Hurricane Season brings uneasy feelings in FL

[southerngale]

Hurricane Season brings uneasy feelings to all of us along the coast.

[Camille_2_Katrina]

Hurricane Season brings uneasy feelings to all of us along the coast.

i think this is one of those FLORIDA threads...
do hurricanes ever REALLY hit anywhere else?
I just wish they could get some rain doewn there!
(just kidding)

[feederband]

Hurricane Season brings uneasy feelings to all of us along the coast.

i think this is one of those FLORIDA threads...
do hurricanes ever REALLY hit anywhere else?
I just wish they could get some rain doewn there!
(just kidding)

Everyone knows that all hurricanes must pass though Florida twice before making it to its final destination...Which is usally back to Florida...

[Taffy]

I live in Southwest Florida, Cape Coral. The insurance costs are insane, especially for a home like mine. $2369 is alot of money. I have a mortgage, so I have to carry insurance and forced insurance only covers fire. No theft, no hurricane, just fire. Forced insurance is also several thousands of dollars.. the mortgage companies WANT you to go get your own full coverage.
Anyway. Enough is enough.

[DelrayMorris]

It speaks volumes when the Insurer of last resort, Citizens, is now the #1 Insurer in the state of florida.

Yep, we are going to be moved into Citizen's in July, as Poe's company, Atlantic Preferred Insurance, is going bankrupt. Many of the people at work who got their policies dropped are having a really tough time finding new insurance that isn't Citizens. It's going to be VERY hard to afford this. Ours already doubled after Frances and Jeanne, so who knows what our insurance is going to go up to in September/October.

[sunflowerkist]

It really and truly makes one wonder if the land of sunshine and insurance premiums should just be given back to the sharks and gators. Or people should build shacks that collapse in the storm and not insure them at all. Then go back when its over and rebuild the shack again. Would be cheaper in the long run and no one would get the idea it is supposed to be permanent.

[Taffy]

Not a bad idea!

[dhweather]

I think there's a lot of people more uneasy in Mississippi, Louisiana and
extreme Northeast Texas and extreme Southwest Alabama.

I realize that many of the storm2k posters are in Florida, however,
the rest of us are just as, if not more, concerned that 2006 could
eliminate NOLA and coastal Mississippi, for example.

[skysummit]

DH...that's about as accurate as you can get about the people along the north gulf coast. That's the thoughts down here. People are worried we're going to get eliminated this year. Especially that our levees are much worse now than prior to Katrina.

[dhweather]

The damage done to the wetlands in SELA and coastal MS barrier islands
by Katrina was catastrophic. There is virtually no buffer now between the
open GOMEX and the areas most impacted by Katrina.

For example, we had a tight pressure gradient about a months ago, causing
SE winds of 20-30 MPH for about 18 hours. That pushed water up into parts
of Waveland and Bay St. Louis and flooded some low-lying areas that normally
would not flood from such.

Becuase of the geography, cntinental shelf, and other variables that contribute to
storm surge, a category 3 would be as devastating as a full-bore 5 here today.

[jasons2k]

I just want to point out that "Northeast Texas" is nowhere near the coast. It's well inland near Texarkana, Marshall, etc.

The Upper Texas Coast is the coastal region of Southeast Texas.

[SouthFloridawx]

We are worried here in palm beach county about the levees breaking during a storm. You never know what can happen.

[T'Bonz]

It really and truly makes one wonder if the land of sunshine and insurance premiums should just be given back to the sharks and gators.

Methinks the sharks (insurance companies) have been here all along.