In times like these, do you enjoy living in Tampa? (home, move)

[bobandsherry]

Originally Posted by BucFan

What's not to like?

Even hurricanes like Irma know to respect us and leave us alone and go bother other cities....it's freakin' sunny outside less than 12 hrs after a storm passes by.....

Yep, sunny and 80. You doin' another 20 miler today?

[Pragmaticus]

Yes, answering the OP question.

Yesterday, I may have second-guessed our decision to hunker down but not for a second crossed my mind why we decided to live in Tampa Bay area. Never. If we decide to leave the area, it won't be because of Hurricane Risk.

[PDF]

Originally Posted by BucFan

What's not to like?

Even hurricanes like Irma know to respect us and leave us alone and go bother other cities....it's freakin' sunny outside less than 12 hrs after a storm passes by.....

Well if that's what you're into.

[BucFan]

Originally Posted by bobandsherry

Yep, sunny and 80. You doin' another 20 miler today?

Ran 6 today....slow pace though.....

[Vinny536]

I'm here temporarily, and I know Tampa isn't long term for me, but the hurricane has no negative bearing on my opinion of the area.

I've been through 3 hurricanes now. I get more comfortable with each. Sure, if this thing was coming up the bay as a category 5 it would have been devastating. But being a little inland, not where it lands and not in a flood zone means you'll probably be ok.

sadly, 11 people passed, but that's probably lower than the typical accidental death rate on a normal day in the state. It might be statistically safer to be in a hurricane than on I-4 on any sunny day!

It's all part of the risk of living. In the north east a blizzard might collapse your house or strand you for days. Midwest you might get a tornado swirl up with no warning. In the deserts it's so hot on a daily basis that a lasting power outage might kill you, or the monsoon storms all summer long. The rest of the west is earthquakes, wildfires, tsunami's and animals and more.

Hurricanes are probably the most convenient of the above unless you happen to be in the small percentage of the population that had property damage.

[BucFan]

Originally Posted by Vinny536

I'm here temporarily, and I know Tampa isn't long term for me, but the hurricane has no negative bearing on my opinion of the area.

I'm wondering if OP has objections to just Tampa or every city of every state that borders the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean....as the entire coast is as risk for a hurricane hitting it - with a significant amount at a higher risk.

I guess he could move to Kansas where there no hurricanes.

[MAniacTHW]

Originally Posted by bobandsherry

The last hurricane to hit Tampa was 1921.... yep, almost 100 years ago.

The last major hurricane (cat 3+) to hit the Tampa Bay Area was in 1921. We've been hit by a few since. I believe one or two hit us in 2004.

[bobandsherry]

Originally Posted by MAniacTHW

The last major hurricane (cat 3+) to hit the Tampa Bay Area was in 1921. We've been hit by a few since. I believe one or two hit us in 2004.

Interesting... Not aware of anything from 2004. I'd like to understand which ones. Got a source?

[bobandsherry]

MAniacTHW - You had me intrigued, so I went looking. Tampa Bay News reported in 2015 "The region's last direct hit from any hurricane was in 1946, when a Category 1 storm came up through the bay". That's still 70 years....

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Originally Posted by soursop

Even in times like these, I still enjoy living near Tampa Bay. No risk, no reward, and the rewards of living here are many.

Now, 20 degree cold, that is a disaster compared to a little hurricane...fortunately the low last winter at my house was 32 on only one or two nights

20-30 degrees to me feels pretty good. At that point you don't need layers. Anything colder and you do. For me anyway.