Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire some pictures of the devastation in Florida

Thanks for the pictures. Go to the first picture in the article and look for the arrow pointing to the right and click to see the album, picture by picture.

Probably would be a bad time for Lindsey Graham to start pounding the table for another $50 Billion to be sent to Ukraine. "To fight for Democracy".

......consistent with past low pressure disturbances.

It gets hot in the desert.

Its cold as hell in Montana.

I'm surprised you can still buy Homeowners insurance in FL.

Sorry for peoples losses .

They had a week to move things out. Were the expensive boats just left to let insurance buy them new ones?

The majority of boat owners can't be bothered with moving their boats out of harm's way.

A lot of insurers require specific protective measures in the event of a named storm.

Gunna be a buncha cheap boats for sale soon

Well, you know what they say about the two happiest days in a boat owner's life....

A lot of boat owners shouldn't be.

Still amazing how many people live in areas prone to disasters, but don't do the simplest things to prepare.

folks out where you live just don't understand how these things work. laughing

With low supply to start, a lot of people are going to have a hard time replacing those vehicles. Going to have an impact on auto prices nation wide.

Wow......

joe will take care of everyone involved

I'll stay in high & dry Utah

Won't bitch about the lack of rain

Although its raining here today

Where are you going to take them ? How do you know where will be safe ? You’re also trying to secure your home and prepare for evacuation. Almost all boat slips are rented along the coast so you run up or down the coast and have nowhere to dock. Now you’re anchoring out in a protected area and having to arrange a way to get back to your family and evacuate with them or stay and take care of them. The logistics of trying to save a boat are hard.

A week ago the storm wasn’t predicted to come to SW Florida. It was going further up the coast or the big bend area. Heck , the day before it was predicted to go right up Tampa Bay.

Example of not knowing where is safe. Ian didn’t hit Key West but my aunt went into Key West to her office and said there was a boat sitting on a house on the way in.

Those flood cars will soon be at the auction house, probably in another state

Might be a good ide to consider all of that before you buy a boat. Or you could be irresponsible and allow them to become physical, navigational and environmental hazards. Where the storm hit was always in the projected cone.

Yep !

That's it exactly, and you can't really expect them to. The logistics of "moving a boat" just prior to a hurricane are complicated. Where do you move it? 50 miles up the coast? ( Where the storm is predicted to hit?) Key West? Who "moves" it, while your wife is evacuating with the kids? Etc...

The bottom line is that you pays your money and you takes your chances. Ian is (was) not a particularly bad hurricane, but they are all terrible if you are in the wrong place.

It's almost impossible for a hurricane to hit Florida in a "right" place.

Probably similar to moving your herd of bovines when an epic blizzard is on the way.

Ain't gonna happen.

Where somebody can pound on his head.

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Good analogy.

My old boss was a saltwater boat fan. He told me a lot of people buy a big boat and don't enjoy them as much as they expect to. They depreciate rapidly. But if you can get a storm knock a couple of holes in them you can get more money from insurance than you can selling them.
If you want a discounted boat. You can buy one of the totalled ones dirt cheap have it repaired and do some of the work yourself and get one for 20% of what it's insured value was.