Jump to content
An Old School Catholic Message Board

Hurricane Matthew


dominicansoul

Recommended Posts

In Tampa, west coast, we should be fine. People in flood zones or a few miles from the east coast should get out.  Most will so it's not horribly dangerous unless you're an idiot.  We will see how it goes tonight   Reports are people evacuated responsibly.

 

It's the cleanup and recovery that is the difficulty.  Florida is very good about managing that.  We learned our lessons from Andrew in 1992 and honed our plans in 02 and 04 with multiple hurricanes.  (Jeb Bush did a great job as governor). Being in the traffic signal industry, this is a $timulus $torm for us. 

 

Edited by Anomaly
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Yup, North or Orlando.  So far, just a lot of rain bands but I understand from our meteorologists, tonight into the AM will be the worst.  From tomorrow morning to Saturday morning, my county is under mandatory curfew

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I don't miss worrying about evacuating. What scares me about this one is that it's going to go back to sea then loop back. They gain strength over water. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

It's strong and moving very slowly up our coastline. That ought to be a mess and I hope all that were told to evacuate, mandatory or voluntarily did.  

The 3 we had in 2004 were strong but moved quickly and they did their share of damage

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

dominicansoul

Papist, I've been worried about you! 

Good to see you here on the forum.  So, you had to evacuate?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

15 minutes ago, dominicansoul said:

Papist, I've been worried about you! 

Good to see you here on the forum.  So, you had to evacuate?

Nope. I am far enough inland in NC. And doesn't matter, the hurricane refused to hit NC in protest of HB2. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I was just in Bryson City, NC!   Beautiful state.  

It looks like Matthew has stayed far enough offshore to limit serious damage beyond immediate coastal area.  Let's hope it continues to stay offshore.  

Link to comment
Share on other sites

5 minutes ago, Anomaly said:

I was just in Bryson City, NC!   Beautiful state.  

It looks like Matthew has stayed far enough offshore to limit serious damage beyond immediate coastal area.  Let's hope it continues to stay offshore.  

Right in the middle of the Great Smoky Mtns. Indeed beautiful. And a great time of year to be there. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

My aunt just got power back. She hasn't answer back yet when someone asked if she had water working.

Edited by Anastasia (L&T)
Link to comment
Share on other sites

CountrySteve21

I have some relative's in that area, thanks be to God that they are safe!

Edited by CountrySteve21
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archaeology cat

I'm in NE FL, but wasn't in an evacuation zone. Where I am, it wasn't as bad as going through Frances in 2004. The beach is another story. And the shrine in St Augustine was flooded (all of St Aug was hit hard, from the looks of it). The Bishop is still planning on celebrating Mass at the shrine for Our Lady of La Leche, so it must not have been too horrible there. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
×
×
  • Create New...