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Not his fault you did'nt care to plan about how to deal with the risks of living In Hurricane Alley. Typically when you move somewhere and buy a house you investigate what are the pro's and con's of living in the area and how to cope with whatever the cons may be. But in this case you act like you could'nt be bothered to ask what hurricane mitigation was used if any to the home and were planning on just wishing the Hurricanes away. It's people with that kind of thinking that make hurricanes dangerous. They don't ask builders how strong is their house or if they are in an evacuation zone, they don't care about having a disaster plan, and then when a potential storm comes they act like the sky is falling. Ignorence kills far more people than the storm it's self.
Um not true, had home built, east of i75, excellent hurricane codes adhered to, other poster seemed disappointed stating too bad storm wasn't going to form. Trust me storm preparedness high on our agenda, our plan is,in order, my truck fueled up just in case, some people,love to see this develop as long as,it doesn't inconvenience them
Also in general (Wilma excepted) the west coast of Florida is not really much of hurricane alley-type area. The east coast of Florida and the Outer Banks of North Carolina is another story entirely.
Anyone that get's killed by this thing is an idiot unless they were killed by a tornado that it spawned. 80-90% of storm related fatalities occur when people do things they should'nt. Like swimming/ surfing, driving through flooded roads, running a gas generator inside their house,etc
I am criticizing anyone that hopes for a storm to develop to a catastrophic level.
Also in general (Wilma excepted) the west coast of Florida is not really much of hurricane alley-type area. The east coast of Florida and the Outer Banks of North Carolina is another story entirely.
The west coast of Florida while a lower risk area still has a rich history of major hurricanes striking the area. Hurricanes Charley and Wilma were only the most recent examples.
Also in general (Wilma excepted) the west coast of Florida is not really much of hurricane alley-type area. The east coast of Florida and the Outer Banks of North Carolina is another story entirely.
The worst and strongest hurricanes to affect NC always landfall in wilmington. Raleigh is literally a little less than 120 mile straight shot north of there so the ones that wreck Raleigh always come from there, the ones that hit the outer Banks bring gusty winds and rains here and that's all except for the stronger ones and ones that actually get more inland from there. The most affected area of course is the outer Banks which never escapes a year without something. We had tropical storm bonnie in may but that landfalled in sc i believe and this tropical disturbance right now which should become a ts or td. Gfs still consistent with a hurricane threat again for NC and Florida in the 10 day. Still way out to discuss. Also past few years we have seen an epidemic of home grown hurricanes which always come on shore on NC and SC, wonder why they form here.
No one here is hoping for a major hurricane,Just a cat 1 or cat 2.
Pretty much, Irene is the strongest in my memory with very strong winds and rain and that was only cat 2. I love tropical storms and have always been a lover of hurricanes since 8.
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