Dorian and MACNA?

authentic · Aug 28, 2019

hate to be the first to post,,,,but I live in south florida ......may have to cancel my trip to macna so as to not get caught is traffic of Orlando fleeing a storm.FYI contacted the hotel and they will only refund if a hurricane warning is issued for Orlando the day of your stay,otherwise its a 5 day cancellation policy,,,fingers crossed it doesnt get worse toward the weekend(but its not looking good)may have to make sure my home and tank are prepared.

TheHarold · Aug 28, 2019

Meh, it’s barely a category 1, if that. Nobody flees; it’s a rainstorm. I’ll be going to Macna no matter what

Dolelo96 · Aug 28, 2019

Trying to decide myself. I’m in Jacksonville and the weather channel said Dorian could be a CAT 3 by the time it hits the east coast. I don’t want to get there and be trapped by traffic. Orlando traffic is bad on a good day.

AiKkz · Aug 28, 2019

Should know more after it hits PR, cat 3 still isn’t bad!! But get your generator ready!!!

Dolelo96 · Aug 28, 2019

TheHarold said:
Meh, it’s barely a category 1, if that. Nobody flees; it’s a rainstorm. I’ll be going to Macna no matter what

I went to bed the night before Hurricane Andrew was suppose to come into Palm BeachCounty as a CAT1..It came in across Miami as a CAT5

TheHarold · Aug 28, 2019

Dolelo96 said:
I went to bed the night before Hurricane Andrew was suppose to come into Palm BeachCounty as a CAT1..It came in across Miami as a CAT5

But did you still go to the frag swap? Because I ain’t missing that

Dolelo96 · Aug 28, 2019

TheHarold said:
But did you still go to the frag swap? Because I ain’t missing that

;Wacky

Billldg · Aug 28, 2019

I’m here, just visited World Wide Corals. Hurricane isn’t gonna stop me, lol!

Dolelo96 · Aug 28, 2019

This was suppose to be “mom/wife” weekend away. I’ve been planning this since March

Rjramos · Aug 28, 2019

authentic said:
hate to be the first to post,,,,but I live in south florida ......may have to cancel my trip to macna so as to not get caught is traffic of Orlando fleeing a storm.FYI contacted the hotel and they will only refund if a hurricane warning is issued for Orlando the day of your stay,otherwise its a 5 day cancellation policy,,,fingers crossed it doesnt get worse toward the weekend(but its not looking good)may have to make sure my home and tank are prepared.

SneakyTortuga · Aug 28, 2019

I live in south Florida and do storm clean up as a profession. Cat 1-2 is a strong thunderstorm. Nothing to worry to much about. Cat 3 and above has the potential to demolish where ever it hits directly. Either way it won’t be hitting till about Tuesday so macna should be good

Rjramos · Aug 28, 2019

I’m in south Florida too and supposed to be at Macna the whole weekend. I think we have to wait and see as it gets closer in the next few days. As always in Florida, just be prepared, but don’t believe the early tracking. I think the only way they will cancel is if a warning is issued to the central florida area.

Noob_reefer · Aug 28, 2019

Yea I live in fort Myers and was planning to go on Sunday but I'll just have to wait and see..

mstgkillr · Aug 28, 2019

I live in SW Florida and was planning to leave tomorrow afternoon. I guess it's going to be a last minute decision. I already have two weekend pass MACNA tickets and four nights booked at the Dolphin.

If a hurricane warning is issued, are the MACNA tickets refundable as well?

If this hurricane doesn't go well for MACNA, it may be a long time before it's ever held in Florida again.

wmo168 · Aug 28, 2019

People not from Florida would not know, it is not the storm that get you, it is the aftermath of no power, no water, no AC, down trees, no gas, traffic that get you. With a bad rain storm, the whole city lost power... let alone a Cat 1/2 hurricane.. It takes months to restore electricity.

In addition, you all don't remember 2 years ago IRMA - Turnpike and all the highways are a parking lot? It takes 10 hours to go from Miami to Orlando in a bumper to bumper 5 mph traffic.....

authentic · Aug 28, 2019

tomorrow should tell the tale.....it will be 10 hrs back from orlando to miami as well...

BlueDamselReef · Aug 28, 2019

Dolelo96 said:
Trying to decide myself. I’m in Jacksonville and the weather channel said Dorian could be a CAT 3 by the time it hits the east coast. I don’t want to get there and be trapped by traffic. Orlando traffic is bad on a good day.

Hadn't thought about traffic. I'm in Jacksonville too... driving down to Orlando Saturday morning and coming back same day.

wmo168 · Aug 28, 2019

This is a long weekend which everyone hit the road, now we are adding people trying to evacuate from the EAST COAST to WEST COAST.... or people going NORTH/SOUTH...

AngryMike2016 · Aug 28, 2019

I misread that as 'durian'

TheHarold · Aug 28, 2019

wmo168 said:
People not from Florida would not know, it is not the storm that get you, it is the aftermath of no power, no water, no AC, down trees, no gas, traffic that get you. With a bad rain storm, the whole city lost power... let alone a Cat 1/2 hurricane.. It takes months to restore electricity.

In addition, you all don't remember 2 years ago IRMA - Turnpike and all the highways are a parking lot? It takes 10 hours to go from Miami to Orlando in a bumper to bumper 5 mph traffic.....

Months to get electricity restored? Maybe in a Cat 5. Normally is well under a week

Don’t be dramatic/ fear-mongering.