BS: Hurricane season ~ it's ON!!!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Hurricane season ~ it's ON!!!!!
From: gnu
Date: 09 Jul 05 - 03:11 PM

CC... how did you fare with your AC?

Subject: RE: BS: Hurricane season ~ it's ON!!!!!
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 09 Jul 05 - 03:27 PM

I'm outta here. Headin' for Tallahassee by roads only us yokels even know about. Catch you guys whenever power & phones are restored.

Subject: RE: BS: Hurricane season ~ it's ON!!!!!
From: CarolC
Date: 09 Jul 05 - 03:35 PM

I have to get back to you later on that, gnu. I need to make some preparations for the storm first. Thanks for asking.

Subject: RE: BS: Hurricane season ~ it's ON!!!!!
From: gnu
Date: 09 Jul 05 - 03:40 PM

PLEASE take GREAT care. And get back to us as soon as you can.

Rather concerned... wish I could help.

Subject: RE: BS: Hurricane season ~ it's ON!!!!!
From: harpgirl
Date: 10 Jul 05 - 09:45 AM

I keep hearing thumps and running outside in the rain to see what fell!
My nightgown is soaked! Only small limbs so far, but the wind whips the trees all around and anything could fall any which way!

The tree that smashed my roof last year was uprooted because of the sogginess of the ground and I wasn't even in the path of Frances. The wind gusts are very strong and we aren't in the direct path, thank goodness. Western Florida and Mobile are going to get hit badly again. Those poor people.

Subject: RE: BS: Hurricane season ~ it's ON!!!!!
From: Bill D
Date: 10 Jul 05 - 09:59 PM

a sad pun kept running thru my head as I watched the news..

"Pennsecola hits the spot, 12 ft. tides, and that's a lot..."

sorry....hope everyone is safe.

Subject: RE: BS: Hurricane season ~ it's ON!!!!!
From: harpgirl
Date: 10 Jul 05 - 10:10 PM

It's still raining here and the yard is a mess but I sustained no damage other than a flooded garage. BWL is the one I'm wondering about. Carol will probably be okay unless a tornado hits them.

Subject: RE: BS: Hurricane season ~ it's ON!!!!!
From: artbrooks
Date: 10 Jul 05 - 10:48 PM

Not sure yet, but it seems that (1) the eye went directly across my parents' place, and (2) damage was limited anyway. It may be a few days before power is restored and BWL can check in.

Subject: RE: BS: Hurricane season ~ it's ON!!!!!
From: CarolC
Date: 10 Jul 05 - 10:53 PM

We're still under a tornado watch for another couple of hours yet, but things are pretty calm at this point. The froggies are very, very happy with all of the water lying around.

Subject: RE: BS: Hurricane season ~ it's ON!!!!!
From: Bill D
Date: 10 Jul 05 - 11:32 PM

The news says it sort of stalled and lost 'some' energy right as it came ashore, so damage is generally a lot less than Ivan last year....no comfort to those who got the worst hits, but will allow recovery at a MUCH faster pace than expected...

Subject: RE: BS: Hurricane season ~ it's ON!!!!!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 11 Jul 05 - 03:08 AM

Phew... glad to hear some of you are riding it out...... take care all and keep checking in!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Hurricane season ~ it's ON!!!!!
From: gnu
Date: 11 Jul 05 - 09:14 AM

What freaked me was when the authorities said to consider it as a big tornado. It was about 22 miles wide at the eyewall.

Subject: RE: BS: Hurricane season ~ it's ON!!!!!
From: artbrooks
Date: 11 Jul 05 - 09:15 AM

Pensacola Newspaper

Subject: RE: BS: Hurricane season ~ it's ON!!!!!
From: GUEST,harpy
Date: 13 Jul 05 - 10:13 PM

The sad part is the local beach communities were wiped out by a storm surge. Both Alligator Point and Shell Point sustained much damage:damage at the beach

Subject: RE: BS: Hurricane season ~ it's ON!!!!!
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 14 Jul 05 - 09:07 PM

I'm back!

Well, Dennis was not as bad as Ivan, but it was damned well bad enough. Instead of taking thirty man-hours of chainsawing, chopping and pulling to get down the driveway to my house, it only took six man-hours. Dennis only knocked down about twenty big trees instead of the 200 or so Ivan took out. Unfortunately, one of those twenty or so trees did land on the house, but damage was minimal. It won't take two hours work to fix and I've got most of the material I'll need laying around. We were only without power for four days and phone service never went down.

I've been driving a chainsaw pretty steadily since Monday afternoon trying to get the downed trees in the immediate vicinity of the house cleared away. There's still a lot to be cut up, but if it's not someplace where I have to look at it every day it can sit until it gets a lot cooler. Like until January. The main impact has been loss of production in our pottery business. We're gearing up for a couple of really big shows next month and didn't need almost a week's down-time. But, hey, at least I still have a studio to work in. It could have been a lot worse.

Subject: RE: BS: Hurricane season ~ it's ON!!!!!
From: Bill D
Date: 14 Jul 05 - 09:34 PM

mercy!..well, glad you're ok and the studio is intact.....hang in there!

Subject: RE: BS: Hurricane season ~ it's ON!!!!!
From: harpgirl
Date: 14 Jul 05 - 10:14 PM

Well, that's a relief. Now about Enid, or whatever the hell the next on is called....

Subject: RE: BS: Hurricane season ~ it's ON!!!!!
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 14 Jul 05 - 10:41 PM

BWL--we'll send over a crew next week to help you clear up the rest.

Subject: RE: BS: Hurricane season ~ it's ON!!!!!
From: artbrooks
Date: 14 Jul 05 - 11:12 PM

My folks got home today. Minimal damage; a few shingles off and branches and leaves to pick up. Could have been much worse...the center of the storm apparently went right up their street.