Now Comes Hurricane Milton...

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Originally Posted by gillygirl

If you do need to evacuate, Rosen hotels are decreasing rates. Don’t know if others are as well. If I were still in Davenport, I’d tell you to come to my house! Please stay safe.

Atlanta Speedway, although a bit of a hike, is offering free camping facilities on their usual campgrounds. Jacksonville, thought to be out of the "Cone of Death", will appreciate that offer. Even the "city" of Lakeland--well inland--is leaving.

https://www.11alive.com/article/traf...3-96851d957fc8

Had this camping offer appeared earlier, I would have left already!

As it is, I've successfully found gasoline and plan to travel south this morning, maybe stopping in Miami until the storm/tidal surge has ended. Five-feet-depth of ocean water--and fish--through my garage during Hurricane Irma has given me pause. I'll wait.



The governor, facing hostile relief efforts, has authorized opening Tampa's breakdown lanes for evacuation. Traffic remains open in the opposite direction for relief efforts.

Weakening is good. The last report of 180-MPH winds was ghastly--even bringing a TV weather forecaster to tears!

Was the team that came up with the name "Milton" also responsible for the name of Hurricane Beryl?