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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But you know, living in FL by the coasts...it's a matter of time.  I just simple don't get people who live where you KNOW there are hurricanes coming every damn year.  It's really rolling the dice and hoping for the best EVERY damn year.

Same in CA - You KNOW there is an earthquake coming.  Or, you KNOW there are wildfires and if you live in an area where it's all wooded and there's a drought and it's that hot and this is happening everywhere around you..hmmm..wonder what will happen to me???!

OF COURSE, there is no 100% safe place to live but I'm just saying, if every year, you find these disasters happening v. once every 5 years, that's a different story but these days??

Even to a degree moving to the mountains.  Nobody could have I supposed predicted Helene in W NC but if you live in the mountains, it's not exactly the safest place to live.  Just saying - I would never move to remote towns in the mountains to live and not understand that I'm taking some risks whenever there's weather.  Us humans are pretty fragile beings. We are totally at the mercy of nature.[/quote]

Just saying, every place has its risk, from weather to attack to dying on an icy road.

Overall hurricanes are quite manageable and I’m no Florida fan. [/quote]

It’s just that your comments are completely tone deaf considering the Tampa/St Pete area was just hit by Helene not even close to recovered and they’re about to get slammed with record-breaking storm surge from one of the most rapidly intensifying hurricanes in history. [/quote]

Not PP but not really. I grew up in Tampa and my parents have been there 40 years, in a flood zone. They, like many of their neighbors and friends, have never had a flood or storm damage until Helene. Of course they're on edge right now and questioning their desire to remain living there as hurricane seasons continue to get worse, but it's very easy to understand why people would live there and generally take the gamble with hurricanes. You get plenty of warning and most aren't major storms. [/quote]

My ILs live in Florida very near the coast and are totally unbothered by anything less than Cat 4.  They were in the evacuation zone for Helene, chose to stay, and had no flooding or damage aside from losing power for a couple days.

A "big one" is rare and even then is rarely truly devastating.  Helene was not really devastating for Florida, it was so much worse inland (North Carolina!).   [/quote]

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