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Old 09-13-2017, 09:36 AM
 
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... with the exception of the Keys, most of Florida got off comparatively lightly.
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I also think that the reason that it wasn't as awful as it could have been is because everyone was prepared and the building codes changed after Andrew worked. People took it seriously, they evacuated, they boarded up, they stayed inside. And a lot of the reason that the power is coming back quickly is that Florida has learned a lot and is ready.
This storm was life-threatening, it did cause coastal flooding, it did cause structural damage across the State ranging from catastrophic to light to almost nothing on a case-by-case basis, and, on the grand scale, we did come out relatively lightly, but because people took it seriously, experienced Floridians understand what to do, and for the most part we made adequate preparations, 10 years before, 10 days before, 1 day before.

Having said that, I am a bit disappointed that so many people lost power, even if for a week. I live in 10-year old urban development, we suffered not one second of power outtage, but still FPL, for example, has invested some $3Bn over the past 10 years or so, I would have expected a bit better outcome.

Okay, so hopefully we have another 10 years or so to prepare vital infrastructure for the next one.

Good Luck!
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Old 09-13-2017, 01:57 PM
 
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I'm sure all the people who found this disaster boring, meh, and uneventful will be happy to see the 6 criminal deaths of nursing home seniors in URBAN DENSE HOLLYWOOD FL.

Take heart! More dead people showing up as we speak!
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Old 09-13-2017, 02:11 PM
 
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I'm sure all the people who found this disaster boring, meh, and uneventful will be happy to see the 6 criminal deaths of nursing home seniors in URBAN DENSE HOLLYWOOD FL.

Take heart! More dead people showing up as we speak!
Not sure these unfortunate deaths can be directly attributed to Hurricane Irma - seems the use of generators and possible CO overdose point to negligence.
Notwithstanding this the plain facts are that Florida got off lightly and we should look be grateful.
In fact by a perverse logic I reckon the weather might even have reduced crime and homicide in the state.
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Old 09-13-2017, 03:03 PM
 
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Sorry to hear of your misfortune but the reality is with the exception of the Keys most of Florida got off comparatively lightly.
Massive flooding on the east coast. Not light for those people
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Old 09-13-2017, 03:07 PM
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It's always interesting that like real estate, with hurricanes it is location, location, location that gives different people different impressions of what the impact of a storm was. When Charley came through Central Florida in 2004, we were hunkered down in the dark, with the wind howling and hearing trees crashing down around us. Our friends in Mt Dora, about 25 miles away, were kicked back watching the storm report on the TV with just a pretty typical rainy, breezy night; no big deal.
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Old 09-13-2017, 03:47 PM
 
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Massive flooding on the east coast. Not light for those people
I am having a house built there and the agent said that after the storm they were real busy taking off the storm windows from all the models, pushing trees back up that were leaning and ..... chasing down all the Porta Potties.

That was it. Volusia County.
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Old 09-13-2017, 03:47 PM
 
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It's always interesting that like real estate, with hurricanes it is location, location, location that gives different people different impressions of what the impact of a storm was. When Charley came through Central Florida in 2004, we were hunkered down in the dark, with the wind howling and hearing trees crashing down around us. Our friends in Mt Dora, about 25 miles away, were kicked back watching the storm report on the TV with just a pretty typical rainy, breezy night; no big deal.
Charley was a smaller storm. This thing was massive...The comparison pictures on the net between irma and Andrew are quite astounding, which is why we have probably the biggest power outage of all time in FL now
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Old 09-13-2017, 03:48 PM
 
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I am having a house built there and the agent said that after the storm they were real busy taking off the storm windows from all the models, pushing trees back up that were leaning and ..... chasing down all the Porta Potties.

That was it. Volusia County.
East of us1 had massive flooding along the Intercoastal in Volusia, Brevard county. Downtown Miami and Jax both flooded
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Old 09-13-2017, 04:05 PM
 
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Prople driving back from out of state face 75 being flooded/closed
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Old 09-13-2017, 04:07 PM
 
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It's always interesting that like real estate, with hurricanes it is location, location, location that gives different people different impressions of what the impact of a storm was. When Charley came through Central Florida in 2004, we were hunkered down in the dark, with the wind howling and hearing trees crashing down around us. Our friends in Mt Dora, about 25 miles away, were kicked back watching the storm report on the TV with just a pretty typical rainy, breezy night; no big deal.
Exactly
Perspective like statistics both depend on a person being impacted by the event to acknowledge how succesdful the accuracy
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