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East Coast Category 5 Hurricane on the way?
It's raining sideways... Sep 10 17 05:24 pm Link Frank Lewis Photography wrote: That is not good! Sep 10 17 06:23 pm Link A little something to take the edge off...  Gotta keep a sense of humor. Sep 10 17 07:07 pm Link Frank Lewis Photography wrote: Word up on the sense of humor... and yeah... looks like that would be TASTY... Sep 10 17 08:06 pm Link Guss W wrote: True that... lookin like Orlando may be in for a Category 2 smack with some high winds and possible flooding... Sep 10 17 10:16 pm Link We're just west of Orlando. My wife and I along with 3 dogs and 3 cats took shelter at my in law's. The hurricane went right up the middle of the county between our house and the in laws. Of course, we're on the east side of it so we get the stronger winds. Outside of combat, this has been the scariest experience of my life. Things should be dying down shortly (its 1:45am here) and hopefully I can get back to my own house tomorrow to assess damages. Sep 10 17 10:44 pm Link 🙏🏻 Sep 11 17 12:38 am Link FFantastique wrote: Well done. Curfew lifted at 11:00! Sep 11 17 08:06 am Link FFantastique wrote: Hmmmmm... OK... where?... Sep 11 17 09:29 am Link Sep 11 17 03:47 pm Link Anyone from Polk County know how things went in Haines City? My parents have a place on Lake Marion, and can't get a hold of anyone to find out if they even have a place to spend this coming winter. I lucked out in Flagler County, power went out around 12:20 AM, and came back on at noon today. Lots of water, but it stayed away from my house. Lots of friends weren't as lucky. One lives on the ICW and had just got her house livable from Mathew last year that put 3' of water in it. She texted me last night at 3AM and said they had 2' come in at high tide. It was a hell of a night, I feel for the people that didn't do as well. Sep 11 17 05:58 pm Link Interesting read here on how IRMA could have been MUCH WORSE! The peeps on Florida can thank their neighbors to the south (Cuba) for taking on this hurricane at Category 5. Cuba's coastline scrubbed off quite a bit of IRMA's intensity, giving Florida a big break from the massive winds and storm surge that Cuba was devistated with. Over 40 people died thru-out the Caribean Islands and Cuba from IRMA's assault. http://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topsto … li=BBnb7Kz Sep 11 17 06:37 pm Link Fast forward to run-time 1:20 on this video and watch 2 guys trying to stand up (wearing helmets and goggles) in the street during a Category 4 Hurricane... talk about CRAZY!...  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jesYSXBMZh0 Sep 11 17 08:28 pm Link Michael Bots wrote: Irma couldn't be forecast within about 100 miles just days before landfall yet you think there's some reason to believe a 10 day forecast for Jose? Sep 12 17 12:34 am Link Jose? Sep 12 17 04:29 am Link Select Models wrote: Concur--crazy! Sep 12 17 04:32 am Link Select Models wrote: There are an amazing, incredible, and adequate number of shelters in Palm Beach County which allow pets (Two, yes TWO) and they are interested in pursuing felony charges against people that left their animals behind? I kept hearing about people being turned away from shelters and how people came days early to make sure they got a space and there are TWO shelters that allowed pets?! (Do I seem outraged?) Sep 12 17 05:15 am Link Some good new for animal lovers, looks like the famous Hemingway house and its army of cats survived the storm in very good shape: http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/09/08/m … ts-and-go/ Sep 12 17 05:41 am Link Select Models wrote: In 2015 a syrian girl brought her Hermann's tortoise all the way from Syria through half of Europe to Germany. That is love. Sep 12 17 06:32 am Link FFantastique wrote: Hurricane Jose's details are on another thread... this one!... Sep 12 17 08:13 am Link Just got my electricity back in Clearwater. Now I can use the electric chainsaw on the limbs in the backyard. Sep 12 17 01:09 pm Link Guss W wrote: Gonna be LOTS of busy chainsaws all over Southern Florida. Saw video after video with thousands of trees down everywhere. Many of them had crashed onto houses and cars... Sep 12 17 01:31 pm Link Brooklyn Bridge Images wrote: It look like for many people in the Virgin Islands... it was just that... Sep 13 17 12:12 pm Link Kevin Fair wrote: I have just been able to get back online. Haines City still has a lot of trees down and power is out to much of it. I hope you have gotten in touch with your folks by now. If not, send me their address and I will see if I can find out something. Sep 14 17 02:37 pm Link A Thousand Words wrote: Bummer... over 4 days without water and power... that's gotta SUCK! Do you have a bottled water supply or generator... maybe propane tank to cook?... Sep 14 17 10:12 pm Link My friend in Spring Hill only lost power for 12 hours. Sep 14 17 11:30 pm Link A Thousand Words wrote: They finally got a hold of their preacher who went over and checked out their place. The old place did great only loosing one awning from a window. Didn't even blow the screens out of their patio. Their area is without power too. Sep 15 17 09:29 am Link Heard from a couple friends of mine in Key West (they were using a land line out of the Green Parrot . . . figures, drinkin' already . . . ), they said Key West did fairly well, some wind damage, a little flooding, but not nearly as bad as some previous storms, no power, water or internet though . . . not so sure my house out on Doctor's Arm in Big Pine did so well, haven't heard or seen anything yet . . . fingers crossed . . . SOS Sep 15 17 11:10 am Link By last Thursday the track was for Irma to pass right over my house, so we changed our minds and decided to bug out. We managed to get a flight out with 1 hour to spare on Friday afternoon, just before they closed Palm Beach airport. We were supposed to leave from Boca Raton, but they ran out of jet fuel... so did Fort Lauderdale. We flew to Atlanta on a tiny twin-engine Citation Jet:  We came back today, and there was some damage... but Irma's last minute course correction westward saved our asses.   A model/friend who was supposed to come visit last week got stuck in Jamaica, but came to our house yesterday. Bless her heart. she was hard at work cleaning up some of the mess when we got home today:  Sep 15 17 08:08 pm Link Lightcraft Studio wrote: WOW... chainsaws are gonna be workin overtime there... Sep 16 17 04:58 pm Link Select Models wrote: Its pretty amazing actually, most of us on our street already have most of our stuff piled into huge piles by the street. We're told that FEMA will pick it all up within 6-8 weeks. I hope another hurricane doesn't come along and blow the crap all over the place... that would be one huge mess. Sep 16 17 10:27 pm Link Lightcraft Studio wrote: I think you're safe. The dimestore YouTube meteorologists don't see threatening your 'FEMA piles' within the next 2 months... Sep 17 17 02:36 pm Link |
