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OT: Hurricane Matthew

Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I have lived in Orlando my entire life. Growing up having so many warnings with no real impact made me cynical about these storms and the risk they posed to us in Central Florida.



Hurricane Charley in 2004 changed my view and many others. I loaded up on stuff to grill that afternoon and liquor to drink and then as the afternoon wore on the sky looked incredibly scary and around 6:45 Tom Teary came on Channel 9 and said folks bunker down this storm is going to rip through the I-4 corridor. There was massive damage and power outages for weeks in some cases.



This storm looks very serious and is set to do major damage to many cities in Florida. I am really hoping the experts are wrong as they are predicting 100 MPH sustained winds are going to his us tonight. I live near downtown Orlando and there are a ton of oak trees and pines that can do serious damage. The condominium that I live in is very wooded and lost nearly 100 trees in Charley.



Brevard County is expected to get the worst of it with 145 MPH sustained winds.





There are other board members spread out across Florida and Georgia and I hope everyone and their families make it through the storm with their safety and as little damage as possible.



The next 24 hours are going to be very interesting that is for sure.





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  • travis ttravis t Posts: 1,185 ✭✭✭
    Serious, indeed. Be safe, one and all from this forum, and extended best wishes to anyone who is the storm's path. We have family members with close ties to friends in Miami. I hope they are ok.
  • tsalems1tsalems1 Posts: 3,446 ✭✭✭✭
    Good luck, be safe david
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  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭
    Hoping the storm does not hit the US as hard as some are predicting. Stay safe and God Bless.
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  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,727 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hoping everyone stays safe and that the storm doesn't hit as bad as predicted.


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  • Downtown1974Downtown1974 Posts: 6,851 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Praying for everyone's safety and hoping Mathew takes a hard east turn before hitting Florida.

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  • hyperchipper09hyperchipper09 Posts: 1,455 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yes, the best to anyone caught near that monster. I live in Summerville SC, not far from Charleston probably around 30-35 miles inland so I feel pretty good about myself. But there's some folks in central and upper Florida that may get blasted. Really, really wish it could have made a hard right early and went out to sea. The aftermath of these things, if really bad, are just hell to deal with.
  • thesouthdoesitagainthesouthdoesitagain Posts: 301 ✭✭✭
    My bro-in-law works for the GEMSHA or when theres emergency response for highway saftety he is there..well he got called in yesterday to the main office. Indeed everyone be careful here.I know your weather man keeps changing everyday, well they can't predict it until its on top of you. (that's what I keep saying)
    Pray, everyone is safe.
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  • IronmanfanIronmanfan Posts: 5,492 ✭✭✭✭
    praying that all board members are safe during this storm! heard that both DisneyWorld and Universal are closing down until it passes.........



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  • muffinsmuffins Posts: 469 ✭✭✭
    Just had to cut our trip short from Puerto Rico and rush home.



    Stressing to say the least.



    Luckily I already had hurricane boards pre-cut and ready to hang over the windows tomorrow am.



    However it's the surge that's got me tweaking considering the timing and of an incoming high tide.



    Praying the gulfstream does it's thing and pushes it off shore.



    Looks like it's going to be an impressive one. Just glad to get back home to the little one.



  • MantleMarisFordBerraMantleMarisFordBerra Posts: 1,706 ✭✭✭
    Gainesville, Fl checking in. So far so good, but it's tomorrow when things are scheduled to get "fun". Thank God I was able to convince my mother to come up from West Palm. Things are going to be very hard in this state for a little while after this storm.
  • maddux69maddux69 Posts: 2,150 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Stay safe my friends!
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  • SpinFadeSplash23SpinFadeSplash23 Posts: 909 ✭✭✭
    I'm in Broward County and it jumped just north of me. VERY lucky. Everyone be safe!
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  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Pounding the coast at around 100 mph. That is a huge blessing so far. I got a lot more sleep than I planned on and finally the wind picked up enough to get my little one scared and start pawing at me.



    The next few hours is when it is expected to really pick up. It is looking like we aren't at risk of 100 mph winds and hopefully that stays the case.



    I walked down to a neighbors for a few last night and they were housing a neighbor from their Daytona Beach condo and they were all bracing for their units to get blown out. Scary stuff.
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