DozerII
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Anyone heard from SmallFoot, hope everything is Okay down there.
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earthman
Fascinated by rolling objects!
Probably power out
Gastrick
One of the Dirty Dozen!
Got power back. Cleaning up mess. Looks like I have internet back
earthman
Fascinated by rolling objects!
Much damage to your property Gas, or just mess?
DozerII
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Glad to hear
maverickmk
Rebel Rodder
Lost power Sunday night around 12:15 (I guess that is officially Monday morning) Didn't get it back until Thursday afternoon. Wednesday night was tough to sleep due to the rising humidity. Having a generator is really a game changer. As SmallFoot said, by the time it reached us here in Central FL it was tropical strength winds. My tree in the front yard got it's butt whooped but survived. Lost a few shingles, but we made it thru just fine. Where I live we are in one of the highest areas around so we didn't get any flooding at all. I had to drain my pool twice before we lost power. Also, FL is mostly sand based and the water usually drains pretty good.
The small school I work at has what we like to call the petrified forest and it had a few trees come down and a lot of limbs & leaves everywhere (10 acres). I have been busier than a one armed paper-hanger trying to get it cleaned up so we can open on Monday. Thank goodness one of our students grandfather spent a whole day with his tractor & chainsaw helping me get a few of these trees moved. Still have several days of work for me, but at least we can open Monday.
The small school I work at has what we like to call the petrified forest and it had a few trees come down and a lot of limbs & leaves everywhere (10 acres). I have been busier than a one armed paper-hanger trying to get it cleaned up so we can open on Monday. Thank goodness one of our students grandfather spent a whole day with his tractor & chainsaw helping me get a few of these trees moved. Still have several days of work for me, but at least we can open Monday.
Willowbilly3
A *real* tin magnet
Amazing what guys who don't like snow will put up with,lol.
Glad all those checking in are good.
Glad all those checking in are good.
earthman
Fascinated by rolling objects!
Good to hear Mav.
smallfoot
He's rockin' the "Nuttin Special"!
Okie dokie then.....Just got my power back about an hour ago. Gonna feel good to get the house cool and take a shower again. I rode it out here. Not a damaged building or bent piece of tin...trees everywhere though. Took me 3 days to clear my driveway. Then there was that tree on the power. They just got that done this morning.
I lost power Sunday evening about 7:15. That was about 7 or 8 hours before the eye went by. As far as wind strength, it was probably a wuss. Because of it's immense size, it covered the entire state from south to north and east to west. If Irma was target shooting, she hit a bullseye and we've been center punched. This state has been thru it so much, they generally have it mastered for a plan when things like this happen. The clean up effort has been phenomenal. To have restored as much as they have in only a week is amazing. Thanks for all the effort! And thanks everybody for thinking of us. I've got a few pix I'll post later. Right now, with power on, I have to take of some things still. Later!
I lost power Sunday evening about 7:15. That was about 7 or 8 hours before the eye went by. As far as wind strength, it was probably a wuss. Because of it's immense size, it covered the entire state from south to north and east to west. If Irma was target shooting, she hit a bullseye and we've been center punched. This state has been thru it so much, they generally have it mastered for a plan when things like this happen. The clean up effort has been phenomenal. To have restored as much as they have in only a week is amazing. Thanks for all the effort! And thanks everybody for thinking of us. I've got a few pix I'll post later. Right now, with power on, I have to take of some things still. Later!
Good to here from ya all. Several days ago we passed 100+ tree cutting service vehicles in less than 2 hrs all headed your way. They mobilized early to get down there before the storm had even passed.
Perfect way to sum that up WB! [ddd
Perfect way to sum that up WB! [ddd
smallfoot
He's rockin' the "Nuttin Special"!
Sorry for the lack of pix. Was kinda busy...
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smallfoot
He's rockin' the "Nuttin Special"!
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He's rockin' the "Nuttin Special"!
Dr Crankenstein
Rocket Surgeon
Propane is your friend! Good to see you alive and well!
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Gastrick
One of the Dirty Dozen!
Dang. Here comes another one
Gastrick
One of the Dirty Dozen!
I was a kid when my family moved here. Still don't like it ha
DozerII
Well-known member
Glad to see it was only trees damaged Smallfoot. A lot of work for the clean up.
smallfoot
He's rockin' the "Nuttin Special"!
Good to see u Gastrick! I heard from one of my buds over in Tampa this am. He didn't even lose power. Must not be any trees where he is. We were lucky. Because I'm where I'm at, out in the boonies, I don't expect to get much help. I'm usually last on the list to restore and that's the way it is and is supposed to be..I don't really care. I'm about as easy to get along with whether there's power or not. Make like a duck in the rain, let it slide right off your back...
smallfoot
He's rockin' the "Nuttin Special"!
Yessir! 3 days to clear my driveway to the road. (fuel to run equipment not available) The absolute worst thing about the whole ordeal is that it would have been easier to make out for a week if the people in charge wouldn't have gotten people in a frenzy before the storm. Get this. We were out of gas locally 2 days prior to the storm landing here. They had 5 million people evacuating. Where to you might ask? My question exactly! For lots of them it was a big "OOOPS!!!" They ran from the east side to the west side. The storm took the west side. They ran back to the east side. Some of them ran all the way to Georgia. The storm went that way too. Now then, we have no gas, no ice, no food, no nuttin because all these lost souls are riding around like fools in a hurricane looking for shelter. They probably left good shelter to trade it for a road trip in unGodly conditions....
forbigpicture
Please stand by.......
Glad you're safe and still around....welcome back...
