Hurricane Helene thread - Not a football thread but y’all be safe *keep politics, conspiracy theories, and and tinderbox squabbles out of this*

[Lame Duck]

I was swimming in gulf last year… water was actually nearly too hot to be in.  Water like that is a jet fuel for hurricanes.

[CamWhoaaCam]

31 minutes ago, Lame Duck said:

I was swimming in gulf last year… water was actually nearly too hot to be in.  Water like that is a jet fuel for hurricanes.

Hold on playa you swimming out in the middle of ocean water?

 

 

 

[Floppin]

2 minutes ago, CamWhoaaCam said:

Hold on playa you swimming out in the middle of ocean water?

 

 

 

Hold on playa. You think people don't swim at the beach?

[Lame Duck]

I was only 90 miles from Cuba 

[rayzor]

3 hours ago, MillionDollarCam said:

Just got back to NC from Florida after helping some family recovery only to start sandbagging my fathers house. What a time to be alive.

I'm in Florida right now, in Myakka visiting my folks. I was supposed to fly back tomorrow morning but my flight got cancelled. Got a car reservation for in the morning so I'll have to drive through all that mess tomorrow.

[MillionDollarCam]

8 minutes ago, rayzor said:

I'm in Florida right now, in Myakka visiting my folks. I was supposed to fly back tomorrow morning but my flight got cancelled. Got a car reservation for in the morning so I'll have to drive through all that mess tomorrow.

Tolls are suspended so depending on where you are heading don’t forget you can use the expressways like (I4 Express, etc.).

I’m in Orlando and my family is in St. Augustine. Only reason I’m concerned is because my families house sits on the beach in St. Augustine and their road always floods during hurricanes.

Definitely will be thinking about those in the greater Tampa area, it’s going to be horrible.

Edited October 8 by MillionDollarCam

[MillionDollarCam]

3 hours ago, MillionDollarCam said:

Just got back to NC from Florida after helping some family recovery only to start sandbagging my fathers house. What a time to be alive.

Realized I said this wrong, got back from NC to Florida. Had a friend fly me up in his Cessna to help with some family members houses and now I’m back sandbagging more family members houses in Florida.

Edited October 8 by MillionDollarCam

[rayzor]

8 hours ago, MillionDollarCam said:

Tolls are suspended so depending on where you are heading don’t forget you can use the expressways like (I4 Express, etc.).

I didn't know this, but I will definitely try to take advantage of it. Thanks for the heads up!

[LinvilleGorge]

Just FYI 

Morganton is red on this but I'd honestly classify it as yellow. All the major roads are open and pretty much all the businesses that are open are going to have power. Lots of businesses are closed because they got flooded out. Just look at a map. If it's within 100 yards or so of a stream you can assume it's going to be closed indefinitely.

[MillionDollarCam]

3 hours ago, rayzor said:

I didn't know this, but I will definitely try to take advantage of it. Thanks for the heads up!

You can also use the shoulder coming out of Tampa, they are using it as an extra lane.

[jayboogieman]

 

[MillionDollarCam]

37 minutes ago, jayboogieman said:

 

They will be closing at 1PM tomorrow and are likely going to be closed Thursday.

Downtown St. Augustine which is usually full of tourists is completely dead.

[jayboogieman]

1 hour ago, MillionDollarCam said:

They will be closing at 1PM tomorrow and are likely going to be closed Thursday.

Downtown St. Augustine which is usually full of tourists is completely dead.

Honestly, should have been closed today so everyone could get out instead of having to wait to the last minute to do so, especially the dumb tourists.

[CamWhoaaCam]

They are saying Milton could be the worst natural disaster in American history WTF!

 

They are literally telling people to get out of you will die!