latitude_20 wrote:HDGator wrote:boca wrote:Stuck here in South Florida can't leave its s gridlock
It looks like Alligator Alley and I-75 are clear up to Wildwood. The slowdowns there should clear by the time you get there later tonight if you want to head out. Not sure whether you're going into GA or west into AL and how things would develop tomorrow morning but you have options.
Or you can ride it out here with us diehards that will be hanging on for dear life.
Just my humble opinion, but you might want to think twice about using the term "clear", when the situation is really in a state of flux. As for encouraging people to stay as a Cat 5 makes landfall, my best friends who have lived in Florida for decades are saying anyone who attempts to ride this one out is a fool.
We are slightly OT here, but, yeah... People should be referred to pics of damage in the path of Andrew's core as it plowed through S. FL. I have a good friend who was just North of the worst of it. In that path, it looked like a gigantic, strong F5 tornado had gone through. Or "God's lawnmower" as one person termed it. Everything but the very strongest buildings was just... obliterated, in some of the pics.
I know the building codes are much more stringent now, but, still...