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Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Mother Nature: Not afraid of hurricanes? Here, let me throw in a tornado.

BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. - New video shows the damage left behind after a suspected tornado downed trees and flipped several small planes at an airport in South Florida as Hurricane Ian nears the state.

Widespread damage was reported from North Perry Airport in Pembroke Pines Tuesday evening. Photos and video from the scene show several of the planes flipped over with the wings bent and twisted.
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10 comments:

  1. PhillipSeptember 28, 2022 at 7:34 AM

    Hurricanes spawn tornadoes, it's just part of what make them so scary. The other thing is storm surge at the coast, in some spots it's supposed to be up to twelve feet. Imagine you live on a barrier island that's ten feet above the waterline at the high spot, and suddenly you have a twelve foot surge. That means the island's suddenly a reef, temporarily. I expect quite a few people to die from this one, people haven't been evacuating the way they should, and it's too late now.

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  2. Unclezip Is Pointing&LaughingSeptember 28, 2022 at 9:57 AM

    They're sure pushing the scare tactics again. Evacuation for a cat 2? Puhleeze. That's nothing more than a strong breeze. Even if it does go to a 3, that's not reason to start with "the sky is falling!" crap. All they want to do is keep people perpetually on edge.

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    1. CrotalusSeptember 28, 2022 at 10:54 AM

      It’s cat 4, almost 5 now. Still want to shake your fist at it?

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    2. StevePSeptember 28, 2022 at 12:14 PM

      I've been through several hurricanes. I learned long ago to take them all seriously. I've seen your attitude in a lot of people who have never been in one. I've also seen that attitude change very quickly.

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    3. BirdchaserSeptember 28, 2022 at 12:29 PM

      Try to keep up.

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    4. Chadd NewmanSeptember 28, 2022 at 9:25 PM

      A good friend of ours in Fort Myers refused evacuate. A 60 foot Norfolk pine came through her roof about 45 minutes after landfall. Her house is now both without electricity and open to the elements as the tree came to rest in the middle of her living room floor. The interior of her house is soaked, so she’s trying to get herself and her kids to a shelter in hurricane force winds. 140 mph winds are more than a “strong breeze.”

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  3. greggBCSeptember 28, 2022 at 12:04 PM

    As they had sveral days warning to move those airplanes north the Insurance companys should refuse to pay damages.

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    1. RickSeptember 28, 2022 at 3:08 PM

      Move to where? Be specific.

      The path of Ian has been uncertain even unto yesterday.

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    2. RickSeptember 28, 2022 at 3:10 PM

      And, inless you have a financial interest tied into an aircraft, you're not in the pool. Many insurers of aircraft do only that, insure aircraft.

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 28, 2022 at 4:17 PM

    I know several people that live on Sanibel Island and others that own property in Cape Coral. As of about 2:30 today Sanibel was under several feet of water and that was when just the outermost eastern edge of the main part of the storm had just made land fall. Two of the three people that I know that live there evac'd to the east coast of FL early this AM. The other one is elsewhere at this time. No word yet from the the Cape Coral folks.

    Nemo

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