Hurricane Irma Truck Tips?
09-07-2017, 12:53 PM
#31
SoFlo5.0_4x4
Yea, you really don't understand unless you're from there. Right now there is no where to get gas. All gas stations are sold out or have hours long lines. There's 6 million people in south Florida alone. It takes about 9 hours to get from Miami to Georgia and that's without traffic. More like 11 to 12 hours to Alabama. You try to leave now and you'll most likely still be on the highway when the hurricane hits. Then where are you gonna go? You go to a shelter in another state? The hurricane might head up that way too. Then good luck trying to get back home. Best bet is to prepare your house and go to a shelter in place. There's high schools in Miami built in the 70s made entirely of concrete that withstood Andrew and various other rough storms. Best bet is to head up there and ride it out. Right now I'm hoping for the best for my family but after it passes, if it's bad enough I might just load up the truck with supplies and drive cross country to help them out.
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09-07-2017, 03:55 PM
#32
Harvey hit me twice. Once in Houston, then Port Arthur. I did lots of water rescues. Houston floods quite easily so I was kind of expecting that. Port Arthur on the other hand, never flooded like that so it caught people by surprise. Going from Houston to Port Arthur normally takes 1.5hrs. Took me almost 5hrs going thru HWY 90 (I-10 was long gone) tackling flooded roads (though somewhat passable). If you don't evacuate until it's mandatory, it's already too late. Prepare early.
Thanks for what you have done. I have family that lost part of their home in that area, so this is important to me.
Thanks for sharing important information, too many folks just don't get it until it is way too late.
09-07-2017, 04:30 PM
#33
Save the Manuals!
Yea, you really don't understand unless you're from there. Right now there is no where to get gas. All gas stations are sold out or have hours long lines. There's 6 million people in south Florida alone. It takes about 9 hours to get from Miami to Georgia and that's without traffic. More like 11 to 12 hours to Alabama. You try to leave now and you'll most likely still be on the highway when the hurricane hits. Then where are you gonna go? You go to a shelter in another state? The hurricane might head up that way too. Then good luck trying to get back home. Best bet is to prepare your house and go to a shelter in place. There's high schools in Miami built in the 70s made entirely of concrete that withstood Andrew and various other rough storms. Best bet is to head up there and ride it out. Right now I'm hoping for the best for my family but after it passes, if it's bad enough I might just load up the truck with supplies and drive cross country to help them out.
09-07-2017, 05:04 PM
#34
Senior Member
If anyone is in doubt about what to do, note this.
The National Weather Service has just declared Irma to be the strongest storm in WORLD history, 185 mph winds for 37 hours straight. Uh oh.
Wherever it hits at those speeds is screwed.
The National Weather Service has just declared Irma to be the strongest storm in WORLD history, 185 mph winds for 37 hours straight. Uh oh.
Wherever it hits at those speeds is screwed.
Irma had sustained winds of 185 mph for 37 hours, the longest any tropical cyclone around the world has maintained that intensity. The previous record was 24 hours, during Super Typhoon Haiyan in the northwest Pacific in 2013.
Last edited by All Hat No Cattle; 09-07-2017 at 05:08 PM.
09-07-2017, 08:47 PM
#35
Senior Member
Just spoke to my cousins. They packed the cars and are driving north. Not knowing where they are going. Just driving north. One cousin is 70 and on oxygen. She sounded nervous about leaving but she said it would be worse if they stay.