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Posted: 9/26/2022 5:21:18 PM EST
[#1]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Yes.. A long time ago, I had heard, that the Manatee river was sucked dry due to a powerful hurricane? Anna Maria Island is supposedly shutting down the water one hour after sunset tomorrow. They are also starting the mandatory evacuation at 8 AM tomorrow? Lived in the area since 74.. and hardly anyone ever evacuates that island. That place floods during major storms big time. Hopefully the AMCP and the rod n reel pier will survive. Rod n reel pier was built in 1947. Irma damaged the Anna Maria City Pier, and it was shut down for a long time. Yup, I lived on Anna Maria during Hurricane Andrew. We didn't evacuate, we rode out the storm. Pretty much all the dry land on the entire island was under about 2 ft. of water. When I opened my back door in the morning there was literally a sea turtle swimming in my backyard. We moved not too long after that happened. Worst decision ever because our $30,000 dollar house would be worth over a mil now. 
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Posted: 9/26/2022 5:25:54 PM EST
[#2]
Great.
I'm supposed to fly to Columbus, GA on Thursday. Going to be a ton of travel delays amd bad weather to fly through, I'm sure. |
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Posted: 9/26/2022 5:29:17 PM EST
[#3]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I have never experienced a hurricane. A major hurricane is not something you want to experience! Learn from other peoples experience, avoid it. |
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Posted: 9/26/2022 5:31:05 PM EST
[#4]
Quote HistoryWater isn't an issue for me. I'm a crazy old skool survival dude...  |
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Posted: 9/26/2022 5:33:29 PM EST
[#5]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Of course! She's a self-contained city. We are provisioned for 6 months, have fuel to run generators for almost 3 months, can make our own fresh water, etc. We also have great real-time intel on weather. Besides the whole "not knowing if you'll wake up in the same place you went to sleep" thing, it's the ideal place to live when infrastructure goes away. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: I'm up for a party on the ARFCOM Yacht in Fort Lauderdale! Of course! She's a self-contained city. We are provisioned for 6 months, have fuel to run generators for almost 3 months, can make our own fresh water, etc. We also have great real-time intel on weather. Besides the whole "not knowing if you'll wake up in the same place you went to sleep" thing, it's the ideal place to live when infrastructure goes away. |
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Posted: 9/26/2022 5:35:55 PM EST
[#6]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I have never experienced a hurricane. Take the worst thunderstorms you've seen. Now enjoy that for 48hrs. Closer you are to the eye....the harder the winds..... Oh. And they are awesome at night.... |
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Posted: 9/26/2022 5:36:23 PM EST
[#7]
Quote HistoryQuoted: When I opened my back door in the morning there was literally a sea turtle swimming in my backyard. Damn.. That would be an eye opener. I was inland, just east of AMI, during hurricane Andrew. Right after Andrew went down to Marco Island to check a property.. and there was significant damage down there. To this very day.. along Alligator alley, in some spots, you can still see where several tornadoes just totaled all trees and vegetation, the closer you get towards Miami. st |
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Posted: 9/26/2022 5:36:34 PM EST
[#8]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I have never experienced a hurricane. |
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Posted: 9/26/2022 5:37:28 PM EST
[#9]
We're in Sarasota and it's the first for us as well.
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Posted: 9/26/2022 5:38:38 PM EST
[#10]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Water isn't an issue for me. I'm a crazy old skool survival dude... What about that sugarsand though? 
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Posted: 9/26/2022 5:38:50 PM EST
[#11]
Quote HistoryQuoted: We're in Sarasota and it's the first for us as well. Just say.. Yeehawww!.. and enjoy the ride! |
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Posted: 9/26/2022 5:38:56 PM EST
[#12]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Run from the water - hide from the wind Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I have never experienced a hurricane. Its kind of cool if you're on the sound side somewhere.... you can watch all the water get sucked out and dissappear. We rode out a Cat 1 in the Outer Banks once. Our house had a dock on the sound side. |
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Posted: 9/26/2022 5:44:31 PM EST
[#13]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Yup, I lived on Anna Maria during Hurricane Andrew. We didn't evacuate, we rode out the storm. Pretty much all the dry land on the entire island was under about 2 ft. of water. When I opened my back door in the morning there was literally a sea turtle swimming in my backyard. We moved not too long after that happened. Worst decision ever because our $30,000 dollar house would be worth over a mil now. Odd, I was 50+ miles south of Anna Maria Island and there was no water in the bay as Andrew went over. I know, I took the boat out. Maybe some kind of rain event that far north of Andrew? |
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Posted: 9/26/2022 5:52:01 PM EST
[#14]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Water isn't an issue for me. I'm a crazy old skool survival dude... Quote HistoryQuoted: Water isn't an issue for me. I'm a crazy old skool survival dude... Can confirm |
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Posted: 9/26/2022 5:59:04 PM EST
[#15]
Quote HistoryQuoted: When do you think they’ll close the Orlando airport? My guess is sometime Tuesday evening or most likely Wednesday morning/afternoon. I’m at the airport now staying at the Hyatt there. We just went down a little while ago and the terminals are bustling with people. |
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Posted: 9/26/2022 6:06:48 PM EST
[#16]
Quote HistoryQuoted: A major hurricane is not something you want to experience! Learn from other peoples experience, avoid it. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I have never experienced a hurricane. A major hurricane is not something you want to experience! Learn from other peoples experience, avoid it. Currently 40 miles inland on the panhandle. I have something to attend to in GA in a few days so will be heading away from the worst of it. |
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Posted: 9/26/2022 6:07:14 PM EST
[#17]
Good luck to every one of you in Ian's path, we are very familiar with all that these storms bring.
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Posted: 9/26/2022 6:10:19 PM EST
[#18]
Notable shift in expected path
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Posted: 9/26/2022 6:14:53 PM EST
[#19]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Odd, I was 50+ miles south of Anna Maria Island and there was no water in the bay as Andrew went over. I know, I took the boat out. Maybe some kind of rain event that far north of Andrew? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Yup, I lived on Anna Maria during Hurricane Andrew. We didn't evacuate, we rode out the storm. Pretty much all the dry land on the entire island was under about 2 ft. of water. When I opened my back door in the morning there was literally a sea turtle swimming in my backyard. We moved not too long after that happened. Worst decision ever because our $30,000 dollar house would be worth over a mil now. Odd, I was 50+ miles south of Anna Maria Island and there was no water in the bay as Andrew went over. I know, I took the boat out. Maybe some kind of rain event that far north of Andrew? Yup, all I remember was a shit ton of the worst kind of rain. We lived on N. Bay right across the street from Bayfront Park, probably a couple hundred feet from the bay. |
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Posted: 9/26/2022 6:27:15 PM EST
[#20]
Prayers out for all the FL peeps.
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Posted: 9/26/2022 6:28:28 PM EST
[#21]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Water isn't an issue for me. I'm a crazy old skool survival dude... Quote HistoryQuoted: Water isn't an issue for me. I'm a crazy old skool survival dude... I know, that was the joke.  |
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Posted: 9/26/2022 6:34:29 PM EST
[#22]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm up for a party on the ARFCOM Yacht in Fort Lauderdale! Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Wife is at Gandy Home Depot currently. She said the evac traffic is insane. Ft Lauderdale would be a good choice if you gotta go. Decent prices still on hotels, get reservations. I'm up for a party on the ARFCOM Yacht in Fort Lauderdale! May actually have to be in FLL on Thursday hahahaha |
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Posted: 9/26/2022 6:36:49 PM EST
[#23]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Sam's Club in Daytona is completely out of water already. On the East Coast.  Lowes in Port Orange had some earlier this evening.  Attached File |
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Posted: 9/26/2022 6:40:56 PM EST
[#24]
Quoted:
What about that sugarsand though? [/qute]If the made i95 outta sugarsand..Sugarland... There would be a negative northerner population here
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Posted: 9/26/2022 6:43:57 PM EST
[#25]
88°F - 86°F water temps once it moves north of Cuba which is very high octane 'Cane fuel.
So far Ian has remained a big sloppy storm with an ill defined eye wall. Which is bad enough. A compact storm with a well defined eye wall takes the violence to another level. For example, Hurricane Andrew.  Or Camille. 
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Posted: 9/26/2022 7:03:49 PM EST
[#26]
Prayers sent to my entire ARF Floridian family.
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Posted: 9/26/2022 7:04:31 PM EST
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Posted: 9/26/2022 7:07:18 PM EST
[#28]
I guess my transfer isn't coming to my ffl this week... I scored a S&W M&P15T on GB for $550
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Posted: 9/26/2022 7:10:03 PM EST
[#29]
Little sister is riding it out in St. Pete and Pops is doing the same in Tampa. Neither of them want to leave.
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Posted: 9/26/2022 7:12:01 PM EST
[#30]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I have never experienced a hurricane. Put your irreplaceable items and important docs in Tupperware tubs. Put those in the most secure part of your home, or vehicle. Tarps and visqueen are your friends when the roof, a dormer or two, or window gives out...... Remember..... It's all just stuff... Make sure you have at least (2) 1.5L handles of bourbon.......... hope you like it "neat" |
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Posted: 9/26/2022 7:13:49 PM EST
[#31]
Looks like I am 13' above sea level north of Tampa. Hope Im good, but worried about the basement. Got plenty of preps, fuels, saw oil, tractor diesel, etc.
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Posted: 9/26/2022 7:15:37 PM EST
[#32]
Normally im a hurricane pirate after a hurricane hit's as I run Tampa bay to see what blew off of docks over in st pete ... now it's my turn in the barrel.
i would track down the owner if possible , it will suck for awhile and maybe for a long while , but arrrrh we will be back 
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Posted: 9/26/2022 7:15:57 PM EST
[#33]
basement in tampa.... thats a new one....especially when the lot is that low Good luck with the coming weather
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Posted: 9/26/2022 7:25:46 PM EST
[#34]
57,330 Gallons per second leaving Lake Kissimmee yesterday and lake level came up about 3 inches.
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Posted: 9/26/2022 7:27:22 PM EST
[#35]
Really could pass on all the rain coming down already. That's not gonna help the situation.
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Posted: 9/26/2022 7:38:54 PM EST
[#36]
Quote HistoryQuoted: 57,330 Gallons per second leaving Lake Kissimmee yesterday and lake level came up about 3 inches. 
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Posted: 9/26/2022 7:39:56 PM EST
[#37]
Quote HistoryQuoted: 57,330 Gallons per second leaving Lake Kissimmee yesterday and lake level came up about 3 inches. Crazy. Lake Okeechobee is going up about 1/2" per day right now. I'm interested to see what tomorrow's Lake Level Report will be. My property inland is on the waterway, and several large boats were spotted heading east across Lake O. For anyone considering bugging out from the west coast I'd recommend considering south and east versus running north. While 75 is starting to get busy route 80 and 27 across and south were almost empty today and will probably stay that way. There's been recent work on both roads to build deep ditches, and I feel pretty good about them being safe in heavy rains. Hotels in Fort Lauderdale are almost empty. The Below Deck crew was at Bo's Beach Day Bar yesterday, and we ran up the New River and bar hopped all afternoon yesterday and had the places to ourselves. By this weekend it's supposed to be 80's/90's and sunny again, and there are worse places to ride out this mess if you need to. |
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Posted: 9/26/2022 7:40:44 PM EST
[#38]
I have a kid and grandkids in Winter Garden, so am following along.
I was in an attic apartment in Babylon NY for Gloria and went through its eye. It lost energy just south, but was bad enough as it was. Wishing FL all the best. |
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Posted: 9/26/2022 7:41:40 PM EST
[#39]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Looks like I am 13' above sea level north of Tampa. Hope Im good, but worried about the basement. Got plenty of preps, fuels, saw oil, tractor diesel, etc. Wait, you have a basement in Florida? |
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Posted: 9/26/2022 7:43:11 PM EST
[#40]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Take the worst thunderstorms you've seen. Now enjoy that for 48hrs. Closer you are to the eye....the harder the winds..... Oh. And they are awesome at night.... You're right about Hurricanes at night. My first was Charley. I was in an apartment at that time. The power went out and the upstairs neighbor was out on the patio drinking. Every time a transformer would explode and light up the sky, the neighbor would yell "Woohoo". Nothing to do without power, so I went to bed. When my family asked how it was, I told them I slept through it. I found out the key to power restoration was to be on the same grid as the emergency services (fire, police, hospitals, government services) as they get priority. I was without power for one day. My co-workers had no power for two weeks. I remember watching this cloud roll in and kept thinking about the scene for Independence Day with the alien ship settling in over the cities. Not my photo, but burned into my memory  Attached File |
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Posted: 9/26/2022 7:48:59 PM EST
[#41]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Crazy. Lake Okeechobee is going up about 1/2" per day right now. I'm interested to see what tomorrow's Lake Level Report will be. My property inland is on the waterway, and several large boats were spotted heading east across Lake O. For anyone considering bugging out from the west coast I'd recommend considering south and east versus running north. While 75 is starting to get busy route 80 and 27 across and south were almost empty today and will probably stay that way. There's been recent work on both roads to build deep ditches, and I feel pretty good about them being safe in heavy rains. Hotels in Fort Lauderdale are almost empty. The Below Deck crew was at Bo's Beach Day Bar yesterday, and we ran up the New River and bar hopped all afternoon yesterday and had the places to ourselves. By this weekend it's supposed to be 80's/90's and sunny again, and there are worse places to ride out this mess if you need to. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: 57,330 Gallons per second leaving Lake Kissimmee yesterday and lake level came up about 3 inches. Crazy. Lake Okeechobee is going up about 1/2" per day right now. I'm interested to see what tomorrow's Lake Level Report will be. My property inland is on the waterway, and several large boats were spotted heading east across Lake O. For anyone considering bugging out from the west coast I'd recommend considering south and east versus running north. While 75 is starting to get busy route 80 and 27 across and south were almost empty today and will probably stay that way. There's been recent work on both roads to build deep ditches, and I feel pretty good about them being safe in heavy rains. Hotels in Fort Lauderdale are almost empty. The Below Deck crew was at Bo's Beach Day Bar yesterday, and we ran up the New River and bar hopped all afternoon yesterday and had the places to ourselves. By this weekend it's supposed to be 80's/90's and sunny again, and there are worse places to ride out this mess if you need to. That’s a solid recommendation on evacuation. |
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Posted: 9/26/2022 7:50:55 PM EST
[#42]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Crazy. Lake Okeechobee is going up about 1/2" per day right now. I'm interested to see what tomorrow's Lake Level Report will be. My property inland is on the waterway, and several large boats were spotted heading east across Lake O. For anyone considering bugging out from the west coast I'd recommend considering south and east versus running north. While 75 is starting to get busy route 80 and 27 across and south were almost empty today and will probably stay that way. There's been recent work on both roads to build deep ditches, and I feel pretty good about them being safe in heavy rains. Hotels in Fort Lauderdale are almost empty. The Below Deck crew was at Bo's Beach Day Bar yesterday, and we ran up the New River and bar hopped all afternoon yesterday and had the places to ourselves. By this weekend it's supposed to be 80's/90's and sunny again, and there are worse places to ride out this mess if you need to. That's my plan if we have to leave tomorrow, thanks for the heads up. |
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Posted: 9/26/2022 7:52:35 PM EST
[#43]
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Posted: 9/26/2022 7:55:29 PM EST
[#44]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Crazy. Lake Okeechobee is going up about 1/2" per day right now. I'm interested to see what tomorrow's Lake Level Report will be. My property inland is on the waterway, and several large boats were spotted heading east across Lake O. For anyone considering bugging out from the west coast I'd recommend considering south and east versus running north. While 75 is starting to get busy route 80 and 27 across and south were almost empty today and will probably stay that way. There's been recent work on both roads to build deep ditches, and I feel pretty good about them being safe in heavy rains. Hotels in Fort Lauderdale are almost empty. The Below Deck crew was at Bo's Beach Day Bar yesterday, and we ran up the New River and bar hopped all afternoon yesterday and had the places to ourselves. By this weekend it's supposed to be 80's/90's and sunny again, and there are worse places to ride out this mess if you need to. I told my daughter to go down that way. Of course, I don’t know WTF I’m talking about so they are headed somewhere just south of Orlando 
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Posted: 9/26/2022 7:56:39 PM EST
[#45]
Going to fort Lauderdale in 2 weeks for vacation,how fucked am I
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Posted: 9/26/2022 8:06:16 PM EST
[#46]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Going to fort Lauderdale in 2 weeks for vacation,how fucked am I You won’t be. Unless that other system out in the Atlantic be a storm and heads straight for south Florida. |
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Posted: 9/26/2022 8:07:15 PM EST
[#47]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Crazy. Lake Okeechobee is going up about 1/2" per day right now. I'm interested to see what tomorrow's Lake Level Report will be. My property inland is on the waterway, and several large boats were spotted heading east across Lake O. For anyone considering bugging out from the west coast I'd recommend considering south and east versus running north. While 75 is starting to get busy route 80 and 27 across and south were almost empty today and will probably stay that way. There's been recent work on both roads to build deep ditches, and I feel pretty good about them being safe in heavy rains. Hotels in Fort Lauderdale are almost empty. The Below Deck crew was at Bo's Beach Day Bar yesterday, and we ran up the New River and bar hopped all afternoon yesterday and had the places to ourselves. By this weekend it's supposed to be 80's/90's and sunny again, and there are worse places to ride out this mess if you need to. Looking forward to her company. |
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Posted: 9/26/2022 8:11:01 PM EST
[#48]
Quote HistoryQuoted: yup shifted east :( Ugh. Someone is relieved someone gets stressed everytime it moves |
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Posted: 9/26/2022 8:14:00 PM EST
[#49]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Crazy. Lake Okeechobee is going up about 1/2" per day right now. I'm interested to see what tomorrow's Lake Level Report will be. My property inland is on the waterway, and several large boats were spotted heading east across Lake O. For anyone considering bugging out from the west coast I'd recommend considering south and east versus running north. While 75 is starting to get busy route 80 and 27 across and south were almost empty today and will probably stay that way. There's been recent work on both roads to build deep ditches, and I feel pretty good about them being safe in heavy rains. Hotels in Fort Lauderdale are almost empty. The Below Deck crew was at Bo's Beach Day Bar yesterday, and we ran up the New River and bar hopped all afternoon yesterday and had the places to ourselves. By this weekend it's supposed to be 80's/90's and sunny again, and there are worse places to ride out this mess if you need to. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: 57,330 Gallons per second leaving Lake Kissimmee yesterday and lake level came up about 3 inches. Crazy. Lake Okeechobee is going up about 1/2" per day right now. I'm interested to see what tomorrow's Lake Level Report will be. My property inland is on the waterway, and several large boats were spotted heading east across Lake O. For anyone considering bugging out from the west coast I'd recommend considering south and east versus running north. While 75 is starting to get busy route 80 and 27 across and south were almost empty today and will probably stay that way. There's been recent work on both roads to build deep ditches, and I feel pretty good about them being safe in heavy rains. Hotels in Fort Lauderdale are almost empty. The Below Deck crew was at Bo's Beach Day Bar yesterday, and we ran up the New River and bar hopped all afternoon yesterday and had the places to ourselves. By this weekend it's supposed to be 80's/90's and sunny again, and there are worse places to ride out this mess if you need to. Not sure how much they can store in the River, but I bet Lake O will rise a lot soon. |
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Posted: 9/26/2022 8:14:13 PM EST
[#50]
I don't find Floridians agree on a lot, but, they are all skeptical on Hurricane path predictions.
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