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Hurricane Milton

A buddy of mine in Clearwater is trying to give away his fence before it becomes projectiles. Looks like he's going to ride it out
 
I have a cousin in St Pete, her husband is a commerical pilot and he and his father own a single prop of some flavor. Last time a storm hit them, their hanger got a lot of water in it, so they decided to evacuate themselves in the plane.

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Overlayed path from Zoom Earth. Point is parents house. The other two family member houses are within the circle. We'll see what happens.

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I have family in Venice and North Port. Havent heard if they are bailing or riding it out.
North Port cousins vowed to never ride one out again after they had the eye hit them last year. They show me video hunkered down last year and it was super sketch.

Good luck to all of yall that ride it out. Looks like the storm surge may be nasty.
 
Wife's family is in that area. Mom has a house on Mad beach that caught 5 feet of flood on the last storm. SIL describes a pretty bad situation already in that area. I am seeing flood projections from 9 to 12 feet from Milton.
 
Slander said:
My parents are down there at their condo (vacation home) in siesta key. I keep telling them to come up here until it passes, but they are being dumb and want to ride it out.
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Tell them to write their social security number in permanent marker on their forearm. Makes it easier for clean up crews to identify them. Wave action tends to empty the pockets of the dead.
 
Our estimator here at work just talked to his sister in St Pet. She said most gas stations are down to premium only. They havent decided what to do yet :shaking: waiting on a response from my cousins to see WTF they are doing.
 
Tampa Airport closing at 9am tomorrow, Orlando is probably going to as well but they haven't announced yet.

And it looks like it's going to drop below 900mb... one of the strongest on record.
 
My cousin is on the way to the airport, her husband is staying he is going to his sisters in sarasota out of the flood plain.
She said gas stations started running dry late yesterday around port charlotte.
Interstate a parking lot.
 
east_beast said:
I've never understood the "ride it out" mentality. Once that thing hits there's not a bit of difference your presence is gonna make. Board up what you can and GTFO.
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It can be a pretty long ride to get out of the path. If everyone hits the highway when ordered, it will simply jam up. With only a few highways to get outta there, plus the population levels, even if people started now they wouldnt all get out. Add to it the lack of resources (fuel, etc.), and buggin out can end up riding it out in a car stuck on the road, which is worse.

There are a significant number of hurricane proof structures that will get you through the storm itself. The storm is one thing. Surviving the disaster that is left behind is another. Living weeks to months in florida amongst storm flooded waste with no power/water/sewer will be pretty dangerous. Especially for the elderly, of which there is a whole buncha them down there.
 
clodhopper said:
It can be a pretty long ride to get out of the path. If everyone hits the highway when ordered, it will simply jam up. With only a few highways to get outta there, plus the population levels, even if people started now they wouldnt all get out. Add to it the lack of resources (fuel, etc.), and buggin out can end up riding it out in a car stuck on the road, which is worse.

There are a significant number of hurricane proof structures that will get you through the storm itself. The storm is one thing. Surviving the disaster that is left behind is another. Living weeks to months in florida amongst storm flooded waste with no power/water/sewer will be pretty dangerous. Especially for the elderly, of which there is a whole buncha them down there.
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To be clear, I'm specifically talking about people on the coast. Inland? Yeah, I get it. But when you know a wall of water storm surge is coming for you and you're sitting there on the coast, GTFO of there.
 
clodhopper said:
It can be a pretty long ride to get out of the path. If everyone hits the highway when ordered, it will simply jam up. With only a few highways to get outta there, plus the population levels, even if people started now they wouldnt all get out. Add to it the lack of resources (fuel, etc.), and buggin out can end up riding it out in a car stuck on the road, which is worse.

There are a significant number of hurricane proof structures that will get you through the storm itself. The storm is one thing. Surviving the disaster that is left behind is another. Living weeks to months in florida amongst storm flooded waste with no power/water/sewer will be pretty dangerous. Especially for the elderly, of which there is a whole buncha them down there.
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when the cousins evac'ed several years ago, they bailed early and it still took them 22hrs to get from North Port to the GA border :eek:
 
east_beast said:
To be clear, I'm specifically talking about people on the coast. Inland? Yeah, I get it. But when you know a wall of water storm surge is coming for you and you're sitting there on the coast, GTFO of there.
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Used to live on a causeway in Dunedin. Been there done it. It all sounds a whole lot easier than it actually is.
 
apimpdad said:
they definitely need to get out. To stay anywhere on a barrier island or the coast is foolish
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east_beast said:
I've never understood the "ride it out" mentality. Once that thing hits there's not a bit of difference your presence is gonna make. Board up what you can and GTFO.
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Bacchus said:
Tell them to write their social security number in permanent marker on their forearm. Makes it easier for clean up crews to identify them. Wave action tends to empty the pockets of the dead.
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Especially since they don't even live down there. I guess they went to Orlando, still dumb, but whatever!!
 
apimpdad said:
they definitely need to get out. To stay anywhere on a barrier island or the coast is foolish
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I think you spelled "suicidal" incorrectly.


I'm watching Facebook posts about one of the clubs I used to belong to. The Ocala Jeep Club is apparently still planning on having Jeeptoberfest. I don't know what the right decision is since I don't have a dog in the fight anymore (except my dad lives near DeLand), but I hope all my Florida peeps are staying safe.
 
east_beast said:
To be clear, I'm specifically talking about people on the coast. Inland? Yeah, I get it. But when you know a wall of water storm surge is coming for you and you're sitting there on the coast, GTFO of there.
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A buddy of mine was a deputy in one of the southwestern coastal counties and he said in 2004 when they were all patrolling the area pre-landfall, they had pretty much cleared the streets and several of them went down to the big boat basin to watch the thing make landfall.

So they're all sitting in their cruisers and yakking and one deputy noticed that all the water was running out to sea.

He said you've never seen so many law enforcement vehicles hauling ass away from an area so quickly.
 
SoylentGreen said:
A buddy of mine was a deputy in one of the southwestern coastal counties and he said in 2004 when they were all patrolling the area pre-landfall, they had pretty much cleared the streets and several of them went down to the big boat basin to watch the thing make landfall.

So they're all sitting in their cruisers and yakking and one deputy noticed that all the water was running out to sea.

He said you've never seen so many law enforcement vehicles hauling ass away from an area so quickly.
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I was on a supply boat tied up on the Atchafalaya river waiting for one to make landfall around the Mississippi delta. It sucked 6-8 feet of water out and I had to keep loosening the mooring lines throughout the night. It’s crazy how much water they move.
 
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This is craziness. Work still wants us to travel down, to be there- which I can see and not too worried about being in Orlando. Problem is my hotel check out is for Friday, now the show is saying our move in date is now Friday. So I have no problem going down, but not having a hotel room - slight problem with that part.

I will get there before the storm (tomorrow) but still. Convention center I am sure is a solid place to be, so not worried there, as is I am sure the hotel I have, just need more hotel time. Completely crazy all in all though.
 
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