Hurricanes and Stuff

[shellylh]

Thanks for all the FL updates!

[CarlSeibert]

My phone says 100% chance of rain. Gee.
A tad worried about gene.

[Voltron]

Carl! I hope you and Bonnie are safe and sound and dry. Stay safe!

[CarlSeibert]

We should be fine. We're at the mercy of Florida Flick and Flash, so there's the potential for extended inconvenience there. And the creek is as high as I have ever seen it, without storm surge or rain. That's a little troubling since we're about to get a foot of rain. Let's hope that it's the water management district managing as opposed to having a melt down. (The tide in our creek is controlled by a computer in West Palm Beach. They can raise it but not lower it.)  But all in all, we're one heck of a lot better off than we could have been.

I was monitoring Google Maps in case we had to flee. Here's a screen shot from last night.

I-75 was nasty from Tampa All. The. Way. To Atlanta. 

 

[Voltron]

I checked in with Gene again and he is fine for now but will be spending the night in a windowless hallway six floors up. He is comfortable with their safety but worries about the aftermath, obviously. 

I love this picture of Carl and Bonnie hunkering down on FB:

 

[CD44hi]

My in-laws left Tampa last Thursday morning and got as far as Chattanooga TN by Friday night, I think it's likely they will be there at a hotel for a while.  They are having a heck of a hard time waiting. I think they were trying to do some sight-seen today...

[acidbasement]

Be safe, Floridians! Carl, it sounds scary in Fort Lauderdale right now. The fake news is talking about tornadoes.

[Dreadhead]

Be safe everyone! Fingers crossed.

[Torpedo]

^this

[n_maher]

32 minutes ago, Torpedo said:

^this

Yes, this, many times over.

[Sechtdamon]

My mom and grandmother (both are muslims) are praying for you guys. Stay safe.

Edited September 10, 2017 by Sechtdamon

[shellylh]

Be safe. Hope you have plenty of pop tarts and wine in your bunker.

[skullguise]

Be safe, and please let us know all is OK when you can.

My nephew lives in Tampa with his girlfriend.  He is up in NY right now, but the GF is still down in Tampa.  Sister-in-law said the place they are in has plans (structural and assistance) in place to help against the hurricane and help further if needed.  But still not ecstatic with her there.....

[morphsci]

While I do not want to downplay the severity of the storms here, they are reporting cat 0 tornadoes, which people in the Midwest view as excellent kite flying weather.

[CarlSeibert]

Florida tornados are a different thing. Very small. Pop up out of nowhere, move very fast and blow some shit down. Not anywhere near as deadly, but scary because of crazy behavior.

[shellylh]

Also, there are no basements or real tornado shelters in places like Florida.

[crappyjones123]

I am at the hospital. Neighbor's tree fell on my parent's home. Julie has no power at her place. Everyone is safe, thankfully. Hoping for no more damage. Stay safe everyone else. 

[morphsci]

4 hours ago, shellylh said:

Also, there are no basements or real tornado shelters in places like Florida.

Inside bathroom + bathtub + mattress + alcohol = makeshift tornado shelter. Living in shitty college apartments during central Illinois tornado season tests your creativity.

[ironbut]

Anybody heard from Wayne?

 

[grawk]

he wasn't in the storm path, to my knowledge, and was active on facebook yesterday.

[ironbut]

Goes to show how much I know about geography!

Thanks. Glad to know anyways.

[Absorbine_Sr]

Texted Raffy. He said that he is fine and waiting for the power to come back on. Vicki posted on FB that she is safe. Raffy also thought Carl was ok. Al, any word from Gene?

[Voltron]

Sorry for the delay, but here is Gene's morning update:

All ok here, Al.

Irma took last minute veer to the east (inland) and spared us the worst.

No damage, flooding or injuries.  Just shrubs, branches, small trees, and litter to clean up.  Very lucky.  Powet expected to be out for a while, but we have water service.

It was an adventure for sure.

 

Also, Steve is back "home" at the trailer park but he is staying in another person's trailer because they are out of town and Steve's trailer would be rather breezy (big hole in it). He has no power or internet so he is not likely to be here much for the moment. He wanted me to let everyone know he is good and I'm excited that he is seriously considering moving back to the Bay Area by November. Woot!

[morphsci]

Everything is fine here. Had lost power between 11pm yesterday and 9 am this morning. Spent the day raking and cleaning up relatively small debris. Some minor damage to the porch screen door was the extent of the physical property damage. No flooding at all by us but I saw pictures of some locals water skiiing with a pickup truck in downtown Daytona Beach. Glad everyone else is also OK.

Edited September 11, 2017 by morphsci

[Voltron]

Good news Jim!