What # hurricane would you ride out?

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What # hurricane would you ride out?

#1 Postby cycloneye » Wed Apr 04, 2007 6:19 pm

I can ride a strong tropical storm (70 mph) to a cat 1 hurricane but after my experiences with Hugo (1989) and Georges (1998) no more stronger than a 1.
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#2 Postby JonathanBelles » Wed Apr 04, 2007 6:23 pm

I rose out charly, frances, jeanne, and Dennis, but the worst condition I was in was Charley in Cat 2-3 winds.
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#3 Postby loro-rojo » Wed Apr 04, 2007 6:37 pm

fact789, did you ride out those hurricanes in St. Petersburg? Because if you did, none of those hurricanes brought hurricane force winds to that area. Hurricane Charley created tropical storm force winds in St Pete., but not hurricane (and definately not cat 2-3).

Addressing the original question. After ridding out hurricane Georges in Carolina, PR (and all hurricanes that hit PR until 1999) and after Wilma in West broward county... I would probably ride out anything up to a Cat 2. Anything more than that is strong enough to want to make me evacuate. I might stay for a Cat 3, but definately for nothing stronger.
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#4 Postby JonathanBelles » Wed Apr 04, 2007 6:39 pm

We were in sarasota for most of charley, but my house did sustain damage during some of the reported cat 1-2 wind gusts.
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#5 Postby chris_fit » Wed Apr 04, 2007 6:46 pm

I rode out Charley (In Sarasota, no damage), Frances (In Palm Bay, college shut down for 2 weeks, no water for a few days, no electricity for a week), Jeanne (in Palm Bay, stronger than Frances, but moved in and out), and Wilma (in Palm Bay, no damage, short but fierce)

I live in an apartment complex that seems pretty sturdy, about a mile from the water, not on the key. I was a little nervous with Frances as it was supposed to be a Cat 4+ when it hit Melbourne, and people on this forum even advised me to leave. Most of the city did leave, I stayed (being a weather fanatic and all, but I was prepared.) I plan to stay for anything Cat 4 and below. Cat 5 I will roll out.

What you should "ride out" should vary and depend on where you live, type of building, etc.
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#6 Postby george_r_1961 » Wed Apr 04, 2007 6:57 pm

A strong TS would be enough to make me have to leave since I live in a mobile home. Ernesto taught me that last year. Even though management of the park I live in assured me im safe for a Cat 1 im not dealing with 70 mph gusts again in a 36 year old trailer.
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#7 Postby cajungal » Wed Apr 04, 2007 7:27 pm

I would probably stay for up to a Cat 3. I stayed for Hurricane Andrew in 1992. And had winds sustained at 100 mph with higher gusts and we did fine. But, that was nearly 15 years ago and we lost a lot of land since then. Now my parish of Terrebonne has a mandatory evacution for anything a Cat 3 or above. Hurricane Rita hit 200 miles away yet it sent water all the way to the Houma airbase.
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#8 Postby FlSteel » Wed Apr 04, 2007 8:37 pm

Unfortunatly due to my job, I would probably have to ride out almost any storm if I was scheduled to work. Someone has to get the lights back on after it's all over. But I would evacuate my family for anything over a tropical storm force. It's so hard to get out of FL and if you don't leave early enough you will be stuck. It's been a long time since Jax was hit and the damage here after Frances and Jeanne where we might have seen an 80 mph gust,( I stress might) does not leave me with a good feeling of how things would be after a real storm.
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#9 Postby Jagno » Wed Apr 04, 2007 8:45 pm

For a tropical system and maybe a CAT 1 I move farther inland to my place of business since my home is next to some older mobile homes. Anything stronger and I'm outta this city and possibly the entire state completely.
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#10 Postby baygirl_1 » Wed Apr 04, 2007 8:46 pm

Our plan is to leave for major hurricanes (Cat 3 or higher). It can be a hard call at times, esp. when some storms gain strength rapidly. We have to make sure we're someplace we could get medical care for my Mom-- and that would not be possible at the height of a hurricane. We evacuated like 3 times in the space of a year (Ivan, Dennis, and Katrina), so we're well practiced. But it's still nerve-wracking and something I hope not to repeat for quite awhile! :hmm:
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#11 Postby Tampa Bay Hurricane » Wed Apr 04, 2007 8:53 pm

I would not ride out anything except a tropical storm...any hurricane would put my streets underwater...even a category 1.
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#12 Postby JonathanBelles » Wed Apr 04, 2007 8:59 pm

Tampa Bay Hurricane wrote:I would not ride out anything except a tropical storm...any hurricane would put my streets underwater...even a category 1.


where in St. Petersburg do you live?
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#13 Postby Opal storm » Wed Apr 04, 2007 9:07 pm

Anything over a cat 3 I would probably evacuate to my parents house in Milton.
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#14 Postby gatorcane » Wed Apr 04, 2007 9:13 pm

Here in Boca Raton, FL along the SE coast, anything CAT 2 and above I am gone -- Had Wilma been coming in from the East I would be gone. Winds of 115mph + blowing in across the Atlantic ocean is too much for me.
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#15 Postby canetracker » Wed Apr 04, 2007 9:26 pm

Considering my elevation, surroundings and safety level, I would leave for a Cat 3 or higher.
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#16 Postby GalvestonDuck » Wed Apr 04, 2007 9:37 pm

I'd stay for even a Cat 5, if work required it (as an essential hospital employee). However, not before moving my belongings to higher ground. But, if I had the choice, I'd be off the island for a 1 and further north for anything worse.
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#17 Postby Lindaloo » Wed Apr 04, 2007 9:50 pm

I am not staying for anymore.
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#18 Postby ROCK » Wed Apr 04, 2007 9:56 pm

GalvestonDuck wrote:I'd stay for even a Cat 5, if work required it (as an essential hospital employee). However, not before moving my belongings to higher ground. But, if I had the choice, I'd be off the island for a 1 and further north for anything worse.



Yeah, some of us have to stay around. I work in banking so I know the feeling. My parents are building on the west end against my wishes. Of course they will be staying with me for a 1 with no sea wall for protection.


Here in Pearland I would ride out a 3 into Galveston....I am 30+ miles from the coast so I would expect maybe cat1- low 2 sustained with higher gusts here...Still wouldnt be fun with 5 cats and a dog.... :D
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#19 Postby LSU2001 » Wed Apr 04, 2007 10:03 pm

Cat 2 or higher and I am heading north. I want to be out of the bowl created by the South Lafourche Levees 8-)
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#20 Postby JPmia » Wed Apr 04, 2007 10:23 pm

This is always a good question because I have thought about it many times. My greatest experience with a cane was with Wilma in 2005 and before that Andrew in 92, among other less intense storms over the years. Considering where I live, Wilma was the worst. I have decided that anything below a 3 is ride-out worthy. CBS block homes with shutters down here will stand up to a 3 quite well except maybe for the roof.
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