Hurricane Irma

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#551
jjay2518 said:
This. My wife has a co-worker who lives in Tampa, and she spent all last week talking about how everybody worrying and preparing for the hurricane was just being dumb because nothing bad was going to happen. She didn't stockpile any supplies and just went to her parents' place (also in Tampa) at the last minute to ride it out. Looks like they're going to get lucky, but it's people like this who put EMS crews in danger during disasters like this. Pisses me off.
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Indeed. Hell, Jose or the one beyond it may be that.
 
#552
#552
Stepped out of my office this morning to start a damage assessment and watched a transformer explode..that was pretty cool.
 
#554
#554
Stayed awake until after 2:00 am listening to things hitting the house.
I went out to survey the property this morning but other than downed branches, al looked okay.

We dodged a huge bullet here. I do feel bad for the people in areas that got hit hard. Marco Island, Captiva, Sanibel, and Naples report lots of damage.
 
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VolFaninFla said:
Stayed awake until after 2:00 am listening to things hitting the house.
I went out to survey the property this morning but other than downed branches, al looked okay.

We dodged a huge bullet here. I do feel bad for the people in areas that got hit hard. Marco Island, Captiva, Sanibel, and Naples report lots of damage.
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Just branches in my yard..from other peoples trees. Power never went, pool cage and solar panels are intact..24 hours from now gonna be getting my tan on drinking cold beer(s).
 
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armchair said:
This was a fierce storm--check out some of the videos from the Keys and from Daytona/Jacksonville area. Dangerous, ferocious wind. Cuba took some sting out of Irma, but the U.S. just experienced two monster storms, by any measure. But Trump says windmills are more of a threat than global warming! Oh, my!
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Speaking of windmills -- 400 of them were lost/destroyed (by 80mph winds) in the European storm of 1703 (oh, and up to 15,000 lives were lost). Thankful for the asphalt-interstates and fuel that allowed so many to evacuate FL these past few days.
 
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#557
VolFaninFla said:
Stayed awake until after 2:00 am listening to things hitting the house.
I went out to survey the property this morning but other than downed branches, al looked okay.

We dodged a huge bullet here. I do feel bad for the people in areas that got hit hard. Marco Island, Captiva, Sanibel, and Naples report lots of damage.
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Got out to check on some friends and family today down here and it's pretty bad. Fortunate it's not much worse but flooding and wind did a number on most properties down here.
 
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VolFaninFla said:
Any damage at your place? Roads open?
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I'd say about half the roads are open. Trees, down power lines, and flood waters blocking the other half.

Only damage at ours was had to cut the screens on the pool cage about the last hour. Thought we were gonna save it but got too strong at the end.

Driving around, seems we were in the minority. Most had it worse than us so we were very fortunate.
 
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#560
I have to fly from Chattanooga to ATL and then ATL to Boston tomorrow morning. Can't say I'm looking forward to that. I'm a nervous flyer on a beautiful day.
 
#562
#562
Saw a transformer blow up this morning..it was like a bomb packed with the northern lights of Iceland..
 
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#567
DancingOutlaw said:
I have decided people love a good panic. They let out schools here at 1 and you would think the end times are upon us.
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Schools were closed here today and will be tomorrow as well. I would get it if we were on the eastern side of the storm (tornado spinoffs), but we will get 20mph winds and about 3" of rain at worse.
 
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BearCat204 said:
Schools were closed here today and will be tomorrow as well. I would get it if we were on the eastern side of the storm (tornado spinoffs), but we will get 20mph winds and about 3" of rain at worse.
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They gotta use all their snow days
 
#569
#569
Our relative in Naples was fine. Water did not reach his house even though he's on a canal close to the gulf. I guess the mangroves were thirsty. Reported a couple of busted roof tiles and lots of landscaping damage. As for utilities, no power or water. He's on generator power since the worst blew over last night. I think he has a sat phone but is still texting us with cell.
 
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#570
50+ mph gusts here where I am in Georgia. Tree limb down, but the mop bucket still standing on the deck. Haha
 

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