Cleo, Sparky, Torn and other folks in Florida

Chop Smith · 2005-08-26, 01:07 AM

The storm went right over ya'll. Give us a report about your safety as soon as you get power. Sure wishing you the best.

Simon · 2005-08-26, 06:33 AM

Went over them and it's now down here in the Keys.
Lost power, got it back, lost it and back again this morning.
We're under tornado watch right now with a big waterspout moving through the waters just south of here. Hopefully it will be past us soon.
Good wishes to those it passed already, hope you get your power back soon.

Simon

digifan · 2005-08-26, 07:12 AM

I'm worried too.. just read the news on Yahoo about the damages.

digifan · 2005-08-26, 07:13 AM

All these recent weather changes suck... both in the USA and in Europe... what this world is coming too?

Cleo · 2005-08-26, 07:27 AM

No power yet but I do have a generator and a one room A/C so I slept like a baby.

Lots of trees and branches down including one blocking my street, my driveway, and one on my roof that doesn't look like it damaged my roof so just lots of cleanup.

Fueled the generator this morning and I have enough fuel for another 48 hours. Going to go buy a chain saw today as soon as Home Depot opens so that I can remove the fallen branches and also see if I can refill my three empty 5 gallon gas cans.

Cable modem is down so I'm using my backup ADSL. Going to take down all my storm shutters after I drink my morning espresso and wake up.

I'm in good shape but most of my friends called me, like Angel, with no power and no storm supplies so they are all sitting in the dark hot, sweating, and bored.

spookyx · 2005-08-26, 07:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cleo

I'm in good shape but most of my friends called me, like Angel, with no power and no storm supplies so they are all sitting in the dark hot, sweating, and bored.

I get generators wholesale, maybe we can sell them one

Fonz · 2005-08-26, 07:39 AM

"CNN Breaking News" just emailed me to tell me that : The eye of Hurricane Katrina makes landfall near the Miami-Dade-Broward county line, the National Hurricane Center says.

If I'm not mistaken that's somewhere where Cleo is located?

Surfn · 2005-08-26, 07:46 AM

Good to know at least one of our Peeps has all their bits and pieces

Cleo · 2005-08-26, 07:49 AM

The eye went right over where I live. I grew up down here but this is the first time that I've ever been in the eye of a hurricane. Oddly the storm turned south after it made landfall and hit Miami hard too.

This storm was much worse then anything we got where I live last year since we got a direct hit unlike last year's storms which hit north Florida. I'm really happy that I put up all my storm shutters yesterday. Looks like I was the only one on my block that did put them up.

What a difference having a generator and proper storm supplies make.

digifan · 2005-08-26, 07:59 AM

I just finished yesterday's thread and I am glad you are safe hon... be careful with that chain saw uh....

digifan · 2005-08-26, 08:00 AM

I hope everyone else is ok too... please let us know when you have net access.

Cleo · 2005-08-26, 08:05 AM

Just took a walk around my property. Looks like the worst thing that happened to me was having about 40 feet of old wooden fencing fall over. Went up on my roof and everything looks good and I didn't even loose any roof tiles.

Off to go take down my shutters…

Simon · 2005-08-26, 08:25 AM

We have all the downstairs shutters on and most of the upstairs ones.
I think we're getting what the mainland got yesterday (maybe a little less).
It's still blowing hard here and rain is pouring down.
Power's been out a dozen times since earlier post.

Coffee and thumbnails for breakfast.

(No, not mine, silly... wait, that doesn't really sound any better, does it? Okay... having coffee and making some custom thumbnails.... yeah, that's a little clearer).

Not quite wide awake yet but working on it.

Simon

Torn Rose · 2005-08-26, 08:26 AM

Morning all, we are well north of this hurricane so no damage. It rained on/off a few times yesterday, but other then that no problems.... Hardly any wind.

Of course it looks like it's going to head north and then maybe across the state so who knows what will happen Sunday.

Surfn · 2005-08-26, 08:37 AM

More and more Peeps with all their bits and pieces

sue-fl · 2005-08-26, 10:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cleo

Just took a walk around my property. Looks like the worst thing that happened to me was having about 40 feet of old wooden fencing fall over. Went up on my roof and everything looks good and I didn't even loose any roof tiles.

Off to go take down my shutters…

Glad to hear you didn't get a lot of damage Cleo. I was watching it on the news last night it looked pretty bad. Glad your fine and so is your house...

cd34 · 2005-08-26, 11:08 AM

Not much here other than some wind and rain, but then, I was a bit north of it. I haven't walked around the yard to see if there is any wind damage, but, I suspect other than a few broken branches, we escaped unscathed. Power blinked a few times last night, but, not long enough to reset any clocks.

http://radar.weather.gov/radar/lates.../si.kamx.shtml
http://sun-sentinel.com/
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tlh/tropical/

Miami Herald has some decent reporting, but, requires that free registration that many people dislike.

MrYum · 2005-08-26, 11:43 PM

Yep, I was wondering how you faired Cleo...glad there was no significant damage.

We got very little effect up here on the gulf side. A bit of gusty wind...some rain...nothing big at all.

Just another day in paradise

Cleo · 2005-08-27, 08:20 AM

Still no power, but generator is doing great and slept in my nice and cool bedroom with my one room A/C. Home Depot was on generator power and was open so I bought a new leaf blower, electric one this time. A electric chain saw that attaches to a long pole and a gas powered chain saw. I wanted a larger gas powered chain saw but all they had left was 10" ones.

Down to less then 10 gallons of gas so after I spend some time trimming fallen branches I'm going gas hunting.

Still have phone service and backup ADSL. Hoping that real power gets restored before I loose phone and ADSL.

Simon · 2005-08-27, 10:33 AM

Yesterday we lost all power, cable, phone, dsl, you name it, even cell service has been out for the second day now. The wind and rain did not stop here all day and all night, finally clearing some this morning.

Making this post on battery power and an old dial-up aol account during now and then phone service, which is all that's come back at all yet. One of the trees fell yesterday too, hiting the roof of the boat house but looks like no damage. Lots of neighbors have trees down.

Going to be slow going here until services come back.

Apologies to those folks I lost in mid-IMs yesterday.

Simon

Cleo · 2005-08-27, 10:50 AM

After almost starting to take apart breaker boxes trying to figure out why half my bedroom had no power I finally decided to check the two breakers on the generator. Now I know that if one of them trip I only loose power to part of my house which makes perfect sense seeing as that would be one leg of the 220 circuit.

Got the electric chain saw that is on a pole stuck in the tree branch on the east side of my house that is laying partly on my roof. I would use the gas one but I don't want to be that close to it when it finally does break free from the couple of remaining inches that is holding it from crashing to the ground. Guess I need to go back to Home Depot and buy a come along or whatever that thing is called that has a cable and a crank so that I can wrap in around the branch and pull it down from a safe distance. Once I get it laying on the ground it shouldn't be too bad to cut up and put out with the rest of the yard derbies.

Got my front yard all cleaned up. Still have a not that big rubber tree on the east side that knocked over two sections of old fencing. Once I get the tree off it I'm going to see if I can just reuse the fencing or if I need to call someone to replace those sections.

It's getting hot out so I may wait until late this afternoon for more cleanup and I need to go gas hunting anyway.

I think it's time to relax for a bit in my nice and cool bedroom that has the A/C cranked up.

Guess I will not be needing to go to the gym for a week or so…

amber438 · 2005-08-27, 10:54 AM

I'm glad you guys are all ok

cd34 · 2005-08-27, 08:13 PM

And now its headed over to Linkster & Chop Smith's area.... Katrina is one nasty girl.

Cleo · 2005-08-27, 08:25 PM

Yeah it has turned into a major hurricane. Not looking good for New Orleans at all.

Power is back on. Tree branch is off my roof and is now a huge pile of tree pieces that I have to drag all around my house, through the gate, and out to the street.

Still have to start on the downed rubber tree that knocked down part of my fence. Hoping to have all the yard work down within three days.

I see that there is two more storms out there that may be headed our way.

Torn Rose · 2005-08-27, 08:29 PM

CNN had a story on what if New Orleans is hit by a Cat 4 and all I can say is

GET OUT NOW!

2005-08-26, 01:07 AM	#1
Chop Smith Eighteen 'til I Die Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Mississippi Posts: 2,168	Cleo, Sparky, Torn and other folks in Florida The storm went right over ya'll. Give us a report about your safety as soon as you get power. Sure wishing you the best. __________________

2005-08-26, 06:33 AM	#2
Simon That which does not kill us, will try, try again. Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Conch Republic Posts: 5,150	Went over them and it's now down here in the Keys. Lost power, got it back, lost it and back again this morning. We're under tornado watch right now with a big waterspout moving through the waters just south of here. Hopefully it will be past us soon. Good wishes to those it passed already, hope you get your power back soon. Simon __________________ "If you're happy and you know it, think again." -- Guru Pitka

2005-08-26, 07:12 AM	#3
digifan ...and since we know an end will come it makes our living so much fun Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: In your dreams, baby Posts: 3,835	I'm worried too.. just read the news on Yahoo about the damages. __________________ Webair Rocks

2005-08-26, 07:13 AM	#4
digifan ...and since we know an end will come it makes our living so much fun Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: In your dreams, baby Posts: 3,835	All these recent weather changes suck... both in the USA and in Europe... what this world is coming too? __________________ Webair Rocks

2005-08-26, 07:27 AM	#5
Cleo Subversive filth of the hedonistic decadent West Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Southeast Florida Posts: 27,936	No power yet but I do have a generator and a one room A/C so I slept like a baby. Lots of trees and branches down including one blocking my street, my driveway, and one on my roof that doesn't look like it damaged my roof so just lots of cleanup. Fueled the generator this morning and I have enough fuel for another 48 hours. Going to go buy a chain saw today as soon as Home Depot opens so that I can remove the fallen branches and also see if I can refill my three empty 5 gallon gas cans. Cable modem is down so I'm using my backup ADSL. Going to take down all my storm shutters after I drink my morning espresso and wake up. I'm in good shape but most of my friends called me, like Angel, with no power and no storm supplies so they are all sitting in the dark hot, sweating, and bored. __________________ Free Rides on Uber and Lyft Uber Car: uberTzTerri Lyft Car: TZ896289

2005-08-26, 07:39 AM	#7
Fonz Former pr0n slinger. Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Antwerp, Belgium Posts: 7,929	"CNN Breaking News" just emailed me to tell me that : The eye of Hurricane Katrina makes landfall near the Miami-Dade-Broward county line, the National Hurricane Center says. If I'm not mistaken that's somewhere where Cleo is located? __________________ See how I abuse little trees on my Shumi no Bonsai Blog

2005-08-26, 07:46 AM	#8
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2005-08-26, 07:49 AM	#9
Cleo Subversive filth of the hedonistic decadent West Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Southeast Florida Posts: 27,936	The eye went right over where I live. I grew up down here but this is the first time that I've ever been in the eye of a hurricane. Oddly the storm turned south after it made landfall and hit Miami hard too. This storm was much worse then anything we got where I live last year since we got a direct hit unlike last year's storms which hit north Florida. I'm really happy that I put up all my storm shutters yesterday. Looks like I was the only one on my block that did put them up. What a difference having a generator and proper storm supplies make. __________________ Free Rides on Uber and Lyft Uber Car: uberTzTerri Lyft Car: TZ896289

2005-08-26, 07:59 AM	#10
digifan ...and since we know an end will come it makes our living so much fun Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: In your dreams, baby Posts: 3,835	I just finished yesterday's thread and I am glad you are safe hon... be careful with that chain saw uh.... __________________ Webair Rocks

2005-08-26, 08:00 AM	#11
digifan ...and since we know an end will come it makes our living so much fun Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: In your dreams, baby Posts: 3,835	I hope everyone else is ok too... please let us know when you have net access. __________________ Webair Rocks

2005-08-26, 08:05 AM	#12
Cleo Subversive filth of the hedonistic decadent West Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Southeast Florida Posts: 27,936	Just took a walk around my property. Looks like the worst thing that happened to me was having about 40 feet of old wooden fencing fall over. Went up on my roof and everything looks good and I didn't even loose any roof tiles. Off to go take down my shutters… __________________ Free Rides on Uber and Lyft Uber Car: uberTzTerri Lyft Car: TZ896289

2005-08-26, 08:25 AM	#13
Simon That which does not kill us, will try, try again. Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Conch Republic Posts: 5,150	We have all the downstairs shutters on and most of the upstairs ones. I think we're getting what the mainland got yesterday (maybe a little less). It's still blowing hard here and rain is pouring down. Power's been out a dozen times since earlier post. Coffee and thumbnails for breakfast. (No, not mine, silly... wait, that doesn't really sound any better, does it? Okay... having coffee and making some custom thumbnails.... yeah, that's a little clearer). Not quite wide awake yet but working on it. Simon __________________ "If you're happy and you know it, think again." -- Guru Pitka

2005-08-26, 08:26 AM	#14
Torn Rose "Faith is believing what you know ain't so." ~ Mark Twain Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 4,806	Morning all, we are well north of this hurricane so no damage. It rained on/off a few times yesterday, but other then that no problems.... Hardly any wind. Of course it looks like it's going to head north and then maybe across the state so who knows what will happen Sunday.

2005-08-26, 08:37 AM	#15
Surfn If you don’t take a chance the Angels won’t dance Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Earth on occasion Posts: 8,812	More and more Peeps with all their bits and pieces __________________ Surfn's Links Are you a partner?

2005-08-26, 11:08 AM	#17
cd34 a.k.a. Sparky Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: West Palm Beach, FL, USA Posts: 2,396	Not much here other than some wind and rain, but then, I was a bit north of it. I haven't walked around the yard to see if there is any wind damage, but, I suspect other than a few broken branches, we escaped unscathed. Power blinked a few times last night, but, not long enough to reset any clocks. http://radar.weather.gov/radar/lates.../si.kamx.shtml http://sun-sentinel.com/ http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tlh/tropical/ Miami Herald has some decent reporting, but, requires that free registration that many people dislike. __________________ SnapReplay.com a different way to share photos - iPhone & Android

2005-08-26, 11:43 PM	#18
MrYum Arghhhh...submit yer sites ya ruddy swabs! Join Date: May 2004 Location: Sunny Florida! Posts: 5,108	Yep, I was wondering how you faired Cleo...glad there was no significant damage. We got very little effect up here on the gulf side. A bit of gusty wind...some rain...nothing big at all. Just another day in paradise __________________ Porno Flixxx Submissions SOTI Site Submissions Free Porn Resource Submissions

2005-08-27, 08:20 AM	#19
Cleo Subversive filth of the hedonistic decadent West Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Southeast Florida Posts: 27,936	Still no power, but generator is doing great and slept in my nice and cool bedroom with my one room A/C. Home Depot was on generator power and was open so I bought a new leaf blower, electric one this time. A electric chain saw that attaches to a long pole and a gas powered chain saw. I wanted a larger gas powered chain saw but all they had left was 10" ones. Down to less then 10 gallons of gas so after I spend some time trimming fallen branches I'm going gas hunting. Still have phone service and backup ADSL. Hoping that real power gets restored before I loose phone and ADSL. __________________ Free Rides on Uber and Lyft Uber Car: uberTzTerri Lyft Car: TZ896289

2005-08-27, 10:33 AM	#20
Simon That which does not kill us, will try, try again. Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Conch Republic Posts: 5,150	Yesterday we lost all power, cable, phone, dsl, you name it, even cell service has been out for the second day now. The wind and rain did not stop here all day and all night, finally clearing some this morning. Making this post on battery power and an old dial-up aol account during now and then phone service, which is all that's come back at all yet. One of the trees fell yesterday too, hiting the roof of the boat house but looks like no damage. Lots of neighbors have trees down. Going to be slow going here until services come back. Apologies to those folks I lost in mid-IMs yesterday. Simon __________________ "If you're happy and you know it, think again." -- Guru Pitka

2005-08-27, 10:50 AM	#21
Cleo Subversive filth of the hedonistic decadent West Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Southeast Florida Posts: 27,936	After almost starting to take apart breaker boxes trying to figure out why half my bedroom had no power I finally decided to check the two breakers on the generator. Now I know that if one of them trip I only loose power to part of my house which makes perfect sense seeing as that would be one leg of the 220 circuit. Got the electric chain saw that is on a pole stuck in the tree branch on the east side of my house that is laying partly on my roof. I would use the gas one but I don't want to be that close to it when it finally does break free from the couple of remaining inches that is holding it from crashing to the ground. Guess I need to go back to Home Depot and buy a come along or whatever that thing is called that has a cable and a crank so that I can wrap in around the branch and pull it down from a safe distance. Once I get it laying on the ground it shouldn't be too bad to cut up and put out with the rest of the yard derbies. Got my front yard all cleaned up. Still have a not that big rubber tree on the east side that knocked over two sections of old fencing. Once I get the tree off it I'm going to see if I can just reuse the fencing or if I need to call someone to replace those sections. It's getting hot out so I may wait until late this afternoon for more cleanup and I need to go gas hunting anyway. I think it's time to relax for a bit in my nice and cool bedroom that has the A/C cranked up. Guess I will not be needing to go to the gym for a week or so… __________________ Free Rides on Uber and Lyft Uber Car: uberTzTerri Lyft Car: TZ896289

2005-08-27, 10:54 AM	#22
amber438 Whatever don't kill ya makes ya stronger... Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: New York Posts: 820	I'm glad you guys are all ok __________________ Red Hot Links Red Hot Galleries

2005-08-27, 08:13 PM	#23
cd34 a.k.a. Sparky Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: West Palm Beach, FL, USA Posts: 2,396	And now its headed over to Linkster & Chop Smith's area.... Katrina is one nasty girl. __________________ SnapReplay.com a different way to share photos - iPhone & Android

2005-08-27, 08:25 PM	#24
Cleo Subversive filth of the hedonistic decadent West Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Southeast Florida Posts: 27,936	Yeah it has turned into a major hurricane. Not looking good for New Orleans at all. Power is back on. Tree branch is off my roof and is now a huge pile of tree pieces that I have to drag all around my house, through the gate, and out to the street. Still have to start on the downed rubber tree that knocked down part of my fence. Hoping to have all the yard work down within three days. I see that there is two more storms out there that may be headed our way. __________________ Free Rides on Uber and Lyft Uber Car: uberTzTerri Lyft Car: TZ896289

2005-08-27, 08:29 PM	#25
Torn Rose "Faith is believing what you know ain't so." ~ Mark Twain Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 4,806	CNN had a story on what if New Orleans is hit by a Cat 4 and all I can say is GET OUT NOW!