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Hurricane Matthew coming my way.

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Mon Oct 03, 2016 8:40 pm
by Modlerbob
It's looking more and more like Florida won't be dodging this one. And a category IV at that. Latest predicted track has it coming up the east coast with the center just off shore. But it is so big the whole state will be affected. Not to mention Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia.
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Posted:
Mon Oct 03, 2016 9:14 pm
by chappy
Wishing you luck Bob, stay safe
Bob
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Posted:
Mon Oct 03, 2016 9:19 pm
by waaytoomuchintothis
Yep. You know we're watching it like a hawk!
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Mon Oct 03, 2016 9:20 pm
by HomeRacingWorld
Yes, wishing the best.
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Mon Oct 03, 2016 10:22 pm
by TsgtRet
:roll: ......North Carolina :| AND we just got washed away last Wednesday night!
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Tue Oct 04, 2016 7:41 am
by dreinecke
Be safe Bob and everyone in the path. The LT is down at Patrick AFB and my sister lives in Jupiter - this could get ugly. The fetching Mrs. Reinecke's family is on the west coast so hopefully they are spared.
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Posted:
Thu Oct 06, 2016 12:24 pm
by Modlerbob
Well it looks like the bad stuff will start tonight. I anticipate that we will be losing power sometime in the next 24 hours. And it will probably be off for several days. I'll check back in concerning my status as soon as I can after the storm passes. If we do lose power I may go to Orlando and stay with a nephew who has offered to take me and my dog in
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Thu Oct 06, 2016 1:03 pm
by bookie
Hang tight Bob you never know when one of them suckers will make the big turn. I lived on the Florida's West Coast (Bradenton) for about 10 years and kept ducking them there
Cover the Track good.
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Thu Oct 06, 2016 1:48 pm
by Z-carfan
Stay safe Bob, hope it stays off shore.
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Thu Oct 06, 2016 3:06 pm
by pastor bubba
Good luck and stay safe.
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Thu Oct 06, 2016 3:57 pm
by Retro Racer 44
So do you stay put or evacuate? If the latter, where do you go? I remember when I was 10 years old, Hurricane Hazel hit Toronto with high winds and tons of rain. We just got the tail end of it but it was a big one for Toronto in those days. I can't imagine a storm with winds above 200 kph. So which is the better deal in these cases, a Honda generator or a Honda water pump?
Whichever you plan to do, I hope you have boarded up the windows.
Stay safe
Keith
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Posted:
Thu Oct 06, 2016 5:11 pm
by strangebrew
I was Navy in Pensacola for Camille & had master of arms duty in a 2 story wooden barracks the night it hit.
Lucky for me it went more Alabama's way. Most folks then had Hurricane parties instead of evacuating.
Hold tight.
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Thu Oct 06, 2016 6:01 pm
by waaytoomuchintothis
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Thu Oct 06, 2016 7:00 pm
by ccobra
Uh OH, I'm scheduled to go to South Carolina next week, Maybe I should set that back a few weeks, you think? Agreed with the above posts, when I was younger and stationed at England AFB, just outside Alexandria, LA, we would get 10 pounds of fresh shrimp, 5lbs of charcoal, and a case of beer and go on a Hurricane watch. Now that I'm a little older and hopefully a little wiser, I see no problem with hitting the storm cellar or just head for the hills. Only problem with heading for the hills in FL is that magic mountain is the highest point. Anyway be safe down there.
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Fri Oct 07, 2016 5:06 pm
by Modlerbob
I bailed out at the last minute and drove to my nephew's house in Orlando to spend last night. Thankfully for those of us who were inland from the coast the eye vered north and stayed off shore. I came home this afternoon and there was very little damage, just some aluminum trim pieces were blown off. The neighbors that stayed said the power never went off. So, round one is over but forecasters are predicting the storm will loop around and head back toward Florida early next week.