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We are in Clermont just west of Disney & plan to ride it out. A managers meeting has been scheduled for tomorrow, probably just to let us know what our shelter options are. I was curious what other rv'ers here in florida are doing. Every update seems to place the track further west, don't think it's going to be a problem
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Golden_HVAC
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Hi,
If the storm misses where you are located, then you saved some fuel by not moving, and you can enjoy next week. However if you stay, and the rubber roof gets some tree limbs knocked down on it, or the rubber rips and wind starts to take the rubber roof off, you will be wishing you where anyplace else!
Why move? If it is heading towards you and they predictwinds in excess of 35 MPH, I would move. My moving 400 miles, it might cost $400 round trip in fuel, but you can sleep at night without the RV rocking, and you can come back in a week when the grocery stores are back with the power back on, ect.
My sister told me what it was like to survive a hurricane. She was at a school, with another few hundred people, and they stored drinking water in the sinks. Until some dummy said "The storm is over, we can drain the water" and pulled the plug. However there was not any replacement water that was going to come out of the tap soon, because they lost power to the city and the fresh water pumps stopped pumping!
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I am not in Florida, but I would be peeling rubber getting out of there. I live in tornado alley and have seen, firsthand, the power of Mother Nature. I don't want to be anywhere near when she is having a tantrum!
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WHERERURV
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In 04, when Charlie hit, we took off...little did we know...right into the path of the storm. Never again going to run. Staying put. It is madness out there. No gas, no hotel rooms,long lines. NO THANKS. In my opinion, best to stay put unless it is huge or someone can tell us without a doubt 100% its going to hit us. I may be crazy but no stupid.
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ladymc53
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WHERERURV wrote: In my opinion, best to stay put unless it is huge or someone can tell us without a doubt 100% its going to hit us. I may be crazy but no stupid.
...unless it's huge...a small hurricane is a BIG, HUGE THUNDERSTORM and can and usually will be full of tornadoes. Being raised on the Gulf Coast we learned a long time ago that the best thing to do is get out. Living in Central Texas we get thunderstorms with mild wind from time to time and we've had some gusts out of the blue that rocked the 5'er to the point that we were concerned that if it were worse it could have flipped us (the awning was out.) If I were in Florida right now...well, I just wouldn't be in Florida right now...color me GONE...if you left before and didn't find a hotel room - you didn't go far enough away.
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tomlang
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I'm California born and bred. I haven't stared down the barrel of a hurricane like you are doing right now.
My first thought would be to get out of harm's way.
I looked at the spaghetti plots
And I looked at the storm track
Both look scary.
If you head North to get away from high winds, you will have the hurricane - tropical storm following you all the way up the coast. Just keep going, and Fay should be reduced to a tropical storm with only 30MPH winds by thursday night around Atlanta.
No telling what the tornado situation will be.
The other way to avoid high winds might be to head South. Miami to Palm Beach look safe enough. Again, no telling what the tornado situation will be.
I guess the good news is that this is not a "great storm". The winds are only expected to reach 80MPH, that being on Tuesday right around your present location.
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tomlang
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That said. If I were there, I'd fill my motorhome with diesel and head north. 180 gallons of diesel should be enough to get me to safe ground, regardless of the availability of open gas stations and motels.
If you stay put, consider angling the bow into the wind. You don't want 80MPH broadsides.
Personally, I prefer the occasional unanticipated earthquake over seasonal hurricanes and tornados. I'll stay in California this time of year.
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edited 08/17/08 11:25pm by tomlang *
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rnr42005
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i have lived on the east coast for 24 yrs. now. stayed put for erin back in the 90's and she was a weak cat 3.
2004 charlie was a disappointment here, but 40 miles away things were very different. then came jean that just sat off the coast for a few days and whipped things around and took down trees and power lines. glad she did cause next was francis and she was not nice at all!! then, not to be outdone ivan came to visit.
from what the weather "experts" are saying, i would roll in the awnings and stay put if you are not around much of natures debris, i.e. trees, etc. or head east and just have to deal with the rain that is associated with the east side of a hurricane.
a cat 1, cat 2 or weak cat 3 are not much more than a prolonged summer thunderstorm.
good luck in whatever you decide and be safe!
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Serena
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You're completely kidding me, right? Orlando is so far north of this thing and so far inland it's not even funny. Visitors in the KEYS were advised to leave. And only visitors. (The locals can handle themselves and know what to do.) Seriously - you're like 400 miles away.
I'm way closer, and not budging unless it picks up a whole lot of power that it's showing absolutely no signs of. A 100% prediction of precipitation in FL is a big so what. Today, it meant a whole 5 minutes of fat rain. Unless there's a lot of lightening, nobody even leaves the beach over it. Next week, 25 MPH winds, which is nothing.
Just chill already. You'll give yourself a stroke over nothing. Just roll up your awning and if you feel nervous, bring you slides in. Flippin'
newscasters with their dramatics...sheesh.
Serena
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I am prepping my TT for travel today but watching careful. May not move based on models of stormtrack. Jacksonville appears to be pretty safe again this time.
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