Irma is making me nervous

The projections this morning moved west - again - looking worse than yesterday. Most show it passing between MIA and Bimini. The European model (which many say has been the most accurate) shows it westward over Cuba and then turning N and entering FL over Naples/Ft. Myers.
 
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Stee6043 said:
I've always been curios - what do employers in Florida do when these storms hit? Do employees have to take vacation time or is this unpaid time off they need to plan for? It seems like a couple times each year folks are forced to leave for days at a time. I'm just curious how it works for the average employee/employer down there.
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So many different answers based on the employer/the job.

We have a development office in Broward County. I shut it down yesterday and told people to take care of their families and property. We will see what next week brings.
 
FootballFan said:
So many different answers based on the employer/the job.

We have a development office in Broward County. I shut it down yesterday and told people to take care of their families and property. We will see what next week brings.
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Mark, you are awesome, more employers should be that way.
 
We're a healthcare company operating hospitals and other care centers across the country, and sometimes close/evacuate/relocate based on how conditions are expected to evolve. Non-essential employees of closed locations may be off completely; essential personnel such as nurses and other caregivers may be redeployed to follow patients to their temporary care facilities or to bolster the staff at sister facilities that expect to have a rise in census. Disaster planning includes options for staff at any facilities that remain open to stay on site around the clock, and for certain functions of closed locations to be rerouted through alternate locations.

Additionally, we coordinate relief personnel from elsewhere in the country to back fill for anyone unable to report to work and to relieve those who are already in the trenches, plus activate a PTO donation policy to make it available for staff who have little or none or who may experience prolonged displacement.

I'm extremely grateful to work for an organization large enough and stable enough to tap into such a vast pool of human and material resources to reduce the physical, financial, and emotional burden for employees affected by such disasters. (During the 2010 Nashville flood, the company announced a special arrangement by which salaries for affected staff were covered for a certain length of time before anyone had to use PTO--I think it was at least two weeks, but it might have been a month, because I remember being both shocked and emotionally overwhelmed on behalf of coworkers who had lost everything.)
 
bahamabreisus said:
Mark, you are awesome, more employers should be that way.
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@bahamabreisus thank you for the kind words.

Was interesting, was in the car today driving across Texas, called all the people that work there to make sure they had packed up work and put it to the side.

One of my managers there has lived in the same house for 28 years, longer in S Florida. She is 15 miles inland at Fort Lauderdale. They have shutters, generator, and a ton of experience. In the last couple of days they have stripped every moveable object out of the outside area - from plants, bbq grill, to trash cans. In her words anything that could be a projectile. She talked through storms over the past 30 years and what they had experienced.

They feel comfortable that one area of expansion to their house was built on post Andrew code. She was describing the parts of her house that (depending on storm track) that they expected to lose. Were getting a full set of pics on what the house looks like before IRMA.

Most telling comment she made - "I was here during Andrew and had lots of concerns, but with this storm we are scared".

All depends on storm track which is evolving - could be very bad, could be easier.

Hope all of our thoughts and prayers are with the people of S. Florida.

Mark
 
Just talked with a lot of my old slip neighbors today. I am pretty close to several of them.
All are leaving or have left. One of my closet friends can not leave because his 98 year old mother in law lives with them and is to fragile. If Irma does the unimaginable and hits South Florida I will wait a couple of days and head down to South Florida to help them. Most of the boaters tied off in the Mangroves. Said it was a very interesting to see some of these nice boats over in the Mangroves. I was saddened to hear the concern in their voices. Several are semi retired and keep the boats spotless. I am praying for a miracle. This has the potential to be almost catastrophic for much of South Florida. Really no words suffice. Stay safe everyone.
 
Well, now it looks like we may get that direct hit. Hope the dry storage facility holds up.
 
Talked a friend in the keys this afternoon, he was talking about the boats tied into mangrove roots.
 
eweise said:
Well, now it looks like we may get that direct hit. Hope the dry storage facility holds up.
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If you have a trailer you can bring it over here. I have a friend that has 40 acres that he storing most of our equipment on that you can set it here.
 
My thoughts and best wishes are with all of you.
 
Good luck to all of you in FLA. Scary sh!t. Having been through a few tornadoes, I can't imagine willingly staying put and subjecting oneself to such danger.
 
I'm now expecting damage. I have been trying to buy a slip where I am currently docked in just north of Miami Beach, this will be a good test to see how that marina holds up to a storm before buying in there.
 
kiloil said:
If you have a trailer you can bring it over here. I have a friend that has 40 acres that he storing most of our equipment on that you can set it here.
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No trailer but thanks for the offer. Looks better today. I guess we will know when it gets here.
 
Not a very pretty picture for the Keys. CAT 5 before landfall. Praying for all my friends down there. GOD's speed and Mercy. JC
 
This path's gonna leave a mark! I don't think it's gonna buff out :(

Another 30 miles to the West and it's a direct hit.
 

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