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Yikes - where are you now?
Hurricane Idalia
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Yikes - where are you now?
- Oct 15, 2014
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Live Oak.
- Jun 5, 2014
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You going to hang out there?
- Oct 15, 2014
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Yeah we are staying.
- Jun 5, 2014
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I wouldn't expect you to have power long. Assuming you survive, do you have a generator?
- Oct 15, 2014
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Yeah I have a whole house generator and several gallons of gas for it. I have a brick house with a metal roof which I know doesnt make it safe but I am also a refuge for other family members that live in mobile homes. I also have 5 dogs. One is a 170 pound great perinse and a 90 pound lab. Nowhere to go with all. I live in the country and 90% of my neighbors are staying as well. Could very well be a bad decision.
- Jun 5, 2014
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Having the full house generator makes it a much easier decision. It's not like you have to worry about the wind speeds blowing your house away. I'm assuming aren't close enough to any coast to have to worry about flooding.
- Oct 15, 2014
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I am 100 miles inland. 4 miles from the Suwannee river.
- Jun 5, 2014
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In your shoes, I don't think I would leave either. Maybe if it was a Cat 5.
- Oct 15, 2014
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Yeah thats kinda how we figured. I always get nervous regardless. I will be glad when its over.
- Aug 17, 2018
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I'm on the other side of the river; but do know where you're talking about--great area. Whitey's Fish Camp is always a fun spot to take the boat and Mercury Moon is another great hole in the wall--though Southern Social is the spot for all the "in" crowd these days.
- Apr 3, 2016
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From someone who took Cat4 Ida on the chin, direct hit and only 60 miles inland, my family is praying for each of you in this storms path. I wish you all the best and hope you can stay safe. I’ll be thinking of you Gators, please take care of your families first, property and replaceable’s last. God bless
Go Gators
Go Gators
- Jun 19, 2014
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I pronounce it like Vidalia without the V.
Sounds like a cute old meemaw who makes really good biscuits and says “bless yore heart”
Alex.
Sounds like a cute old meemaw who makes really good biscuits and says “bless yore heart”
Alex.
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- Jul 29, 2014
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Good luck...hope everything is OK for you.
- Dec 23, 2015
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On a serious note, I spent a lot of time in the impact zone of Hurricane Michael. There was notably less structural damage to homes with metal roofs, but there weren't that many of them. Other than those directly impacted by trees, they seemed to fair much better than traditional roofing. This is however in no way an accurate survey or endorsement, just a something that caught my attention.
- Jul 29, 2014
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Still going straight north.....almost parallel with Orlando now....if we don't get anything in the next hour we just aren't going to get it at all...
