Hurricane Irma!!

[atomicsmoke]

I've read a couple of articles that recommend putting you valuables in the dishwasher since it's water tight. Also to vacuum seal all important documents and pictures. Stay safe folks couldn't even imagine what your going through. 

Chris

That foodsaver comes in handy.

 

[griz400]

Landfall near marco island --winds are down to 115 mph,when they go down to 110, will be  a cat 2..

http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/weather/tropical.html

Look at these bad boys for dinner tonight ... excuse me for cooking on gas 

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• griz400
• Sep 10, 2017

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• griz400
• Sep 10, 2017

 

[griz400]

Now is a cat 2 ... and steaks are done ... 

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• griz400
• Sep 10, 2017

They are saying when it reaches us at 2 am. will be a cat 1, only about 85 mph ...

 

[griz400]

now has got faster moving and say will reach us by midnight or so .. will all be over with by daylight tomorrow .. not worried as much now, long as we don't get a tornado in the area like we did when charlie came through .. ripped up trees in the yard ... I am sure we lose power .. probably Al already has .. let us pray for Al as we speak .. when I looked, Sebring was getting winds over 110 (gusts) ..

 

[bluewhisper]

Hey Jck, for boarding up the house, do you keep a kit of the boards you need each time or do you buy and install new each time?

Here in central Ohio the last big decaying hurricane was Ike.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_Hurricane_Ike_in_inland_North_America

We had 70+ winds which caused a lot of unusual damage and knocked out power for a while.

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• bluewhisper
• Sep 10, 2017

 

[JckDanls 07]

yes.. I store the plywood and reuse it... hence the ones that say "Charlie 04"

wind is getting pretty stout now 50+ mph gusts... still have power ...

 

[dls1]

Saw that Naples just got about 7 feet of water with more to come. Also, 2.3 million "Customers" are now without power. Customers means accounts so that could easily be 5+ million people without power.

This baby has a long way to go.

 

[remsr]

Prayers coming your way. I have a nephew and his son living in Florida on the east side.

Randy,

 

[griz400]

Starting to get a little nasty here.. will touch base with you all in the morning ... have not lost powr yet, but,we will .. see you alli the am 

 

[fliptetlow]

really starting to blow in west Orlando, still have power :O

 

[pc farmer]

Everyone be safe down there.  

We dont get nothing like this up here.  Just a snow storm or two.

 

[dls1]

Just saw that FPL (Florida Power & Light) said that 3+ million customers (accounts) have no power. Since FPL has about 4.8 million accounts they're basically saying that about 65% of the Stae has no electricity. Obviously, there's more to come.

Also saw that the city of Venice shut off all water after a major water main break. For drinking and cooking they're advising to boil water for 48 hours. Kind of hard to do that if no water is available in the first place, and if it was, no power is available to do so.

Th perfect storm is far from over.

 

[JckDanls 07]

Al... hang on brother....coming your way... luckily it's going inland and putting us on the west side (weakest) ... was just outside walking around in it... blowing HARD ... still have power (FPL) believe it or not ...

 

[griz400]

Well, we are good here, no damage at all,,, hope everyone can say the same .... still have winds here this am at 7 oclock , came between us here in Brandon and Lakeland 

 

[JckDanls 07]

We're all good here ... lost some shingles is about all ... hope Al and others are safe ...

 

[Bearcarver]

Sounds Good so far---Hoping the rest of you make out as good!!!

I find it amazing that anyone down there still has electric.

Here at the Bear Den, if somebody walks down the road & sneezes, our power will go down!!!

Bear

 

[HalfSmoked]

Sorry for being late on reply on this I did contact some of you by PM before storm hit. Hoping this finds all safe.

Warren

 

[disco]

I watch the news with concern. Please take care of yourselves.

Disco

 

[chilerelleno]

So far everyone but Al has checked in safe?
Here's one more hoping he and his family are safe.

 

[griz400]

Yes, hope Al and family is ok,,, probably no power, last hurricane in 04 we lost power for a couple days ...