Well, our trip is in 7 days. Last year we were at WDW during Hurricane Matthew. We will be watching, but hopefully the same won't happen to us again this trip.
Like some others, I'm not "worried", but I do want to keep up with it since we'll be there Sept. 10-20.
Sorry, but reporting others' opinions doesn't count as "fact." No one ignored the weather threat. They were well aware of the issues, and well aware of the potential pitfalls of evacuating. Such as:My comments about Harvey is what previous posters are saying. I've watched the weather channel and they were warning of the rain and the mayor dismissed it. That is not made up it is a fact. So he didn't listen. I know logistically with evacuations it would have been a mess so I understand both sides.
RE: Houston-- people died evacuating from Rita in 2005. It would have been impossible to evacuate 6.5 million people in 24 hours.
RE: NOLA-- were you there?
So I live in a Houston suburb, about 30 miles west of Houston. We got hit hard by Harvey. Water came within a few feet of our house but luckily we were spared. We have several neighbors down the street who were not. It's heartbreaking to drive through our community and see the damage and ruined carpets, furniture, etc. out on curbs for garbage pickup.
School was canceled this week and for next week. I feel like we need to get away, to get out of TX and get our minds off this and do something fun, so I'm thinking of taking my kids to Disney next week for MNSSHP. I really don't want to get caught in another hurricane, so I'm torn about what to do. I've been watching Irma and realize there is a chance she'll veer towards FL or even the Gulf. But what I'm not sure about is the timeframe. The dates I'm looking to go are Sept. 5-8. If, and I know right now it's just an if, Irma veers towards FL, any idea of possible dates for that? I want to be smart about whether or not to go, but yet I don't want my fear to control me. I'm not worried about being at Disney during a hurricane, it's more about not being able to get home. And after what we just went through, the idea of what realistically could or could not happen means nothing to me.
So we just stop ever evacuating because of Rita? There were other factors there, one being Katrina. People have died in this storm because of no evacuation.
As for NOLA, one evacuation route goes almost by my front door. I have family and friends who lived there during that time. So no, I personally wasn't there but close.