mikewint
Captain
With Geo, VERY glad you suffered little damage. Yesterday we got about a inch of rain when Irma reached Arkansas.
Hello from Gulf Coast Florida
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Good to hear you're okay
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Shortround6
Robert Porter
Senior Master Sergeant
Excellent news!
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
Nice to hear!
Thanks so much for the thoughts everyone. We bailed out and went to Alabama to my brothers. Strangely the storm followed ME!
Got back about midnight last night and all is good at our house. A few carports got relocated in the complex. we have power.
Hoping everyone else in Florida is OK and has no damage.
14 and 13 hour drives for what is about 7 with no traffic.
Cheers, people
Glad everything is back to normal as it is possible at the moment.
Peter Gunn
Master Sergeant
Thanks so much for the thoughts everyone. We bailed out and went to Alabama to my brothers. Strangely the storm followed ME!
*SNIP*
It must be your magnetic personality...
Seriously though, glad you're all safe and sound over there on the "mainland". I was about to organize a search party and come looking for you.
P.S. Can you send a little of that power over my way...
"Gee, Mom, she followed me home, can I keep her?"Strangely the storm followed ME!
Glad to see you made it!
Cheers,
Wes
Shortround6
Major General
P.S. Can you send a little of that power over my way...
All I got is a few spare batteries but I doubt the Post office can get them there before the power guys do their magic
I think but can't prove that living 4-5 miles from Disney might have something to do with it.
drgondog
Major
Great to hear you are OK, Shortround.
I have two close friends living in Tavernier Key that dodged a bullet by leaving. Old FL hands that remembered Donna and Andrew, more recently. It will be awhile before they clean up south of mile marker 74 but that is 10 miles south of their houses. Lost their boats but both houses OK.
I have two close friends living in Tavernier Key that dodged a bullet by leaving. Old FL hands that remembered Donna and Andrew, more recently. It will be awhile before they clean up south of mile marker 74 but that is 10 miles south of their houses. Lost their boats but both houses OK.
Peter Gunn
Master Sergeant
All I got is a few spare batteries but I doubt the Post office can get them there before the power guys do their magic
No sweat... heh... power came back on yesterday around 2:00 pm.
Thanks for the thought though.
Robert Porter
Senior Master Sergeant
I was in Naples for Andrew. Having survived that I had decided next time to bug out and not try and ride it out again. Spent several hours trying to hold a mattress up against a sliding glass door with most of my living room furniture aiding the effort. Never found my boat, my car while not flooded had two trees on top of it, and all the screens on the house were gone. Took 3 days to get power back and 4 before motor vehicles could leave the complex. So I certainly sympathize!
Peter Gunn
Master Sergeant
Robert - Yeah man, we were on this coast when Andrew hit and we sure said some prayers for you all over on the other coast.
I tell you true, Tampa/St. Pete./Clearwater dodged a massive bullet, had Irma not swerved inland and fallen apart, if it had hit us dead center like many of the predictions as a Cat 4+... *shiver*
NOT something I want to think about and in fact, the wife and I are assessing where we might want to relocate to. The Tampa area is pretty safe from hurricanes in general but after this, man the mountains are looking better all the time.
mikewint
Captain
Bring your own water and lots of fire extinguishers
Shortround6
Major General
Florida Mountains.
Mt Dora 2208 inches
Still get Hurricanes but at least your out of the storm surge
Mt Dora 2208 inches
Still get Hurricanes but at least your out of the storm surge
Robert Porter
Senior Master Sergeant
When I lived in Naples, south of us was Marco Island, the highest point of which was laughingly referred to as "Marco Mountain" at 51' above sea level it was the highest elevation in all of SW Florida!
Peter Gunn
Master Sergeant
Hah! Thanks for the suggestions, we were looking more at Northern Georgia or Tennessee, or possibly the western Carolina's.
Mike - You killjoy...
Mike - You killjoy...
Shortround6
Major General
Hah! Thanks for the suggestions, we were looking more at Northern Georgia or Tennessee, or possibly the western Carolina's.
Mike - You killjoy...
My brother lives in Auburn AL. Seems like a nice area although I have no idea of the local politics/taxes. Easy driving to Columbus GA or Birmingham/Montgomery. Good medical facilities at a reasonable distance and with several collages in the area not too much of a cultural backwater. Checking the map shows a few decent looking lakes. Lake Martin and West Point lake.
I am sure the areas you are thinking of are fine too. Only drove through on the highway a few times.
Robert Porter
Senior Master Sergeant
Asheville NC and the surrounding areas are fantastic!
Peter Gunn
Master Sergeant
Funny you should mention NC, wife and I have looked very closely at it over the years.
Also SR, Alabama is also on the list, thanks for the input.
Also SR, Alabama is also on the list, thanks for the input.
