One of my neighbors that splits between living here and in FL just found out her house in FL has 5 feet of water in it. She has no insurance because she said they wanted $10k for flood insurance.  Just helped her get a flight back there so she can see what might be salvageable. 

blood or money-whatever works for you...

Red Cross Responds as Hurricane Idalia Makes Florida Landfall

 miamizsun wrote:

 miamizsun wrote: 

 miamizsun wrote: 

shameless bump

 miamizsun wrote: 
stay safe gulf peeps      

 miamizsun wrote:
 

who dat?

link still works

hurricane sally could cause serious flooding

hope everyone got out of harms way

stay safe peeps

 Steely_D wrote: 

glad for that

hopefully he'll get lucky with his home

I grew up in the 60s and 70s in Lake Charles.

Watching Laura moving in with wind gusts now 128 and it's not even past the eyewall. It's a Cat4 now, nearly Cat5.

100,000+ without power.

Storm surge predicted at 9 feet in Lake Charles (so it'll flood your second floor apartment), possibly 20 feet in Cameron near the coast, plus there's all the sewerage and wildlife in the water. Horribly dangerous.

My brother's place was on 4 foot pillars, so it's certainly gonna be gone. (He's in FL and safe)

This is gonna be extraordinarily bad.

 miamizsun wrote: 

link still works

hurricane laura will cause serious flooding

hope everyone got out of harms way

stay safe peeps

quite a bit of devastation in the bahamas   

the response/request for all types of goods here in sofla has been very strong

red cross

 sunybuny wrote:
 

Mexico Beach was where one of those HGTV Dream Home giveaway homes was. Hope they kept their insurance up because it's right on the water.

 miamizsun wrote: 
Try Facebook and the pages for the sheriff's or specific county emergency center  (Gulf County Sheriff, etc)

 sunybuny wrote: 
mexico beach is picturesque 

like a postcard of old florida

pretty sure some of the old construction disintegrated

i've been trying to find something on cape san blas but no luck so far

 

 sunybuny wrote: 
Yep, my favorite region for oysters.  I am from Charleston, but prefer Apalachicola.   

 cc_rider wrote: 
The good news , so far, is only two and it appears both were tree related.
Poor Mexico Beach.  And the oyster industry.

 Proclivities wrote:  

if a person is at risk

that person should have a plan, especially if responsible for other people

preferably with more than one option

they're easy to find online

 cc_rider wrote:
 
In recent years a lot of people seem to base whether or not they'll evacuate purely on the Category rating - which is primarily wind speeds - and ignore the rain and surge predictions.  Those are a lot of the folks who drown in flash floods or get their cars washed away in overflowing streams and rivers.  That happened in NC to some extent a few weeks ago.  Still, this storm is at Category 4 - I wouldn't have been sticking around.

 miamizsun wrote:  Yeah, I'm keeping an eye on the updates. Lots of people did not leave, I think there are going to be a significant number of deaths.

Katrina had the same problem: 'Oh, we've been through dozens of hurricanes, we can handle it.'

Let's hope it's not as bad as I'm afraid it is.

I have (ex) relatives in Greenville and Montgomery, they could get hit pretty hard too.
c.

 cc_rider wrote: 

i'm sure we'll see some damage/destruction

edit: mexico beach took it on the chin