Hurricane Milton

[cleavers]

I’ve lived here for 9 years and it’s the 4th hurricane in the area and the only one to cause damage, the other 3 were ‘weakening’ by the time the came near the area. That’s 8 days out of 3,200 odd days.

This one also weakened just in time too, sorry for the damage, but I know it's better than you originally expected.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Whilst we can all feel relieved that MES’s house has survived intact, the garage and the porch has been slightly damaged, but we are all extremely disappointed and saddened to learn that his Morrissey music collection is undamaged.

Bastard!

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Do u feel youve had a win?

Compared to what my neighbour told me over a phone call yesterday it certainly was a win. The house is very much habitable whilst I sell my arse to raise funds to get it fixed

 

[Bill Walker]

Fortunately nobody was hurt and the repair work needed doesn’t look as if it will take that long

I imagine tradies will be booked up for months and prices will treble..

Glad the house is okay mes.

Just chuck all the Smiths crap in the bin. :)

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

The house is very much habitable whilst I sell my arse to raise funds to get it fixed

I think you once posted a picture of what you look like on here. And going off that I can't see you raising much money, even if you have your arse in the air and you're biting the pillow 24/7.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Glad it has been great!

Still not sure buying property on either coast of Florida is a good long term investment, though.

How are your insurance costs?

That’s the thing. My home is in Riverview - 12 or so miles from downtown Tampa and 45 / 50 mins from Clearwater / St Pete and about the same south to Bradenton beach. So a bit like Manchester to Blackpool travel wise (both are slightly nearer distance wise but as you come off the highway you then have traffic light after traffic light.
So you don’t have to buy near to the coast as inland is accessible and also cheaper!

If you are over 55 and interested in a hurricane proof (Cat 3) mobile home just outside Tampa then let me know ;)

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

This one also weakened just in time too, sorry for the damage, but I know it's better than you originally expected.

Thanks for your support again - speak to you next October lol

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

I think you once posted a picture of what you look like on here. And going off that I can't see you raising much money, even if you have your arse in the air and you're biting the pillow 24/7.

I think I may have posted a picture of me in the eggheads team once. It was so long ago I can’t recall if it was on here or just Facebook….. indeed that may come as a shock to some of you as I don’t think I’ve mentioned it on here apart from one time that I was on the said programme….

 

[Bill Walker]

I think you once posted a picture of what you look like on here. And going off that I can't see you raising much money, even if you have your arse in the air and you're biting the pillow 24/7.

Drone would probably be interested though..

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Drone would probably be interested though..

He’s already blowing my pm’s section up

 

[Brightwell’s left peg]

It's as of Mother Nature is saying humans shouldn't live in Florida.

I’ve been to Florida…and based on the species of human down there I’d say Mother Nature is halfway there.

 

[SebastianBlue]

That’s the thing. My home is in Riverview - 12 or so miles from downtown Tampa and 45 / 50 mins from Clearwater / St Pete and about the same south to Bradenton beach. So a bit like Manchester to Blackpool travel wise (both are slightly nearer distance wise but as you come off the highway you then have traffic light after traffic light.
So you don’t have to buy near to the coast as inland is accessible and also cheaper!

If you are over 55 and interested in a hurricane proof (Cat 3) mobile home just outside Tampa then let me know ;)

Would you except a very nice bridge in the tristate area in exchange?

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Would you except a very nice bridge in the tristate area in exchange?

Don’t get it. (I know it’s said in jest but don’t understand it)

 

[SebastianBlue]

Don’t get it. (I know it’s said in jest but don’t understand it)

It’s a joke about selling the Brooklyn Bridge (tristate area is NY, NJ, and CT).

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

It’s a joke about selling the Brooklyn Bridge (tristate area is NY, NJ, and CT).

Yeah knew the tri state but didn’t get the bridge connection as not heard about that. Thought you may have meant Baltimore but knew Maryland wasn’t part of it

 

[Wayneclarkemunchescarrots]

That’s the thing. My home is in Riverview - 12 or so miles from downtown Tampa and 45 / 50 mins from Clearwater / St Pete and about the same south to Bradenton beach. So a bit like Manchester to Blackpool travel wise (both are slightly nearer distance wise but as you come off the highway you then have traffic light after traffic light.
So you don’t have to buy near to the coast as inland is accessible and also cheaper!

If you are over 55 and interested in a hurricane proof (Cat 3) mobile home just outside Tampa then let me know ;)

Slightly more mobile now as some of the weight is off the roof

 

[cleavers]

Thanks for your support again - speak to you next October lol

Hopefully it's done for this year anyway :)

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Slightly more mobile now as some of the weight is off the roof

Thanks! Kick a man while he's down! Ha ha

 

[talkativesprout]

He's just hit Stockport, massive hailstones and rattling of windows

 

[.db.]

I do think it is a fairly safe prediction that these major hurricanes hitting the gulf coast are likely to become more frequent as the years pass, though. And certainly on the Wast coast. Many areas like Miami and the Keys already flood in fairly mundane storms—it will only get worse as heavier rain and storm surge becomes more regular.

That’s based on not only independent climate forecasts but also insurer (and reinsurer) actuary forecasts, hence the property insurance crisis in Florida.

So is buying property in Florida a good long term investment?

There was something on the news this week saying it’s not so much that they’re going to become more frequent as they haven’t noticed an upwards trend with frequency, but it’s that they’re going to become more intense.

The warmer the sea water, the faster and then bigger than storms become.