Here we go again- hurricane Milton

[Hey-O]

Honestly, we may just want to consider turning FL into a nature preserve. Its always been a risk to live in hurricane alley, but forward looking trends are not good.

Good luck to all who are in the path.

I have many friends and family that live in Florida and two left after a little more than a year. I have always pick my homes according to liability. One friend left because of the heat. I have one friend that got hit with a special assessment of 20,000 dollars on a condo. No thanks.

 

[sam dupont]

Hurricane Milton is a liberal plot? $750 is all they get?
DHS report on former President Trump's hurricane record:
https://www.oig.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/assets/2020-09/OIG-20-76-Sep20.pdf

In addition, FEMA’s mismanagement of transportation contracts included multiple contracting violations and policy contraventions. These violations occurred because of poor acquisition planning that did not address requirements for transoceanic shipments. While we understand FEMA’s priority on expediting commodity shipments to disaster survivors, it overrode the importance of following sound inventory management practices, significantly increasing the potential for fraud, waste, and abuse. Contract costs grew without FEMA having proof that services were performed as required and ultimately led to contract overruns of about $179 million and at least $50 million in questioned costs.

 

[Hey-O]

Hurricane Milton is a liberal plot? $750 is all they get?
DHS report on former President Trump's hurricane record:
https://www.oig.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/assets/2020-09/OIG-20-76-Sep20.pdf

To me, it comes down to one thing. One storm, bad, two storms worse, three storms, terrible and year after year, why stay!!

 

[wahya]

To me, it comes down to one thing. One storm, bad, two storms worse, three storms, terrible and year after year, why stay!!

They keep leaving. Unfortunately they keep coming back.

 

[sam dupont]

Never been, but fishing, snorkeling, beautiful sunsets and blue skies, hunting for pirate treasure... how could anyone not love that? Were I to move there, I would build a house that could survive being submerged and have a rescue boat on the roof.

 

[Dennis H]

West Lakeland, Florida (Central, I-4) mostly unscathed. Minor carport damage. No power.

 

[Hey-O]

Never been, but fishing, snorkeling, beautiful sunsets and blue skies, hunting for pirate treasure... how could anyone not love that? Were I to move there, I would build a house that could survive being submerged and have a rescue boat on the roof.

Your right, but a dreamer. Your house may make it, but good luck getting anything else, like supply's. There are home that made it, surrounded by what looks like a Beirut bombing.

For years my brother would rent a house and go there in the winter for three months. He's done....

 

[#41]

I have many friends and family that live in Florida and two left after a little more than a year. I have always pick my homes according to liability. One friend left because of the heat. I have one friend that got hit with a special assessment of 20,000 dollars on a condo. No thanks.

I also have a bud who moved there, but can't overcome the financial hurdle of getting back out. He has a house, but can't afford home owners insurance anymore. While housing has quadrupled where he came from (and would like to return), his home in FL has barely appreciated in 20 years.

It seems like Milton was a little less damaging than it could have been, so we can all be thankful for that, but I think the financial pressure on Floridians over the coming decades is probably going to be its own hurricane.

 

[Hey-O]

I also have a bud who moved there, but can't overcome the financial hurdle of getting back out. He has a house, but can't afford home owners insurance anymore. While housing has quadrupled where he came from (and would like to return), his home in FL has barely appreciated in 20 years.

It seems like Milton was a little less damaging than it could have been, so we can all be thankful for that, but I think the financial pressure on Floridians over the coming decades is probably going to be its own hurricane.

It's a blessing that the storm was not as bad as first reported. Some think of it as a reason to stay and enjoy their yearly trip down a life of constant anxiety.

People owning a house that is financed can't get away from insurance, atleast not in my world. At some point it's not logical to stay as cost rise faster than the house appreciates, just my opinion.

 

[Cranky]

It's a blessing that the storm was not as bad as first reported. Some think of it as a reason to stay and enjoy their yearly trip down a life of constant anxiety.

People owning a house that is financed can't get away from insurance, atleast not in my world. At some point it's not logical to stay as cost rise faster than the house appreciates, just my opinion.

Thing is, can one afford to move away?? I can't. I'm 50 miles inland and have been in this area since 63. My first home got flooded 3 times due mainly to poor drainage but the place I have now has never had any damage from any hurricane....and no flooding in the last 40 years. So why is my premium jumping like a Mexican jumping bean!?

 

[j-c-c-62]

My sister lives on a barrier island in Vero Beach. For a number of days I finally had her convinced to evacuate. On Wed am she changed her mind much to my chagrin. As water began to rise in her street Wed afternoon she decided to leave to higher ground. As she was packing up a few things to leave at 5:30pm, her dog bolted thru the doggie door like at 100mph, she said, petrified and ran and hid in the closet. My sister worried what had happened to her pet quickly followed and she kneeled down in the closet to consul and hold the shaking dog.
At that moment the roof blew off the entire house, concrete block walls were blown down, all roof trusses torn away and my sister was blown to the opposite side of the room. She only suffered bruises. She credits her dog with saving her life.
The only thing that survived was her closet full of her wearable clothes. Her SUV was also destroyed. The internal house picture shows black sky above, with no roof.
I had for safety evacuated to Alabama days before, I don't mess around.
I think my sister might join me with the next storm, which I'm OK with as long as she brings her dog.

 

[Cranky]

My sister lives on a barrier island in Vero Beach. For a number of days I finally had her convinced to evacuate. On Wed am she changed her mind much to my chagrin. As water began to rise in her street Wed afternoon she decided to leave to higher ground. As she was packing up a few things to leave at 5:30pm, her dog bolted thru the doggie door like at 100mph, she said, petrified and ran and hid in the closet. My sister worried what had happened to her pet quickly followed and she kneeled down in the closet to consul and hold the shaking dog.
At that moment the roof blew off the entire house, concrete block walls were blown down, all roof trusses torn away and my sister was blown to the opposite side of the room. She only suffered bruises. She credits her dog with saving her life.
The only thing that survived was her closet full of her wearable clothes. Her SUV was also destroyed. The internal house picture shows black sky above, with no roof.
I had for safety evacuated to Alabama days before, I don't mess around.
I think my sister might join me with the next storm, which I'm OK with as long as she brings her dog.

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A barrier island and how much of a Cat storm???? Some are plain nuts is sad to say.....

 

[T Brashears]

i have two children and two friends in the path of this one. We were fortunate.

 

[wahya]

My sister lives on a barrier island in Vero Beach. For a number of days I finally had her convinced to evacuate. On Wed am she changed her mind much to my chagrin. As water began to rise in her street Wed afternoon she decided to leave to higher ground. As she was packing up a few things to leave at 5:30pm, her dog bolted thru the doggie door like at 100mph, she said, petrified and ran and hid in the closet. My sister worried what had happened to her pet quickly followed and she kneeled down in the closet to consul and hold the shaking dog.
At that moment the roof blew off the entire house, concrete block walls were blown down, all roof trusses torn away and my sister was blown to the opposite side of the room. She only suffered bruises. She credits her dog with saving her life.
The only thing that survived was her closet full of her wearable clothes. Her SUV was also destroyed. The internal house picture shows black sky above, with no roof.
I had for safety evacuated to Alabama days before, I don't mess around.
I think my sister might join me with the next storm, which I'm OK with as long as she brings her dog.

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That was a crazy day with all those tornadoes. I hear there about 126f them.

 

[Hey-O]

Thing is, can one afford to move away?? I can't. I'm 50 miles inland and have been in this area since 63. My first home got flooded 3 times due mainly to poor drainage but the place I have now has never had any damage from any hurricane....and no flooding in the last 40 years. So why is my premium jumping like a Mexican jumping bean!?

Same reason mine has doubled, spread the cost of the loss around.

Living were you do is nothing compared to Living where it's a constant repeat performance like Florida. Be kind to yourself, sh*t happens. I get that and so should you.

Can people afford to move, the better question is, can they afford to stay. This didn't just happen overnight. Following the weather for all these years would be enough for me. I'm a hold them and fold them kind of guy. I know people who made a killing buying and selling properties down there, doubled their money. I guess at some point it's musical chairs now, someone's left holding the bag. I don't think it's funny, I feel for people suffering. It's just that at some point, I don't get why.

 

[T Brashears]

My son is in the Indian River Sheriff Dept,said they were touching down all over his area.

 

[wahya]

I think it was in 2011 that we were traveling and were very near Joplin, Mo when it got hit. I said nope, I’m out of here.

 

[VANDAN]

Looks like my wife's family rode it out, with minor damage, in the Ft Myers area. Last I heard, the power was out, but there's a major difference in restocking the fridge, and having No fridge to restock...

 

[sam dupont]

My sister lives on a barrier island in Vero Beach. For a number of days I finally had her convinced to evacuate. On Wed am she changed her mind much to my chagrin. As water began to rise in her street Wed afternoon she decided to leave to higher ground. As she was packing up a few things to leave at 5:30pm, her dog bolted thru the doggie door like at 100mph, she said, petrified and ran and hid in the closet. My sister worried what had happened to her pet quickly followed and she kneeled down in the closet to consul and hold the shaking dog.
At that moment the roof blew off the entire house, concrete block walls were blown down, all roof trusses torn away and my sister was blown to the opposite side of the room. She only suffered bruises. She credits her dog with saving her life.
The only thing that survived was her closet full of her wearable clothes. Her SUV was also destroyed. The internal house picture shows black sky above, with no roof.
I had for safety evacuated to Alabama days before, I don't mess around.
I think my sister might join me with the next storm, which I'm OK with as long as she brings her dog.

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Good dog. If she has no basement, that closet was one of the few places with any chance of survival. I was in a parade of cars driving past the Town and Country motel where a tornado had bounced. All of the roof and half the walls were missing from the second floor of one building. It was like a cutaway sculpture or a movie set; a towel was hanging its place and there were glasses around the sink in front of the mirror.. My sister had just cleaned that room.

 

[trishhritz]

My middle child currently lives in Kissimmee and works at Epcot Center said "the storm passed didn’t lose power or anything. Basically slept through the whole thing.”