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Two Hurricanes in Two Weeks
- Thread starter Rumblejohn
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Well, seein' as the Scorps are not available, mebbe we can get REO Speedwagon to show up and play "Ridin' The Storm Out"?!
...is anyone else in FL ready for this damn thing to be over already? Sheesh, it's still over the Bahamas!!! I've never seen a storm move so slowly.
...is anyone else in FL ready for this damn thing to be over already? Sheesh, it's still over the Bahamas!!! I've never seen a storm move so slowly.
I Didn't know that there were so many TBer's in the Central Florida area - maybe we can arrange a get together once the all clear is sounded - I am in Winter Garden - Just outside of Clermont - Weve Battend down for the storm - I paly gospel mostly so that all my engagements this weekend have been canceled - get to sit home and play bass all weekend - not a bad idea while you sit this one out.
jaxlaw said:
Jax -
Do I know you from BC????
I'm headin' out your way to ride the storm out, my grandmother lives on John's Lake, between Winter Garden & Clermont. I actually used to live out that way myself.
And definitely, a CF/TB/GTG could be a good idea...I even have a very cool place to have one at, seein' as I work at BC!
I'm thinkin' something in oh...October or early November may be a good idea...a Sunday, like the last one, that NO ONE CAME TO!
(well, it was a SMALL turn-out, but we had a BLAST! Smokey Bones will never be the same!!! 
)I'll start putting things together after the storm...anyone else wanna pitch in? Oh, and any of you Jaw-juh clowns, other than Hammy - who did show! - coming down this time?
Well, we are starting to get some of the feeder bands here in Volusia County. This thing looks like it going to last all weekend. One of our guitar players lives in the Clermont-Davenport area. Everyone keep your head down-stay safe. As far as the CF/TB/GTG in October is concerned sign me up. We can celebrate Basses, The End of Hurricane Season , and my birthday. And Hammy is always welcome. Best of luck to all.
John
John
Miami-Dade county where I live. We only got 50mph gusts and rain. which is nothing compare to what we got during Andrew. Broward and Palm beach and counties up north are getting hit hard.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WEATHER/09/05/hurricane.frances/index.html
if you take a look at the videos this is just part of it. I'm glad California doesn't get typhoons.
if you take a look at the videos this is just part of it. I'm glad California doesn't get typhoons.
I'm very concerned in the situation as I live in Guadeloupe Island (near Jamaica, Bahamas etc...) Infortunately there's another hurricane coming from the other side of the atlantic , called Ivan and seems to be as strong as Frances ! Here it's already "the state of emergency.. So I'm not sure that's the end of your problems after Frances...
Good Luck , be carefull all !!
Good Luck , be carefull all !!
update: the hurricane is apparently moving over where i am right now...
and it's just kind of raining. very little wind. ...it's rained harder during the summer in non-hurricane events.
of course, i'm on the west coast, so frances has been severely weakened.
i hope my house on the east coast is ok...
...and geraldo rivera was in stuart. that's just odd.
plus, i heard that both of the bushes will be going to st. lucie county? odd.
and it's just kind of raining. very little wind. ...it's rained harder during the summer in non-hurricane events.
of course, i'm on the west coast, so frances has been severely weakened.
i hope my house on the east coast is ok...
...and geraldo rivera was in stuart. that's just odd.
plus, i heard that both of the bushes will be going to st. lucie county? odd.
Last night was quite a show over here. Looking out into the sky you could see it light up in shades of blue and green for a few seconds. The result of transformers blowing up. I luckily still have power, but some 1.5 million aren't as lucky as I. That includes my grandfather who is staying at my house for the duration.
Damage in these parts isn't so severe, mostly trees blown down, broken windows, blown down mailboxes and the like. However, up north there seems to be a lot more devestation.
Damage in these parts isn't so severe, mostly trees blown down, broken windows, blown down mailboxes and the like. However, up north there seems to be a lot more devestation.
well, unfortunately (or fortunately?) i slept through the worst.. stayed up to about 3:30 am to see what it was going to do then in the blink of an eye it was 1:00pm (how did that happen! lol) we didnt loose power or anything.. from the looks of it, my area (wintersprings/casselberry) luckly go stuck in a calm spot between the eye and a very bad storm band! so no damamge here! But now Ivan is comming.. man i'm not even gonna bother taking the boards and tarps off lol..
I gotta give props to all those reporters that were in the middle of the storm. I would have hated to be in their place. I saw one dude get hit in the head by a palm palm. He didn't get knocked out but he was like "***!!!"
OK, reporting in from Altamonte Springs!!!!
Just got my power back on a couple hours ago, otherwise, no harm here other than some leaves & twigs strewn all over the place. BC is fine as well, for those that are curious, just got back from looking the place over.
Other than the LENGTH of the storm (after 48 hrs of rain and battering winds, I'm pretty much ready for some sunshine here in the Sunshine State
), no big deal either here or at my Grandmother's out near Clermont, which is where I rode the storm out.
Hope everyone else is OK, and I'll be starting the "TB/BC/Orl/GTG" thread in a week or two!!!
Just got my power back on a couple hours ago, otherwise, no harm here other than some leaves & twigs strewn all over the place. BC is fine as well, for those that are curious, just got back from looking the place over.
Other than the LENGTH of the storm (after 48 hrs of rain and battering winds, I'm pretty much ready for some sunshine here in the Sunshine State
), no big deal either here or at my Grandmother's out near Clermont, which is where I rode the storm out.Hope everyone else is OK, and I'll be starting the "TB/BC/Orl/GTG" thread in a week or two!!!
Just had the scariest night of my life! My neighbors assured us that they never had to evacuate even though we were ordered to because we live only yards from the Intracoastal.
Comforted by their advice we stayed. BIG MISTAKE. All that terrible, long night I watched in horror as the water beat against our sea wall and grew into ferocious waves moving at incredible speed and ever greater height.
I had kidded myself we could outrun the water if it looked like it would reach our first floor apartment, but I realized no one could beat that velocity and power.
Then the sky lit up with neon green and neon blue lightening, like a horror show. The wind was like I've never experienced. I prayed for dawn to come so I could just really see, but the minutes dragged on forever, while I lived in terror, plotting some escape, but no plan seemed feasible given the circumstances. Oh, and we had no lights since Thursday night.
I thought if only we could make it to our car, we could fight our way to my Mom's house further from the water. But my husband wouldn't go. Lucky he wouldn't. When the rains finally subsided hours and hours later, we went to the parking lot only to discover that the beautiful stand of ages- old banyan, ficus and mango trees that shaded the entrance to our condos had been blown to smithereens, torn out by the roots and no one could get in or out. We never could have escaped if that tide had risen another four feet!
Last night at ten we got our lights back, after four and a half miserable days. But we are laive and well. Sadly, the former president of our condo died during the night, probably from the stress.
I've loved our wonderful view of the water, but after this dreadful night of Frances destruction, I will never feel safe here again.
Palm Beach County's trees and bushes sustained major damage. Palm trees seemed to do the best, but even many of them are ruined. Fences, wires, light poles, signs are down. Gas stations have no gas. Lines at the few McDonald's or Dunkin' Donuts that are open are hundreds of people long.
Intersections are perilous as almost every signal light in the county is down.
Word is that Hurricane Ivan may be coming, but I find it impossible to believe three major hurricanes could hit Florida in just four weeks time. That has never happened since the Spanish started keeping storm records in the 1500s.
Comforted by their advice we stayed. BIG MISTAKE. All that terrible, long night I watched in horror as the water beat against our sea wall and grew into ferocious waves moving at incredible speed and ever greater height.
I had kidded myself we could outrun the water if it looked like it would reach our first floor apartment, but I realized no one could beat that velocity and power.
Then the sky lit up with neon green and neon blue lightening, like a horror show. The wind was like I've never experienced. I prayed for dawn to come so I could just really see, but the minutes dragged on forever, while I lived in terror, plotting some escape, but no plan seemed feasible given the circumstances. Oh, and we had no lights since Thursday night.
I thought if only we could make it to our car, we could fight our way to my Mom's house further from the water. But my husband wouldn't go. Lucky he wouldn't. When the rains finally subsided hours and hours later, we went to the parking lot only to discover that the beautiful stand of ages- old banyan, ficus and mango trees that shaded the entrance to our condos had been blown to smithereens, torn out by the roots and no one could get in or out. We never could have escaped if that tide had risen another four feet!
Last night at ten we got our lights back, after four and a half miserable days. But we are laive and well. Sadly, the former president of our condo died during the night, probably from the stress.
I've loved our wonderful view of the water, but after this dreadful night of Frances destruction, I will never feel safe here again.
Palm Beach County's trees and bushes sustained major damage. Palm trees seemed to do the best, but even many of them are ruined. Fences, wires, light poles, signs are down. Gas stations have no gas. Lines at the few McDonald's or Dunkin' Donuts that are open are hundreds of people long.
Intersections are perilous as almost every signal light in the county is down.
Word is that Hurricane Ivan may be coming, but I find it impossible to believe three major hurricanes could hit Florida in just four weeks time. That has never happened since the Spanish started keeping storm records in the 1500s.
Bop -
I'd been worried about you, glad to hear you're ok!
Next time you get an evac order, GO, dammit! Idiot neighbors be damned.
Where's everyone else???
I'd been worried about you, glad to hear you're ok!
Next time you get an evac order, GO, dammit! Idiot neighbors be damned.
Where's everyone else???
Gard said:
for about the fifth day, i'm still at my bro's apartment. my parents are back in powerless psl. and i'm leaving for gainesville today.
