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Old 03-12-2010, 10:39 AM
 
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I was heard in the radio and watched on the TV, there are lots of flood and hurricane in Florida.
Does anyone know any city is safe, and never had these kind of natural disaster before?
Thank you and looking forward to hearing any back.
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Old 03-12-2010, 11:06 AM
 
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I am not talking the safety in theory, I know even the earth will destroy in some day.
But I hope can find a city is safer than other place for the natural disaster in FL.
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Old 03-12-2010, 03:28 PM
 
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I live in southern Lake County. Generally unscathed by the 2004 hurricanes and due to the rolling hills, many areas never have flooding problems.
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Old 03-12-2010, 06:40 PM
 
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Hurricane Evacuation Zone Maps-State Hurricane History: Florida (http://www.csc.noaa.gov/hez_tool/states/florida.html - broken link)

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy30/housingcrashsurvivor/FL-Hurricane-Track-History.jpg (broken link)
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Old 03-12-2010, 07:26 PM
 
Location: Michigan
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There is risk of hurricane and flood everywhere in Florida. You can mitigate the risk that you will get serious damage by getting shutters, proper roof attachments, bracing for the garage, etc. Also if you are farther inland you will not get the worst of it. All of that is to minimize the damage. The risk is not avoidable.
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Old 03-12-2010, 08:05 PM
 
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Hurricane Evacuation Zone Maps-State Hurricane History: Florida (http://www.csc.noaa.gov/hez_tool/states/florida.html - broken link)
http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy30/housingcrashsurvivor/FL-Hurricane-Track-History.jpg (broken link)

dumbest question ever asked but I think your map points that out!
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Old 03-13-2010, 04:33 PM
 
Location: New Jersey
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I was heard in the radio and watched on the TV, there are lots of flood and hurricane in Florida.
Does anyone know any city is safe, and never had these kind of natural disaster before?
Thank you and looking forward to hearing any back.


Ocala/Gainesville area seems pretty removed form this type of weather related natural disaster concern ?
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Old 03-13-2010, 07:46 PM
 
Location: Miami
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What I have learned is that most places have some type of natural disaster threat, it just depends which one you are willing to deal with.
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Old 03-14-2010, 06:48 AM
 
Location: Tampa, FL
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Ocala/Gainesville area seems pretty removed form this type of weather related natural disaster concern ?
Hurricane Charley in '04 proved that even being inland is no guarantee against hurricanes. Orlando took a lot of damage from that storm, but it actually made landfall on the west coast near Port Charlotte and traveled quite a distance over land before it ever made it to Orlando. If you live anywhere in Florida, you should be prepared for the possibility of hurricane and never delude yourself that your little area of the state is immune.
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Old 03-14-2010, 08:51 AM
 
Location: Sanford, FL
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Jacksonville and St Augustine are probably the best answer for you in terms of overall safety. Neither has suffered a direct hit and they mostly deal with occasional crossover storms (storms crossing from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic Ocean) at the fringe. The flow of the "gulfstream" (the major ocean current that flows parallel to the coast up the east coast of the US) swings east just south of the two cities, so typically storms that make it that far up the coast continue on northward and make landfall far to the north.
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