Hurricane Ian's destruction
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This could be said for just about anywhere (forest fires, earthquakes, tornados, hurricanes, etc)
A lot of the decision to leave or not depends greatly where your home is located. My friend says the saying is "Run from water, hide from wind". If you are in a location that is expected to flood, you should leave. If your home is built to handle significant winds and is not expected to flood, you hunker down and wait it out. Now a potential Cat 5 changes the math somewhat, but that is why you don't always see mass exodus when one of these is bearing down.
I have a friend that lives just NW of Pensacola in Beulah. He only evacuates if its projected to hit head on with high winds since he doesn't have to worry about flooding (typically won't think about leaving unless its a 4 or 5). The calculus is different for everyone.
Our friend's sister & her husband live there, stayed and survived. She said by the time they decided to get out, it was too late. She sent text messages for awhile at the start of the storm. But he heard nothing for 24+ hours until last night, letting him know she was ok.
Pretty sure that starts at the north end of Fort Meyers beach and moves south. At the very start is Pink Shell Resort. Good to see it still standing. We vacationed there quite a bit when the kids were young.
Just wait until they rebuild and it’s all Margaritaville’s and Senor Frog’s.
What was appealing about Ft Myers for many people was that it wasn’t commercialized. It was a bunch of privately owned establishments. All these corporate types are licking their chops now. Will come in on the cheap and turn it into a bunch of hokie bull ****.
Glad to hear your home is safe. I spent a lot of time down in Naples and Marco Island area years ago. Love that area. I was wondering if some of the places I used to go to like the Dock at Crayton Cove got washed away.
Exactly, our favorite restaurant on Sanibel is Mucky Duck. I fear there's no way that wooden shack survived.
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But yes, I am saying that some inconvenience/financial hit from loss of work or cost of hotels elsewhere is much better than the possibility of injury or death. Again it really comes down to personal accountability. You live near the beach in a hurricane prone area, it's up to you to pay attention and leave when you should. And yes even if that means packing your family up in the middle of the night and in the rain or maybe even sleeping in your car if hotels are not available. You do what you need to do. It's the cost of living where you do. But if you are paying attention you should have enough time to get out.
But yes, I am saying that some inconvenience/financial hit from loss of work or cost of hotels elsewhere is much better than the possibility of injury or death. Again it really comes down to personal accountability. You live near the beach in a hurricane prone area, it's up to you to pay attention and leave when you should. And yes even if that means packing your family up in the middle of the night and in the rain or maybe even sleeping in your car if hotels are not available. You do what you need to do. It's the cost of living where you do. But if you are paying attention you should have enough time to get out.
Funny I was just there a couple months ago, fun place. Cell towers out so hard to get information about damage, talked with a friend down there and tin city got a pretty good storm surge which surprised me. 5th ave, got a lot of water but he said restaurants were already starting to reopen.
Got family that live 30 miles from the coast where Ian made landfall. The eye went right over them. They’re fine cause they went to the hurricane shelter their homes are intact with some minor damage a lot of others in their village where there is no wind break not so lucky. It’s devastating seeing pictures where they are. Next time they’re leaving pyre he’ll they said.
I'm glad I took the time in my life to soak in the space and tranquility of what the midwest/upper midwest has to offer and hope to squeeze a few more years out of it because at some point it's going to be like Colorado with heaps of people piling up.
How dumb do some of the people earlier in the thread complaining about media overhyping storms look now.
How dumb do some of the people earlier in the thread complaining about media overhyping storms look now.
They always looked dumb with this stuff.
Okay, this is pretty impressive even for laminated (like car windshields) hurricane glass.
