Hurricane Ian

Both of these posts are right on. The psychological part is rough on some folks for sure. I'm talking before and after the storm also. My wife is a GM of a oceanside hotel here on the sandbar. Whenever a storm comes in she stresses like crazy. Worrying about the hotel, her staff, our house/property, pets, the usual stuff. She's gotten better with it but if it comes in above a cat 2 she goes into full freak out mode. One of her workers stresses out also when the storms are in bound. I, like @xlsdraw get to be the rock. An the rock is always calm. At lest until it hits Cat 4. Then I'm deciding which lucky friend or family member, we might be going to go visit. We've ridden out quite a few, it gets easier, but in the back of your mind your always thinking "this could be THAT one". Like a small voice you can barely hear.

On the aftermath...we've been thankful. Worse damage I've had in the almost 15 years here, is a tree fell on my porch. I've had friends who've lost their roofs, trees fall on the house/trailer, burn down due to down powerlines/etc., flood, etc etc. It's a rough thing to see even if it's not your stuff. Never good to see your community go through such things.

This also! I've seen entire neighborhoods with their stuff on curbs after a big storm. An you'll see a small army of insurance folks going around and doing what they do. Take photos, make sure you even have insurance, and the right kind. Floods and fires can happen just about everywhere. If your a renter, get some renters insurance! Keep an itemized list if possible in a safe place for your important/valuable things. You may not be able to remember all your items and their value after going through a hurricane, tornado, etc.

To those of you who were in the path, I hope everyone is safe and whole.

Sirscrapntruckalot -

 

After seeing how bad other parts of our area got hit I don’t feel so bad
Can’t load a video for who knows what reason but a couple pics
And I managed to smoke a brisket and small prime rib while cleaning up

 

I think all bad storms should be named Karen, Nancy, or Hillary.

 

Local new has people who are complaining to authorities that they gave the mandated evacuation order a day too late
Was Tuesday and they say it should have been Monday

Why is anyone to blame for another person’s ignorance and not looking at the news themselves and making a decision to leave?

Why do these adults need to be handheld all the way to an evacuation order mandate?

This will end up like I80 in Wyoming. They close that at the slightest sign of bad weather
They will have to start mandating evacs when it’s blue skies and sunshine just to cover their butts

 

Three times I've been told to evacuate immediately, and all 3 times i refused to go.

 

I agree with Gypsy they were able to watch the news and determine a safe plan for themselves and their family. The storm was broadcast on the news it was coming for at least a week. And they give a large cone of impact so we know its not 100% accurate but a close prediction.
On a side note I drove down Tuesday stopped in north FL for the night and continued Wednesday morning down to the house and north bound lanes looked passable to me. I remember when Frances and Jeanne hit. I evacuated for Frances as it was forecasted to be much stronger all lanes of the turnpike were made northbound but the real issue was that with everyone trying to leave cars were running out of gas people would just abandon the cars in the highway I95 and the turnpike was a crawl to get out of Florida.

 

I couldn’t agree more, if you choose to stay and ride out the storm, especially on barrier islands. Don’t complain to news crews that no one has shown up to help. They tell you to leave for a reason, and if you decide to stay you should have water and non perishable food to last at least two weeks. I have zero sympathy for these people.