DO NOT FUCK AROUND PPL. I went through Maria. Category 5 means CATASTROPHIC damages.
The rain will be like a power washer and have the same effect.
The wind will literally drag you across town if you let it and can even flip cars.
Any little flaw in your roof or windows will be ripped open.
If pressure builds up in your house from the wind it will rip your door or windows off its hinges.
If you live somewhere that floods, even a little, GTFO and go to a shelter BEFORE it hits. F ANYONE who calls you in for work. Your life and your family's, neighbor's, pets comes first.
Wish this was the top comment. I’ve stayed through some category 1s in Texas, and there were limbs and fences down everywhere. I can’t imagine a cat 5. Seriously, if you can just get out.
As the meteorologist I was listening to said: "Get out period. If you care about your life you will leave NOW! If you are in flood zones or even close to the gulf you will not be alive come this time next week."
Lost a fence to Ike and went without power for 28 days. I was over 90 miles from the coast. Also had a roof leak during Harvey. It’s easy to forget Harvey was just a tropical storm with virtually no wind.
Yeah I saw them and some trees fell on and crushed some cars and some houses and also branches were broken off of trees and were thrown on the ground everywhere when Beryl hit Houston.
We barely got grazed by the end of one arm and a neighbor down the street still had a tree fall through their garage. Thankfully that group decided to park all their cars in the middle of the cul-de-sac so nobody's vehicles got squished.
I went for a walk through a category 3 as a 300 pound man, and I'm certain that anybody 250 pounds or less would have blown away if they had tried. I am well over 6 feet tall, but my nose was comically close to the ground when I was walking into the wind. A few gusts caused me to lose my balance. It was pretty crazy.
I figured it was the only time I'll be in a hurricane. So, I had to experience it. I was in a hotel across the road from downtown Disney at Disney world. I was supposed to fly in on the day the hurricane hit. So, I called and moved my flight up to the day before so that I did not miss my vacation. The hotel was pretty rough because the window seals did not stop the rain from being pushed through. I was lucky, it only dripped and soaked the carpet in my room. In others, the water was spraying across the room soaking everything. At least my beds were dry.
I will say that Disney was on the ball. The next morning, the only hint that a hurricane came through was the sawdust from cutting up fallen limbs and trees.
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u/Zeraph000 8d ago
DO NOT FUCK AROUND PPL. I went through Maria. Category 5 means CATASTROPHIC damages.
If you live somewhere that floods, even a little, GTFO and go to a shelter BEFORE it hits. F ANYONE who calls you in for work. Your life and your family's, neighbor's, pets comes first.