You'll be good, better off than sitting on I-95 while it blows over. If
you need to head up north at any point, let me know, plenty of room at
the inn and I think we'll do pretty well.
--R
On 9/9/17 1:35 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
There’s little to be gained by leaving unless your property is in a flood zone.
Our house was built to hurricane code less than 20 years ago, and even at that
time the changes to the code were substantial due to the devastation Andrew
wreaked on south Florida. As long as we can protect the openings, like the
windows, we should be fine.
Worst part might be the loss of power, but our area has all underground
utilities and is fed by two different utility substations on a loop feeder.
That means no matter which one comes back up first, we get juice. The
transmission lines that serve the substations are primary feeders, meaning they
have priority over everything else when it comes to restoring service.
We’ve got water, a generator, plenty of fuel and food. If we had to live
without power or the ability to get out, we could easily survive a week.
That’s not to say I would like it, but you have to do what you have to do.
There’s no question this is going to suck big time, especially since we’ll be
getting it overnight, but we’ll get through safely. I was having major league
anxiety over all this up until today, but now that I’m convinced we’re properly
prepared I feel a lot better. By tomorrow mid-day all we’ll be able to do is
hunker down and ride it out.
Sucks to miss the ‘Q, too. Next year.
-D
On Sep 9, 2017, at 1:20 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
Well the difference is we do not have days or weeks advanced warning, we have
minutes usually. They are not 400 miles wide, or 50 miles wide at the eye.
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