Isn’t that where you were last year? I’m glad you got out of there!
How could I forget you, Rags? Stay safe out there and check in when you can.I've NEVER see the roads this busy. Bumper to bumper down almost every side street and forget about the main streets. Lots of gas stations out of gas, already. Grocery stores look like a tornado went through. Plenty of frozen goods but not a canned good in sight. Water is gone ( but not beer, thankfully! ).
It's getting crazy out there!
And, I might have to work ( our building is directly across the street from the Gulf )!
Water is gone ( but not beer, thankfully! ).
No. It is that the tanks only hold so much and everyone waits to fill up at the same time. Same old, same old.
sounds like the cluster ,,,, in New Orleans for Katrina. Using school buses too late.This post isn't about you and your situation. I'm going to ask for forgiveness for using it as an example. Please bear with me.
Well, I guess they need to break into the bus barns at the school systems.
State of Emergency has been enacted and they have called for a mandatory evac. There are plans that are in place in these situations. They better start working the plan.
I mean the plan was costly and had to be submitted and approved. The money has been spent. Why aren't y'all getting what you paid for?
State of Emergency...where is the NG and FEMA peeps that should be rolling into town to help work the plan?
Should be gas to get out of town if your town calls for evac.
I'm not saying this to be a bitch. I'm pointing this out because all those MF'ers who made "the plan" the tax payers paid for can't get gas to a city they just called a mandatory evac on!
Sorry for using your post to point out the many flaws and hubris that always shines through in these situations.
I just wanted to point out that "the plan", the "people", all of the "support structures"......its all an amazing amount of NOTHING.
And we paid for it...lock, stock, and barrel. We will be paying for it forever.
<sigh>
sounds like the cluster ,,,, in New Orleans for Katrina. Using school buses too late.
My sister-in-law lives in an RV park just south of Tampa. She’ll be leaving early tomorrow to come up here for a few days. Hopefully the traffic won’t be too awful.
I’d hate for her to evacuate to here and have Ian follow. That’s what happened to us with Rita. What a mess!
Prayers going out for friends in Florida- Kathy, Bud, TerryK (anyone heard from/about him lately?), Seabird, Ragnarok, etc, etc. I can’t remember them all. I think thinwater is down there somewhere.
So we have a cold front blowing down from Canada right now, Wed evening it's gonna be real chilly here in central Iowa. What type of an affect/effect does this system have, or will have, on Hurricane Ian?
That is a major factor in the ridging causing this storm to either stall out near the coast or stear northeast.So we have a cold front blowing down from Canada right now, Wed evening it's gonna be real chilly here in central Iowa. What type of an affect/effect does this system have, or will have, on Hurricane Ian?
I don't know where the St. Pete folks are gonna go. If they go north, it's more hurricane. If they go over the bay bridge, they're in Tampa. Ugh.
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Do you feel this is worse than getting slammed all at once and over with, then?
I’ve no idea, have never lived through a hurricane, personally. I just see and read from way up here in Indiana
Prayers for all.
Is Steve Jerve still a weatherman in Tampa? When I was down in Tampa at my fiancée's house waiting for hurricane Charlie to come ashore, we turned on the TV and there was Steve. He's from Minnesota, and was the best friend of one of my college roommates.Mike's Weather Page is saying he expects it to go toward Tampa now.
Where's Mark Mathis when we need running commentary on Ian?!!
If you don't remember him, just Google "insane weatherman"
Thays true. I forgot about the tornados.Way worse because the ground gets saturated. That's when trees start to topple and the longer it is over you, it is spawning tornadoes the whole time.
My sister-in-law lives in an RV park just south of Tampa. She’ll be leaving early tomorrow to come up here for a few days. Hopefully the traffic won’t be too awful.
I’d hate for her to evacuate to here and have Ian follow. That’s what happened to us with Rita. What a mess!
Prayers going out for friends in Florida- Kathy, Bud, TerryK (anyone heard from/about him lately?), Seabird, Ragnarok, etc, etc. I can’t remember them all. I think thinwater is down there somewhere.
I've NEVER see the roads this busy. Bumper to bumper down almost every side street and forget about the main streets. Lots of gas stations out of gas, already. Grocery stores look like a tornado went through. Plenty of frozen goods but not a canned good in sight. Water is gone ( but not beer, thankfully! ).
It's getting crazy out there!
And, I might have to work ( our building is directly across the street from the Gulf )!
Yeah, renters are real fun in hurricanesIt is insanity. Too many northern boobie birds have moved into the state and don't know how to do hurricanes. One daughter's job is shut down because they follow the schools and they are all closed this week. The banks are closed. Gas stations out of gas already. Older son is Emergency Team A and they are going to lock down the hospital starting at 7 pm tomorrow and we probably won't see or hear from him until Friday. Younger son has to work tomorrow ... at a car wash. [nuclear eye roll]. Tomorrow I and doing some early Fall Cleaning if I don't have to field hysterical tenants.
People are losing their minds. It is ridiculous.
I don't get to leave... It's a cluster here. We weren't at all prepared for Irma and they are even less prepared for this one. All they have is what's on hand. Gonna be a mess. The only good thing is that they no longer allow the building to be used as a shelter for employees ( and their families and pets ). It took two months to get the smell of dog and cat excrement out of the buildings after Irma. I just hope there are buildings left after this one. Did I mention we are directly across the street from Tampa Bay? Look on a map that shows Tampa and St. Pete, then look for Gandy Blvd. Once Gandy Blvd hits land on the St. Pete side, we are right there... Literally.Rags, yer company is filling the truck with mobile office stuff and getting ready for the guys to leave in a few hours-day.
RELIC tells me they're giddy as school kids!! (She is in that department now).
FLORIDA SUCKS!At the age of 22 I realized that between family issues and the economy /cost of living in Florida that I would never get anywhere there. I packed up my baby and started over. Best decision I ever made for myself. Now I only go back for funerals. There is only 1 possible family funeral left and he is younger than me.
I don't get to leave... It's a cluster here. We weren't at all prepared for Irma and they are even less prepared for this one. All they have is what's on hand. Gonna be a mess. The only good thing is that they no longer allow the building to be used as a shelter for employees ( and their families and pets ). It took two months to get the smell of dog and cat excrement out of the buildings after Irma. I just hope there are buildings left after this one. Did I mention we are directly across the street from Tampa Bay? Look on a map that shows Tampa and St. Pete, then look for Gandy Blvd. Once Gandy Blvd hits land on the St. Pete side, we are right there... Literally.
She should pack up and leave, right effing now. If she is in an RV, she will get destroyed by this storm and the roads are already packed. ALL the roads are busy, don't think you will find the one magic road that has no traffic. Drive now, rest when safe!Traffic is already awful. She should plan to take alternative routes besides the evacuation routes if possible.