R-pod Owners Forum : Hello Irma? https://www.rpod-owners.com/ This is an XML content feed of; R-pod Owners Forum : Miscellaneous / Off-topic : Hello Irma? Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Mon, 13 Jul 2026 04:03:32 +0000 Tue, 12 Sep 2017 13:53:58 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 9.64 360 https://www.rpod-owners.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=10630 R-pod Owners Forum https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.rpod-owners.com/ Hello Irma? : We go to the KOA just up the road,... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10630&PID=99503#99503 Author: Leo B
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Posted: 12 Sep 2017 at 1:53pm

We go to the KOA just up the road, really love it down there!!! ]]> Tue, 12 Sep 2017 13:53:58 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10630&PID=99503#99503 Hello Irma? : Stayed at Ocean Waves CG in Waves... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10630&PID=99492#99492 Author: Subzilla
Subject: 10630
Posted: 12 Sep 2017 at 6:49am

Stayed at Ocean Waves CG in Waves last month. Had near perfect weather....high 80, low of 65. A little windy on our last day but dealt with it. Can't wait to go back.]]> Tue, 12 Sep 2017 06:49:23 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10630&PID=99492#99492 Hello Irma? : Love the OBX, be headed that way... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10630&PID=99487#99487 Author: Leo B
Subject: 10630
Posted: 11 Sep 2017 at 8:13pm

Love the OBX, be headed that way in a couple weeks Thumbs Up]]> Mon, 11 Sep 2017 20:13:51 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10630&PID=99487#99487 Hello Irma? : I would have thought Cedar Key... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10630&PID=99472#99472 Author: Tars Tarkas
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Posted: 11 Sep 2017 at 5:59pm

I would have thought Cedar Key would have done worse.  Glad you did so well!

I thought about going to a FL state park at Port St. Joe but decided that might not be the best choice.  They ended up evacuating RVs and campers yesterday or Saturday.  Woulda been inconvenient!  We'd thought about the Outer Banks earlier too, when Irma's path was wide open.  You can't think of the Outer Banks for hurricanes.  So we decided on one of our favorites, the Great Smoky Mountains.  We knew we'd get rained on, but that's perfectly normal for the Smokies, so we made reservations and showed up right at the time they decided to let everyone know the park would, essentially, be closing the next day on account of Irma.  We decided just to keep going east to the Outer Banks.  So far, so good.  Irma might bring some rain.  I thought it was supposed to be here already, but things are still dry.  25 - 30 mph winds.  Apparently great for kite boarding...  There is some concern, it seems minimal, about Jose, but things look okay so far. 

The OBX are great this time of year -- I know Leo knows.  Still, I'm a little amazed to be here because of Irma.

TT
]]> Mon, 11 Sep 2017 17:59:25 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10630&PID=99472#99472 Hello Irma? : Great news!!!! https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10630&PID=99468#99468 Author: Leo B
Subject: 10630
Posted: 11 Sep 2017 at 5:13pm

Great news!!!!]]> Mon, 11 Sep 2017 17:13:55 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10630&PID=99468#99468 Hello Irma? : Originally posted by coopercdrkey Goodbye,... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10630&PID=99464#99464 Author: DavMar
Subject: 10630
Posted: 11 Sep 2017 at 3:23pm

Originally posted by coopercdrkey

Goodbye, Irma-

And good riddance!  We dodged a bullet.  Never left home and never lost power.  Luckier than most, for all of whom I have great sympathy and best wishes.



Lucky you! So happy to learn you did dodge this storm and came out okay. I hope the same for other folks on this forum that are in the path of this monster of a storm.

Hope to head out in a few days for the coast now that Irma has luckily past us by.
]]> Mon, 11 Sep 2017 15:23:21 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10630&PID=99464#99464 Hello Irma? : Originally posted by coopercdrkey Goodbye,... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10630&PID=99462#99462 Author: Keith-N-Dar
Subject: 10630
Posted: 11 Sep 2017 at 3:11pm

Originally posted by coopercdrkey

Goodbye, Irma-

And good riddance!  We dodged a bullet.  Never left home and never lost power.  Luckier than most, for all of whom I have great sympathy and best wishes.



Glad for you!  I thought a lot about you as the storm progressed.
]]> Mon, 11 Sep 2017 15:11:15 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10630&PID=99462#99462 Hello Irma? : Goodbye, Irma-And good riddance!... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10630&PID=99461#99461 Author: coopercdrkey
Subject: 10630
Posted: 11 Sep 2017 at 3:00pm

Goodbye, Irma-

And good riddance!  We dodged a bullet.  Never left home and never lost power.  Luckier than most, for all of whom I have great sympathy and best wishes.

]]> Mon, 11 Sep 2017 15:00:49 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10630&PID=99461#99461 Hello Irma? : Cedar Key looks to be close to... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10630&PID=99388#99388 Author: Keith-N-Dar
Subject: 10630
Posted: 09 Sep 2017 at 1:06pm

Cedar Key looks to be close to the predicted landfall of this nasty storm.  Praying that lots of its energy is worked off by then.]]> Sat, 09 Sep 2017 13:06:09 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10630&PID=99388#99388 Hello Irma? : Hoping for the best for you!! https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10630&PID=99369#99369 Author: Leo B
Subject: 10630
Posted: 08 Sep 2017 at 6:22pm

Hoping for the best for you!!]]> Fri, 08 Sep 2017 18:22:29 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10630&PID=99369#99369 Hello Irma? : Some of the models don't... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10630&PID=99359#99359 Author: coopercdrkey
Subject: 10630
Posted: 08 Sep 2017 at 3:45pm

Some of the models don't look too good for Cedar Key at the moment, although I don't think anyone has a real handle on Irma's path.

The suggestions to hitch up the 'Pod and head north are well intentioned, I'm sure, but the reality is severe congestion on all the major evac routes, so unless you have a good cross country sense, you'll most likely join the masses idling on the interstate until their gas runs out.  And there is no gas.

Our bug out plans also include our R-Pod, but parked snugly inside a steel building designed to 160 mph wind loads.  Reachable in about 10 minutes.  A change of clothes, food for us and the spaniels, water and important financial papers and we're out of harm's way...


]]> Fri, 08 Sep 2017 15:45:37 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10630&PID=99359#99359 Hello Irma? : Originally posted by SubzillaYep.....already... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10630&PID=99302#99302 Author: DavMar
Subject: 10630
Posted: 07 Sep 2017 at 3:42pm

Originally posted by Subzilla

Yep.....already thought about that!! Even has its own dispensing unit!


Mark, don't think were going to have that much to worry about for us here in central Carolina. Lots of rain and a power outage here and there, maybe. Hopefully not the ghost of Hugo arriving as its daughter Irma this time. At least you shouldn't have to flush to get a drink of water out of the Pod! LOL
]]> Thu, 07 Sep 2017 15:42:15 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10630&PID=99302#99302 Hello Irma? : Originally posted by eye95 Originally... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10630&PID=99297#99297 Author: GlueGuy
Subject: 10630
Posted: 07 Sep 2017 at 1:14pm

Originally posted by eye95

Originally posted by Subzilla

Yep.....already thought about that!! Even has its own dispensing unit!
Several. Don't use the round, bowl-shaped one for drinking water.
Eeeesh! Wacko]]> Thu, 07 Sep 2017 13:14:31 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10630&PID=99297#99297 Hello Irma? : Originally posted by SubzillaYep.....already... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10630&PID=99296#99296 Author: eye95
Subject: 10630
Posted: 07 Sep 2017 at 1:06pm

Originally posted by Subzilla

Yep.....already thought about that!! Even has its own dispensing unit!

Several. Don't use the round, bowl-shaped one for drinking water.
]]> Thu, 07 Sep 2017 13:06:26 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10630&PID=99296#99296 Hello Irma? : Yep.....already thought about... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10630&PID=99295#99295 Author: Subzilla
Subject: 10630
Posted: 07 Sep 2017 at 12:59pm

Yep.....already thought about that!! Even has its own dispensing unit!]]> Thu, 07 Sep 2017 12:59:04 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10630&PID=99295#99295 Hello Irma? : Originally posted by SubzillaFolks... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10630&PID=99294#99294 Author: eye95
Subject: 10630
Posted: 07 Sep 2017 at 12:58pm

Originally posted by Subzilla

Folks around here are already being very proactive.....the water shelves are empty in the grocery stores...

I have a gigunda water bottle that I can fill ahead of emergencies.

It's called the eye-Pod.
]]> Thu, 07 Sep 2017 12:58:01 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10630&PID=99294#99294 Hello Irma? : Folks around here are already... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10630&PID=99292#99292 Author: Subzilla
Subject: 10630
Posted: 07 Sep 2017 at 12:16pm

Folks around here are already being very proactive.....the water shelves are empty in the grocery stores.  Hate to see the gas stations on the way home today....shades of Hugo from 89...  I think I might hook up the vehicle to the Pod just keep it from possibly blowing around.  ]]> Thu, 07 Sep 2017 12:16:13 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10630&PID=99292#99292 Hello Irma? : Originally posted by PilotPodderMichigan... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10630&PID=99263#99263 Author: Keith-N-Dar
Subject: 10630
Posted: 07 Sep 2017 at 6:09am

Originally posted by PilotPodder

Michigan parks are nice in mid-September. Mid-70s all next week if you really want to get away. You are welcome to come on up. 


Michigan does an outstanding job with their parks.  Never found one we didn't like.
]]> Thu, 07 Sep 2017 06:09:25 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10630&PID=99263#99263 Hello Irma? : Originally posted by GlueGuyI'm... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10630&PID=99249#99249 Author: eye95
Subject: 10630
Posted: 06 Sep 2017 at 8:13pm

Originally posted by GlueGuy

I'm with you eye95. Make Irma an opportunity for an R-pod adventure further north.

Kinda why I got the eye-Pod. I don't just have a bugout bag. I have a bugout Pod.
]]> Wed, 06 Sep 2017 20:13:12 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10630&PID=99249#99249 Hello Irma? : Vermont is starting it's... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10630&PID=99248#99248 Author: Leo B
Subject: 10630
Posted: 06 Sep 2017 at 8:12pm

Vermont is starting it's foliage season! ]]> Wed, 06 Sep 2017 20:12:44 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10630&PID=99248#99248 Hello Irma? : Michigan parks are nice in mid-September.... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10630&PID=99245#99245 Author: PilotPodder
Subject: 10630
Posted: 06 Sep 2017 at 7:32pm

Michigan parks are nice in mid-September. Mid-70s all next week if you really want to get away. You are welcome to come on up. ]]> Wed, 06 Sep 2017 19:32:13 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10630&PID=99245#99245 Hello Irma? : I'm with you eye95. Make... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10630&PID=99243#99243 Author: GlueGuy
Subject: 10630
Posted: 06 Sep 2017 at 7:07pm

I'm with you eye95. Make Irma an opportunity for an R-pod adventure further north.]]> Wed, 06 Sep 2017 19:07:04 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10630&PID=99243#99243 Hello Irma? : Right about now, if I lived in... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10630&PID=99239#99239 Author: eye95
Subject: 10630
Posted: 06 Sep 2017 at 6:11pm

Right about now, if I lived in FL, I'd be loading up the eye-Pod, with an eye toward bugging out about 48 hours ahead of landfall.]]> Wed, 06 Sep 2017 18:11:41 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10630&PID=99239#99239 Hello Irma? : My fingers are crossed for my... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10630&PID=99238#99238 Author: DavMar
Subject: 10630
Posted: 06 Sep 2017 at 5:58pm

My fingers are crossed for my fellow Pod'ers from Florida and on up the Southeast coast. It's bad enough to see what happened to the Huston area but now a possible category 4 or 5 hurricane, yikes! Looks like my elderly parents will be evacuating the low country in SC and headed to our home. My fingers are crossed, we don't have a repeat of hurricane Hugo. Oh well there goes our plans to hit the road with the Pod to the coast next week. Unhappy
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