Here We Go Again!

Ugh! Don't remind me! I live just north of Miami and I don't relish the thought of putting up plywood in 98 degree heat like last year. One of the perils of living in paradise, I guess.

I wish the results of these storms could be spread out evenly. Here in South Texas, we haven't had significant rain in over two months. Getting kind of dry around here.
Hondo and Cole - hope you get through the next several days without incident. Keeping high thoughts and prayers in your direction.
Jay - <_<

hi hondo and cole

well it looks like your going to have to tie your houses down board up and stock up. when we have cyclones we have to do the same but we also have to remember that you open the windows a little bit so that the roof wont blow off. bunker down in the sturdest part of the house and just ride it out hope it doesnt do too much damage best of luck

cheers smokey

Well I hope that both of you guys come out of this storm unscathed. Personally I am rather happy living in my paradise here in the northern midwest. Gets alittle hot once in awhile and maybe a tornado to dodge once or twice a year but not like you guys have been having in the gulf coast area in the recent years.

We're supposed to get tropical force winds and thunderstorms, so hopefully everything will be okay. The folks in the Florida Keys are the ones who are gonna get hit the hardest. They've already issued an evacuation order for non-residents (tourists) and recommend that all others leave as well. They're expecting 4-6 feet flod waters in some places down there.

Hi Hondo and Cole

I guess this puts it into perspective with what we put up with yesterday we will recover quite quickly but you guys have to put up with the elements year in and year out. Batten down the hatches and ride out the storm. My thoughts and prayers go with you and yours during this trial.

Regards

Arthur

Hi Hondo and Cole. My thoughts are of you and your families. I hope this storm loses much of it's "steam" and that you all come out in good order.

I live only about 2 miles from the gulf myself and we here have not had a bad hurricane come through here since Hurricane Allen back in 1981? We here in CC, are way overdue for a storm to come right through us.

What has had the hair on the back of my head standing up is that since March is that our water temperature in the gulf has been at least 10 to 20 degrees "F" higher than it should have been at those times and today, the water temp is 89 degrees "F" which is about 9 degrees "F" above normal.

Also, already having 4 named storms this early into the season definately AINT a good sign of things to come. Also, have you noticed that Florida had those 3-4 storms, and now it seems to have moved to you guys area and whats next? Texas.

Hi Mike and Cole,

As Arthur says, here in England, currently we have our own problems,
but we never have to face the harsh reality of the elements,
in the stark manner, that you guys do.
I cannot Imagine, the horror of those storms,
we get uptight, when we have a gale!!!
My familiy and I, thank you for the concern you've had for us,
and if I may, can I now,
reciprocate, and wish you, and your families,
a safe passage through all this!!!

Hope it goes well for you folks, you might still have time to pack up and either move in
with Stumpy or ChiliBill . Or what the heck, come on out to California. All you have to worry about out here is earthquakes

Chester

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Originally posted by chester7777@Jul 8 2005, 07:47 PM
All you have to worry about out here is earthquakes

And mudslides...and brush fires.

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Originally posted by Stumpy@Jul 8 2005, 05:54 PM
And mudslides...and brush fires.

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picky picky picky,

..... in 1982 about a mile up the creek we live on, a storm brought down a mountain burying 11 homes, taking 22 lives. A ladyfriend of ours lost her husband and almost lost her leg.
We moved here in 1983.... The cleanup was still going on....

Chester

Oh my,
I'm with Viper on this, I'll stay here in the heartland with the HEAT and a couple of tornadoes. (We can hide from tornadoes.) My hats off to everyone on the coasts with the hurricanes and earthquakes, those are to much for me. Baton down the hatches and hold to your hats, you guys are in my thoughts and prayers. Let us know how you come out.

Baby Sis

Well, we had some squalls and some small branches are scattered through the back yard, but the Avocado tree is just fine. The worst-looking thing out there is my lawn, which I have neglected to mow this week. Grows like a weed in summer and with the 110 heat index, I don't get too motivated to get out there and cut it. I'm just glad we didn't lose power and didn't get any strong winds. Even the Keys did alright, as they expected 6-8 storm surge, which would have submerged the area. It's funny, I was born and raised in south Florida and only one hurricane (David, in '79) was the only one that was a remote threat. Growing up, hurricanes were a vague notion. The whole attitude after Andrew in 1992 changed everything. But that had more to do with crooked contractors and their shoddy workmanship than anything else. My home was built in 1953 and is a concrete block structure. No drywall to be found. During the strom, the wife and I watched "In Harm's Way", which we were fortunately NOT!

hi cole

glad that you and yours made it through ok not too much damage just think the fallen wood will make good bbq fodder

cheers smokey

I remember when Hurricane Allen neard us when we were living in Kingsville. I was about 14 at the time. I remember several people partied in the park across the street all night until sometime after the rain started falling (sometime in the early morning hrs) We stayed up preparing for the storm all night as well as watching the then version of the Weather Channel (which was nothing but a radar screen) I remember watching the feeder bands starting to come in. My brothers and I went outside several times during the night and felt the cool wind and watched the trees starting to sway more and more back-n-fourth. We climber onto the roof of the house and watched the lightning starting to move with the clouds towards us.

By the time we finished loading the cars and were leaving, I think it was about 6 AM or so and it had already been raining hard for about an hour or so. It took an hour to drive from our house in the middle of Kingsville to where the A&I Stadium was located. By then the streets were flooding rapidly and the rain was getting more and more intense as well as the wind.

Finally by about 7:30 Am we were out of the city limits. I never saw so many cars on the road before that morning. We were a small caravan of three cars and my Dad had done his homework and we got off the beaten track and took back roads all the way to San Antonio. We made great progress through it all except for one road that had been washed out.

Sometime in the early afternoon we had made it to my Uncle's house in San Antonio. It was raining Cats n Dags there as well and they were having tornadoes popping from the clouds.

That's about all I remember is lots of wind and rain. After we stayed about a day, we went up to Oklahoma to visit my Aunt. Even they had lots of rain from Hurricane Allen. When their rain stopped, I do remember how hot n humnid it was in Yukon Oklahoma.

About a week after the storm ended, we arrived back at home. The power was out on our block and the next because an electrical worker got electrocuted because he grabbed a live wire thinking the power was off and he blew out the transformers on the poles for a radius of 2 city blocks.

It took about 2 weeks to get our power restored. We had a generator which we used to keep the fridge running as well as a window unit AC. The only bad damage we had was one of our large Mesquite trees broke in half an another Mesquite tree lost one of it's largest branches. The garage had two broken windows.

Hi

I've just seen the pictures of hurricane Dennis. hope Hondo and eceryone else has come through with little damage.

Regards

Arthur