Well it looks like a hurricane will be knocking on my front door Tuesday morning. FLORIDA GOT TO LOVE IT !!!! Back in the old days they didn't know it was coming. One day it was sunny then the next your house was gone. Walmart was a mad house today !!!! Guess i'll see if the log cabin can take 100 mph winds. SURFS UP !!!

 

Use lots of nails...lol, hey, good to see you on here again.

 

Maybe it's time to fire up REO Speedwagon's "Riding the Storm Out?" My mom is in Ft. Meyers, but I haven't heard a thing from her. I hope all is well with you down there.

 

Best wishes to you, your family, and your truck weathering the storm. I used to be on a newsgroup (remember those?) for another make of vehicle and one of the regulars had his car wrapped around a tree. My wife is from Florida and her family wondered how we could live in California because of earthquakes. I found that a bit ironic!

 

We are planning a trip to Orlando in November. Are the storms over then?

 

The figures below show the points of tropical cyclone genesis by 10-day periods during the hurricane season. These figures depict named storms only; no subtropical storms or unnamed storms. The source years include 1851-2009 for the Atlantic and 1949-2009 for the Eastern Pacific from the HURDAT database.

 

Thanks Bryan. Ya Disney World looks pretty safe in November.

 

FLORIDA GOT TO LOVE IT !!!! Back in the old days they didn't know it was coming. One day it was sunny then the next your house was gone.

Sound's like a bad marriage. Be safe, grab Toto, Aunty May and head for the root cellar

 

Well i guess i have got lucky.Its going just to the west of me SO THEY SAY. Hurricanes dont scare me its the tornidos that spin off the east side.

 

If it proves unsafe, get yourself and your loveones out of Dodge, Its just not worth it. Stay safe Dale.

 

We get them too, and I am keeping my eye on this one. The last big one we had that hit Houston was Ike in September of 08. We live 60 miles inland and lost much of our roofing. We stayed at home with a house full of inlaws and friends. Our 100 year old house did fine, but I could feel it vibrate from the wind. It hit here at about 2 in the morning. Across the street a large oak tree broke clean in two 15 feet up. Trees everywhere were down on power lines and roads all over. I buddy of mine who lives a few blocks away had a wind gauge that he can read indoors. The highest gust was 143mph and the highest sustained was 102mph. You wouldn't have wanted to be outside. We didn't have power for 3 weeks, but I do have a generator so we were fine. Then the following day, we got 10" of rain. We had lots of water damage since the roof was half blown off, but the main part of our house is so steep that almost no water came in that part. The rest got pretty wet in places, including my shop.
I am really hoping that this storm fizzles out and stays away from here! Ike was the costliest hurricane in Texas history and the 2nd costliest in US history. Now it is hard to get insurance against hurricanes here unless you already had it. Most of the big insurance companies won't even write new policies here in the area. If they do the cost is crazy and the deductible is huge.

 

No big deal here tonight. Windy with passing showers. Prolly more so tomorrow.

 

I'm right outside of baton rouge....if the models are right this ain't looking too good for Louisiana...

 

The latest track prediction has it going right where Katrina went.
I'm aware that I'm experiencing some PTSD Symptoms.
It's 7 years later almost to the day.

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The main street of my town 1 block from my home

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Around the corner from my home

I have pictures of what was left of my place but I don't look at them.

 

I sure hope you (or anybody else) don't have to go through that again.