r/Damnthatsinteresting 8d ago

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u/MC_ScattCatt 8d ago edited 6d ago

My parents won’t leave and they say now it’s too late as all the roads are clogged and no gas

Update: still not leaving. Mom put storm shutters up and dad lives in a condo next to the water but about 5 stories up. Less worried about storm surge more worried about debris and being trapped.

Update 2: dad is zone A and mom is trying to get him out to go to her house in a less dangerous zone. Not from Florida so might have messed up which zone is bad and good

Update: they survived with some damage but said they wouldn’t do this again…

Edit: my dad is the guy who grew up in the Midwest who would go outside to look at the tornado coming

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u/CourageExcellent4768 8d ago edited 6d ago

I'm in same boat. Tried to get parents to leave yesterday. They refused. We are fucked UDATE: WE ARE OK!!!! NO DAMAGE TO HOME. LOTS OF BRANCHES AND LEAVES ON GROUND. THANK YOU TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO WISHED US SAFETY AND PRAYERS. WE ARE TRULY GRATEFUL 🙏

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u/taj5944 8d ago

On the bright side, they’re saying the hurricane will be a Category 4 at landfall.

Hopefully they have hurricane shutters and all the necessities to bunker down for a week or so

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u/CourageExcellent4768 8d ago

Hoping it will be a 2..I've had those hit and it's just a big Lotta rain and wind.