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Irma
« on: September 06, 2017, 13:57:16 »
Glad we're not there, but worried about little Carling sitting in her garage.  It looks now as if it will turn north and go up the "spine" of the state...we hope.  That would certainly take some wind out of its sails.  Prayers for everyone in its path!
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Re: Irma
« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2017, 15:23:59 »
Hear hear. We're tracking it closely as we have a home on Big Pine Key, just 30 miles north of Key West. Could be totally demolished if we're unlucky. In any  event, this storm will cause a lot of damage, where ever it ends up going.
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Re: Irma
« Reply #2 on: September 06, 2017, 15:37:22 »
Cees, looks like NOAA has it headed for the 'glades...
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Re: Irma
« Reply #3 on: September 06, 2017, 16:05:54 »
Looks better for you on the west coast. I have a home on the barrier island in Vero Beach, and now looks like it's going to run up the east coast :(

Driving my Pagoda down for winter storage after PUB, unless I get some bad news

https://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/atlantic/2017/hurricane-irma
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Re: Irma
« Reply #4 on: September 06, 2017, 16:16:10 »
Thanks, Mike...not sure how NOAA and wunderground data coordinate, but hope landfall takes a lot of energy out of it!
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Re: Irma
« Reply #5 on: September 07, 2017, 02:07:16 »
hi Trice, this one has our attention.
Hopefully Sarasota remains lucky.
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Re: Irma
« Reply #6 on: September 07, 2017, 08:17:50 »
Andy best wishes to you and Helen!  Hope your Pagoda is stored carefully and that Irma misses by miles.  Be safe--we lost a friend in Harvey.   Keep in touch!
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Re: Irma
« Reply #7 on: September 07, 2017, 12:24:31 »
Just hope this isn't the last time I see Carling and her stable mates...
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Re: Irma
« Reply #8 on: September 07, 2017, 13:27:07 »
Before leaving, you should put her up on jack posts, to at least minimize possible damage.

I saw a pic from a guy in Houston, and it was enough that his tires were just in the water, even though he had 24 inches of water in the garage.

Just a thought!
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Re: Irma
« Reply #9 on: September 09, 2017, 03:53:04 »
Hear hear. We're tracking it closely as we have a home on Big Pine Key, just 30 miles north of Key West. Could be totally demolished if we're unlucky. In any  event, this storm will cause a lot of damage, where ever it ends up going.
Hi Cees,
I hope Lady Luck is smiling on you. Looks like that fickle wench Irma is aiming straight at big Pine Key.   :o
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/09/05/us/hurricane-irma-map.html?_r=0
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Re: Irma
« Reply #10 on: September 09, 2017, 05:56:47 »
She's a scary one!

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Re: Irma
« Reply #11 on: September 09, 2017, 09:59:06 »
At this point, looks like she's aiming for our garage...so long, Carling and the E Type!
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« Reply #12 on: September 09, 2017, 16:40:15 »
Yes we're counting on a direct hit. Fortunately our home is on concrete stilts about 3 meters up, without anything on the ground level. Still I expect catastrophic damage, including loss of the roof and potentially a lot more. We're more concernd about our friends who live in the Keys year-round, who will see their homes destroyed and lives thrown in chaos. For us the effects are less severe, even if the whole house is lost. We do have adequate flood and wind insirance (which runs almost $1,000 a month, so the risks are well-known). All that's left is to pray for all those in the storm's path.
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Re: Irma
« Reply #13 on: September 09, 2017, 19:18:30 »
Yes let us all say a prayer that the Eye of Irma will stay a few miles away from land at least of the western side of Florida so damage would not be so devastating. Mainly let us pray that no lives ar lost and everyone still waiting for entry to shelters gets in before Irma shows her ugly face.

Dieter

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Re: Irma
« Reply #14 on: September 10, 2017, 12:35:40 »
anybody need little bitty bits of Pagoda?
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Re: Irma
« Reply #15 on: September 10, 2017, 14:52:49 »
Oh dear, does that mean your is damaged?

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« Reply #16 on: September 10, 2017, 15:25:46 »
Our friends from Sarasota joined us in Birmingham last evening after a 13 hour drive.  They were pulling a small u-haul with what they could escape with quickly.  We are watching closely as the storm progresses. Sad!
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Re: Irma
« Reply #17 on: September 11, 2017, 04:18:02 »
Apparently Carling used one of her lives...we'll have a friend take a look later today when he gets off his emergency center job, but it looks like landfall took the stuffing out of Irma.  Much damage down south, though.
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Re: Irma
« Reply #18 on: September 11, 2017, 05:27:27 »
We hope to hear later today what condition our house on Big Pine Key is in. Earliest reports are somewhat hopeful.
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« Reply #19 on: September 11, 2017, 05:47:46 »
It's been raining here for hours, the worst is yet to come.

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Re: Irma
« Reply #20 on: September 11, 2017, 13:32:37 »
Good luck in Gainesville! Just heard from a neighbor that the house and garage look good from the outside.  Cees, fingers crossed!
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« Reply #21 on: September 11, 2017, 17:01:35 »
No damage here except a couple missing shingles. 

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Re: Irma
« Reply #22 on: September 11, 2017, 17:14:53 »
... Just heard from a neighbor that the house and garage look good from the outside.  ....
Hi Trice,
I hope you have a nice present ready for Carling when you get back.  ;)
We have friends in Lausanne who like you oscillate between CH and Naples. Their 22nd floor condo is fine but now the worry is that the dead A/C will cause mold damage since it may take weeks to get power back.
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Re: Irma
« Reply #23 on: September 11, 2017, 21:12:19 »
Our house guests from Sarasota received the good news this morning that their home is nice and dry inside. They will be headed back south in the next day or so. Apparently the feared storm surge did not materialize.🙂  There will still be much discomfort until normality returns.
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Re: Irma
« Reply #24 on: September 11, 2017, 22:12:11 »
Anybody hear from Andy?