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Seahawk 10-07-2024 11:55 AM
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Originally Posted by id10t (Post 12335058)
If any of our SW Fl pelicans are headed north, I'm about 10 minutes from I-75 exit 399 if you need a place to stop. Have some spots in the yard which should be safe from any falling trees etc. if you need to park a car or trailer
Bit of a haul, but I can fit folks in my house in Aiken...just let me know. Power is on, a/c works, etc.

Dixie 10-07-2024 12:09 PM
My car is packed, and my house is prepped. I'll be on the road tomorrow. I expect traffic to be insane.

I have this gut feeling my house won't make it to 101 years old. In fact, I expect most of my neighborhood to be gone.

Hopefully I'm just being overly dramatic.

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p911dad 10-07-2024 12:17 PM
Good luck Dixie! Stay safe!

jyl 10-07-2024 12:24 PM
Why not leave today?

Dixie 10-07-2024 12:30 PM
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Originally Posted by jyl (Post 12335101)
Why not leave today?
I don't have a hotel room until tomorrow. It'll be alright. Landfall is estimated at 8pm Weenesday

A930Rocket 10-07-2024 12:41 PM
I have a buddy, who lives around Tampa, and he’s planning on staying. He lives 15 miles from the coast. I reminded him, Western North Carolina, was 600 miles from the coast…

Seahawk 10-07-2024 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Seahawk (Post 12335085)
Bit of a haul, but I can fit folks in my house in Aiken...just let me know. Power is on, a/c works, etc.
If it helps, I won’t be there;)

Dixie 10-07-2024 01:19 PM
FWIW, I threw my mink and fox coats on my spare bed. My thinking is the water won't get that high. Sure, the wind may get them. If that happens I expect to see some happy homeless people in a couple months. 🤣

dad911 10-07-2024 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by id10t (Post 12335058)
I'll still get it, but being halfway between both coasts is certainly giving me some protection... and I have no flood worries.

If any of our SW Fl pelicans are headed north, I'm about 10 minutes from I-75 exit 399 if you need a place to stop. Have some spots in the yard which should be safe from any falling trees etc. if you need to park a car or trailer
Very kind offer, but I'm headed SE to a resort near miami. Almost done putting everything of value as high as possible.

Racerbvd 10-07-2024 05:59 PM
Well, if you need a safe place, even though I'm close to the St Johns river, I'm literally just out of the flood zone and my house and shop are brick, so they can Huff and Puff, and my walls aren't going anywhere, plus, the old 2500 4x4 Suburban hasn't failed me yet.

craigster59 10-07-2024 08:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Dixie (Post 12335135)
FWIW, I threw my mink and fox coats on my spare bed. My thinking is the water won't get that high. Sure, the wind may get them. If that happens I expect to see some happy homeless people in a couple months. 🤣
That's straight out of a Barbara Stanwyck movie. :)

Everybody stay safe!

Bill Douglas 10-07-2024 08:19 PM
Sorry you're in this situation Dixie. A real horror story. Do your best to stay safe and fingers crossed for the house.

jyl 10-07-2024 09:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Dixie (Post 12335109)
I don't have a hotel room until tomorrow. It'll be alright. Landfall is estimated at 8pm Weenesday
Gas stations will run dry well before then. Most of the popln of Tampa-Sarasota, all filling up their tanks at once?

jyl 10-07-2024 10:05 PM
What do people do if they cannot get out of the Tampa area? Find a several story parking garage or building?

I assume the military has evacuated aircraft and personnel from MacDill AFB, CENTCOM, etc?

911boost 10-07-2024 10:36 PM
I have known people to have supplies in their attic if they need to cut through the roof to get out for the lesser storms. Everyone I know in the area has gone south to Miami.

Stay safe Dixie and everyone!

Heel n Toe 10-08-2024 12:11 AM
Monday... posted by Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cO4e0pynX_o

KFC911 10-08-2024 12:49 AM
Dixie ... hit the road asap .... I would have vacated and slept in my car .... clogged roads can be a deathtrap... (my .02 for next time ;)).

Everyone here is hoping for the best for all of our folks in FL ... be safe and be well everyone!

This one is gonna be NASTY too....

id10t 10-08-2024 01:58 AM
Traffic was thick headed north on 75 last night - more than I have seen. Allowing the use of shoulders as lanes, so 3 lane became 5 lane and it was still full

Most gas stations along 75 here in Alachua co are out of gas or down to premium and non-ethanol only

KFC911 10-08-2024 02:33 AM
^^^ Just an "incident" away from being one big azz long parking lot for hours.... btdt on I-95 South once.... St Mary's bridge wreck ... sat for 3 hours ... 30 minutes away from Jax .... just 1 mile from the state line.

Here comes the sun .... y'all be safe :)

flatbutt 10-08-2024 03:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Dixie (Post 12335135)
FWIW, I threw my mink and fox coats on my spare bed. My thinking is the water won't get that high. Sure, the wind may get them. If that happens I expect to see some happy homeless people in a couple months. 🤣
But you're taking the pearls with you...right? ;)

Be safe Dixie.


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