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I slept great once I knew the roof was not going to blow away. That was about 3am.
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Scary stuff. Glad that you and others down there are OK. Hope to hear from Clinty.
Clinty is fine.....very tired, but fine. He was going to head outside to see what up....
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And hopefully Snood and Mother Snood in Snoodville, FL survived the storm with flying colors 
I've been kept informed by the BBC's reporting of this and all the other weather disasters that happen all too often. My heart goes out to all those affected and hopefully services and some form of normality will return soon.
Stay safe everyone.
BBC News - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cglkd1l82g7t
Hurricane Milton live updates: Five killed by tornadoes in Florida, as DeSantis warns of more Hurricane Milton flooding - BBC News
Stay safe everyone.
BBC News - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cglkd1l82g7t
Hurricane Milton live updates: Five killed by tornadoes in Florida, as DeSantis warns of more Hurricane Milton flooding - BBC News
There is a lot of support and cooperation among the utilities when a disaster like this strikes. I know that our local utility, PSE&G, is sending 250 linemen and others to Florida to help with outages. Many of them only have to travel from Georgia because they were already there, unfortunately, because of Helene.
Same thing in most places, I’m afraid. When I got my driver’s license (1963), most of the interstates in SoCal didn’t go through. The one nearest my house was about ten miles long and was two lanes each way. Now it’s as long as it can get and five lanes each way. The area around Disneyland is unrecognizable.
I’m part of the problem in the Boise area. Twenty uears ago, where I live was farmland, and the farms keep disappearing even now.
I skated by with no damages to the house winds got to about 50 or 60 mph but we never lost power ,I have undeveloped lot next door with lots of trees on it, belongs to some guy who lived in the Tampa area.It dropped a large tree there thankfully it stayed on his side.My son lives in Gainesville and works CS for their power complany GRU it was a busy couple of days for him.A person I made friends with while I worked Santa Fe college lives in Ormand Beach Florida she has a foot of sewage in her house. 
Still waiting to hear from Mandrix, Clint, Sal and some others who haven't posted here for some time. Hope you guys are safe and sound!
Speaking of Interstates......When I-75 was being built thru the Tampa area, we use to drag race on 75 itself, as the overpasses hadn't been built yet. Baby butt smooth concrete for miles.
Police visited us a few times, which caused everyone to scatter, but they weren't interested in chasing anyone. Different time
Oh my apologies, I've put so much out that I've lost track where and when.
Came thur with flying colors here. Never lost power, cable, or internet all night.
I sat up in my recliner listening to music and watching TV all night. After being involved
with the neighborhood clean-up all day yesterday I finally got some sleep last night and just got up a while ago.
My brain must be fried as I just made a pot of coffee but forgot to put the pot back in. Then I had to clean up the whole pot off the counter and floor. 🤪
Thanks for the concern all !!!
Talked to my buddy Kevin from Port Charlotte. He told me he left his house the day of the storm, and headed south. He said I-75 was empty and he ended at the Fort Myers Airport parking garage.
He and his dog spent the night there. He said there was a high dollar car show in the garage with Ferraris, Lamborghini, Porsche, Mercedes, and Harleys all parked in the garage.
He said power was back on when he got home. He said the high tide debris was in the middle of his driveway, everything was compounded by the piles of trash from the last hurricane.
No damage to his house, as he has storm shutters. When I asked about about his pool cage, he said even the screens were untouched.
I told his I was more concerned about his pool cage than him. Got a laugh from him, but just seeing your house untouched by the storm with the exception of garbage/tree limbs and palm frons all over his yard was a big relief.
He lives on a canel to Port Charlotte Bay,.......He Got Real Lucky
He talked about moving, but he and myself, are just too old to move.
He and his dog spent the night there. He said there was a high dollar car show in the garage with Ferraris, Lamborghini, Porsche, Mercedes, and Harleys all parked in the garage.
He said power was back on when he got home. He said the high tide debris was in the middle of his driveway, everything was compounded by the piles of trash from the last hurricane.
No damage to his house, as he has storm shutters. When I asked about about his pool cage, he said even the screens were untouched.
I told his I was more concerned about his pool cage than him. Got a laugh from him, but just seeing your house untouched by the storm with the exception of garbage/tree limbs and palm frons all over his yard was a big relief.
He lives on a canel to Port Charlotte Bay,.......He Got Real Lucky
He talked about moving, but he and myself, are just too old to move.
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Back on yesterday!
And what I found outside wasn't like the scene in Apocalypse Now...no napalm or burnt down homes...just a massive amount of tree branches and in most cases no power...I mentioned how confident I was in my Condo building that was built in 1972...it was as solid as I had hoped...there is only one downside...the power grid is the same as it was in 1972...at that time the standard was 110/220....it changed in the 80's to 120/240...so instead of one power bank...there are 2 110 power banks....if you aren't familiar with this antiquated system it is like a jigsaw puzzle...so the end result is I have power in some parts of my condo...I didn't have any power until earlier today...I went from having no lights...no AC...no internet...no TV...no computer....so today I got lights in most rooms...got internet and TV...but I didn't get AC(which was just serviced before the storm)no power for my oven...so I'm hot and no way to cook anything...this is great compared to living with no power at all....a neighbor gave me a battery powered boombox to listen to....after a couple of days of listening to programs on the AM band I was about ready to hit medical cabinet...
Now this might shed some light on my power problems....to help in the aftermath of this storm...there were teams from every part of the US to help us after the storm...as far as California...these were trained professionals....not just volunteers.....I would venture to say that most of them never had experience with this type of antiquated power grid..
In my location...this storm did 2 things that helped me...the speed of the storm increased...it didn't crawl over land like some storms do..and it wasn't nearly as strong when it hit here....a lot of that has to do with it turning to Sarasota...at 8:30pm the wind started to ramp up...it would be fine for 5 minutes and the a gust of wind would rattle the windows...as time elapsed... the interval of gusts got to 8 minutes then 10 minutes and kept on until it was hardly noticeable...it was about 6 hours....I have gone thru tropical winds before quite a few times and if I had to guess it might have been 90mph gusts...no where near at Cat 3...barely a Cat 1 IMO....
I saw a lot of helping by neighbors...one amazing thing was a mere 10 hours after the storm left....Costco opened up....they had a small crew that had requested to operate the store...maybe 6 or 7 at first...they had food and GAS...which was and still is like gold here...I have never seen so many people flock to get Gas...it was for members only...but it was something to see...AT the door people were told that they had almost everything except in the food court they had only hot dogs....there was only one guy working in there....A man came to the entrance with his 7 kids...and when he was told there was only hot dogs....the kids were elated....I couldn't tell you how many people thanked the workers at Costco for being open...I saw these people because I was standing at the entrance...BECAUSE I WAS CHARGING MY PHONE ON THE OUTSIDE RECEPTACLE...it was dead....so a manager came out and I thought he might be angry...he took me to a place in the store where I could charge my phone sitting down on a seat....he needed those outlets to charge the electric carts....
In one respect this storm was THE STORM OF THE CENTURY..for Tampa Bay....for people who have lived here...there have been bad storms before...but they would almost always miss Tampa Bay....and we would get the indirect and usually lesser impact...
On behalf of all Floridians....THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT
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