Hurricane and evacuations (Tampa, Orlando: insurance, rating, companies)

[LKJ1988]

Dead in my area. I am off to bed fred.

[Arcenal813]

Originally Posted by SAINTSFAN834

And I understand I-4 is like a parking lot.

The media will have you believe all kinds of ****.
I’m in Orlando now. Got here earlier this evening. There were cars, yes, but they were moving just fine. Didn’t take much longer than it normally would at that time of day.

[Miss Hepburn]

Yay for Tampa area - the latest!!!

[Schuttzie]

Originally Posted by LKJ1988

Dead in my area. I am off to bed fred.

Thank you for the updates and everyone else. I think we will be ok at our park, thankfully. We are having to stay in the shelter another day, we are Dunedin area.

[Schuttzie]

Originally Posted by Miss Hepburn

Yay for Tampa area - the latest!!!

Awesome for my area!

[Miss Hepburn]

Uh oh, Wed afternoon Ft. Myers.

[HurricaneParty2022]

Originally Posted by Arcenal813

The media will have you believe all kinds of ****.
I’m in Orlando now. Got here earlier this evening. There were cars, yes, but they were moving just fine. Didn’t take much longer than it normally would at that time of day.

Media -- especially the Sentinel -- is now saying Ian will be 'catastrophic" for central Florida.

[LKJ1988]

Originally Posted by HSAhealth

Exaggerated statements get people to watch the news, an irresponsible advertisement ploy. This does harm as people coming in from the coast think that they now have to travel farther north to avoid the storm and potentially be caught out in the open when they could be relatively safe in central florida.
By the time it moves over Orlando, traveling over land for hours, it will have weakened into a tropical storm or level 1 at most. It's important to take it seriously and be prepared (particularly for loss of power), but it's not "catastrophic" by any means. Orlando has gone through tougher storms before, full hurricane strength that passed over from the closer atlantic coast, and I doubt this will rate in the top ten. They don't have to worry about storm surge either.
This also goes to member of this forum - avoid hyperbole. I rember lurking in this forum during the last hurricane that hit central florida and one person was describing Orlando as "flattened" when damage was minimal. Nonsense.

Peeps have no clue drew. I eat and sleep and live weather 24/7.

[kyle19125]

Originally Posted by HSAhealth

Exaggerated statements get people to watch the news, an irresponsible advertisement ploy. This does harm as people coming in from the coast think that they now have to travel farther north to avoid the storm and potentially be caught out in the open when they could be relatively safe in central florida.
By the time it moves over Orlando, traveling over land for hours, it will have weakened into a tropical storm or level 1 at most. It's important to take it seriously and be prepared (particularly for loss of power), but it's not "catastrophic" by any means. Orlando has gone through tougher storms before, full hurricane strength that passed over from the closer atlantic coast, and I doubt this will rate in the top ten. They don't have to worry about storm surge either.
This also goes to member of this forum - avoid hyperbole. I rember lurking in this forum during the last hurricane that hit central florida and one person was describing Orlando as "flattened" when damage was minimal. Nonsense.

Where do you suppose all of the 12"+ of rain is going with already saturated soil unable to absorb more?

[Miss Hepburn]

Orlando Live webcams are the best I've found. Key West's change every 8 seconds ...
the rest on the coast are not working.
155 mph winds are 155 mph winds no matter how you slice it...it's bad news.