Just sorta wait'in fer it to get over.........if ya can-dig-it!?!

Last edited by 6sally6 (9/30/2022 10:27 AM)

I tried to text you this morning....shoot me a text so I can keep up that you are ok and don't need to come looking.

6sally6 pipe in and let us know whats going on.

Sure sucks to be living on the right hand coast nowadays....  Come on out west - we never have hurricanes here!
Hope that all of those living in the  SE and East coast are safe and staying dry. Looking like Florida got blown off the map, and looking like years of rebuilding before things get back to something like normal. Until the next big hurricane...
 

Ron68 wrote:

Sure sucks to be living on the right hand coast nowadays....  Come on out west - we never have hurricanes here!
Hope that all of those living in the  SE and East coast are safe and staying dry. Looking like Florida got blown off the map, and looking like years of rebuilding before things get back to something like normal. Until the next big hurricane...
 

Be a little careful tempting Fate since you have the Cascadia Subduction Fault right off the coast of Washington State.  Hopefully it will continue sleeping for hundreds of more years before becoming active again.
 

Not trying to high jack the post but we got hit by it and hard.  We live in Cape Coral and the level of destruction is unreal.  Pretty much have a roof that kept us dry with a few leaks which I think I have fixed.  Most of the Southern shingles are all gone. Lost most of our fence but got it all put back up yesterday.  We were outside during the first phase and grabbed the fence pieces as they blew out. 40 foot palm on our roof but roof looks ok there.  Two of our cars took on water.  Truck is almost dry.  Seats are still out of the wife’s car. Surge was roughly 9 feet at our home and we sit at 11 feet. Mustang is safe.  Lol

The level of destruction is unreal.  Pray for those who have lost homes and those who lost their lives.

Here’s a pic of the tree and my son.  This was during the first phase, the front of the storm.  Backside of the storm got real bad.  You couldn’t be outside in it.

Rufus68 wrote:

After seeing how they plant palm trees, will you get that palm set back into the ground and save it?

 
No we will not save it even my understanding is it could be worth a pretty good penny.  I’ve had one of those big palm leaves fall and shatter my truck windshield so we never would pull up and park by it.  So it will be completely removed.  It was just in a bad location being next to the driveway. 

You can’t see it but there is about a six foot one growing behind this one and it started from a seed from the downed palm tree.  It may survive.

RTM.  Glad to hear you got off with minimal damage, Sanibel and Captiva near you got hit really hard, maybe the storm surge was less at Cape Coral. Years ago we used to vacation around there.
Still have not heard how my sisters condo on Marco Island made out.

You 'd a thunk.........palm trees would stand when nothing else would !!!
Yeah...........didn't mean to make light of the destruction MANY others suffered....
I went through Hugo (also a cat 4) and my BRICK house was shaking and creaking. I watched pine cones blast through a screened porch and OUT the other side when the winds were 'really-cook'in'.....The vent pipe from the commode..with the wind howling across it... sounded like a child screaming....for hours!
I'm glad you and yours made it through safely. That's whats most important.
DO NOT...let the insurance adjusters get by with "repairing" just half your roof....Insist on a full roof replacement...you WILL be able to tell the difference later on. Important when it comes time to sell your house!
Next Bash.....when you COME!....we can swap storm stories. (This date will ALWAYS stick in your mind BTW )
6sally6

Rufus68 wrote:

Ron68 wrote:

Sure sucks to be living on the right hand coast nowadays....  Come on out west - we never have hurricanes here!
Hope that all of those living in the  SE and East coast are safe and staying dry. Looking like Florida got blown off the map, and looking like years of rebuilding before things get back to something like normal. Until the next big hurricane...
 

Be a little careful tempting Fate since you have the Cascadia Subduction Fault right off the coast of Washington State.  Hopefully it will continue sleeping for hundreds of more years before becoming active again.
 

I'll take my chances with the geological fault, vs having to deal with the yearly threat of several hurricanes to deal with. Earthquakes are bad, but they don't happen near as often as hurricanes. I'll be long dead and in my grave by the time "the big one" hits up here. My brother is the Construction Manager for the city of Fort Lauderdale, so I hear from him about life in Florida. I'll take my cool mountains and fir trees over his sandy beaches and heat.