Jabbyrwock Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 15 minutes ago, The Almighty Buzz said: As a kid, we rode out a hurricane (Andrew I think?) on Nags Head because my parents knew better than the experts. That was fun. I lived in Homestead Florida when Andrew destroyed the city. Yup...all sorts of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 Looks like all the water went here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIX8uEtDjBU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tshile Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 These palm trees keep leaning that way they’re gonna get stuck like that. Jim is such a douchebag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve09ru Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 Wife’s aunt and uncle are boxed in at this point with road closures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tshile Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 Yes but their canoe options are currently endless! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve09ru Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 Just now, tshile said: Yes but their canoe options are currently endless! Only boat but may be able to take it out to get around- between the houses may be tricky This isn’t good either- outside tampa in the gulf- that ****s going to tsunami back in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tshile Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 2 minutes ago, steve09ru said: This isn’t good either- outside tampa in the gulf- that ****s going to tsunami back in I believe the way my buddy described it was that when hurricanes land south of Tampa, it does empty out the bay, but ultimately the damage is minimal. it’s when it lands just north, like just above Clearwater, that they get wrecked because the frontside force of the hurricane shoved everything right up the bay. that backend force of the hurricane is significantly less destructive 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tshile Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 For example - I’m guessing Cape Coral and fort Myers’s likely see significantly more damage than Englewood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve09ru Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 2 minutes ago, tshile said: For example - I’m guessing Cape Coral and fort Myers’s likely see significantly more damage than Englewood. Makes sense, especially as the eye is passing now and they’re getting the winds from the gulf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 Yeah, to the south of the eye they're getting more of the surge, but places to the north like Englewood have already been in the eye wall for 3 hours and will be in the eye wall for a couple more, so will see more wind damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 None of y'all grew up in Virginia Beach, I guess. Gloria I remember most. Also this is crazy! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Wiggles Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 1 minute ago, The Evil Genius said: None of y'all grew up in Virginia Beach, I guess. Gloria I remember most. I lived in Kings Grant like two blocks from the lynnhaven river. Thing swelled up into the back yard. 🤣 Was there about four years ago n its all dried up a lot. Not really a river/bay anymore. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tshile Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 9 minutes ago, The Evil Genius said: None of y'all grew up in Virginia Beach, I guess. Gloria I remember most. I was there for… Isabel? Whatever came in 2003. and the hurricane itself wasn’t so bad it’d kill you for staying (although I’m sure people died) but the area was uninhabitable for a while. I think we came back to campus after 2 weeks and still many of our houses had no power. Hence college parties by candlelight comment I recall the national guard handing out water. And sewer not really working. That’s why I think staying is dumb. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Captain Wiggles said: I lived in Kings Grant like two blocks from the lynnhaven river. Thing swelled up into the back yard. 🤣 Was there about four years ago n its all dried up a lot. Not really a river/bay anymore. Did you go to FC? Or was that after school. As for my area, I grew up just off of Baxter Road in Kempsville, our townhouse was near the teebox of the 16th hole (when it became a par 3) of Kemspville Greens Golf Course. I remember bodysurfing (mind you i was like 10-12ish) on the course when it was pouring before the hurricane winds would hit. 😄 That course would take on so much water...and of course kids were allowed to do stupid **** then. I think the only major wind damage we got from Gloria was shutters being blown off. Of course, that's when you used to tape the windows and what not. Edited September 28, 2022 by The Evil Genius 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Wiggles Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 (edited) 14 minutes ago, The Evil Genius said: Did you go to FC? Or was that after school. Nope. I went to Kingston Elementary school there. Was in first grade that fall when Gloria hit. Slept in a food pantry closet that night. 🤣 Been through a lot of hurricanes growing up in the South. Think the most famous was Hugo. Sounds like Ian gonna bring a lot more rain here than Hugo did. My aunt lives down on Sanibel Island Florida. Nice area tho I always get sick when I go to Florida. It doesn't agree with me. 🤢 Edited September 28, 2022 by Captain Wiggles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmarydu Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 They've already changed all school districts to "online only" here in ATL for Friday and the food festival that I was supposed to be working Saturday for my restaurant has been postponed until the 15th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JCB Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 41 minutes ago, skinsmarydu said: They've already changed all school districts to "online only" here in ATL for Friday and the food festival that I was supposed to be working Saturday for my restaurant has been postponed until the 15th. My pal here is still under the illusion that people are going to attend his pig-pickin' on Saturday. I love me some hog, but seriously. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmarydu Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 3 minutes ago, JCB said: My pal here is still under the illusion that people are going to attend his pig-pickin' on Saturday. I love me some hog, but seriously. Yeah, I'm going to work at the restaurant Saturday...and I plan on standing around all day because everyone will be enjoying all the stuff they cleared from the grocery store shelves. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan since a Fetus Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 (edited) . Edited October 24, 2023 by Fan since a Fetus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve09ru Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 Moved to a neighbors second floor. You can kind of see the top of there fence here: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 4 hours ago, 86 Snyder said: Tucker Carlson has a $2.9M house on an island riiiiiight next to Fort Myers. Hope it gets ****ed the **** up. Even moreso now that we know that hurricanes are a scam... Tucker Carlson's Latest Bizarre Conspiracy Theory: Hurricanes Tucker Carlson shared his skepticism about hurricanes on Tuesday as Hurricane Ian is expected to make its way toward Florida this week. The Fox News host teased an upcoming segment about Hurricane Ian by implying hurricanes are a “scam.” 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmarydu Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 Hey, @The Almighty Buzz...did you ever have to chase a hurricane onboard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatBuzz Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 3 minutes ago, skinsmarydu said: Hey, @The Almighty Buzz...did you ever have to chase a hurricane onboard? No. Rode right through one though. Ripped a few hatches clean off the ship. Amd went up on the bridge with NVGs and sow the entire bow up to the forward torrent go under water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmarydu Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 1 minute ago, The Almighty Buzz said: No. Rode right through one though. Ripped a few hatches clean off the ship. Amd went up on the bridge with NVGs and sow the entire bow up to the forward torrent go under water. Woah. I had to do 2, trying to tie every ****ing thing down *we had file cabinets because everything was in paper triples at the time, lol* for 5 days ahead of time, then getting off the mooring (I was 1st deck division), just to run away from the damn thing and not beat the pier to death (Kings Bay was brand new then)...and I **** you not...they were making us swab the decks while underway in a ****in' hurricane. I missed ship's movement for the third. That was a whole different episode. Held on RILOA for about 45 minutes. No charges. I lived off-base, and my roommate (HT1) was in the stay-behind crew, so I mustered with the Master Diver, fished and slept for 4 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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