We have been "ordered" to evacuate.
In a bizarre example of cartography, we are in Evacuation Zone A, while right across the street, at eye level, is Zone C.
Mandatory evacuation for Zone A.
Zone C... you're good.
I think the difference in elevation is less than a foot, and I know that flooding is "a game of inches," but we're not leaving. It's crazy. I'm pretty confident the worst of Milton will remain well to the south. There will be some storm surge, but nothing that's going to flow up Deep Creek and into the cul-de-sac at the end of our street, on up into our neighborhood.
I will keep a weather eye out, but it's this sort of nonsense that really makes people skeptical about these evacuation orders.
Sadly, our former neighbor's mother lives in Fort Myers in a second floor condo. She's 80 years old and is not leaving. We hope she makes it.
Originally posted at Nice Marmot 16:26 Tuesday, 8 October 2024