Hurricane Irma headed this way....

[GH85Carrera]

Texted with an friend that lives in the keys. He has two cars locked up in shipping containers. His biggest worry is the containers will float away. He has every chain and anchor he can find on the containers.

[Racerbvd]

[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by VINMAN

Thanks Paul. Never made it down to Houston. We only sent a small 14 man water rescue crew. I stayed in the ICC. We should be down to Eglin around 2300 tonight. Will probably sit there until the storm moves up .

Stay safe Vinny, and thanks for all you do!

[Baz]

[widebody911]

[URY914]

Seems to be headed further west before it heads north. West coast of Florida is were its going.

[Pazuzu]

Lemme ask, as of now (11 pm Houston time), Google maps shows basically no traffic on the highways. Is the evacuation complete, or are the maps underestimating the traffic? I live there for a year through 2 hurricanes, I know Floridians hate to evac, but this is even worse that Floyd (was going to be).

I have family in Ft Myers that is staying in a 3rd floor condo, I wonder if they should really take this last chance to move out while the roads are clear...

[TheMentat]

[mattdavis11]

Have a brother in Sarasota. He's boarding up and hunkerin down. 15Ft above. Stay safe.

[Ferraripete]

Originally Posted by dad911

Yes, I've been following NOAA. Every update moves west. Right now projected path hits Keys at the 7 mile bridge. 30ish miles from Key west, will be hit hard. Looking at projected surges and winds, I lose 1 house, and likely serious damage to the other.

I have a few friends in Key West that won't leave. It's hard watching this unfold, will be hard when communication/power goes down and we lose contact.

I am fearful for the safety of your friends in the keys. it looks dire. I will keep them all in my prayers.

[Pazuzu]

Originally Posted by TheMentat

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If you're going to spend time on fake new sites, you might try plugging in your phone, or at least moving to a location with free wifi...

[enzo1]

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-technical-forum/969430-prepping-car-hurricane.html

[astrochex]

My wife and son are on their way to Greensboro NC. My son has a friend there.

The windows are thin at the resort and large and there are no shutters. The resort did not charge them for the room for their overnight stay. They are in SC at the moment. I am so proud of them because they are not road trippers.

[KNS]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Texted with an friend that lives in the keys. He has two cars locked up in shipping containers. His biggest worry is the containers will float away. He has every chain and anchor he can find on the containers.

If they are not high enough the containers will be severely flooded. Best of luck to him.

[WPOZZZ]

Stay safe, everyone!

[enzo1]

Veering West!?...

[Baz]

[Soren Lorenson]

Originally Posted by Pazuzu

Lemme ask, as of now (11 pm Houston time), Google maps shows basically no traffic on the highways. Is the evacuation complete, or are the maps underestimating the traffic? I live there for a year through 2 hurricanes, I know Floridians hate to evac, but this is even worse that Floyd (was going to be).

I have family in Ft Myers that is staying in a 3rd floor condo, I wonder if they should really take this last chance to move out while the roads are clear...

No way out now. If, like me, you had to stay for work, there is no gas in basically the whole state. FL is so far north to south you can drive up, there'll be nowhere to stay, and the storm will head right up 75 after you. Might as well hunker down.

It's headed right for Marco and Naples, where I live. Marco Island might not exist after the 12 ft storm surge.

[Baz]

Originally Posted by Soren Lorenson

No way out now. If, like me, you had to stay for work, there is no gas in basically the whole state. FL is so far north to south you can drive up, there'll be nowhere to stay, and the storm will head right up 75 after you. Might as well hunker down.

It's headed right for Marco and Naples, where I live. Marco Island might not exist after the 12 ft storm surge.

I lived in Naples (Royal Harbor) back in the early 90's....hate to see the storm headed your way, Soren.

You're dead on about the gas situation. IMHO, as a state, we are still terrible about how to properly evacuate in case of an impeding hurricane.

Hunker down and take care of yourself, sir....

[stomachmonkey]

My in-laws are n Boynton and were supposed to be on Long Island this weekend.

Their place is post Andrew, all cinder block with tied down roof and foundation, full storm shutters, the works and they are 2-3 miles from the water.

They canceled so they could "keep the house safe"

On Thursday they started realizing that may have been a bad idea.

My wifes sisters in-laws have a place in Sarasota.

She reasoned that trying to get North would be a disaster and convinced her parents to head over and hole up in Sarasota.

My in-laws pack up and bug out.

Apparently the Sarasota house is all glass, no garage, no storm shutters and is a block off the beach AND Irma is now headed straight for Sarasota.

Yesterday they call, they are high tailing it back to Boynton.