Video Hurricane Hermine: We "rode" out the storm...

[cestlaviethree]

Granted, if we were sitting in the direct path of Category 3 or higher we would pick up and go.However, Hermine was packing 30-35mph winds where we were, and honestly, it turned out to be more of a windy day with an abnormally high tide.

So how do you guys ride out the storms? What are some recommendation for how you prep your trailer for rough weather?

Thanks CLV3.

Video of our footage begins at minute 5ish.

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[LindsayRichards]

What was strange for me was how quite things were in the eye, Birds were chirping. I wonder how they made it through the wind.

[Veebyes]

One very important bit of info that weather people do NOT say anything about are the windfield statistics arouind the storm center. These give how far out & in what direction hurricane force winds, tripical storm force winds & depression force winds extend from storm center.

No, they would rather scare people by giving the impression that storm force winds extend in all directions for hundreds of miles from center. It simply is not so.

[campigloo]

I have lived through several MAJOR hurricanes. Betsy, Camille, Andrew, Katrina, Rita and most recently Gustav. Tell me once and I'm hunkering down. We went camping for Katrina on a barrier island south of New Orleans. The storm turned over night and headed straight for us. We booked as asap.
We park our camper on the west side of the house. Winds are much less there.
If you're camping and in its path, split! Heed the warnings. They're no joke. If possible, head west. The worst of the storm is on the southeast side. If you can make even 300 miles that day you will be waaaay safer. Remember, your house is made of twigs. Don't get blown away.

[johnhicks]

**** right LindsayRichards.

I remember Donna blew water through the doors and through the block walls. Not around and under, through. Downtown Orlando was a gigantic lake filled with downed oak trees.

The fear is of course that people will feel that "I've been through a hurricane" and will just become another statistic.

[LindsayRichards]

In 2004 in Central Florida, we had 3 hurricanes go through our town. As we are pretty far from the coast, we elected to leave the coach in town. In each case, I took it down and parked it in the lee of a shopping plaza building. All three were above 75 and below 90 mph sustained winds. We suffered no damage. I went through a Cat 5 (Donna) and there is no comparison. All hurricanes are not created equal. Many people going through these minor hurricanes think they have already experienced one are in for a huge shock when they get into a Cat 4 or 5.

[Veebyes]

We had an interesting contact with Hermine, or at least what really was not much more than depression/remnants of Hermine, on Monday.

We basically FLEW over the center of the storm on our way from Bermuda to NY. At 38,000' it was as smooth as can be. Sea state below was quite rough not far out of Bermuda but by the time we got to the NJ shore a bit N of Atlantic City there was little surface wind but a large ocean swell.

[sayoung]

phillyg wrote:
Winds forecast over 50Mph = get out of the trailer and go to a safer location, or take the trailer to a safer location.

We would have been hauling A#€ , not waiting on a hurricane to come to us.

[johnhicks]

Read this: http://everymilesamemory.com/hurricane-hermine-hits-cedar-key/

[mabynack]

I have friends in Tallahassee that still didn't have power yesterday due to storm damage from Hermine. I was about 40 miles west of the storm and only got a little wind and less than an inch of rain.

If I'm near the path of the storm I'll pack up my animals and photo albums and leave. My FW has wheels on it for a reason.

I was in my Travel Trailer and got stuck in the path of Hurricane Opal and don't care to go through that again. We woke up the morning after the storm and there were huge oak trees on the ground all around us. It took the county and the owners of the RV park three days to clear the roads so we could leave. It was only by the grace of God that one of the trees didn't come down on top of us. The airport about two miles from us clocked winds at 106 MPH. The trailer was rocking back and forth and felt like it was going to flip over.

[mgirardo]

Last year we had a freak storm. The National Weather Service was calling for severe thunderstorms and there was a tornado warning in an area about 50 miles west of our seasonal site. What we got was a totally different monster. The storm turned into a massive wind storm with 80 mph gusts for about 15 to 20 minutes. There were trees down all over the campground and we were without power for 5 days. There was some damage to campers, but it was from fallen trees. All campers stayed upright. I rode the storm out, but it was intense.

If the NWS had predicted this storm, I don't know that I would have done anything different. There really isn't much different I could have done except get to a more permanent structure. However, at the campground, both bath houses had trees fall on them, so not much safer. My wife and kids went to stay with family because they were tired of all the storms we had been having. I probably would have went with them, if I knew what was coming.

-Michael

[bucky]

I try to find a low bridge to jam it under. One of my DDs lives in Durham so it's fairly easy.
I realize FL and a few other places had some serious damage and hope all did ok but by the time it got up here there wasn't much to it no matter how hard the weather channel tried. They always make things seem like the Apocalypse.

[phillyg]

Winds forecast over 50Mph = get out of the trailer and go to a safer location, or take the trailer to a safer location.