Hurricane Irma?

[AppleSister1]

Here's the menu for food at the Polynesian, if anyone here is staying there

Looks YUM to me!

 

[erinch]

Do any of you family with the Keys know how the deer in the National Key fare if there is a major storm surge?

 

[KimBean]

I talked to SW today and they said my flight was still scheduled for Tuesday.

Maybe it is where he is coming out of.

 

[CAS239]

You do realize "Disney" water is municpal water. If power is lost to the pumps or processing plants the water becomes unsafe to drink. That's why they tell you to fill your bathtub when a hurricane comes. So then what? Oh the bottled water.
And it is currently going to make a direct hit on Tampa. Which is a shipping hub and also a gas refinery. That is where you shortages will come from.
Hurricanes are regional issues not local.

Filling your bathtub with water is used to flush toilets, not to drink

 

[ckb_nc]

Looks YUM to me!

I agree and not bad for $20 a head. I would eat it for sure but no bread pudding

 

[awalker1015]

I agree and not bad for $20 a head. I would eat it for sure but no bread pudding

Sounded good to me. I also pass on the bread pudding.

 

[Dismama2boys]

Filling your bathtub with water is used to flush toilets, not to drink

Ideally. Unless there is no other water.

 

[TXAKDisneyFan]

They are basically sequestered in Disney. They aren't really getting in anyone's way or taking the resources of people who are evacuating. They're eating Disney box lunches and drinking yucky Disney water.

What happens if someone gets hurt, either due to the storm (flying debris, broken glass, etc), or unrelated to it, or has another medical emergency? Are they going to drive themselves from wdw to a hospital? Probably not. They'll need to be transported via ambulance, putting the EMTs/firemen/etc in unnecessary danger (potentially driving through pouring rains, debris/downed power lines, tornado-prone areas,...).

There's a BIG difference between the people who were already in FL before the hurricane's track was more definite and have been stuck there since (because of full flights, closed airports, crazy traffic, etc), and those who are opting to arrive in FL today and tomorrow.

As far as those who are scheduled to arrive Tuesday and after, that is after the storm is supposed to have passed, and nobody has a crystal ball to know for certain what things will be like in Orlando. I'm sure site like this one and social media will be full of reports on the condition of wdw and the surrounding areas. If it were me, I'd keep an eye on how things are after the hurricane passes - Is there flooding? Power? Is water drinkable? Are the parks back up and operating? Are there gas shortages (for drivers)? - and decide what to do based on that. You're in such a bubble at wdw that I'm not sure shortages of things like water and diapers in town will affect those staying at wdw.

 

[Sargeant Tibbs]

Do any of you family with the Keys know how the deer in the National Key fare if there is a major storm surge?

I wondered the same thing. Irma could be tragic for the many endangered species, both animal and plant, that live in Florida.

 

[arminnie]

Nola is not on the coast. It is on the Mississippi but not the coast.

No, it's not on the coast, but the New Orleans floodwaters came from Lake Pontchartrain which is connected to the Gulf of Mexico.

 

[Maistre Gracey]

I talked to SW today and they said my flight was still scheduled for Tuesday.

Tuesday should be no problem... for any airline.

 

[Eastern]

Here's the menu for food at the Polynesian, if anyone here is staying there

I would go during a hurricane just for this menu.

 

[DrunkJam]

There is always next year and I don't know many schools that have a break the second week of September..

For some people there is not always next year. And, yes, it may seem straight forward to YOU to not go now and wait, but for someone for whom this is their last or only chance, then the decision is much more complicated. There is at least one person on this thread in that situation. Everyone is always balancing their OWN set of circumstances. I think it matters to remember that. I might find it makes obvious sense to me, to do or not do X, but, for someone else, that will be different, and while everyone wishes safety and wellbeing on all in the path of Irma, it doesn't help anyone to belittle their choices or to refuse to see the conflict in their decision.

 

[Gracie09]

Filling your bathtub with water is used to flush toilets, not to drink

If it's the only clean water you have you will drink it

 

[Eastern]

You do realize "Disney" water is municpal water. If power is lost to the pumps or processing plants the water becomes unsafe to drink. That's why they tell you to fill your bathtub when a hurricane comes. So then what? Oh the bottled water.
And it is currently going to make a direct hit on Tampa. Which is a shipping hub and also a gas refinery. That is where you shortages will come from.
Hurricanes are regional issues not local.

Disney processes their own wastewater so I guess they would have to keep everything up and running or they wouldn't stay in business: that's when they would have to tell you not to come.

But they will fix everything as fast as possible and then raise ticket prices next year to pay for it.

 

[Maistre Gracey]

Tuesday should be no problem... for any airline.

Not to confuse the issue, but there may be delays due to the amount of air traffic trying to get back into Orlando.

 

[melanielll]

The punctuation on that menu makes me weep.

 

[Irish_Mike]

For those who might still be at the MK, Disney has snacks and drinks for sale over at Tomorrowland Terrace to purchase before heading back to your resort. Stock up if you need random things for you or the kids.

 

[Southernmiss]

Thank you for this! I meant to reply last night, but ended up talking to my folks for quite awhile.

Can you recommend some good restaurants? They like almost anything.

Salute on highway 90 is great. The Chimneys next door is good, too- white tablecloth kind of place. Half Shell Oyster house is delicious in downtown Gulfport. Tony's Brick oven pizza is good also in Downtown Gulfport. The downtown area has several other new restaurants, too. It's really coming along recently since Katrina. Fishbone Alley is a neat little place to take a stroll.

In Long Neach next door, there's Darwell's- a funky eclectic place.

Biloxi also has new places too.

All of the restaurants have a pretty varied menu with a Louisiana inspired flair and seafood offerings.

Really, most anywhere from Bay St. Louis to Ocean Springs- a nice drive on the beach- has good offerings.

 

[#1hoosierfan]

Yes. Everyone wants to say Katrina damaged NO. Really wasn't Katrina. It was a failed levee from a failed infrastructure from a overall failed administration. Had the levee been built as it was supposed to and then everything else after worked that would not have happened. I remember watching the morning Katrina came in. When the storm was past and they first reported everything was fine. Then water started rising live on TV and they realized something was going on and it went downhill from there.

Sorry, OT here. If you have not read The Great Deluge, it is pretty good. It is sickening to see what a complete breakdown, from top to bottom, the tragedy from Katrina was. My only hope is that lessons were learned from it.