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mfcorey1

(11,001 posts)
Thu Sep 7, 2017, 04:50 PM Sep 2017

HEMINGWAY HOME ALMOST CERTAINLY AN IRMA CASUALTY

http://www.tmz.com/2017/09/07/key-west-hemingway-house-hurricane-irma/

The legendary Ernest Hemingway home appears doomed ... an almost certain casualty of Hurricane Irma ... this according to local law enforcement.

The Key West home -- made of wood and built in the 1850's -- sits about 16 feet above sea level, which is the highest point on the island. Law enforcement tells us they're expecting at least 15 feet of water to flood the area ... so the outcome is bleak.
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HEMINGWAY HOME ALMOST CERTAINLY AN IRMA CASUALTY (Original Post) mfcorey1 Sep 2017 OP
I hope they trapped all the cats and took them to higher ground. applegrove Sep 2017 #1
+1 nt. Weekend Warrior Sep 2017 #4
Yes, please save the polydactyl cats!!! eom fleur-de-lisa Sep 2017 #5
save the cats! irisblue Sep 2017 #8
I saw Heimingway's home back in 2001 Gothmog Sep 2017 #2
The home has stood for a long time through some major surges. Weekend Warrior Sep 2017 #3
I seriously doubt it. GulfCoast66 Sep 2017 #6
Hope you're right. defacto7 Sep 2017 #9
I hope I am correct as well GulfCoast66 Sep 2017 #10
Hardly Bleak zipplewrath Sep 2017 #7
I disagree FLPanhandle Sep 2017 #11
 

Weekend Warrior

(1,301 posts)
3. The home has stood for a long time through some major surges.
Thu Sep 7, 2017, 04:54 PM
Sep 2017

It will take some tree damage and possible flooding, depending on the storms direction. As an old home in the keys, it will be repairable unless it's a flat out hit. I was sitting at the Hemingway home not long ago reading a book.

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
6. I seriously doubt it.
Thu Sep 7, 2017, 04:56 PM
Sep 2017

On its current track it misses KW by a good bit. And that house has been through storms as bad including the 35 hurricane that killed thousands

defacto7

(13,485 posts)
9. Hope you're right.
Thu Sep 7, 2017, 05:23 PM
Sep 2017

Hurricane wind is one thing but a tidal surge that would submerge the whole island makes you wonder.

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
10. I hope I am correct as well
Thu Sep 7, 2017, 08:19 PM
Sep 2017

But this storm is taking us to uncharted territory.

I am west of Orlando. Normally a storm entering the state west of Miami and going up the middle of the state would too weak to worry me. I am looking at a strong Cat 3 over my house 400 miles after landfall.

Crazy. Now worried about my roof!

zipplewrath

(16,646 posts)
7. Hardly Bleak
Thu Sep 7, 2017, 05:19 PM
Sep 2017

Uncertain sure, but it has a good chance. It's been there a while. And it isn't gonna take a direct hit (well, unless all the models are wrong, which they could be)

FLPanhandle

(7,107 posts)
11. I disagree
Thu Sep 7, 2017, 08:30 PM
Sep 2017

If the eye passes to east of Key West, then the house will be on the less destructive side of the hurricane.

Only if Key West gets a direct strike from the eye of the hurricane, will there be that scale of flooding. Even then, the house has a good chance of surviving.

This is another panic, click bait articles.



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