Matthew is also being projected to hit Maryland, Delaware, NJ/NYC, and the South part of New England. Even though it's going to be at it's weakest point when it hits the Northeast, you should definitely prepare if anything goes wrong.

Clueless about storms so this question might sound dumb: Instead of doing all that prep mentioned in the OP, if you know u are gonna be hit, why not hide in some safe basement/shelter to begin with? If I lived in a house made of wood and I knew this was coming, I'd haul ass and not stock up on beans and stay in the house and hope for the best.

I'm probably getting hit at UCF, still no word on what the policy will be

Florida's building code is very good. Generally your house is safe enough especially if you have hurricane shutters on your windows there's not much else you can do

It recently passed right by my country it wasn't too bad but expect a lot of thunder and lightning. It may change since its the weather of course but its just a bit of a heads up

This isn't like a tornado where most of the damage is catastrophic in a small timeframe.

With hurricanes hitting the mainland US, theres some damage that's an immediate danger (winds/flash floods), but the real concerns come from longer term flooding, being without power and running water for weeks, etc

oh no my name is Matthew :( I hope none of you guys get hurt stay safe <33

damn im in the same boat as cheesy here, they finally tapped my name as a hurricane D: stay safe everyone! i have family over there so will be checking in with them often.

I live in NJ and got destroyed by Sandy. I have not really been following up on it, is it predicted to be much worse or easier then Sandy??

i live in jupiter, and its saying im getting 12 inches of rain help

help a nigga out in orlando will they cancel school when it does come

I got my rowboat ready.

pleaseffuckupmyarea

Just South of Daytona Beach

School has been canceled for friday, thursday they are debating on.

Keep us in your prayers <3

stay safe bb, be smart

Lowcountry South Carolinian here, I will probably evacuate to Columbia if the storm is strong enough. I stayed here through last year's flooding so I guess I'll have to find out.

Just got 10 gallons of gas and some canned foods stay safe people.

i just got some sour skittles, they are pretty good

Not exactly as important as having necessities for being alright without power for a few days, but maybe brainstorm some things for you to do during the day while your power is out. Personally, I wish I had used a recent time when a transformer blew up a few miles down the road from where I lived to actually do some cable management work for my setup. Although I did get to finishing a book that I had been meaning to finish, which was nice.

http://puu.sh/ryGEE/2f5ba8af81.png

Stay safe, gamer

Classes cancelled Thursday & Friday :D

For as "nice" as this is, I don't think it is something to celebrate considering the circumstances.

you forgot that trip also welcomes the sweet embrace of death so it's really a win-win for him

depressed anime college student #1447289237

i left florida 9 weeks ago and i now do not regret it that much more

thats a lot of lowercase letters for a gorrilla

hurricane mathew is now a cat 4 fuckkk me, its hitting me first 8pm thursday

https://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/atlantic/2016/Hurricane-Matthew?

edit1: glad i have a boat
edit2: theres one spaghetti noodle showing there is a chance it can go back on its self and directly hit florida again :(

Shit. I have homecoming this weekend and Matthew is hitting the mid-Atlantic this weekend.