Hunkering down

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Leaving to the Atlanta area or further N is the "safe" and smart thing to do. There is no where safe in Florida.
Nearly the whole state will be under water, even the structures which survive the Cat 4 winds. Irma will be sucking up a lot of hot energy and water in the day it spends passing by Andros Island in the Bahamas (water there is 90+ F.)
This storm dwarfs Andrew (the most destructive Florida hurricane in US history destroying or damaging 185,000 structures and costing nearly 27 BILLION dollars) because of its geographical size, storm surge and rain content. It will not quickly fizzle out hitting the coast.
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[GeneralGamer]

Originally Posted by -Pv-

Leaving to the Atlanta area or further N is the "safe" and smart thing to do. There is no where safe in Florida.
Nearly the whole state will be under water, even the structures which survive the Cat 4 winds. Irma will be sucking up a lot of hot energy and water in the day it spends passing by Andros Island in the Bahamas (water there is 90+ F.)
This storm dwarfs Andrew (the most destructive Florida hurricane in US history destroying or damaging 185,000 structures and costing nearly 27 BILLION dollars) because of its geographical size, storm surge and rain content. It will not quickly fizzle out hitting the coast.
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Prepare don't panic. This storm is a wind event, not a rain event. Watch this video all the way thru for some good honest info on the hurricane. All Florida will NOT be underwater. That's bad info to spread panic. Florida has the WORLD"S best canal and water system to get rid of any possible floods. If you live west of I95 it's much safer. We live close to Darci.

Say safe on your trip as I95 and the expressway are parking lots. Where I live it would take 7 hours to reach the Florida Georgia border on a normal day. So with the jams now it might be 2 days lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dutCnwSw9Y

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Andrew passed through S Florida then went out to sea. This one will track all the way up the majority of the state spending a day and half doing so. Harvey proved people cannot build drainage systems capable of handling this much destruction, especially when the drainage has no where to go.

I concede you appear to live right in the center of the state with an average elevation of ~130 feet. Hope your home doesn't get the roof torn off. The higher the elevation, the closer you are to the more destructive wind speeds.
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[GeneralGamer]

Thanks for you're concern I won't debate this however. I'll just say that Andrew was 30 years ago. Many regulations in home construction, canal drainage, etc. have improved greatly since then.

But we can't predict the damage yet. We can only hope for the best.