As if it's not bad enough we have a hurricane coming our way, they had to give it a name nobody seems to agree on how to pronounce

[dishstaller]

Got several friends in the Ft Walton area. Some of them were waiting until this morning to decide what to do as far as leaving or staying.

Be safe.

They have issued mandatory evacuations for Walton County and all other FL counties west of it.
Wind speed is now 120 mph. A Youtube weather channel (Weatherman Plus) has been pretty accurate so far. He still believes it will hit cat 4 sometime later today AND that the track will shift to the east. He also is saying that it will fall apart extremely fast once it hits land.
Just checked traffic on google maps and all of the roads are remarkably clear. I honestly figured I'd see a sea of red on the major highways leading out of the area. I do however see two wrecks on I-10 just west of where I'm typing. Doesn't take too many wrecks to turn I-10 into a parking lot.

 

[Ronnie-]

They have issued mandatory evacuations for Walton County and all other FL counties west of it.

Yes, but alot of them have been through it before. Put the hurricane shutters up, fuel the generators, and sit it out.

Although I have told them, better safe than sorry. A couple of them may go west to Biloxi to ride it out.

 

[Jimbo]

This from 1 hour ago, shows Pensacolo Fl as being the center of where it makes landfall, of course it can move, so no one really know ...

Good luck down there.

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[dishstaller]

Yes, but alot of them have been through it before.

Hurricane Michael radically changed the way a lot of folks around here treat hurricane warnings. I was just talking to a customer last night and they recounted the ordeal their daughter's family went through down in Lynn Haven. They literally didn't think they were going to make it....then their roof blew off and they REALLY didn't think they were going to make it. My best friend lives down there and he told me he went to his son's house because it was higher. Him and his son took turns putting their bodies up against the front door to keep it from blowing in....water was pouring in all around all of the windows. When the eye went over them they opened to door to see what the neighborhood looked like. His neighbor's house was sitting fully in the middle of the street. They still had the rest of the hurricane to ride out. He said at THAT POINT....he promised himself that next time he is getting out of Dodge.

 

[Ronnie-]

Hurricane Michael radically changed the way a lot of folks around here treat hurricane warnings. I was just talking to a customer last night and they recounted the ordeal their daughter's family went through down in Lynn Haven. They literally didn't think they were going to make it....then their roof blew off and they REALLY didn't think they were going to make it. My best friend lives down there and he told me he went to his son's house because it was higher. Him and his son took turns putting their bodies up against the front door to keep it from blowing in....water was pouring in all around all of the windows. When the eye went over them they opened to door to see what the neighborhood looked like. His neighbor's house was sitting fully in the middle of the street. They still had the rest of the hurricane to ride out. He said at THAT POINT....he promised himself that next time he is getting out of Dodge.

One like that will definitely do it.

We drove through several months after going to jacksonville. The destruction was crazy.

 

[navychop]

This is weird. Some folks might be evacuating TO New Orleans!

 

[AZ.]

Hurricane Michael radically changed the way a lot of folks around here treat hurricane warnings. I was just talking to a customer last night and they recounted the ordeal their daughter's family went through down in Lynn Haven. They literally didn't think they were going to make it....then their roof blew off and they REALLY didn't think they were going to make it. My best friend lives down there and he told me he went to his son's house because it was higher. Him and his son took turns putting their bodies up against the front door to keep it from blowing in....water was pouring in all around all of the windows. When the eye went over them they opened to door to see what the neighborhood looked like. His neighbor's house was sitting fully in the middle of the street. They still had the rest of the hurricane to ride out. He said at THAT POINT....he promised himself that next time he is getting out of Dodge.

Just like a snow storm? Sarcasm off
They must of been hours of terror for those people

 

[dishstaller]

The destruction was crazy.

One of the wildest things I've ever seen in my life was when driving to my store later that day to check for damage. Most of the pine trees that lined I-10 had been laid down across the road. Crews with chainsaws cut a path so traffic could get through. So here I was driving along an interstate with the cut ends of large pines piled up lining the roadway with little to NO room for error. Then you had all the forest of pine trees that had been wiped off the face of the Earth. The really strange thing was that the wind broke most of them off around the 15 ft mark......ALL of them. It literally looked like a giant had gone through and broken them off at the same level. I couldn't help but think that it looked like a scene from a sci-fi movie and the natives had stuck pikes in the ground to keep alien invaders from landing. It was truly surreal.

 

[Bruce]

Just like a snow storm? Sarcasm off
They must of been hours of terror for those people

We were posting about deaths, which you were proven incorrect on, not the experience or damages.

I have been through all, blizzards, hurricanes, etc, have you?

And if you were ever driving during a major ice/snow storm, you would know terror, not only worried about your driving, but everyone else also.

 

[harshness]

Most of the pine trees that lined I-10 had been laid down across the road.

Reminds me of the aftermath of Andrew down in Key Biscayne. The palm trees were all laid flat.

 

[dishstaller]

Reminds me of the aftermath of Andrew down in Key Biscayne. The palm trees were all laid flat.

I copied a link that will take you in front of my cousin's house over in Marianna. Click on the other dates tab and choose 2008 and compare how many trees were there then vs now. All of Jackson County looked this way.

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[dishstaller]

Somebody on YT has a live feed of 4 roads in the Pensacola area. Extremely light traffic. I guess everyone is hunkered down or has already left.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inWage8xtb8

 

[TRG]

Somebody on YT has a live feed of 4 roads in the Pensacola area. Extremely light traffic. I guess everyone is hunkered down or has already left.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inWage8xtb8

 

[AZ.]

We were posting about deaths, which you were proven incorrect on, not the experience or damages.

I have been through all, blizzards, hurricanes, etc, have you?

And if you were ever driving during a major ice/snow storm, you would know terror, not only worried about your driving, but everyone else also.

You have a option to drive in a snow storm, do you not?
You have a option to shovel your driveway(and the news always warns people of the danger.

Yes I have been through all, now I deal with fire. On that you must leave or burn alive. Notice you dont get as many deaths on forest fire?

You just love to be right dont you? What ever you want I dont want to hurt you feelings anymore. JFC!

 

[harshness]

Notice you dont get as many deaths on forest fire?

Further, those who die are represented largely by those who fail to heed evacuation warnings because they've been advised otherwise (ie., social media) or have decided for themselves that it couldn't happen to them.

AI makes it a lot easier to get burned because it too often doesn't comprehend the full context of the situation before it starts offering answers.

 

[Ronnie-]

We were posting about deaths, which you were proven incorrect on, not the experience or damages.

I have been through all, blizzards, hurricanes, etc, have you?

And if you were ever driving during a major ice/snow storm, you would know terror, not only worried about your driving, but everyone else also.

Why would you drive during a major storm? Ice or hurricane?

Both of which would be terror-inducing.


It's not like neither don't give you ample warning.

 

[Bruce]

Why would you drive during a major storm? Ice or hurricane?

Both of which would be terror-inducing.

It's not like neither don't give you ample warning.

Actually, there have been many surprise snow/ice storms back in Michigan I have experienced.

While at work for example, weather report would say maybe a inch or two, next thing you would know, 6-8 inches are falling while I need to drive home.

Ice Storms were even harder to predict.

 

[Ronnie-]

Actually, there have been many surprise snow/ice storms back in Michigan I have experienced.

While at work for example, weather report would say maybe a inch or two, next thing you would know, 6-8 inches are falling while I need to drive home.

Ice Storms were even harder to predict.

I got caught in a blizzard once. In Philadelphia. We had to go up for work.

I had to drive.

It did suck.

I want to say it was a foot of snow. It was a lot to me.


I will say it was easier to drive in that up there, because they had tools to deal with it, than it was in a half inch here where we don't.


It wasn't a walk in the park by any means. But the roads eventually were far better.

 

[Ronnie-]

I'll still say, and I'll leave it at this.

You haven't been through a hurricane that is close to the ice storms/blizzards you were used to up there.


I think you would change your opinion. Roads impassable not by your driving ability, but because they aren't there. Or are closed by debris for weeks.

Again. None of them are fun.


But a major hurricane, and the aftermath, with the tornadoes they often spawn, are really something most can't fathom.

And I hope most don't have to.

 

[NYDutch]

I'll still say, and I'll leave it at this.

You haven't been through a hurricane that is close to the ice storms/blizzards you were used to up there.


I think you would change your opinion. Roads impassable not by your driving ability, but because they aren't there. Or are closed by debris for weeks.

Again. None of them are fun.


But a major hurricane, and the aftermath, with the tornadoes they often spawn, are really something most can't fathom.

And I hope most don't have to.

I agree with you, hurricanes and tornadoes are a lot more violent than ice or snow storms. In my younger years, my volunteer SAR team traveled to the Gulf coast in advance of hurricanes on a few occasions. During the worst of the storms, we hunkered down in well anchored bunkhouse converted shipping containers.