Florida in the sights of a "once in a century storm"

[PartySick 172,541]

1 minute ago, artdoll said:

welp

Let's just do what we did last time; blast rain on me until it's over. 

That's what I did

You kept telling me to "gO iNsIdE"

[artdoll 47,164]

2 minutes ago, PartySick said:

That's what I did

You kept telling me to "gO iNsIdE"

I mean... I was playing it too! just from within my bedroom 

but yes, stay inside!

[Foxyy 345]

4 hours ago, Economy said:

In Japan its Tsunamis and Earthquakes, In Southern Europe & California its horrible forest fires every year and sometimes droughts... in the North its ice storms and snow storms (yes they kill too) 

 

U cant escape it. The Earth is filled with disasters in every area

You make a good point....

[PartySick 172,541]

21 minutes ago, artdoll said:

I mean... I was playing it too! just from within my bedroom 

but yes, stay inside!

If you think I'm staying inside for this you're crazy

[Economy 52,854]

9 hours ago, Foxyy said:

You make a good point....

But I agree severe hurricane prone areas is worse than most

[LateToCult 41,848]

15 hours ago, PartySick said:

Oh yeah, FEMA funds are going to illegal aliens or whatever

What's super sad is that people like my Mexican step mother actually believe that

Tell her “con el nopal en la frente” the next time she says some Trumpy ish. 

[ChicaSkas 24,038]

13 hours ago, PartySick said:

If you think I'm staying inside for this you're crazy

Dude. I need you to be in one piece when you come to visit, not arms and legs all over florida

[sarahb 17,188]

My roommate: "Hey what are you doing for the hurricane? Did you buy water?"

Me in my head: "Wait I thought that water you bought yesterday was for all of us"

Me: "Uh, no" 

[holy scheisse 22,930]

Bruh as much as I sometimes miss things about living in florida… i‘M very grateful to not have to deal with this sh*t anymore. Stay safe everybody  

[TylerMedeiros 850]

I live in Fort Lauderdale and it’s been raining and flooding even prior to Helene. My aunt and uncle just evacuated here from Cedar Key, FL not even two weeks ago. Begged them to come here but instead they chose to drive south and more towards eye of storm and get a hotel room in Ocala.

like wut.

 

even my neighbors are booking hotels and doing major prep. Which they’re usually the one who always think I’m crazy for panicking. I’m not, I’m planning.

 

I’m a Hurricane Katrina survivor and the amount of dead bodies and devastation I saw at such a young age - I don’t play when it comes to these storms. No one should. But sometimes, people don’t know until it happens to them.

 

Praying for everyone

[StarstruckIllusion 53,565]

5 hours ago, TylerMedeiros said:

I live in Fort Lauderdale and it’s been raining and flooding even prior to Helene. My aunt and uncle just evacuated here from Cedar Key, FL not even two weeks ago. Begged them to come here but instead they chose to drive south and more towards eye of storm and get a hotel room in Ocala.

like wut.

 

even my neighbors are booking hotels and doing major prep. Which they’re usually the one who always think I’m crazy for panicking. I’m not, I’m planning.

 

I’m a Hurricane Katrina survivor and the amount of dead bodies and devastation I saw at such a young age - I don’t play when it comes to these storms. No one should. But sometimes, people don’t know until it happens to them.

 

Praying for everyone

I’m watching this youtube livestream and the meteorologist said Ocala is not a safe place to be for the storm. The rainfall is going to be a big disaster. 

Landfall is about 25 hours away so I hope they change their minds 

[Ivy 13,721]

On 10/7/2024 at 5:24 PM, PartySick said:

The last model I saw has this bitch sitting directly over my house as a category 3 and I'll be getting off light compared to the west side of the state

I fear the Tampa/Fort Myers area is gonna be washed out completely

 

@PartySick I'm near to where you are -pls tell, if I'm on the barrier island do u think I need to evacuate?

[PartySick 172,541]

41 minutes ago, Ivy said:

 

@PartySick I'm near to where you are -pls tell, if I'm on the barrier island do u think I need to evacuate?

I would evacuate to the mainland at least tbh. Idk what area you're at exactly but we've had a few storms come through that weren't even necessarily severe (cat 1 or 2) that totally flooded out parts of Merritt Island and KSC making them almost inaccessible for days or weeks

This storm in particular is supposed to move and dump A LOT of water so flooding is a huge risk.

[PartySick 172,541]

Lots of people think I'm a psycho or insensitive at least for my feelings towards these storms but honestly? All you can is prepare for them. No amount of stress or anxiety will make Milton turn around so I might as well indulge in how fascinating these storms are and how silly Florida culture is sometimes.

We all joke about "if you evacuate, take that Salt Life sticker off your truck!" but the people in this state never do feel this human until one of these storms is barreling towards us.

No MAGA hats, no "blue no matter who", no homophobia or christian fascism, just people who want to survive and help their community

And that's my justification for hurricane jokes

[Ivy 13,721]

1 hour ago, PartySick said:

I would evacuate to the mainland at least tbh. Idk what area you're at exactly but we've had a few storms come through that weren't even necessarily severe (cat 1 or 2) that totally flooded out parts of Merritt Island and KSC making them almost inaccessible for days or weeks

This storm in particular is supposed to move and dump A LOT of water so flooding is a huge risk.

Fck okay 

I'm more south from there but still in the path. Thank you I'll probably try to leave