Hurricane Michael Florida Coast RV'ers

[rockhillmanor]

I sure hope most of the snowbirds and full timers have not left early for Florida.

Michael is due to hit the panhandle dead on as a Cat 3.

Rock Crusher, Crystal River, Cedar Key are all VERY popular coastal places for RV camping and destination for snowbirds.

These popular CG's are right in the line of site for a 12 foot surge of historical magnitude. Evacuations have been ordered for the coast line in these areas AND inland.

Cedar Key is under actual hurricane warning.

All towns inland will be affected also because they are on the backside dirty side of the hurricane as it passes the entire west coast of Florida. High winds and rain.

Take heed anyone with RV's in this area. Stay safe and if they issue an evacuation order please for your safety leave. Stay safe my fellow RV'ers!

Well here i go once again with hurricane number 3 for me and my winter house since I bought it. I keep telling myself its better than shoveling snow, its better than shoveling snow!

First hurricane took my roof clean off. New roof is on, and thankfully has stayed on thru the last 2 hurricanes. Wish me luck on this one! :B

[goducks10]

It's a hoax

[wanderingbob]

Transformer and pole in front yard on the ground ! Strong gusts !
Albany or should I say Albenny , its on the way !

[wanderingbob]

I am 50 miles from storm center but the wind is howling like banshees , what ever they is ! No electric but Champion is keeping fridge and freezer on , and my router , what ever that is !

[wannavolunteerF]

Here in Albany GA waiting.. some rain, but no excessive wind yet. I think the waiting is about the worse.. Have cleaned the yard, put everything in garage I could. Filled water tanks on MH, have everything plugged in to stay charged until power goes out. Just waiting for late afternoon.

[wanderingbob]

Coastal restaurants in Panacea and St Marks waist deep in surge water .

[wanderingbob]

Shutting down sewage plants in Panacea and Oclocknee Bay , you will have to hold it !
Many coastal roads under water . Most hospital maternity reporting babies are being born naked !

[wanderingbob]

Just lost electric in Crawfordville /Sopchoppy ! We are on Duke Power ! Got my Champion gen running , got my Honda on standby .May have to take my Honda to Tally as my daughter just lost power in Tallahassee.
All home owners insurance policies have , at the bottom of your policy a surcharge to subsidize Citizens Insurance .
Lets build on our beaches and flood plains ,NOT !

[chuckbear]

We live in Floral City, not far from Rock Crusher. The storm has passed well to the north. There has been some light on and off rain with cloudy overcast skies. Winds have been in the 5 to 15 MPH range. Right now it's calm. Crystal River has experienced on and off flooding near the coast at high tide. No reports from Cedar Key but if there have been any serious issues, it would have been on the news by now. Avoid the western panhandle from Tallahassee west but the rest of the state is just fine. Most of you don't need to change any plans unless you were going to the bullseye area. Chuck

[colliehauler]

rockhillmanor wrote:

wanderingbob wrote:
I am sitting here also in the Appalach Forest 30 miles from the coast , been thru many , many Canes in Florida and the Carib . What I have learned after 75 years is that a hurricane does and goes any where it wants ! You either run or you hunker done .
The mistake is that we still allow construction in the catastrophic areas !Be it Canes or floods we still allow construction .

All home owners in Florida subsidize insurance for homes and business built in and on coastal islands .

X2
You got that right!!

And we ALL pay for those homes along and right smack on the coast. They amortize the costs. The insurance companies add up all their costs to rebuild these homes after each hurricane and "OUR" insurance rates go up. More hurricanes per year the more your insurance rate goes up. 😞

Last year citizens insurance revamped their whole system. They found thousands of home owner policies that did NOT qualify for Citizens insurance and booted them out of their system.

And each and every one of them all screamed and moaned about it. You built a million dollar house on the coast? Well pay the dang correct home owners insurance rate for it.

And they also added a "miles from the coast line" disclaimer. Anyone within x amount of miles from the coast can not be insurable thru Citizens.

Hopefully over the next several years our insurance for those of us inland will return to a normal rate policy once we stop having to pay for those million dollars homes on the coast when they get destroyed by a hurricane.

X-3 They had one homeowner that had his home destroyed 8 time and insurance companies built him a new one every time.

[rockhillmanor]

wanderingbob wrote:
I am sitting here also in the Appalach Forest 30 miles from the coast , been thru many , many Canes in Florida and the Carib . What I have learned after 75 years is that a hurricane does and goes any where it wants ! You either run or you hunker done .
The mistake is that we still allow construction in the catastrophic areas !Be it Canes or floods we still allow construction .

All home owners in Florida subsidize insurance for homes and business built in and on coastal islands .

X2
You got that right!!

And we ALL pay for those homes along and right smack on the coast. They amortize the costs. The insurance companies add up all their costs to rebuild these homes after each hurricane and "OUR" insurance rates go up. More hurricanes per year the more your insurance rate goes up. 😞

Last year citizens insurance revamped their whole system. They found thousands of home owner policies that did NOT qualify for Citizens insurance and booted them out of their system.

And each and every one of them all screamed and moaned about it. You built a million dollar house on the coast? Well pay the dang correct home owners insurance rate for it.

And they also added a "miles from the coast line" disclaimer. Anyone within x amount of miles from the coast can not be insurable thru Citizens.

Hopefully over the next several years our insurance for those of us inland will return to a normal rate policy once we stop having to pay for those million dollars homes on the coast when they get destroyed by a hurricane.

[wa8yxm]

Michael is a growing boy. He's cat 4 now .. If you are in his way GET OUTTA THERE and take your RV with you.. Kansas is looking real nice just now (Ok so that's part joke) GET OUTTA Michael's way. he's not a nice boy MOVE IT.

[wanderingbob]

I am sitting here also in the Appalach Forest 30 miles from the coast , been thru many , many Canes in Florida and the Carib . What I have learned after 75 years is that a hurricane does and goes any where it wants ! You either run or you hunker done .
The mistake is that we still allow construction in the catastrophic areas !Be it Canes or floods we still allow construction . All home owners in Florida subsidize insurance for homes and business built in and on coastal islands .

[westend]

Nobody in the Panhandle has experienced a hurricane of this intensity. Latest reports were an eyewall speed of 150+ MPH, that is just short of a Cat 5 hurricane and may reach that before landfall.

Get those new wiper blades and head Northwest would be my suggestion. I've been in a few on land and a few at sea. There is potential for great loss of life with this one, no embellishment intended, it's that bad.

[colliehauler]

WTP-GC wrote:
WOW, nothing like over-hyping the issue. I think rockhillmanor must work for the weather channel 😉

Lifelong Floridian here, and not really all that concerned. Yes, there'll be coastal flooding, downed trees and likely significant property damage of various degrees. But we've dealt with hurricanes almost annually for as long as I can remember. Always a good idea to evacuate if you're stuck in a RV, though many folks will just hunker down and look forward to a little cooler weather this weekend.

There's actually an excellent song for this occasion:

I don't mind the strain of a hurricane

I don't understand the mindset of people who stay in the direct path of a major storm when they can leave and come back to the destruction. If your 3 feet above sea level and a 12 foot surge is predicted staying home can't protect your possessions. You can always purchase more stuff, you only have one life.

I understand riding out the storm ((IF)) your not in the direct path or the storm surge area.

[BarabooBob]

I pray that everyone is safe through these storms. We all experience severe weather no matter where we live. In Southwestern Wisconsin we are dealing with flooding this year. Here in Baraboo we have had almost a years worth of rain in late August, Sept, and Oct. The Baraboo River has been near flood stage for 6 weeks now. We all get bad weather, do the best you can and help out those that get hit worse than you do.
Yesterday we got a little basement time ourselves when the tornado sirens went off. I hat it when the sky turns green. Never a good sign.