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Miscellaneous => The Water Cooler -- General Discussions => Topic started by: MRC on September 08, 2017, 02:23:46 PM
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Norm
What's your plans? Have you left or are you riding it out?
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I have a friend in Miami, 40 years. He said he is ALWAYS packed for 'the big one' no matter when it hits.
He just put 3-4 more sandbag layers aroung his generator.
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Our daughter lived in the New Orleans suburbs. Her husband grew up in New Orleans and whenever a hurricane popped up they packed and left completely.
He said as a boy/young man he stayed for one and he was never going to do it again. He said there is nothing you can do anyway. If it's not as bad as predicted, you just go back early.
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That represents sound and logical thinking. However, several years ago it appeared that Rita had Houston bore sighted so we packed the two of us, two dogs, and my wife's aunt and mother into two cars and headed toward a relative's house in Brenham, normally a 90 minute ride. Unfortunately, everyone else had the same idea and we arrived in Brenham 14 hours later. Then, Rita took a turn and completely bypassed Houston. One can never outguess mother nature except to do all one can to protect family, self, and pets.
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That represents sound and logical thinking. However, several years ago it appeared that Rita had Houston bore sighted so we packed the two of us, two dogs, and my wife's aunt and mother into two cars and headed toward a relative's house in Brenham, normal a 90 minute ride. Unfortunately, everyone else had the same idea and we arrived in Brenham 14 hours later. Then, Rita took a turn and completely bypassed Houston. One can never outguess mother nature except to do all one can to protect family, self, and pets.
i sat on 290 for 18 hrs with a wife that was 9 months pregnant. Moved about 2hrs in that 18 hrs finally making it far enough to exit and go back home do to a gas shortage in the truck.
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That represents sound and logical thinking. However, several years ago it appeared that Rita had Houston bore sighted so we packed the two of us, two dogs, and my wife's aunt and mother into two cars and headed toward a relative's house in Brenham, normally a 90 minute ride. Unfortunately, everyone else had the same idea and we arrived in Brenham 14 hours later. Then, Rita took a turn and completely bypassed Houston. One can never outguess mother nature except to do all one can to protect family, self, and pets.
I will say that he always left early as he was aware of the jams. New Orleans would not be anything close the Houston in traffic though.
The company that he was working for at the time of Katrina was receiving shipments from overseas and the containers were sent to Houston because of Katrina. While he was getting the shipments on trucks to head to their warehouse, Rita came up. He also got caught in that jam trying to return to NO.
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Where do they live now?
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Where do they live now?
Our daughter died about five years ago, one child lives in NO area and the other is in College at Lafayette, La. Our Son-in-Law started at Harley Davidson and took a job in Las Vegas.
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I am sad to hear; it is very painful to lose a child.
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Norm
What's your plans? Have you left or are you riding it out?
I am a big believer in being prepared properly for an event like this. I went to Total Wines today & bought my favorite Scotch, Johnnie Walker Black, some Rye & some Bourbon. Stocked up on Parma Prosciutto, some nice ripe tomatoes, fresh mozzarella & some fresh basil. Went to my favorite Italian bakery & stocked up on some nice round Sicilian Bread, some wine biscuits & some Almond Biscotti. Picked up some fresh roasted Italian espresso & some fresh half & half. I have some fresh Italian dough to make Margherita pizzas on the grill & some homemade Italian sweet & hot sausage along with some hard Italian rolls. We are staying put. Did I forget anything?
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Not at all and you began with my favorite staple: JWB.
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Good luck Norm!
The new path looks like the eye will run right over you.
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God Speed Norm............... and enjoy those provisions! You'll most likely need them!
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Norm, they're talking about 12-14ft storm surge on FL's West Coast. Are you near the coast or will you be high and dry? I hope you stay safe if you decide to ride it out.
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For what it's worth the best, by far, long term storage food, is Mountain House. Wise long term storage is TERRIBLE. I have a friend who if a midwest Distributor for Wise and gave me a few cases. It was so bad I through it out for the birds, birds do NOT have taste buds. ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)
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Hey guys,
Currently riding out Irma about 40 miles west of the center of the hurricane. Weather here is getting very sketchy. Rain is in sheets, the wind is absolutely howling, and the electricity is flickering. So far so good ... Hopefully we dodged a really big bullet in West Central Florida because this storm weakened so much in the last 8 hours.
Duane
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Hang in there. Hope all turns out safe and sound for you and your family.
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How's things going Duane?
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We did fine, thanks. My house is built to take hurricane force winds. We lost power for 17 hours but thankfully it is back.
Pinellas County is recovering slowly. Most people still have no power. Traffic lights are mostly out. Yesterday a lot of roads were blocked by downed trees and utility lines. Only a couple gas stations open because they don’t have power to run the pumps.
Tampa International just opened at 10am this morning and I am on the first flight out right now for work. We were the only plane on the ground at TIA. More flights resuming soon.
The biggest problem has been connectivity. My AT&T cell phone has been nearly useless. I can get some text messages out, but no real data to speak of and voice calling is intermittent. This is part of the post-hurricane preparedness that is really frustrating.
However — the good news is that most people had minimal serious damage. The flooding was minimal because of the path and direction of the storm. The “reverse” storm surge nearly emptied Tampa Bay, which gave the rain somewhere to go. Most serious damage was the result of fallen trees.
I learned a lot from this experience and will prep a little differently next time, and give some thought to leaving if it is going to be a Cat 2 or better.
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That is good news Duane.
Hopefully they will fix the power grid, I understand it's a soup sandwich in FL and has been that way for a while.
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My wife and I left Amelia Island last Thursday, a day before the mandatory evacuation. Ended up on back roads through SC and GA, but made it finally to Knoxville, TN. Have now gotten back to Columbia SC (wife is mobility challenged, so we can usually only drive about 5-6 hours comfortably) and will return home tomorrow. Storm surge in JAX was pretty bad, but Amelia was pretty much OK. Friends who stayed said my house appears intact, but I won't know about the interior until tomorrow. One son rode it out near Orlando, lost his roof and scared the beJesus out of him and the dogs...he will never stay again, which is what about half of our friends who stayed have now said. If you can afford a week away in a motel or with friends, why not leave early and be safe...truly you cannot do anything to change the result by staying.
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Great to hear, John; I was wondering how your family fared during Irma. Thanks for telling us about the situation as you know it. A friend of mine lives in North Hampton in Jax and he went to Columbia. He is home now with minimal damage.
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Good to hear John, hope your home and possessions are OK and secure.
Your comment on leaving is what my Son-in-Law said. He stayed for one and it was horrible. He would get the car packed and leave a day ahead and take off at 2:00 A.M. in the morning and drive right out.
He always made a vacation out of it and the kids thought it was fun. They were lucky and never experienced much damage.
Anybody heard from Norm?
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The key element is to leave ahead of time and/or when very few are on the road. If I had waited a day later during Rita it would have been clean and green on the road. During Harvey I was much better off staying home rather than leaving for several reasons. This was different because it was all rain and little wind, which enabled us to maintain power. Every situation is different. Additionally, a large part of New Orleans is below msl, which is a huge factor in flooding potential.