08-12-2007, 03:51 AM
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cat, seems like you've been in Vacationland for awhile -- have you ever seen surge wash over the tidepools and come into the neighborhood?
I see a lot of dwellings are up high, at least 12 feet, but cars, etc.. are not. Wondering ...
Yes it has come back 2 streets and washed cars back. I will look for the Fema website that has the flooding area down here. Basically the highest flooding point has been one block away (so far) past John Dirgo's lot. There is discusion about the storm surge plus wave height - how far back that will go. We just called our neighbors who left for vacation Wed about moving their cars to high ground. Right now the COH eng dept requires that the first floor of your house be 12+ above sea level. The older homes are not that at all. Our house sits at 11' elevation, and our first living area sits at 12' above that. if it gets to where I see water anywhere close to this block, we made arrangements to go to friends in HA. We are also moving our cranky old van here today to load up with our hurricane preparations so bsically jump in it and go! Our propane tanks x 3 are filled. A older timer than me was discussing this AM some of the tropical storms and said that even if the hurricane decreases, plenty water is coming. Thats how we made the HA rather than Honomu (landslides) decision for evacuation.