Evacuate Florida Now

[SeaCat]

http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/new...g/2010/05/noaa_seven_to_10_hurricanes_li.html

And so the hype begins.

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[JAMESBJOHNSON]

A serious storm hit in a metro area will bankrupt the state.

 

[SeaCat]

A serious storm hit in a metro area will bankrupt the state.

Shit a good sized storm would bankrupt the state.

Can we somehow goad a hurricane into hitting Tallahassee?

On a slightly more serious, but not overly serious note I would love to see a good storm ease it's way slowly north just off the coast. The resulting damage to the high rises along the barier islands due to erosion would be worth all the rain. (And if the Governor then declared that there be no new highrises built on these same islands our insurance rates would at least freeze for a couple of months.)

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[Handley_Page]

Can you dig a decent shelter underground ?

 

[Zeb_Carter]

How many were predicted for last year? How close did they come to that prediction?

 

[WRJames]

Isn't this the same NOAA that somehow decided January was the hottest month on record?

 

[CeriseNoire]

Haha. I can already picture some of my wedding guests getting stuck here.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Shit a good sized storm would bankrupt the state.

Can we somehow goad a hurricane into hitting Tallahassee?

On a slightly more serious, but not overly serious note I would love to see a good storm ease it's way slowly north just off the coast. The resulting damage to the high rises along the barier islands due to erosion would be worth all the rain. (And if the Governor then declared that there be no new highrises built on these same islands our insurance rates would at least freeze for a couple of months.)

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Back in the 1830s St. Joseph, Florida was the largest city between Savannah and New Orleans. My ancestor developed St. Joseph to be a major port, and built the 1st railroad in Florida, to St.Joseph from Georgia. St.Joseph always ranks in the Top 10 Beaches of the world. But in 1843 a hurricane came along and destroyed St. Joseph, washing away pretty nearly everything. The ruins of the light-house are 1/2 mile offshore; the lighthouse was on the beach when the storm came.

Florida State Government is the dominant insurance provider, and if the storm is bad enough the state is bankrupt.

 

[SeaCat]

Can you dig a decent shelter underground ?

Only if it's a submarine.

In most of the state the water table is only a couple of feet below ground level (Hence our not having basements.)

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[SeaCat]

Back in the 1830s St. Joseph, Florida was the largest city between Savannah and New Orleans. My ancestor developed St. Joseph to be a major port, and built the 1st railroad in Florida, to St.Joseph from Georgia. St.Joseph always ranks in the Top 10 Beaches of the world. But in 1843 a hurricane came along and destroyed St. Joseph, washing away pretty nearly everything. The ruins of the light-house are 1/2 mile offshore; the lighthouse was on the beach when the storm came.

Florida State Government is the dominant insurance provider, and if the storm is bad enough the state is bankrupt.

Like I said James, a good sized storm and the state will be bankrupt.

Can you imagine the devestation if some of our larger cities were to be hit by a major storm? I'm talking places like Jacksonville, Ft. Lauderdale or Miami? A good heavy storm coming in from the East would cause such devestation the state would never recover.

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