Again for a few hours to run errands and come back to skim through and catch up. Wow people, you'd think on a Disney forum people would be nicer to each other. Nasty is the theme here. Last year we had a Matthew thread that was such a big help, so much positive energy, people really supporting each other. My have things changed.
My opinion is better than your opinion ... it's like children fighting. This thread is totally pointless, zero value, because most with the strongest opinions do not seem to be in Florida, are not going to Florida and have no interests in Florida so .......
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to those are are in Florida whether living or visiting, and those like myself who are not in Florida but left a home and family in harms way ... positive thoughts, good luck, take no risks and avoid negativity.
Is it seriously THAT hard not to judge people? Oh my goodness. I'm about to towel the towel on this thread.
If people decide to come it not is their personal choice. The cm will have to be at the parks and resorts regardless.
I have decided to leave the moderation of this thread to others.
I want to remind posters that the "ignore" option is available for those troll posters that don't contribute at all to this thread
Also the report option is available and another moderator or webmasters will take care of it
As for me, I'll be checking into AoA tomorrow with my family, live streaming from dhs and mk tomorrow then from the resort on Sunday and Monday as long as is safe to do so.
MTFBWY
Obviously it is very hard for people to mind their own business, not judge or be insulting and stay focused on helping folks navigate their DISNEY reservations, what to expect in hotels etc. I don't blame you.
Take care of you and the kids, be safe.
Maybe we should start making suggestions for things/activities families can do with their kids while confined to rooms waiting out the storm. Lots of games you can play with a deck of cards or no cards at all.
I have also seen some of those travel games an drew drawing sets with markers in the gift shops.
This was what our Matthew thread was ALL about. Positive advice, what to expect, where there was food, what was happening on the ground. Clearly this thread is a dumpster fire created by folks not there or going there. Maybe start a new thread with a clear title and explanation of what kind of info to post. Drama not needed.
I am guessing by a lot of posts here that no one was watching the news in Houston after Harvey went through. Things are still far from "back to normal"
Central FL is not immune to damage from Hurricanes. It has happened before and it took time to get things back in order. This is going to impact Orlando and vicinity for more than a few days, sorry to say. I'd be very leery of going to WDW for much of September into October and that is if the impacts are minimal.
I am a meteorologist and practicing for almost 20 years, so I do have a bit of a clue
How do you know it will not play out like Harvey and why not compare? Can central FL handle feet of rain w/out impact if the forecast does play out? The precipitation projections are showing 10-18 inches of rain. We may not see the storm stall out, but it will bring a LOT of rain with it. Swamps do flood, and Orlando is a big swamp ! Famous last words "it will not happen here"
WOW ......... sorry but Irma and Harvey are completely different, FL and Houston are completely different and preparation by States are completely different. They absolutely can not be compared. Over 50" of rain in a place that had no where to drain compared to 10-18" (your numbers) of rain where there are places for it to drain are completely different.
Folks reading, get your info from the professionals on the ground, the Governor, the local authorities ...
Atlanta here. Remembered I never gave my update on my own preps. I reluctantly went out thinking I was being more safe than sorry and maybe a little silly. Everything here is picked over. Got some of the last packs of water. Got a flashlight but not a great one. I was shocked. No one here is taking this lightly. I am 700 miles from Miami.
ATL too. Just went for big grocery shop because my kitchen has been torn up a month and finally getting cooking hooked up tomorrow. I was shocked at the crowds, the empty water shelves and every register open. We were inquiring what in the world is wrong with people as our water should be fine. They said most were saying they had evacuated up to ATL to stay with people and were stocking up with as much water as they could carry for when they went back. They were also filling their gas tanks and extra gas containers to take back. Our stations have lines and some types of gas are gone.