? WHY is there People in the HOTELS?

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? WHY is there People in the HOTELS?

#1 Postby rtd2 » Sun Jul 10, 2005 3:15 pm

Coast hotels here were Evacuated But CNN's reported SEVERAL hotels in P'cola area with GUEST?
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#2 Postby tropicstorm » Sun Jul 10, 2005 3:18 pm

Storm Chasers?
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#3 Postby NC George » Sun Jul 10, 2005 3:18 pm

Well, they have to have rooms for the world's most uninformed travelers: The family trying to make it from Houston to SC on I-10 today.
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#4 Postby Brent » Sun Jul 10, 2005 3:20 pm

NC George wrote:Well, they have to have rooms for the world's most uninformed travelers: The family trying to make it from Houston to SC on I-10 today.


I seriously hope they were kidding. :eek:
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#5 Postby rtd2 » Sun Jul 10, 2005 3:20 pm

NC George wrote:Well, they have to have rooms for the world's most uninformed travelers: The family trying to make it from Houston to SC on I-10 today.



Rminds me of the Poor Guy Killed on the 1-10 Bridge! BTW Any reports on that Bridge
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#6 Postby HurryKane » Sun Jul 10, 2005 3:22 pm

Brent wrote:
NC George wrote:Well, they have to have rooms for the world's most uninformed travelers: The family trying to make it from Houston to SC on I-10 today.


I seriously hope they were kidding. :eek:


I don't think they were. It was a family of about six, maybe? and they said they were in a Ford Focus. :eek:
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#7 Postby simplykristi » Sun Jul 10, 2005 3:24 pm

I-10 Bridge has been closed for hours. I believe that all spans of the bridge are intact. Hopefully we will get to see shots of the bridge after the hurricane passes.

Kristi
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#8 Postby rtd2 » Sun Jul 10, 2005 3:29 pm

simplykristi wrote:I-10 Bridge has been closed for hours. I believe that all spans of the bridge are intact. Hopefully we will get to see shots of the bridge after the hurricane passes.

Kristi



Thanks Kristi ?Do you Know if they actually BLOCKED off the Bridge this time? Sure wish they would have During Ivan...
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#9 Postby yzerfan » Sun Jul 10, 2005 3:30 pm

Crestview is 30 miles inland, and is a pretty common place for beach people to evac to.
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#10 Postby simplykristi » Sun Jul 10, 2005 3:32 pm

I don't know. All's I heard that it was closed.

Kristi
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#11 Postby ncbird » Sun Jul 10, 2005 3:37 pm

I would think those people had no idea of what a hurricane really is. From working in a resort I can tell you allot of times the people who have never experienced a hurricane just don't understand that they cover a large area and last for hours and hours. Many think only the ocean front get winds and water, and that once the eye makes landfall it is over... many from inland that have lived in a Tornado area think of them like that. They affect a small area and come and are gone in a short time. It is very hard to explain to someone who has not been through it or has knowledge of hurricanes about them.
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#12 Postby yzerfan » Sun Jul 10, 2005 3:42 pm

In some ways, it's safer to be in a sturdy building in Crestview than to try to make Birmingham or Montgomery. Northern evacuation cities get slammed worse than you'd expect.

We went to Jax because we didn't want to deal with thr inland flooding and tornadoes.
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#13 Postby birdwomn » Sun Jul 10, 2005 4:34 pm

Crestview would typically be a better choice than say, the beach, or Gulf Breeze.

I personally agree witht he idea of evacuating further away, like out of the storm's path. But that is not what is recommended. They recommend you evacuate somewhere nearby by safer, that's waht these people did.
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