Official Florida is Fucked Hurricane thread

[Cleo]

That was exciting, had to make to make to the electric main which is located in my backyard about as far from my garage as it could be to disconnect from the grid before starting the generator. Note to self, next time top off the generator's fuel tank before the storm hits, was only a quarter full.

I had to hold on to things to keep from getting blown over. Opening the wooden gate to my backyard was interesting.

I think Simon was going to ride out the storm at his home. I hope he makes it through ok.

Wow this thing is loud. So much for going back to sleep. I feel like I drink ten cups of espresso.

[Beachbum]

Power out for the second time here, winds have really picked up in the last 30 min. Other than that all is well here. Hell I'm ready to go back to bed lol.
Stay safe everyone.

[cd34]

its windy out. And I don't have a kite.

ooh, sig placement

[RawAlex]

Originally Posted by cd34

its windy out. And I don't have a kite.

ooh, sig placement

That only works when you have a sig...

Cleo, according to what is on foxnews, it looks like it about is right over your head.

Stay low!

Alex

[urb]

Stay safe everyone.

[Cleo]

The water in my toilets is bobbing up and down, WTF.

Looks like the eye should be over me soon. Going to take a look at the damage and take some pics then.

[Cleo]

Just took a fast look outside. It is still very windy so I stayed away from any large trees fearing one of them falling on me.

Lost a small part of my fence on the other side this time. A few large branches broke off of the ficus tree in my backyard taking down the power lines that run along my property line. It looks like a war zone out there. Going to take some pics once it is safe to go out.

[RawAlex]

Careful, you should still have some coming on the backside...

[Toni KatVixen]

Not bad where we are at, but a tornado hit across town in the complex where my boss & my other manager lives. They are okay, just no power.

Good thing it is my day off and I don't have to worry about the office.

[Cleo]

Looks like the eye is actually going to stay just north of me so no in the eye pics.

Wind is actually worse now then it was a earlier and the cloud cover is so bad that I can't get a satellite signal.

Made breakfast, did reviews, time to make some espresso and then take a shower.

[Torn Rose]

damn, for the first time my pool is over flowing....

[Cleo]

First pics raw from the camera
http://terrizamore.com/a/DSC_0002.JPG
http://terrizamore.com/a/DSC_0001.JPG

[MindyBlingBucks]

Hahaha, just read about the water in your toilet.
Stay safe Cleo!

[cd34]

http://cd34.com/wilma/

Movies are still uploading, but, here are some shots taken during the eye.

The movies were taken from INSIDE the house with the windows closed -- just to give you an idea of the noise.

[Simon]

Hello from under water

Just a quick note to say we're alive down here. Dial-up seems to be working for now, but that's all that is. Having to connect via AOL so I can't access many things right now. Cell service is out. Cable is gone. I won't be surprised if we lose phone service too.

It was a bad storm here overnight last night. All of the Florida Keys are without power, and we're now in the midst of the second storm surge. The first one raised the water at least four feet over the normal high tide in the canal here. The second surge is adding a foot or more to that. Right now the house is completely surrounded by almost three feet of water (we're on a slight elevation). You can look out and not be able to tell where the canal was, where the street was, where other house's yards begin and end. Boats on trailers are floating. Hopefully the tide will reverse soon and start taking some of the water away.

Not sure when they'll be able to restore power down here. Most generators around here are still off, since everyone has them downstairs, and downstairs is under several feet of water right now.

That's about it for now. I'll get back here when I can and let you know how things are progressing with drying out the Keys.

Simon

[Cleo]

Good to see you posting Simon.

Took some fast pics. It's still pretty nasty out there but the storm has passed. It's also cold out there so at least I don't have to deal with the heat. Going to start taking down my shutters in a bit.
http://terrizamore.com/a/camera-raw-...-october-2005/

[Cleo]

Took my shutters down.

No water, cable modem is down, no cell service, on backup ADSL, not sure how long that will last.

Neighborhood looks like a war zone.

[RawAlex]

Cleo, I love the line of gas cans by the fence...

Is that one of your roof tiles broken on the driveway or someone else's?

Alex

[Cleo]

That is mine. Haven't actually been up on my roof but I think I lost less then a dozen and I have a big pile left over from when they did it. The tiles are just foamed on so I think this is something that I can fix myself.

[RawAlex]

I am shocked your neighborhood has any trees left, considering the number of storms in the last 24 months. This one really looks like it kicked shit in some places.

Havana Cuba flooded solid too...

Alex

[CrazySy]

Glad to hear everyone is safe, this one just refuses to die as it is back to cat 3 again.

[Cleo]

I'm on high ground but I'm hearing that old town which is near downtown Ft. Laud. is flooded pretty bad.

My rich neighbor up the street who is out of town wants me to check on his house but the streets are un-passable. He is actually five blocks from me so I may ride my bike over there once it isn't so windy.

[Surfn]

Glad to hear I don't have to fish your hairy butt out of the water Simon

[Cleo]

Grabbed about 40 gallons or so of water out of mu neighbor's pool so that I can flush toilets

[Greenguy]

I have two lines for that:
1 - Does your neighbor know?
2 - Why not just use their pool?