I'd never even heard of Barbuda until this storm came along. Prayers to all in the path of Irma.

Hurricane watches could be issued for parts of Florida tomorrow.

So, son and his wife were told by Sandals they had to reschedule their vacation in Antigua next week. They also bought vacation insurance. They pretty much wanted to get the money back via insurance as Sandals has been very difficult to deal with.

 

Fine print in the insurance policy says that Sandals has to officially say it is uninhabitable or they won't pay. Sandals refuses to do this, but yet tell them they cannot go there.

So, son and his wife were told by Sandals they had to reschedule their vacation in Antigua next week. They also bought vacation insurance. They pretty much wanted to get the money back via insurance as Sandals has been very difficult to deal with.

 

Fine print in the insurance policy says that Sandals has to officially say it is uninhabitable or they won't pay. Sandals refuses to do this, but yet tell them they cannot go there.

 

Remind me never to patronize Sandals.

St. Maarten

 

Barbuda

 

This would put Savannah, Tybee Island, and Hilton Head in the crosshairs!

 

And I have a conference in Savanna in November. Well, supposed to.

Well we can check evacuating Florida because of a hurricane off the ole bucket list. This is absolutely insane.

2:00 am update for NHC

 

Irma is still a cat 5 hurricane with sustained winds at 180 mph. It is moving west northwest at 16 mph.

 

 

So, son and his wife were told by Sandals they had to reschedule their vacation in Antigua next week. They also bought vacation insurance. They pretty much wanted to get the money back via insurance as Sandals has been very difficult to deal with.

 

Fine print in the insurance policy says that Sandals has to officially say it is uninhabitable or they won't pay. Sandals refuses to do this, but yet tell them they cannot go there.

 

That's surprising. They were amazing to deal with when we had issues getting there (Sandals St. Lucia). Do they have a travel agent? We used one and it made everything so much easier.

I know

 

Any clue as to what the strength would be by the time it hit land near Hilton Head?

Any clue as to what the strength would be by the time it hit land near Hilton Head?

Cat 3 was the last prediction I saw. That's a long way off though so it will probably change.

Cat 3 was the last prediction I saw. That's a long way off though so it will probably change.

 

Supposed to be heading there Wednesday. Fall trip was cancelled last year due to a hurricane.

Any clue as to what the strength would be by the time it hit land near Hilton Head?

 

Cat 3 was the last prediction I saw. That's a long way off though so it will probably change.

 

Supposed to be heading there Wednesday. Fall trip was cancelled last year due to a hurricane.

 

Just took a quick clance at GFS looks like it will be a cat 3. That's from the latest GFS model run.

I hope everyone in this storm's path heed the warnings.

 

A group of us was in Myrtle Beach for golf about a couple weeks after Hugo struck there in 1989. It's amazing what those storms can do. The beach sand was for the most part gone and all the beach front hotels had bottom floor water damage. I saw a Volkswagen Beetle car floating in a hotel swimming pool.