#3476 Postby Blinhart » Mon Aug 24, 2020 4:54 pm
Steve wrote:Blinhart wrote:Rail Dawg wrote:
When chasing it is always to a parking lot garage nearest landfall. The height above ground and the cement stairwells are a great location. Am still analyzing Laura and I always sleep in the truck. Hotels are impossible except for the news crews who always seem to end up with luxury accommodations lol.
In Michael there were some young chasers with me in the parking garage in Panama City. We knew the eye was going to be about 5 miles to our east (Mexico Beach) and they were determined to go see it. I told them VERY emphatically that they were risking their lives. They were live-streaming on YouTube. They went.
Sure enough I watched the live-stream of their car getting slammed with storm-surge waves and then floating. They bailed and went through the 185 mph winds in a house that they found. I watched houses and businesses explode from the gusts where I was at in the eyewall.
The moral of the story is chasing is a high-risk adventure but if you start small, learn the ropes, have a plan and have an escape plan the risks are greatly reduced.
Chuck
The problem with if you want to do Cameron Parish, there is nothing there that would give you safety from a Cat 3-4 storm surge if it does come in at Sabine Pass, Vermillion Parish is the same way. You wouldn't have any secure locations that you would be able to use, they even evacuate the fire departments, there wouldn't be any place for you to stay. I was talking about for tomorrow night for you to stay and have a good night sleep before heading out Wednesday morning for you scout and find a secure spot.
There are some industrial facilities in Intracoastal City, and he could probably find something safe in Abbeville. But I wouldn't jack around with most of those other little towns. They're surge prone.
That is what I was trying to explain, I wouldn't suggest any storm chasers to go South of Hwy 14 , definitely not Hwy 82
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