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MacTechVpr

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Guess I have to count myself both lucky and fortunate for an A. We had 3 waterspouts being right on the water with the intra-coastal at our backs. One disabled the a/c for our largest building. Dislodged enough fascia off the exteriors to damage some windows throughout but no breaches. The tempered glass in one room proved remarkably resilient against the machine gun fire like impacts of this small debris when the twisties spiraled through. All services stayed up however until Sun night when internet failed after countless blips. A quick call to cable providers nat'l office got us a remote boot in the a.m. Elsewhere barely got salt on the car or self thankfully.



Just to add that being out of comm is like being in a cave without a match through something like this. Saw reports from all over FL that media providers including ours cut local broadcasting links leaving only some majors, movie channels and specifically CNN, FOX, Weather Channel, etc. Still even those were recycling the same staid reports or exceptional extremes. Similarly in TX. Distressingl as local reporting is the best we got. I really, really hope this is not the new normal for broadcasting.

Good luck all. :)
 

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Speaking of Red Cross ineptitude...
Red Cross ‘didn’t show up’ at hurricane shelters, says Miami-Dade schools chief
Red Cross ‘didn’t show up’ at hurricane shelters, says Miami-Dade schools chief

Miami-Dade schools chief Alberto Carvalho said Monday the county’s chaotic opening of dozens of shelters ahead of Hurricane Irma was caused in part because the Red Cross “didn’t show up” to manage operations.

Schools served as most of the 42 shelters that Miami-Dade’s county government opened ahead of Irma, the largest number ever operated as a response to an unprecedented evacuation order affecting more than 600,000 residents.
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Both the county and the school system pointed to a lack of Red Cross staffers in explaining some of the chaotic and delayed opening of shelters across Miami-Dade last week.

Miami Dade MayorGimenez said the Red Cross had run out of volunteers and that the National Guard was arriving in Miami too late to staff the facilities. He sent county police to staff them instead.

As mayor, Gimenez is responsible for opening shelters, and most of them are located in schools.

Carvalho on Monday said Red Cross staff did not show up at some schools designated as shelters or were late enough to force principals to take over.

“In some instances the Red Cross showed up very late. In some instances, the Red Cross never showed up,” Carvalho said at a press conference at Shenandoah Middle School on Monday. “We made an executive decision that we would open the shelters on our own led by our principals and our custodians and our cafeteria workers.”

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So in the meantime, even though my son's school has electricity, he isn't in school.
That means since he's in advanced classes, he'll have to do twice as much homework
and he won't have much of a summer vacation
 
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current update (just moving the list forward) Updated status,, but they may have spotty electric/cell/isp service so dont worry if communications is difficult for them.

Below is our Irma impacted list. If you would like to have your status updated that would be great for others looking out for you. Lets treat it like a report card,,,

A= good shape just a little clean up
B=minor damage/repairs needed
C=more than minor repairs
D= major repairs need
F= total loss, may need help
OK= ok, and you want to leave it at that

Of course you dont have to rate yourself until later.

Its quite possible you wont find your damage/needs until later. I dont want to assign a status to anyone,,so I leave that to you.

If someone needs help they can email of course to see what can be done to assist you. I know that I have some vape related items I can send you if need be.

Bea-FL,------B=minor damage/repairs needed
Iffy-------A= good shape just a little clean up
Splatnext-----A= good shape just a little clean up
Robino1,------B=minor damage/repairs needed
MattB101-------A= good shape just a little clean up
Burnie-------A= good shape just a little clean up
Uncle--------B=minor damage/repairs needed
MoonLit_Water---A= good shape just a little clean up
halfempty------B=minor damage/repairs needed
classwife-------A= good shape just a little clean up
rob33
puffon,
Wuzznt Me----D= major repairs need
JCinFLA
252chevyboyz
NicotineRush
leftyandsparky,---A= good shape just a little clean up
B2L---A= good shape just a little clean up
clnire----B=minor damage/repairs needed
pufZeppelin,
rbrylawski,
AG51-------A= good shape just a little clean up
MacTechVpr-----A= good shape just a little clean up
FlowerSoul
Sugar_and_Spice
Rule62-------A= good shape just a little clean up
HazyShades-------A= good shape just a little clean up
OcalaFlGuy
Wheelin247---B=minor damage/repairs needed
beckbg -----A= good shape just a little clean up
Rossum--------A= good shape just a little clean up
 

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Guess I have to count myself both lucky and fortunate for an A. We had 3 waterspouts being right on the water with the intra-coastal at our backs. One disabled the a/c for our largest building. Dislodged enough fascia off the exteriors to damage some windows throughout but no breaches. The tempered glass in one room proved remarkably resilient against the machine gun fire like impacts of this small debris when the twisties spiraled through. All services stayed up however until Sun night when internet failed after countless blips. A quick call to cable providers nat'l office got us a remote boot in the a.m. Elsewhere barely got salt on the car or self thankfully.



Just to add that being out of comm is like being in a cave without a match through something like this. Saw reports from all over FL that media providers including ours cut local broadcasting links leaving only some majors, movie channels and specifically CNN, FOX, Weather Channel, etc. Still even those were recycling the same staid reports or exceptional extremes. Similarly in TX. Distressingl as local reporting is the best we got. I really, really hope this is not the new normal for broadcasting.

Good luck all. :)

pretty cool vid!
 

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YAY!!!!!!!!!

It's amazing how we are so dependent on electricity. Storing food and (when you're all electric) cooking food.

My dependency is for coffee comforts. Hubby is the AC needy. ;)
RObino THe hubby and I picked up a single burner gas stove thingy that runs off bottled gas from sams for $25. It is the kind they use on banquet tables. Comes in real handy in power failures. We are otherwise all electric too.
 

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FYI... And the one thing most people forget about... Sterno stoves... Boil water heat soup canned food excetera excetera... Just saying' . . . :rolleyes:


BTW: anyone hear from @MoonLit_Water & @AG51 recently ??? :cry:
I never learned to use one of those. My Dad wouldn't let us near them. We had onen but he handled it.

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RObino THe hubby and I picked up a single burner gas stove thingy that runs off bottled gas from sams for $25. It is the kind they use on banquet tables. Comes in real handy in power failures. We are otherwise all electric too.
That's what we used before we had a generator. We still have it as a back-up. We all here know about back-ups ;).
 

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I never learned to use one of those. My Dad wouldn't let us near them. We had onen but he handled it.

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One of the simplest things to use, matter of fact pretty safe also. There is also a Coleman single burner stove normally used in camping that runs off of one of the small propane tanks. Besides the Coleman propane tank cooking wheel. Anyway when I get back to a computer I will post links for all of this. i have them and have been using the Sterno stove, which is available at Publix - specifically here at my friend's place.
 

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Casa Iffy rates an A-. Just one pool cage screen panel corner hanging: neighbor's oak tree limb caught it.

Irma sure did some massive pruning in our area!

No power, cable nor web. But we'll do just fine.

So glad for the updates!

Strongly dislike posting via c-phone.

Catch y'all later...
Good news, Iffy!

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Guess I have to count myself both lucky and fortunate for an A. We had 3 waterspouts being right on the water with the intra-coastal at our backs. One disabled the a/c for our largest building. Dislodged enough fascia off the exteriors to damage some windows throughout but no breaches. The tempered glass in one room proved remarkably resilient against the machine gun fire like impacts of this small debris when the twisties spiraled through. All services stayed up however until Sun night when internet failed after countless blips. A quick call to cable providers nat'l office got us a remote boot in the a.m. Elsewhere barely got salt on the car or self thankfully.



Just to add that being out of comm is like being in a cave without a match through something like this. Saw reports from all over FL that media providers including ours cut local broadcasting links leaving only some majors, movie channels and specifically CNN, FOX, Weather Channel, etc. Still even those were recycling the same staid reports or exceptional extremes. Similarly in TX. Distressingl as local reporting is the best we got. I really, really hope this is not the new normal for broadcasting.

Good luck all. :)
We had all the locals plus normal cable, phones & net until about a week after. Then net got slow for a few days. Back to normal now tho.

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Speaking of Red Cross ineptitude...
Red Cross ‘didn’t show up’ at hurricane shelters, says Miami-Dade schools chief
Red Cross ‘didn’t show up’ at hurricane shelters, says Miami-Dade schools chief

Miami-Dade schools chief Alberto Carvalho said Monday the county’s chaotic opening of dozens of shelters ahead of Hurricane Irma was caused in part because the Red Cross “didn’t show up” to manage operations.

Schools served as most of the 42 shelters that Miami-Dade’s county government opened ahead of Irma, the largest number ever operated as a response to an unprecedented evacuation order affecting more than 600,000 residents.
...
Both the county and the school system pointed to a lack of Red Cross staffers in explaining some of the chaotic and delayed opening of shelters across Miami-Dade last week.

Miami Dade MayorGimenez said the Red Cross had run out of volunteers and that the National Guard was arriving in Miami too late to staff the facilities. He sent county police to staff them instead.

As mayor, Gimenez is responsible for opening shelters, and most of them are located in schools.

Carvalho on Monday said Red Cross staff did not show up at some schools designated as shelters or were late enough to force principals to take over.

“In some instances the Red Cross showed up very late. In some instances, the Red Cross never showed up,” Carvalho said at a press conference at Shenandoah Middle School on Monday. “We made an executive decision that we would open the shelters on our own led by our principals and our custodians and our cafeteria workers.”

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So in the meantime, even though my son's school has electricity, he isn't in school.
That means since he's in advanced classes, he'll have to do twice as much homework
and he won't have much of a summer vacation
Typical.

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    This isn't exactly roughing it but some folks need their coffee :D

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    Amazon.com: Coleman Camping Coffeemaker: Sports & Outdoors
     

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    Below is our Irma impacted list. If you would like to have your status updated that would be great for others looking out for you. Lets treat it like a report card,,,

    A+, Other than a few sleepless nights, we are just picking a few tree limbs and sweeping the driveway at all 3 places.
     

    Kenna

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    I had a message from FlowerSoul they are on the way home. Stopped at son's in St Aug for the night. Son's home came through just fine and they have power. Mr FlowerSoul is going to head home and check things tomorrow so should have an update then.
    Thank you for letting everyone know she & DH are on their way!

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