Do we know yet exactly where “here” is? The last I heard, “here” was somewhere along the Gulf coast. There’s a fair amount of real estate that can make that claim.
Been in Florida since the 80’s. Never left for a hurricane. While on vacation my house sitter decided to head north and brought my cat along. My cats first vacation. Now my cat just looks at me and says, you never take me anywhere. OH, my cat turned 19 September 3, so she never left for a storm before either.
If you haven’t had a bad storm in years you are due or overdue for a bad storm. If they move fast they can get settled in before it hits. How many years? Two?
I’m afraid that’s what a lot of people in the small towns south of Tampa Bay were saying. I personally know a woman who just moved there from Tennessee with her husband and two children just a few months ago, and they just had their brand new house heavily damaged by Milton. They had evacuated to a shelter all the way down in Miami, where she started having panic attacks for the first time in her life. When they finally got back home, the house was still standing and habitable, but there’s still no power. They’ve been trying to keep their kids entertained with box games by candlelight.
Rained all day yesterday in Salem, OR: total – 0.51 mm (0.02"), just enough for the raindrops on the driveway to connect. So, I guess the rainy season has officially started.
Zillow has started to add climate data to their listings trying to guess whether your house will be hit by a flood or wild fire. An article I read yesterday said that because of the data it uses, it probably underestimates the likelihood of a fire and overestimates the likelihood of a flood. No guarantees either way.
Living in Oklahoma, I’ve been dodging tornadoes all my life. Luckily, we have the absolute best meteorologists in the world. Plus a nice little storm shelter.
Da'Dad about 9 hours ago
Katrina was a big one, a 500 year big one, but I think storms hitting that part of the Northern Gulf Coast are pretty rare.
scinticat about 9 hours ago
Lie with a straight face?
uhohlol about 9 hours ago
Many of us just went through different thousand year events. Move to higher ground, tornadoes are a lot smaller.
Rhetorical_Question about 8 hours ago
No guarantees on weather?
Carl Premium Member about 5 hours ago
All they have also includes a limited life span of far fewer years that might not be able to face the need to move again after a devastating storm.
BJDucer about 5 hours ago
Do we know yet exactly where “here” is? The last I heard, “here” was somewhere along the Gulf coast. There’s a fair amount of real estate that can make that claim.
My First Premium Member about 3 hours ago
How can you tell a realtor’s lying? Her lips are moving. (Just kidding realtors).
mourdac Premium Member about 3 hours ago
And Florida had a long stretch, 20 years or so, of not being hit by hurricanes. Not a guarantee.
joedon2007 about 3 hours ago
I wonder if JJ wrote this theme before or after the last 2 hurricanes?
raebrek about 3 hours ago
Been in Florida since the 80’s. Never left for a hurricane. While on vacation my house sitter decided to head north and brought my cat along. My cats first vacation. Now my cat just looks at me and says, you never take me anywhere. OH, my cat turned 19 September 3, so she never left for a storm before either.
Gameguy49 Premium Member about 3 hours ago
If you haven’t had a bad storm in years you are due or overdue for a bad storm. If they move fast they can get settled in before it hits. How many years? Two?
stillfickled Premium Member about 2 hours ago
Yeah, Babe.
belgarathmth about 2 hours ago
I’m afraid that’s what a lot of people in the small towns south of Tampa Bay were saying. I personally know a woman who just moved there from Tennessee with her husband and two children just a few months ago, and they just had their brand new house heavily damaged by Milton. They had evacuated to a shelter all the way down in Miami, where she started having panic attacks for the first time in her life. When they finally got back home, the house was still standing and habitable, but there’s still no power. They’ve been trying to keep their kids entertained with box games by candlelight.
Just-me about 2 hours ago
Arlo and Janis should listen to Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season by Jimmy Buffett before making a decision.
david_42 about 2 hours ago
Rained all day yesterday in Salem, OR: total – 0.51 mm (0.02"), just enough for the raindrops on the driveway to connect. So, I guess the rainy season has officially started.
uniquename about 1 hour ago
Zillow has started to add climate data to their listings trying to guess whether your house will be hit by a flood or wild fire. An article I read yesterday said that because of the data it uses, it probably underestimates the likelihood of a fire and overestimates the likelihood of a flood. No guarantees either way.
MuddyUSA Premium Member about 1 hour ago
Certainly not as a weather forecaster…..
paranormal 7 minutes ago
That means a real whopper is coming (or has come, Milton)…
Chrisstopher 3 minutes ago
Living in Oklahoma, I’ve been dodging tornadoes all my life. Luckily, we have the absolute best meteorologists in the world. Plus a nice little storm shelter.