Picked a bad time to go to Florida.
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 w...
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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.
