Hurricane Jeanne on the horizon

[showboat]

Well I hope thats all for Fla this year and we do not need to break any records. Everytime one of these things hit, I am out of work for a few weeks. I cant afford not making any money.

 

[CBulla]

You and me both. My former employer picked a gooood time to cut me free to pursue my goals of self employment. I'm not complaining, call it odd luck and adversity to overcome, its just tough to do with hurricane after hurricane.

 

[SharkBaite]

Well the gulfcoast didn't suffer to much damage as far as I can see from my windowless office. On my drive in to work this morning I noticed I lost 3-5 more trees in the yard but didn't see any more damage to any buildings here in Ft Myers or Cape Coral YET...... will be looking in my travels today, Hope every one is home safe or with friends and family.

I will be looking fwd to meeting some of you in the near future. and revisiting some of ya again...

Till the next one......

 

[KBeck]

I'm BAaaack......after heading up from jenn's arrived home to once again no traffic lights, mass confusion (who needs to go out sightseeing right after a hurricane) and lots more damage....though I'm still unsure of what's Frances' and what's Jeanne's...judging by my neighborhood, this one was worse; much more roofing, gutters and flashing down; some of the buildings are down to bare wood beams....aren't I glad I picked the first floor condo after all!!!
However, after multiple exciting attempts, (they were enjoying teasing us, I think), power came back on this morning @9....not bad, really. Did the neighborly thing and swept sidewalks and hallways, donated a couple of blue tarps I've had floating around for ages to the homeowner's assoc. (many kudos to mine, they work their butts off...they don't wait to hire contractors, they're up they're getting the work done NOW)....now trying to figure out which bills I've forgotten to pay. I have a strange feeling I've double paid some, not paid others.....argh.
Hope everyone else is surviving as well; if anyone hears from Vickie et al, please let us know. DSW, let us know how your house fared as well.

 

[CBulla]

Just got a call from NetDoc - things fared well up there, though he's still without power. He even climbed a tree in a storm and topped it after the center of it was wiped out and cut a pine tree to free a police officer who had showed up to remind people of curfew and was trapped when the tree fell.

I'm happy to see that a few of ya'll over there had posted already.. its good to see those in our little online dive community are showing up safe... we're waiting for a few more though..

 

[simbrooks]

My landlord is hopefully going to do something about the tree lying along the spine of my roof - thought i heard a thunk noise in the middle of the night, but no leaking. I was shocked to see that the recycling truck went through before 7am this morning (usually at least 8am or later) so i missed that chance, however was out moving twigs and leaves before work. Power got on in work just before i arrived, so that was nice, seems like nothing happened around here except some bad tree trimming and lack of clean up.

Glad most people are in the clear now. Why dont we go for a new record this year, 5 storms would make it a real record!!

BTW, Lisa, every other advisory seems to take a west jog and the models indicate a westerly turn, then on the alternate advisories it shows it going straight north, or at least this was the pattern i noticed over the last week or so. Dont take your eyes off this one quite yet, nor the rest of the waves coming off Africa!

 

[The Chairman]

Hey all...

I don't have power yet... but I am at my supplier's sight and have signed on just to say "hey".

BTW, we like to have OUR hurricane parties IN the hurricane! Every now and then one of us would assume the "announcer's voice" to describe a huge gust. It's no wonder that people are becoming so complacent when they see those announcers OUTSIDE telling us to do as they say, not as they do.

 

[simbrooks]

BTW, we like to have OUR hurricane parties IN the hurricane! Every now and then one of us would assume the "announcer's voice" to describe a huge gust. It's no wonder that people are becoming so complacent when they see those announcers OUTSIDE telling us to do as they say, not as they do.

I really was enjoying the outside reporters, mostly during a lull in the storm, pointing the camera to someone, saying something akin to - "look at those foolish people out in the storm, dont they know there is a curfew and they could get hurt, lets go over and talk to them". The reporters then wade across the road avoiding falling stuff and floating stuff to go to the resident standing in their front yard or wherever. The reporters start a nice, how is your house/place/family, what are you out here checking on/looking at kind of questioning, all very jovial. Once they have lulled the person into a false sense of security that they are friendly, they go on to say something like - "dont you realise the danger out here and that the police will be along shortly to escort/arrest you? Do you realise how foolish you are for being outside?" Of course they have a backstage pass kind of deal holding a camera that essentially makes them some kind of free agent able to do whatever they like and berate any others who are out at the time. I would prefer to see more radar/map work than go to someone we cant hear talk standing around in various places at the height of the storm, doing the whole - "here i am in the shelter of the building", "and....now....here....i.....am.....out....of......that......shelter" as they almost fall over to try to prove some kind of point to people who can see that danger right outside their windows without having to test it themselves. If they didnt have those people out there i would have enjoyed the swirling mass of wind and rain on the tv a bunch more!

 

[CBulla]

I was watching the tube and a reporter got blown down and away.. needless to say I was more than mildly amused!

 

[simbrooks]

I did enjoy watching and gobsmacked at the sight of people not only standing trying to lean against the wind, but when they found this wasnt enough due to low(ish) wind speed, they got a tarp and were using it sort of like a parachute to "relax" against, i couldnt hear what the tv anchors were saying about it, (i am sure it wasnt nice) as i had it on mute whilst on the phone, but i laughed at the uniquely dumb people doing it - have they ever shot a tank in the desert???