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Already had people filling jerry cans and stacks of water here in Largo.. you know the fun is starting.
Even better, everyone in the bay is paranoid about gas thanks to the diesel contamination that was reported. |
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I think the videos of a woman filling plastic bags with gas (in the back of her vehicle) a year or two ago were somewhere in Florida. Florida man/woman in a panic is a thing
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Arial Skycam footage of Hialeah shows people filling up Sedanos grocery bags with gas.
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Quoted: Makes sense. Lots of new Florida residents that have never been through a storm are freaking out. Been this way forever. Now there's just more of them and the fear is contagious and scalable View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Tallahassee was in full panic mode yesterday. I saw a guy with an 8’ bed F250 completely loaded with propane cylinders, a family at the hardware store buying about a dozen gas cans, and when I stopped in Costco a guy with a flat cart and a wide eyed, panicked expression saw a case of water on my cart and asked if they had a limit on water - I’m just assuming he probably bought 10 cases, must be pretty thirsty. Every gas station has cars lined up to fill gas cans. Panic hoarding is in full effect now. every damn time. retards Makes sense. Lots of new Florida residents that have never been through a storm are freaking out. Been this way forever. Now there's just more of them and the fear is contagious and scalable Yeah the extra panicked people are mostly new here. If you moved here from Ohio and the only thing you know about hurricanes is the hyperbolic rhetoric on the news and weather sites/stations, it seems like it’s comparable to trying to survive a nuclear war. That’s just not the case - it makes a big mess but within three days to a week most services are back to normal. You just need enough spare gas and food and water on hand to last until the roads are cleared off and the stores and gas stations are able to get power back to operate; I’ve never seen that take more than 2-3 days. |
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Quoted: Not really, more like NY man new to Florida. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Tallahassee was in full panic mode yesterday. I saw a guy with an 8' bed F250 completely loaded with propane cylinders, a family at the hardware store buying about a dozen gas cans, and when I stopped in Costco a guy with a flat cart and a wide eyed, panicked expression saw a case of water on my cart and asked if they had a limit on water - I'm just assuming he probably bought 10 cases, must be pretty thirsty. Every gas station has cars lined up to fill gas cans. Panic hoarding is in full effect now. That's a perfect example of the Florida Man. /media/mediaFiles/sharedAlbum/laugh-29.gif Yeah, that’s FloridaMan via NY or OH. |
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For the newbies and first Hurricane, if you’re in the cone, go now. Rode out a Cat 1 and being without power and roads blocked is no fun. Of course, one year, they evacuated to South Georgia, then had to evacuate again.
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Florida state of emergency expanded to 46 counties.
https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/gov-desantis-to-speak-in-tallahassee-ahead-of-tropical-storm-idalia/ NHC says it will call it a Hurricane around noon. |
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Lake City here. I really don't like them drawing that big line on the map right over my roof.
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Quoted: Currently at my son's in New Port Richey and supposed to visit my MIL in Leesburg in a couple days. After we had a few nights booked in Biloxi on the way back to TX. Not sure if I should bail now or hunker down at a family members place. It figures. View Quote I'm also in New Port Richey, this one may get squirrely. |
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Wife went to Vegas for a softball tournament last year.
Attached File Attached File I'm not sure if her asking for sitrep every 30 minutes is worse than her being here |
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Quoted: For the newbies and first Hurricane, if you’re in the cone, go now. Rode out a Cat 1 and being without power and roads blocked is no fun. Of course, one year, they evacuated to South Georgia, then had to evacuate again. View Quote Based upon your experience, at what point would highway travel be slow due to congestion? Later today? Starting Tuesday morning? |
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Quoted: Likely, I'd bet - timing seems really favorable for intensification just before landfall. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Cat 3 at landfall? Likely, I'd bet - timing seems really favorable for intensification just before landfall. Florida Division of Emergency Director Kevin Guthrie said he is preparing for Tropical Storm Idalia to strengthen into a Category 4 hurricane |
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Quoted: The circle with an "M" on the projected path means major hurricane or Cat 3 or above. It is a prediction so changes could occur. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes |
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Some say, because the gulf is so hot, it won't be a cat 5, it'll rapidly intensify from cat 3 to a cat 7, maybe even an 8, chance of sharknados...
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Quoted: Yeah, cat 3 and up, no joke. Folks on the Westcoast in the landfall area. Call South Fla and see if you can get a hotel room held. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Cat 3 at landfall? The circle with an "M" on the projected path means major hurricane or Cat 3 or above. It is a prediction so changes could occur. My sister lives in Tarpon Springs. With Ian they went from being south of the projected landfall to north of where it fit but they went east to Orlando. Still got hit there pretty bad. Not sure what they are going to do this time. They're a couple miles inland so not worried about storm surge. |
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Quoted: Based upon your experience, at what point would highway travel be slow due to congestion? Later today? Starting Tuesday morning? View Quote If someone was going to leave I’d tell them do it today. Take a flight somewhere else and enjoy a few days out of town. If you’re going to evacuate in state. The only safe bets with the current track is going to be the east coast south of Vero or the far end of the panhandle. But even then, the storm could take a crazy last minute direction change. The problem with FL is how it’s shaped. You never know where the storm will hit and what areas it will move through until it’s too late. |
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I know people on the water in St Pete Beach, they refuse to evac.
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Quoted: If someone was going to leave I’d tell them do it today. Take a flight somewhere else and enjoy a few days out of town. If you’re going to evacuate in state. The only safe bets with the current track is going to be the east coast south of Vero or the far end of the panhandle. But even then, the storm could take a crazy last minute direction change. The problem with FL is how it’s shaped. You never know where the storm will hit and what areas it will move through until it’s too late. View Quote Those possibilities are why I would head north to northwest. That should prevent being trapped in southern Florida. |
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Quoted: NHC has it as a cat 3 at landfall now. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/433230/cat3idalia-2935045.png View Quote There will be a lot of flooding along the GA, SC, and NC coasts to deal with too |
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Quoted: Yeah, cat 3 and up, no joke. Folks on the Westcoast in the landfall area. Call South Fla and see if you can get a hotel room held. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Cat 3 at landfall? The circle with an "M" on the projected path means major hurricane or Cat 3 or above. It is a prediction so changes could occur. Yeah, I wouldn't be booking any hotel with an FL address if I was looking to bug out. As it is, I'm crazy enough to ride it out in the bay, but needless to say I am getting my preps genuinely ready. People are already starting the water runs.. Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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Quoted: I know people on the water in St Pete Beach, they refuse to evac. View Quote It’s because all the storms go north and south of us. Tampa/St Pete hast had a direct hit in awhile. DeSantis was right to call out the media for mentally masturbating over a direct Tampa/St Pete hit last year when Ian came through. It was non stop doom porn about Tampa being obliterated that they dropped the ball on warning people in the southwest counties that they stood a good chance of being hit head on. |
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Quoted: It’s because all the storms go north and south of us. Tampa/St Pete hast had a direct hit in awhile. DeSantis was right to call out the media for mentally masturbating over a direct Tampa/St Pete hit last year when Ian came through. It was non stop doom porn about Tampa being obliterated that they dropped the ball on warning people in the southwest counties that they stood a good chance of being hit head on. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: I know people on the water in St Pete Beach, they refuse to evac. It’s because all the storms go north and south of us. Tampa/St Pete hast had a direct hit in awhile. DeSantis was right to call out the media for mentally masturbating over a direct Tampa/St Pete hit last year when Ian came through. It was non stop doom porn about Tampa being obliterated that they dropped the ball on warning people in the southwest counties that they stood a good chance of being hit head on. I know, the area has been very lucky the past few decades. The problem is the storm surge in SPB, 4-7 feet means it'll be in people's living rooms. |
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Quoted: Tallahassee was in full panic mode yesterday. I saw a guy with an 8’ bed F250 completely loaded with propane cylinders, a family at the hardware store buying about a dozen gas cans, and when I stopped in Costco a guy with a flat cart and a wide eyed, panicked expression saw a case of water on my cart and asked if they had a limit on water - I’m just assuming he probably bought 10 cases, must be pretty thirsty. Every gas station has cars lined up to fill gas cans. Panic hoarding is in full effect now. View Quote Sounds like a standard prep for a decent sized family, to me... 10 cases of water is about 2-3 days for a family of 4 in hot months. I would also buy about 10 gallon jugs for washing things. Maybe 20 if I thought the water supply was going to be contaminated. I have 8-5 gallon gas cans at my house. I have 2 generators, one big and one small, plus a portable a/c unit. It would probably take 10-12 gallons to run them for 24 hours. I also have 4 propane tanks, and my dad has 2. I can cook for 5 and help neighbors with that. If I knew a big storm was coming through, then I would probably refill my gas cans, propane, and water. If I were one of those dudes, then I would also grab a couple if 5-quart jugs of oil. In other words, prepping for an event is relative. |
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