HAving lived thru several Hurricanes down here, I can only offer this one good piece of advise.......get Hurricane shutters.

Stop going out to eat, spend lees,sacrifice if need be but get em'.

That advise is going out for all, but once all these storms get outta here and the price stabilizes, I will be ordering my accordion shutters asap.

In other words, no more procrastinating for this guy. No way.

I am about to go to Home depot and spend at least 3 friggin hours to purchase plywood in case it is needed.

If I had shutters, I could wait at home with a cocktail in hand.

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Do they work on mobile homes?

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2009 ML350 (106K) - Family vehicle
2001 CLK430 Cabriolet (80K) - Wife's car
2005 BMW 645CI (138K) - My daily driver
2016 Mustang (32K) - Daughter's car

According to the latest news, the current track, barring any deviation has the eye of the storm landing somewhere around Port St. Lucie.

There is a high pressure system that they hope will make it go further North, but that is possible, not probable.

The one htat just hit the West Coast was supposed to hit Tampa/St Pete and deviated in the last few hours.

Let's hope it does a 180 and goes back out to sea.

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Although they only come by here infrequently, I can offer some other hurricane tips for homeowners. Roof tie downs do seem to work. They are the concrete imbedded eye hooks and matching eave hooks, metal straps and plates to increase wind resistance. Not a guarantee, but low cost way to beef up resistance to the wind shearing off the roof.

Forget masking tape on the windows, just a waste of time. However, film tinted windows offer better protection from flying glass. For pure safety, there are high impact laminated glass panes available that can stop flying debris from taking out a picture window or sliding glass door.

Some people are so ignorant in putting masking tape on windows... IGNORANT... argghhh oh, wait, my girlfreind is one of those Thinking of putting masking tape... I give up.... Some people have no idea having never been through hurricanes...

I am as ready as I am ... got my video PS 2 games (hopefully will have power, lol), my laptop, in case no pwer.... Rum, Sambuca, ice, champagne, vodka.... yeap , I am set... oh yeah, got water, canned food, etc.

I gotta find somewhere to park my car, as my parking spot is smack on the water (big lake) ....

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Just got thru watching the Weather Channel. They now rate it as the 4th most powerful in the last 100 years, many times more powerful than Charlie and twice as powerful as Andrew, the last big one. They now expect it to hit central Florida, in the same area Charlie hit. Be careful, man.

Not as useful as wings or a sail.

From what I recall a bicycle with a little basket and a dog named Toto seemed effective.

Mobile homes attract tornadoes so there is no hope...

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1998 ML 320
2002 Jag X-type

Hopefully all of you in Florida have seen the latest advice:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5876681/

This one is looking like the storm of the century, and all the models are beginning to say the same thing - a direct hit on Central Florida. The "ride it out" philosophy may not be wise in this one. The power of this hurricane is equivalent to the one in 1900 that hit Galveston Island, probably the storm of the 20th century, that killed 12,000 people, the largest natural disaster in US history. I would take this one very,very seriously.

Anyone have any ideas on how to calm down a very excitable chocolate labrador?

My brother--in-law has one that goes nuts when he hears thunder, and we will be getting quite a bit of it tomorrow.

I mean he goes friggin berserk.....

7 people, 2 dogs, one crazy, in one house during a hurricane...****...I should drive to Key West, although it will be hard to find a\enough open gas stations.

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[QUOTE=Plantman]Anyone have any ideas on how to calm down a very excitable chocolate labrador?

Doggie tranquilizers. Get them from your veterinarian.

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1994 S350
1987 300 SDL (for sale)

[QUOTE=nhodges]I think I may be out of time for a vet, but I will surely try tomorrow morning if any are open.

Thanks

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Here is the current projected path according to NOAA.

Of course this could change.

I live in that littel squiggly area down South.

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I fixed it. Now you can see my general area, for any of you'll all interested. I live arounds that littel green circle near the lower part of the state.

We have a few forum members. that are in the direct path, so be safe.

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