Florida Hurricane I'm in the path

[rockhillmanor]

Well my first hurricane.
I am right on the edge of the evacuation area of Cedar Key.

Just bought a winter home in Florida. It needed a roof badly and I was proactive going into contract with a roofer. Only thing is he stiffed me on the start date. So here I sit with a roof that is till in need to be replaced in the middle of a hurricane. Praying it will stay on in 75 mile an hour plus winds.:(

Being a Northerner I always said the Floridians had it made. They get weeks of prior notice of a pending hurricane and pretty good prediction of exactly when it will hit. Plenty of time to prepare and/or leave.

Compared to us when a F5 Tornado hits we got maybe 10 minutes notice and more often than not zero notice.

Well as I sit here 'waiting' for the pending doom. I've changed my mind how well off the Floridans have it. The anxiety level of just sitting and waiting for it to hit is unbearable.

Prayers go out to all my fellow Floridians in the path of hurricane Hermine. Hope everyone stays safe. :C

[WTP-GC]

NYCgrrl wrote:

lap527 wrote:
One homeless guy in Ocala got killed from a tree that fell on his tent during the storm. On the local news every night there are reports about the huge clean up and the devastating effects from the storm. Churches and organizations are pitching in to help feed people. The place, Cedar Key, looks like a bomb went off. It might be awhile before things get close to normal. So sad...

Thank goodness the death total is so low. Sounds like most heeded the storm warnings.

I wasn't aware of that death until reading this post. You have to wonder why he didn't seek shelter.

By all accounts, the storm was pretty minor. I know some folks who live in that Cedar Key area (and are lifelong residents), and they more/less brushed it off. Storm surge is what did the most damage, but that's kind of an inevitable fact of life when you're building homes/structures at ground level within eyeshot of the ocean (or in some cases, edge of the ocean). As is the case with many small coastal towns in our region, the residents are mostly folks who moved from somewhere else and only have a very short history (15 years or less) of living there.

But thankfully we have 24/7 news media that never seems to fail to make every incident seem like the worst thing that's ever happened.

[NYCgrrl]

lap527 wrote:
One homeless guy in Ocala got killed from a tree that fell on his tent during the storm. On the local news every night there are reports about the huge clean up and the devastating effects from the storm. Churches and organizations are pitching in to help feed people. The place, Cedar Key, looks like a bomb went off. It might be awhile before things get close to normal. So sad...

Thank goodness the death total is so low. Sounds like most heeded the storm warnings.

[Bob_Shaw]

twxsby89 wrote:
Hope you made it through OK, my advice is obviously too late for you, but others my find it helpful. Red Wine! We were without power for a bit after Ike, and lost everything in the fridge, warm beer sucks, but fortunately, my wife likes red wine, we had a few bottles by candlelight.

I wish they had a "Like" feature. 😄

[lap527]

One homeless guy in Ocala got killed from a tree that fell on his tent during the storm. On the local news every night there are reports about the huge clean up and the devastating effects from the storm. Churches and organizations are pitching in to help feed people. The place, Cedar Key, looks like a bomb went off. It might be awhile before things get close to normal. So sad...

[WTP-GC]

Gene&Ginny wrote:
We haven't heard from rockhillmanor since the evening the storm hit his area. I am concerned for his safety and what may have happened to him during/after the storm.

Lots of people took heavy damage, but I'm not aware of anyone in FL who was killed or significantly injured as a result of the storm.

[johnhicks]

Yeah, let's hope he just lost internet service and nothing else.

[Gene_Ginny]

We haven't heard from rockhillmanor since the evening the storm hit his area. I am concerned for his safety and what may have happened to him during/after the storm.

[WTP-GC]

The towns we're all familiar with along the Big Bend coast got trashed. The campground that we were planning on being for the weekend got trashed. We saw an aftermath picture the next morning of the flooded campground, with the water level just below the floors of some normal size 5er's. I read reports of watering coming up into the campers some 6" to 12", electrical systems being fried, etc. The campground has cabins (mobile homes), and they were flooded as well. As of Sunday, they had no power and no phones.

[johnhicks]

That's good Lizzie. I saw the river gauge was far lower than was forcast.

[lizzie]

Our house in Sopchoppy is only 20 miles from St.Marks where the hurricane came ashore and we are on the river. We were sweating it out here in Kansas talking to my son (who lives across the street) all night. The river flooded but did not come in the house and all is well. lizzie

[bgum]

According to link they got 58 mph winds and 6 ft storm surge. I don't know their elevation but 6 ft could be a problem. I would venture to guess no cellular service no internet no electricity. I have enough respect for nature to leave for a day or two. Hope it all works out.

[tegu69]

One post from op and done? Maybe under water, or just no power. Hope everything is ok. Cedar key area got hit pretty hard I hear on news.

[CavemanCharlie]

pianotuna wrote:
rockhillmanor, run away while you still can. Houses can be fixed. People can't.

That's what I was thinking.

You posted this on a RV site. Why not take a day or two off work, get in the RV and take a trip away from the storm.

[Veebyes]

Despite the best efforts of breathless network & local forecasters to scare the living daylights out of people not familiar with these types of storms, it appears that the storm will shortly be way too far offshore & too small to be causing any real problems.

Surfers will have a great time this weekend.