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Bev
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Re: Questions
      Sun Aug 17 2008 12:47 AM

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I don't say much but I listen to this site a lot. Here are some thoughts I'd like to share:
  • Folks on this site are astute sources of insight but they are not God. No one knows exactly what a storm will do.
  • The Hurricane center has a lot of smart people working there and they are very rarely wrong. If you listen to what they say in terms of preparedness you won't go wrong.

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I would be cautious about putting too much faith in the NHC's prediction and watch the entire cone. I left my boarded up, stocked, prepared home for Charley, and headed inland since I was on that direct hit line and we were ordered to evacuate. We evacuated to Arcadia and ended up enduring Charley at full Cat. 4 strength in an unboarded, unprepared home. We stepped out to a world that cannot be described once that storm was over. It took a week before roads were cleared enough to allow us to return home. In the meantime we were without provisions. We returned home to find not a single palm frond disturbed and life going on as usual.

So, I'm understandably skeptical of the "experts".

If the NHC says it's going to hit Tampa, it might just hit Ft. Myers instead. So wherever you plan to be, make plans early and prepare the location of where you plan to spend your time regardless of the predictions.

There IS a "cone" for a reason...and where you were located was well within that cone of error. The NHC has done a fabulous job in the last few years and you should be grateful that you had somewhere to come home to..instead of complaining about the place you went to that got so hard hit...weather is a science, not an absolute. I surely hope we don't have to have a repeat conversation about Fay..just bear in mind, my friend, that you, as well as I, are well within that "cone".

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Survived Charley at Cat 4 under a staircase. Won't do that again. I watch SW Florida and Abaco primarily.

Edited by Colleen A. (Sun Aug 17 2008 05:31 AM)

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. * * Re: Just a couple of quick notes... weathernet   Sun Aug 17 2008 06:25 AM
. * * Re: Just a couple of quick notes... scottsvb   Sun Aug 17 2008 06:08 AM
. * * Re: Just a couple of quick notes... weathernet   Sun Aug 17 2008 05:40 AM
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. * * Re: Just a couple of quick notes... LoisCane   Sun Aug 17 2008 02:18 AM
. * * Re: Just a couple of quick notes... Mike N   Sun Aug 17 2008 02:14 AM
. * * Just a couple of quick notes... Clark   Sun Aug 17 2008 01:06 AM
. * * Re: Could Fay turn into a Charley? doug   Sun Aug 17 2008 01:00 AM
. * * Re: Could Fay turn into a Charley? Genesis   Sun Aug 17 2008 12:54 AM
. * * Re: Could Fay turn into a Charley? StormHound   Sun Aug 17 2008 12:47 AM
. * * Re: Questions Bev   Sun Aug 17 2008 12:47 AM
. * * Re: Could Fay turn into a Charley? engicedave   Sun Aug 17 2008 12:40 AM
. * * Re: Could Fay turn into a Charley? weathernet   Sun Aug 17 2008 12:36 AM
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. * * Re: Could Fay turn into a Charley? vineyardsaker   Sun Aug 17 2008 12:31 AM
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. * * Re: Could Fay turn into a Charley? engicedave   Sat Aug 16 2008 11:43 PM
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