Who's in the path of Hurricane Irma now a Category 5, with 175 mph winds?

[BigRedChief]

I'll keep the OP updated.

The "code red" app and website will allow you to not just recieve updates via email, voice and or text from your local and national officials but also allow you to report any issues that you have or is occurring now.

Emergency preparedness toolkit:
http://www.myfloridacfo.com/Division...essToolkit.PDF

Get a plan: http://www.floridadisaster.org/GetAPlan/

Comcast is allowing anyone to access any of their 137K wifi hotspots for free until Sept.15th.
http://wifi.xfinity.com

ATT is allowing all users free talk/internet/textbto all customers through Sept. 17th.

Verizon is allowing all users free data

Irma Twitter update:
https://twitter.com/search?q=hurrica...Ctwgr%5Esearch

NOAA Storm surge map:
http://noaa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Map...4dd7b277935fad

NOAA damage exposure predictor:
https://coast.noaa.gov/floodexposure/#/select



If you are a Florida resident and you need some assistance, you can apply here.

https://www.disasterassistance.gov/

What you need to know about flood and homeowners insurance
Get the facts on insurance - what is and isn’t covered under flood and homeowners insurance policies to assist you with filing a claim now.

https://www.consumerreports.org/floo...914_cromc_irma

Find out if your loss is a tax write-off
Uninsured losses caused by a natural disaster may be deductible under federal tax law. If you itemize your taxes, be sure to check with a tax professional to find out if your loss qualifies for the tax write.

https://www.consumerreports.org/floo...914_cromc_irma

Disaster Unemployment Assistance is ACTIVE. Apply today with the State of Florida: https://connect.myflorida.com/Claima...relimInfo.ASPX. For more information on the program, call 1-877-872-5627.

[BucEyedPea]

Originally Posted by lewdog

I could live in Florida and probably would like Tampa more than any other city there.

Central part near coast is not as hot as the southern part.

[lewdog]

Originally Posted by BucEyedPea

Central part near coast is not as hot as the southern part.

Are you in Tampa? I know BRC is located there.

[BucEyedPea]

Originally Posted by lewdog

Are you in Tampa? I know BRC is located there.

I live within what is considered the greater Tampa Bay area, in a bedroom community about 45 minutes NW of downtown Tampa. I am just a couple of blocks from the Gulf Coast though.

Weather today is 93° with 62% humidity. That's not that bad a humidity level. It's been that in NE and even as high as 90%.

So today with no AC it is 89° in my house, because AC shorted out when power came back on and not working. Yesterday it was 91°. Summer ain't over yet.

I am wearing shorts rinsed in cold water and a thin flour cloth tied around my neck, drenched in cold water while I hold a bottle of frozen water on my lap to survive. If I go out I change but everyplace has AC.

I managed to get an old wall AC from a friend installed in my bedroom for a temporary fix but it is so loud. It's not that bad at night with windows open and ceiling fans on but not great either.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Originally Posted by BucEyedPea

I live within what is considered the greater Tampa Bay area, in a bedroom community about 45 minutes NW of downtown Tampa. I am just a couple of blocks from the Gulf Coast though.

Weather today is 93° with 62% humidity. That's not that bad a humidity level. It's been that in NE and even as high as 90%.

So today with no AC it is 89° in my house, because AC shorted out when power came back on and not working. Yesterday it was 91°. Summer ain't over yet.

I am wearing shorts rinsed in cold water and a thin flour cloth tied around my neck, drenched in cold water while I hold a bottle of frozen water on my lap to survive. If I go out I change but everyplace has AC.

I managed to get an old wall AC from a friend installed in my bedroom for a temporary fix but it is so loud. It's not that bad at night with windows open and ceiling fans on but not great either.

Excuse my ignorance but what is a bedroom community ? Is it just a place where people sleep all the time or do all the homes only have bedrooms and no living rooms and kitchens ??

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by lewdog

I could live in Florida and probably would like Tampa more than any other city there.

I don't like Tampa as well as St. Pete. The beaches are over here. Too many places in Tampa and the places where Buceyepea live is just your typical cul-del-sac suburbia. Nothing wrong with that but I've done that for 15 years. We wanted something different.

[Bwana]

Originally Posted by BucEyedPea

****in A! It's gonna be another year 2004. Can't stand it.

Looks like it, meet Maria and Lee.

[lewdog]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

I don't like Tampa as well as St. Pete. The beaches are over here. Too many places in Tampa and the places where Buceyepea live is just your typical cul-del-sac suburbia. Nothing wrong with that but I've done that for 15 years. We wanted something different.

Good to know. And I was more just generalizing that entire area as my preference over something like Miami, Orlando or Jacksonville. I think Florida is pretty unique and it would rock having that beach access and water.

[FlaChief58]

Originally Posted by Hog Farmer

Excuse my ignorance but what is a bedroom community ? Is it just a place where people sleep all the time or do all the homes only have bedrooms and no living rooms and kitchens ??

It's a previously under developed area where housing and land are cheap compared to the city. Developers build like crazy and lure city folk there and **** our once quaint little town

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by BucEyedPea

Now, now, no D.C. talk in here.

Different swamp.

Originally Posted by BucEyedPea

I live within what is considered the greater Tampa Bay area, in a bedroom community about 45 minutes NW of downtown Tampa. I am just a couple of blocks from the Gulf Coast though.

Weather today is 93° with 62% humidity. That's not that bad a humidity level. It's been that in NE and even as high as 90%.

So today with no AC it is 89° in my house, because AC shorted out when power came back on and not working. Yesterday it was 91°. Summer ain't over yet.

I am wearing shorts rinsed in cold water and a thin flour cloth tied around my neck, drenched in cold water while I hold a bottle of frozen water on my lap to survive. If I go out I change but everyplace has AC.

I managed to get an old wall AC from a friend installed in my bedroom for a temporary fix but it is so loud. It's not that bad at night with windows open and ceiling fans on but not great either.

If be a dead **** with 93/62. Like all dead. Not just mostly dead. All dead.

[GloryDayz]

Originally Posted by BucEyedPea

I disagree. Heat waves in the MidWest are much like they are in New England with the same humidity. We just have more days like that here. But in NE the ocean provides some breezes if you're on one.



With AC-not any more. Not that I moved here for weather reasons. I rather like snow.

Lump sum total, we have more days to enjoy outside weather—with the exception of summer. I treat summer like winter was once to me—our period of staying indoors.

I spend tons of time outside, all year round. But when I retire, it's one of the happy countries for me (I hope)... And they're happy because they're not hot..

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by lewdog

Good to know. And I was more just generalizing that entire area as my preference over something like Miami, Orlando or Jacksonville. I think Florida is pretty unique and it would rock having that beach access and water.

we are blessed. Many here think It's the Indian burial grounds that protect us.



“What we dodged is incredible,” St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman (D) said. “All you have to do is look at Naples and the Keys. Naples had wind gusts of 142 miles per hour.” The same winds would have wreaked havoc on St. Petersburg. “We’re a peninsula on the Florida peninsula. I feel incredibly fortunate for us.”

[Scooter LaCanforno]

Just got power and Internet back today. Had generator running all week. Hell week is over. Lost trees and all my fencing. I spent the last few days rebuilding the fences. I bought (25) 4x4 posts a few days before the storm. Good move on my part, all stores are sold out.

[OldSchool]

Originally Posted by Scooter LaCanforno

Just got power and Internet back today. Had generator running all week. Hell week is over. Lost trees and all my fencing. I spent the last few days rebuilding the fences. I bought (25) 4x4 posts a few days before the storm. Good move on my part, all stores are sold out.

Good to hear you made it out ok aside from the fencing and trees.

[MIAdragon]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

we are blessed. Many here think It's the Indian burial grounds that protect us.



“What we dodged is incredible,” St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman (D) said. “All you have to do is look at Naples and the Keys. Naples had wind gusts of 142 miles per hour.” The same winds would have wreaked havoc on St. Petersburg. “We’re a peninsula on the Florida peninsula. I feel incredibly fortunate for us.”

Yes that's what protected you, if only they could have protected themselves back in the day.

[DaKCMan AP]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

I don't like Tampa as well as St. Pete. The beaches are over here. Too many places in Tampa and the places where Buceyepea live is just your typical cul-del-sac suburbia. Nothing wrong with that but I've done that for 15 years. We wanted something different.

Dude, not accurate. There are parts of Tampa (Westchase, Carrollwood, etc.) like that but the South Tampa peninsula, including downtown, Davis Island, and Harbor Island is nothing like that. South Tampa is basically a richer downtown Saint Pete area. Great non-chain restaurants, shops/boutiques, Bayshore and the Riverwalk. The Hyde Park/Palma Ceia South Tampa area is absolutely not a cul-de-sac suburbia and less so than the neighborhood you live in.