Hurricane Matthew
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ericadawn16I am safe. I am in a house that's not in a flood zone so I didn't have to evacuate like others in my area.
I don't know if I'm considered "in the area" enough that Facebook will ask me if I'm safe again.
It's feeling a bit surreal at this moment because Cat 4 is bad but not like Andrew and Katrina bad.
However, everyone is being like "The death toll will be catastrophic!" Then, I end up giggling because they're accidentally quoting The Phantom Menace. Even this Fox News guy said, "And your kids die, too!"
And I know they want to make people take this seriously and evacuate but...to a hardcore Floridian?
That's sounds more like a challenge when everyone is saying how no one could possibly survive.
I don't want you guys freaking out though about people staying. This is an issue for local governments. Most are very good at knocking on doors, asking around and having people call who can't leave on their own. I was evacuated for Charley and Tampa was extremely efficient so I'm hoping/assuming the east coast is also that good.
The main thing that concerns me at this point is that when my friend's husband said Matthew was going to loop around and hit us again next week, I assumed he was messing with us...now it doesn't seem that way.
P.S. I enjoy Garth Brooks' music but the idea that his Florida concerts are cursed is hilarious. Last year, he had to cancel his Tampa shows because the Lightning got to the playoffs. This year, he had to reschedule Thursday and Friday concerts in Orlando to Saturday and Sunday afternoons.
I don't know if I'm considered "in the area" enough that Facebook will ask me if I'm safe again.
It's feeling a bit surreal at this moment because Cat 4 is bad but not like Andrew and Katrina bad.
However, everyone is being like "The death toll will be catastrophic!" Then, I end up giggling because they're accidentally quoting The Phantom Menace. Even this Fox News guy said, "And your kids die, too!"
And I know they want to make people take this seriously and evacuate but...to a hardcore Floridian?
That's sounds more like a challenge when everyone is saying how no one could possibly survive.
I don't want you guys freaking out though about people staying. This is an issue for local governments. Most are very good at knocking on doors, asking around and having people call who can't leave on their own. I was evacuated for Charley and Tampa was extremely efficient so I'm hoping/assuming the east coast is also that good.
The main thing that concerns me at this point is that when my friend's husband said Matthew was going to loop around and hit us again next week, I assumed he was messing with us...now it doesn't seem that way.
P.S. I enjoy Garth Brooks' music but the idea that his Florida concerts are cursed is hilarious. Last year, he had to cancel his Tampa shows because the Lightning got to the playoffs. This year, he had to reschedule Thursday and Friday concerts in Orlando to Saturday and Sunday afternoons.
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Date: 2016-10-07 03:19 pm (UTC)Is it going to be bad, of course it is.
Is it going to be Haiti bad? Of course not. Ugh.....
Go away Garth. LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hugs, Jon
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Date: 2016-10-08 12:09 am (UTC)While I am not a native Floridian I have dealt with hurricanes to know you take each one differently. While you think the media was being dramatic it was to get the idea to get to higher ground.
Yes, I know the native can handle but things are different due to the climate change.
So I think the storms get worse and that's bigger potential for life loss. Also, there are so many new Floridians who haven't been through hurricanes.
So why take that challenge? If it looked like it was going to come our way we would have bugged out in a heart beat.
I'm not arguing but you do sound like your defending not evacuating.
I'm also hoping Matthew will be less and not gather up strength again before coming back. I have seen that before sorry to say.
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Date: 2016-10-08 04:27 am (UTC)I think the looping around and hitting the same place twice thing doesn't happen often, but it does happen--when we lived on Guam (1979-1981) we were hit by a "weak" typhoon (or maybe tropical storm...and I can't for the life of me remember its name right now), which went over the island and then turned around and hit us again. That did way more damage than Cat 5 Tip did (and Tip is on record as the largest and most intense cyclone ever recorded). But Tip was fast-moving, and this other one (whatever the heck it was called... I'm going to have to ask my mother, because otherwise it's going to drive me crazy). Either way, they were both pretty damn scary. At least there on the Air Force Base, the houses were built to withstand the wind (bullet-proof glass, steel shutters and doors, concrete construction), and the AF base was up on a cliff, so we didn't flood.
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Date: 2016-10-11 11:53 pm (UTC)I'm glad you're safe!