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Two Hurricanes in Two Weeks

#41
Good to hear everyone else is alright.

Im cool too.

I stayed at my cousin's place with her roomates and a couple friends even though my cousin left for Miami. Even though there was very little damage to Gainesville the storm did manage to bring a tree down on the place.

We were braving out the storm in the living room. It really wasnt much worse than a typical tropical storm that I was used to from Miami aside from a few strong gusts of wind. The rain wasnt too heavy and the wind was tollerable for the most part. At one point we decided to move our friends car into the garage since it had been hit by a couple small branches and had a dent in the roof. As soon as we were done getting it into the garage we heard a loud cracking noise and through a window I saw the tree falling on the house. It fell on the back of the house which was a sunporch modified into a bedroom and the kitchen.

I could describe the damage but I think pictures would be more effective.

Treecomposite.jpg


More pictures showing how the house was actually dammaged can be found here.
http://photobucket.com/albums/v56/thorluvsurbass/Hurricane%20Frances/

Luckily no one was hurt and they are just renting and are not responsible for the repair costs. We had to leave durring the hurricane to a friends place where we stayed for the rest.
 
#43
Thanks for the concern guys, we made it with no serious damage, just a few broken tree limbs, and the cable TV is still out. Power came back about 4:00 this afternoon. I think half of my neighbors lost at least part of their roof. I won't complain about the "Andrew" building codes ever again. My house is surrounded with large Live Oaks, and Laurel Oaks, they were swaying fiercely in the wind, but held up well. Really glad to put the generator back in the work shop, as I am tired of listening to it and re-fueling it. Two or three of our local (Seminole County) schools had trees on the buildings, and our school bus garage had one door blown in, we lost the rooves on several portable classrooms, but they are going to try to open school back up Thursday.
I guess this shows what a tough bunch we are, to come through something like this smiling.

John
 
#44
Gard said:
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???
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Thanks for the concern, Gard. Next time I won't be part of the idiot squad that tries to tough out a storm right in the most dangerous place. Quite a few who tried that in Charlie didn't live to tell the tale. Why be stupid (like i was?) It just isn't worth it to be so darned scared for so darned long. I feel twenty years older.

I'm really glad you and the others got by safely. It's been tough, but it could have been a whole lot tougher. And I am thankful.

By the way, we had our first hot meal yesterday after four long days. Man, what a pleasure a hot meal is! Hurricanes make you appreciate the small pleasures of life.
 
#45
Nick, that'll get your attention, won't it? :eek: Been there, done that, got the t-shirt, starred in the video, etc etc etc. Longleaf pines in Louisiana have a tendency to snap off about 15'-20' above the ground in heavy winds, and stick into the roof of your house. But, that's another story! :eyebrow:

Brad, the only thing worse than bein' in PSL would be bein' in PSL with no 'lectricity! ;) Hope everyone is safe there, and just bored and sweaty... :p

John, good to hear you're ok, typically I don't worry about the laurel/scrub oaks, they're pretty wind-resistant, but the live oaks....they're the ones that go down when the ground gets wet. And you're right, the "Andrew codes" are nothing to scoff at.

Bop, "idiot squad" or not, the main thing is you and yours are OK! You aren't the first person to make the wrong choice in that situation, and you certainly won't be the last. I'm just glad you're safe. Oh, and hurricanes don't make you appreciate the small things in life, being alive to enjoy them does!
 
#46
On the tree issue, make sure the trees around your homes and those of your loved ones are good and healthy.

I dont know much about botany but I do know that this tree fell over in relatively light winds because it was rotted out in the core even though the rest of it looked good. Make sure you dont get blind sided by anything like that and have any dangerous trees removed.

They might look nice, but the shade and scenery arent worth it.
 
#47
Nicks pic is the reason why i left g-ville for the storm. I figured all the trees would crash down creating power outages, roadblocks etc.

I didnt figure on the steampipe bursting at the brain institute. Wow.

This is screwing up my paycheck. Work is without power up there.

Ivan, go away.
 
#48
Frijoles Negros said:
Nicks pic is the reason why i left g-ville for the storm. I figured all the trees would crash down creating power outages, roadblocks etc.

I didnt figure on the steampipe bursting at the brain institute. Wow.

This is screwing up my paycheck. Work is without power up there.

Ivan, go away.
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I saw the pictures of the leaking pipe. Its nothing minor, thats for damn sure.
 
#49
I'm with you there brother.Frances sat still and pounded is in the W.P.B. area for a whole day.The winds werent as bad as many a hurricane, but after a whole day of pounding, trees finally came down and roof tiles went, etc.We lost power a whole day before the storm got here, and today is Wednesday and we still dont have power.I guess 2004 is a year we will remember for quite a while.
 
#50
We had to evac again. We did as instructed, just because if we didnt it'd be our luck that something really bad would happen to us.

As far as property damage at my house, there wasnt a single tree knocked over and the place remained intact. (thank God)
The worst that happend to us (my family) was power outage.

However, my brothers neighbors had shingles flying off their roof.

In the area as a whole, there were many downed power lines, flooding in various areas, and many trees, street signs, store signs, taken down from the wind.

Just think, we now get to look forward to Ivan. :rollno:
 
#58
Charley, Frances, now Ivan. Grrrrr I move to Fl for college (ERAU) and this happens. What a year to move :p.
Ivan's been predicted to move more westwardly this time though, maybe even missing FL totally and going into the gulf. Not that I wish bad things on anyone else, but I think FL has had our share of hurricanes for the time being
:(
Ray
 

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