Ended before it began

[NLB]

4 nights starting tomorrow is canceled .
Forecast for the weekend is 4 inches of rain, UGH!

 

[neighbormike]

Sorry to hear that! That’s a lot of rain!

 

[Mytime]

Yeah I would have to duck out of that one myself . Everything would be soaked.

 

[jmkay1]

Ugh! That is a lot of rain and flooding type rain. Though I usually don’t let rain stop me In your case though I would have canceled too. Sorry to hear that and hope you are able to grab a rain check for different days.

 

[GalsofEscape]

that sucks - normally when rain is forecast - we still go as it is not usually a constant rain.... but we ended up cancelling our mother's day weekend outing due to the forecast being cool and 3 inches or more of rain. Going through all that to get there and set up just to sit in the camper all weekend damp and chilly had no appeal. (and the forecast was correct)..

 

[Chaaalie]

Where had you been headed?

 

[tfischer]

I've only cancelled one trip due to weather, and that was in mid October where the forecast was low 30s and rainy the entire weekend. I can do rain, I can do cold, but both together for the weekend was just too much lol.

Forecasts just aren't as accurate as they pretend to be. At least around here they tend to predict mass gloom and doom that often never materializes. It's kind of a running joke in the winter that a big massive snow storm with 12-20+" of snow is predicted, and we end up getting like five. I swear it's all just the media looking for clicks.

In any case we have gone camping in spite of the forecast many times, and the 'hell and high waters' never materialized. On the other hand... 4 inches is a lot of rain lol.

 

[Oldspurs]

4 inches of rain would be swap your pup for an Arc. Sorry you had to cancel, however at least there is tomorrow, right? Stay positive, at least you are getting rain. Here in Central Texas we have had 5.75 inches since last November to date. Dry, hot, windy, constant fire hazard. My county lost 6600 acres to a fast moving fire, sparked by snapped electric line. See you on the trail.

 

[Tonya Harding]

Suckagawea dude...but unless you got oars & a sail on that pop up, best to retreat & regroup; as a young idiot, I'd never cancel unless forced to, but dyin's a hard way to live, & came a gnat's backside of a dirt nap from wind/water a couple times, no mas...

 

[Mytime]

The idea of spending the whole trip stuck in the pup is not my idea of fun. To me the pup is a place to sleep. I camp to get outside . I can see why you cancelled.

 

[tfischer]

The idea of spending the whole trip stuck in the pup is not my idea of fun. To me the pup is a place to sleep. I camp to get outside . I can see why you cancelled.

I think we all camp to be outside. But we've still had many fun trips with a lot of rain. We bring board and card games and have some great family time around the dinette during rainy times.

As my tagline says, "A bad day camping beats a good day at the office".

 

[Haikinn]

We had to cancel our Big Meadows trip two weeks ago for the same reason - total bummer. Fingers crossed for the next one!

 

[JunieB]

Why I don't camp in FL in summertime. it doesn't rain, it pours.

 

[NLB]

Where had you been headed?

A nearby SP underneath the center of “the cone”.
On the plus side, we had a new roof installed on the house just a week ago.

 

[Ger]

We cancelled a 4 day trip last year due to a hurricane that roared up the Eastern seaboard last year. We figured it was better to be safe than sorry.

 

[NLB]

We cancelled a 4 day trip last year due to a hurricane that roared up the Eastern seaboard last year. We figured it was better to be safe than sorry.

We canceled a trip to S Georgia for that storm. Winds 40mph+ and a popup is not my idea of a good time.

 

[Chaaalie]

We were in Bahia Honda SP this week and left a day earlier than planned based on the conditions and forecast. Tropical Storm warnings were issued before we could even get out of the keys. Wednesday night it started blowing about 15-20 knots … settled down a bit overnight, but had worse at sunrise Thursday with 30-35 knot gusts … the weather stations up and down the keys weren’t reporting wind that strong, but my sailing/wind apps projected increasing and consistent winds and rain, so we bugged out! (A 20yo PUP in nearly 40 mph winds off the water is a bit sketchy!)

Thankfully very little rain as we packed … but with weather, kids and traffic, it took 11 hours to get back to St. Pete — where we are just touching this storm’s “cone.”

 

[kcsa75]

Forecasts just aren't as accurate as they pretend to be. At least around here they tend to predict mass gloom and doom that often never materializes. It's kind of a running joke in the winter that a big massive snow storm with 12-20+" of snow is predicted, and we end up getting like five. I swear it's all just the media looking for clicks.

You're not alone. One of our TV weather bimbos likes to put up a map showing a "marginal chance of severe weather."

One of the local stations though has a genuine meteorologist who does a pretty good job of giving the straight scoop. If it looks like weather may be iffy for a trip, I'll shoot him an email asking for guidance. He' always responds and is on the money more often than not.

 

[NLB]

The local weather gets all info from NOAA except for some features like lightening and flood. I use the paid Hurricane Center app, Weather Underground, and Storm Radar apps. Very rarely watch the talking heads…too many commercials, and stories in distant locations.
Regarding tropical weather, I focus on steering currents and fronts that are many miles from Florida. Been through many since 1970’s, take every one seriously since the discovery of the random micro-bursts that do substantial damage in small areas.

 

[scubacamper]

We've all been there