, right now you'd probably have the south and eastbound sides of the road to yourself.

[LynnandCarol]

Would forget the Keys for a while as the huricane may circle back and go there!

[Doss]

bummer
sounds like you shouldn't get more than rain, but a lot of it.