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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: BTW on August 27, 2006, 09:09:59 PM
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If I was in Tampa Bay, I'd be slightly concerned...
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we'll see...
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why not just ...
if i was in florida...
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Originally posted by navajoboy
why not just ...
if i was in florida...
Last night when I posted that, all the models were converging on the Tampa area. There's nothing like seeing that spaghetti plot over your city:eek:
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If I was in Tampa Bay, I'd be slightly concerned...
Nah, they'll dodge the bullet once which will insure complacency.
After seeing what Andrew did, I vowed I'd leave should a > CAT2 storm strike the TB area--and I was 50 ft above sea level.
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Originally posted by Magellan
Nah, they'll dodge the bullet once which will insure complacency.
After seeing what Andrew did, I vowed I'd leave should a > CAT2 storm strike the TB area--and I was 50 ft above sea level.
Didn't a lot of the problems from Andrew come from non-existent building codes?
That's the feeling I got from far away. But I know how different the real story can be from the one you get on the news. Andrew had a lot of roof damage in that the roofs flew off. I thought this was because of no roof rafter straps.
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Gee ASTEC dised Va for Fla, hope he's packed :) and ready to evacuate if necessary
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Originally posted by BTW
Didn't a lot of the problems from Andrew come from non-existent building codes?. . .
True. Stuff like stapling down the roof decking rather than screwing it down, etc. But my change of heart came when I saw the utter destruction of the infrastructure that results from one of these things—and that was reinforced by Katrina.
So my house is left standing, but little else remains to support life. Imagine there’s no electricity for months while gasoline, food, potable water are in short supply for the duration. Employment is untenable for many while the recovery is in progress yet the mortgage and car payments are still due. Before Andrew the conventional wisdom was to have a week’s supply of food and water for each member of the household. After, it was revised upwards to a minimum of 3 weeks, more being better as state/federal agencies could not guarantee the ability to support the population’s needs in its entirety.
So does one stay, placing family and livelihood in jeopardy, or is it prudent to move to safety before the storm, improving the odds for survival on a physical and financial level? I say if it’s going to be bad, leave. Just my 2 cents, mind you.
Originally posted by DMF
Gee ASTEC dised Va for Fla, hope he's packed and ready to evacuate if necessary
Well if he does choose to leave, he needs to hit Whitey's Fish Camp on CR220 and get some wild river catfish, fried hard to go. Makes the road trip bearable. :)
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Originally posted by Magellan
So does one stay, placing family and livelihood in jeopardy, or is it prudent to move to safety before the storm, improving the odds for survival on a physical and financial level? I say if it’s going to be bad, leave. Just my 2 cents, mind you.
I think you are exactly right and if all my roots and generations weren't in New Orleans, I'd have left years ago (hurricanes or not). I do travel, and I do know there are thousands of better places to live. But in Louisiana, families tend to live very close and die very close. I can't relocate my whole family. Relocation is not an option.
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Originally posted by dmf
Gee ASTEC dised Va for Fla, hope he's packed :) and ready to evacuate if necessary
Im sure the Navy will send ASTAC to fend off the storm by himself. He'll show that storm whos boss.
Looks like New Orleans got a reprieve.