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Florida Planeteers....riding out the storm or evacuating? (https://chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=302654)

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Originally Posted by Holladay (Post 12469176)

The people that stay might similar to weird people in KS (me) when there is a tornado warning. I don't go down into my basement, I sit outside by the barn or just inside, to watch. Mother Nature is awesome.
If it's at night, that can be a bit unnerving. The local radio is very good at reporting. Our county has a bunch of storm trackers. They give classes 2x a year for normal folks as well.

I will take a tornado over a hurricane. There are pro's and con's to both. Hurricanes don't surprise you. They are huge. I guess the only hope is that they lose power or that the brunt is a few miles away? Tornados can hop and skip. The chance of getting whacked is similar as to shark bites in the sea. Or as the Artillery Man would say "big sky, little bullet".

The biggest scare would be an F-5 tornado bearing down on your town at night.

the BC could benefit from a tornado cleaning it up.

With that said, Stay safe Florida.

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Originally Posted by Holladay (Post 12469176)

The people that stay might similar to weird people in KS (me) when there is a tornado warning. I don't go down into my basement, I sit outside by the barn or just inside, to watch. Mother Nature is awesome.
If it's at night, that can be a bit unnerving. The local radio is very good at reporting. Our county has a bunch of storm trackers. They give classes 2x a year for normal folks as well.

I will take a tornado over a hurricane. There atre pro's and con's to both. Hurricanes don't surprise you. They are huge. I guess the only hope is that they lose power or that the brunt is a few miles away? Tornados can hop and skip. The chance of getting whacked is similar as to shark bites in the sea. Or as the Artillery Man would say "big sky, little bullet".

The biggest scare would be an F-5 tornado bearing down on your town at night.

I disagree. You never know where a tornado is. Coming down wherever and turning who knows which way. You could be asleep and it's too late to get out.

It's been 4000+ days since a hurricane has hit land in the USA. You get days of warning and they can predict pretty accurately where it's going ashore and clear out.

If I had to choose for a tornado or hurricane I'd pick a tornado too. Much higher chance I am personally unaffected by one than a hurricane which would touch everything in town.

It's been windy with cloud cover here all day. Nice change from the blistering heat we've had all summer

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Originally Posted by DaNewGuy (Post 12469018)

It's not the storm surge it's the ****ing wind

They are saying the storm surge is going to be between 6-10 feet (not counting the wave action) in Daytona Beach. I hope you are on some very high ground, good luck.

http://www.accuweather.com/en/weathe...olina/60515144

Disney World is closed and evacuating the resorts. Only been done 3 times before since it was built.

That's in the middle of the state.

We just lost power already wtf. It's cloudy but No rain or anything just light winds. Thanks fpl

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Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats. (Post 12469243)

If I had to choose for a tornado or hurricane I'd pick a tornado too. Much higher chance I am personally unaffected by one than a hurricane which would touch everything in town.

You might get to experience a tornado today depending on your location

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Originally Posted by DaNewGuy (Post 12469304)

We just lost power already wtf. It's cloudy but No rain or anything just light winds. Thanks fpl

Damn, they're saying that landfall isn't for another 12 hours

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Originally Posted by Flachief58 (Post 12469319)

Damn, they're saying that landfall isn't for another 12 hours

I'm on the water on the opposite side of the state and the winds are already 22 mph.

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Originally Posted by BigRedChief (Post 12469326)

I'm on the water on the opposite side of the state and the winds are already 22 mph.

http://static.fjcdn.com/pictures/We+...03_4397411.jpg

Just a little blustery here in Jupiter right now. Rain on and off as the bands come in. Sittin and sippin right now. Filets on the grill soon!

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Originally Posted by Dallas Chief (Post 12469348)

Just a little blustery here in Jupiter right now. Rain on and off as the bands come in. Sittin and sippin right now. Filets on the grill soon!

How far are you from Melbourne? The mayor just announced that he thinks Melbourne will be uninhabitable for weeks.

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Originally Posted by BigChiefTablet (Post 12469344)

http://static.fjcdn.com/pictures/We+...03_4397411.jpg

ROFL yep, we have 40-50 mph winds in the afternoon storms all the time.

But, those guys on the other side of the state with 140+mph winds? Thats some serious wrath of nature. Going to be some serious projectiles flying around.