Loading ...“I can’t speak for treefrog, Alex or aurum, as they are in the northern part of Florida.”
We have lived here on Amelia Island for almost 30 years. Fortunately, Idalia went well to the west of us as TropicalTidbits had projected so we did not evacuate. We tend to evacuate more often than we did in the early years because in high winds the bridges close and also there can be no emergency services. We are not as rugged as we once were. Of course we often lose power and sometimes for days. Making coffee on a grill or camp fire takes patience and my wife is not patient in the morning when she wants her cuppa. Also we have many large oak trees of varying types some of which (like water oaks) fall in high winds and crush houses. For these reasons we usually evacuate to a pet friendly hotel about 40 miles inland on high ground and with reliable power. Although once they did run out of food. Fortunately they had plenty of beer. When they ran out of food, I bought carryout from an Indian restaurant down the street. I asked the owner if he was going to stay open. He replied “Once you have been through a typhoon in India this is just a windy day.”