Theres a storm brewin for FL Gulf Coast

[chilerelleno]

Well shoot, I didn't see this thread before I posted mine.
Wishing the best for everyone in Idalia's path.

 

[JckDanls 07]

Posted this in Chile thread as well...

Passed by me now... still getting some feeder bans of rain... Pretty much unscathed... A few branches down...

 

[indaswamp]

Landfall now....Cat 4 with 130mph winds. Strongest storm to ever hit the big bend area.......y'all stay safe!

 

[SmokinEdge]

Checking in. Just wondering if any updates from the Florida group?

 

[tx smoker]

Checking in. Just wondering if any updates from the Florida group?

Thanks for posting. I've been concerned about a bunch of folks, not the least of whom is Jerry ( pineywoods ) If I remember his location correctly from my recent trip to his place for the SMF gathering, he may well have taken a direct hit.

Robert

 

[gmc2003]

Stay safe folks, this storm looks really nasty on the tele'.

 

[pc farmer]

I just talked to Brian. They are all ok. No power or internet. He's running on generator right now so he might not be on for a bit.

 

[DougE]

I just talked to Brian. They are all ok. No power or internet. He's running on generator right now so he might not be on for a bit.

Appreciate the update, Adam, and glad they are ok, though inconvenienced for a bit.

 

[SmokinEdge]

Good news so far. Thank you Adam.

 

[pc farmer]

Jerry just got some wind and rain. Nothing bad.

 

[pineywoods]

We got lucky it made landfall south and east of us so we didn't get anything other than a nice breeze and some much needed rain. It made a mess of the places it went to from land fall well into GA it wrecked a lot of things there was a lot of tree damage that brought down powerlines, there was structure damage and flooding/tidal surge damage. Some places had little to no damage until the water started rising then they had major problems.

 

[jaxgatorz]

Moved into new house..Closing on my old house was scheduled for yesterday. Got postponed due to storm..Today my old neighbor called to tell me about this..If it wasn't for bad luck..........

 

[indaswamp]

That sux Jax!

 

[pineywoods]

Bummer I hope there's not to much damage

 

[Fueling Around]

Bad timing there Jax
The part that sucks is they will usually cause more damage removing the tree than actually happens in the fall.
Glad to hear you got through it Jerry.
Not sure where Brian lives, but no internet is not the end of the world (well at least for me). Running a genny for power is good unless the fuel runs out.

 

[DougE]

The part that sucks is they will usually cause more damage removing the tree than actually happens in the fall.

Depends on how good the treeman is who is getting it off there ;).

 

[DougE]

Moved into new house..Closing on my old house was scheduled for yesterday. Got postponed due to storm..Today my old neighbor called to tell me about this..If it wasn't for bad luck..........

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Yeah, that sucks bad. A good treeman can likely get it off there with little or no additional damage to the house though. No guarantees, though, we never gave one on jobs like that, but I about never did additional damage on jobs like that over the years.

 

[Fueling Around]

Depends on how good the treeman is who is getting it off there ;).

I've watched the typical Florida work crew. Don't hold your breath.

 

[pineywoods]

I've watched the typical Florida work crew. Don't hold your breath.

There are all kinds of crews in FL it depends on what kind you hire. I'm sure Mike will get a good company to do the work if he doesn't know one his insurance company probably does.

 

[SmokinAl]

We came out fine, got 5” of rain & some gusty winds, but no real damage. Should be able to clean up & put stuff back in about 1/2 hour. Got lucky this time!
Al