Dorian

[wgeo]

Everyone got your hurricane kits ready? Looks like the season has started.

Hoping that Puerto Rico isn't getting it too bad right now.

 

[tinkerbellandeeyor]

Yep although it looks like i am going to my moms house no complaints best games and food and company

 

[OhDannyBoy]

Everyone got your hurricane kits ready? Looks like the season has started.

Hoping that Puerto Rico isn't getting it too bad right now.

Yup.

 

[LSUmiss]

Everyone got your hurricane kits ready? Looks like the season has started.

Hoping that Puerto Rico isn't getting it too bad right now.

We got all ready already for Barry, but it was nothing thankfully. Keeping my eye on this one though in case it gets in the gulf after if passes FL.

 

[wgeo]

We got all ready already for Barry, but it was nothing thankfully. Keeping my eye on this one though in case it gets in the gulf after if passes FL.

Yup, just watching at this point. I'm always mostly ready - but I think this one is gonna skirt north and we should be fine. It will be an interesting few days here.

 

[OhDannyBoy]

Yup, just watching at this point. I'm always mostly ready - but I think this one is gonna skirt north and we should be fine. It will be an interesting few days here.

Not to be personal, but where is "here"?

 

[LSUmiss]

Yup, just watching at this point. I'm always mostly ready - but I think this one is gonna skirt north and we should be fine. It will be an interesting few days here.

I hope so b/c then it can’t get in the gulf either.

 

[wgeo]

Not to be personal, but where is "here"?

We are central Florida on the gulf coast. I was barely paying attention at first thinking that if hit the east coast as a weak Cat 1 it would have nothing left by the time it crossed the state. The new forecast of hitting land as a Major Cat 3 has me paying closer attention to the track, as it may hold on to some juice as it crosses over the state. But we're still on the lucky side for this storm.

 

[OhDannyBoy]

We are central Florida on the gulf coast. I was barely paying attention at first thinking that if hit the east coast as a weak Cat 1 it would have nothing left by the time it crossed the state. The new forecast of hitting land as a Major Cat 3 has me paying closer attention to the track, as it may hold on to some juice as it crosses over the state. But we're still on the lucky side for this storm.

Right on. I'm down here in Ft Lauderdale. It looks so far like we won't get much, but you never know with these things.

 

[tinkerbellandeeyor]

Wow that is news when i left for the gym.it was onlyna category 2 now its a 3 yikes

 

[Southernmiss]

Weren't the forecasters saying it would fizzle out just a few days go? Then proof! We've got something to look at.

My mom was talking about 'the storm'last night and I said 'what storm'?

Waiting to see Bob Breck's take on it for our area before I follow it closely.

 

[Bianca and Bernard]

Right outside of Jacksonville.

We're picking up some bags (probably 4 x 20lb) of ice tomorrow night, to throw into the big freezer. Flashlights/batteries always ready, along with tarps, etc. I need to wash out my big 5 gallon jugs and fill them. I have to move the bikes from the garage to the spare room, so we can fit the car in the garage, and I have 2 loose screens I have to pull off and put up until next weekend.

I do need to go grocery shopping (it's the end of the month, and I usually do a big shopping trip the last weekend/first weekend), but I'm just going to get some produce (like apples, oranges, etc), a few meals of meat (that I can cook on the propane grill if needed), coffee creamer, bread/buns, PB and Jelly, etc.

 

[hereyago]

Weren't the forecasters saying it would fizzle out just a few days go? Then proof! We've got something to look at.

Yes they did. But you really can't predict these things.


I always get anxious during hurricane season.

My dd"s name is Dorian (I lived the character on One Life To Live and remember the Sins of Dorian Gray) so she has been getting some ribbing.

I hope everyone in Dorian's path stays safe.

 

[lorimay]

In the Ft Lauderdale area, watching and waiting.
Bought the usual needs last night.
My husband waiting to get the gas for the generator till the weekend.
We have the hurricane windows now, so he doesn't have to do shutters anymore.
Praying Dorain gets pushed out to sea..........

 

[OhDannyBoy]

Is it wrong I get entertainment value out of watching the unprepared scramble when hurricanes come around?

I'm somewhat of a "prepper" to begin with so I always have a lot of emergency foods, water, first aid, etc.

But it makes me nuts to see people scrambling last minute to get all of their supplies a day before trouble arrives.

 

[Bianca and Bernard]

Is it wrong I get entertainment value out of watching the unprepared scramble when hurricanes come around?

I'm somewhat of a "prepper" to begin with so I always have a lot of emergency foods, water, first aid, etc.

But it makes me nuts to see people scrambling last minute to get all of their supplies a day before trouble arrives.

There are only a few things that I don't normally do, like grabbing some cash out of the bank and keeping more than a couple of big bags of ice in the deep freeze.

 

[wgeo]

Is it wrong I get entertainment value out of watching the unprepared scramble when hurricanes come around?

I'm somewhat of a "prepper" to begin with so I always have a lot of emergency foods, water, first aid, etc.

But it makes me nuts to see people scrambling last minute to get all of their supplies a day before trouble arrives.

There's 2 groups there that I try to keep in mind. The one group that has every ability to prepare but chooses to ignore it. That group sees it as a game.

The other group I saw first hand with Irma and that's the group that simply cannot afford to prepare in meaningful ways. We thought Irma was coming our way early in the week and I was done prepping by Mon/Tues. The stores were decimated by Thursday. On Friday when everyone who lives near the poverty line got paid for the week and was finally able to go buy the extra things needed, there simply was nothing left to get. Because we were concerned about a direct hit I had more supplies then I will for this time around, but I was quite surprised how much extra money went into getting ready.

 

[wgeo]

Also - the newest EURO model just came out and it's not good for Southern FL - still plenty of time to flip around, but not great to see.

 

[L&Lfan]

Are they sold out of toilet paper yet? Around here that’s the first thing to go, then milk and bread.

 

[OhDannyBoy]

The other group I saw first hand with Irma and that's the group that simply cannot afford to prepare in meaningful ways. We thought Irma was coming our way early in the week and I was done prepping by Mon/Tues. The stores were decimated by Thursday. On Friday when everyone who lives near the poverty line got paid for the week and was finally able to go buy the extra things needed, there simply was nothing left to get. Because we were concerned about a direct hit I had more supplies then I will for this time around, but I was quite surprised how much extra money went into getting ready.

True. That was a bit of a sweeping generalization. I live in a pretty well off area so it's easy for me to snicker at my locals.

But that why I advise prepping way before hurricane season even starts.

2 cans of something every trip to the grocery store. Or a few batteries. A few bottles of water. Boards for the windows can be tough. But little tiny things like that can go far. Generators are nice but not really necessary in every case. And if you have a car, get an inverter and you now have a generator.