In reply to patgizz:
I've checked on the S10 and the other possible Challenge vehicle several times from Asa's window. They're both safe. Hope you guys find a place to rest tonight.
In reply to patgizz:
I've checked on the S10 and the other possible Challenge vehicle several times from Asa's window. They're both safe. Hope you guys find a place to rest tonight.
We're still safe in Tampa. Now there's no water at home, either.
My friend's a/c literally just kicked on. It's nice here.
mndsm wrote: Apparently a1a around new Smyrna got pretty tore up. Pics were on the local NBC affiliate.
A big chunk of a1a in Flagler may ot may not have gotten torn up. they'll know for sure as soon as they find it.
JG Pasterjak wrote:mndsm wrote: Apparently a1a around new Smyrna got pretty tore up. Pics were on the local NBC affiliate.A big chunk of a1a in Flagler may ot may not have gotten torn up. they'll know for sure as soon as they find it.
Seems legit.
I just saw pics from grm hq, it appears that everything is ok?
Jacksonville is pretty clear now. Still some gust but getting further in between.
Just woke up at a truck stop somewhere north of Atlanta. Wenf up 19 along Florida coast, had some wind/rain but nothing enough to upset the trailer. Came east, hit 75 in valdosta and destroyed the long boring last night
When we tried booking there were literally no hotel rooms in the entire state of Georgia
It's about 80 miles south of me now. So far it's been a non-event. Lots of rain and some wind. Not enough to blow the leaves off the trees. It will probably get worse over the next couple of hours.
In reply to patgizz:
Drive safe.
And then there's this guy:
Florida man head-bangs to Raining Blood outdoors during hurricane
Yeah, thats been all over. He's my hero.
Home.
Don't be surprised if we own a house in Florida before this time next year. It's harder and harder to come back to knowing winter is around the corner every time
In reply to patgizz:
That's exactly why I'm in Biloxi now.
We needs more grmers here. I left all my friends in minnesota. I'm notoriously reclusive but would not mind some new ones lol
petegossett wrote: In reply to patgizz: That's exactly why I'm in Biloxi now.
And why I got to play hurricane roulette this year.
alfadriver wrote: In reply to Trackmouse: Listening to my MIL, it wasn't that narrow of a miss. She got a lot of rain, but not much else.
Not that narrow? The storm was only 20 miles offshore.
mndsm wrote: We needs more grmers here. I left all my friends in minnesota. I'm notoriously reclusive but would not mind some new ones lol
It would be a snowbird thing, have a business up here that I'm trying to wean off needing me around all the time to get anything done. Not moving, i hate hot and i love Cleveland. Just getting sick of winter. Daytona area in winter is perfect for me. Shopping racecar trailers now that could hold a project and a decent chunk of my tools in the event this happens, so i wouldn't have to have 2 of everything
Knurled wrote: And then there's this guy: Florida man head-bangs to Raining Blood outdoors during hurricane https://www.youtube.com/embed/Pr1C3MkkybU
Lane Pittman is a member of the Jax Pack. He's one of the guys that run on the field carrying team flags whenever the Jaguars do something good. In other words, he doesn't get to carry flags very often, so he looks for any opportunity he can to display his skills.
jstein77 wrote:alfadriver wrote: In reply to Trackmouse: Listening to my MIL, it wasn't that narrow of a miss. She got a lot of rain, but not much else.Not that narrow? The storm was only 20 miles offshore.
Of Puerto Rico??? No- it missed it by hundreds of miles. It was separated by all of Haiti, all of the Dominican Republic, and the water in-between the islands. They got one big band of rain, and that was it.
It missed Nassau by 20 miles....
Trackmouse said he was in Puerto Rico when he narrowly missed the storm. It wasn't narrow- it was a long distance.
Best I can tell, we're alive. The house survived, the cars survived. Our neighborhood lost a lot of trees but, fortunately, I haven't seen any real structure damage. The roads in and out of our neighborhood are now clean.
Clean-up took two days and our debris pile spans our entire yard.
Yes, my wife and I are exhausted.
Tim stopped by right as we returned home and chopped up the big stuff into manageable chunks before I could even get the chainsaw out of the car.
We got water service back the day after the storm, and we're still waiting on electricity--possibly tonight, possibly Wednesday. Cell phone service at home is spotty. It's better upstairs than downstairs, I think. Lowe's is operating on generator power. So is Waffle House. Most traffic signals in our area are now back online.
I'm at the local library today. They have a/c and internet although, oddly, I'm having some e-mail issues.
GRM HQ survived and is intact. I'm only a mile away from HQ, so once the worst of it passed, I headed over there and was relieved to see no obvious damage, no broken windows, and our showroom packed full of cars that all survived. The neighborhood is a mess--- downed trees everywhere, which unfortunately hit more than a few homes. To our town's credit, lots of folks out there cleaning up, helping each other--- funny how disaster brings people together. I've spoken more with my neighbors in the last two days, than I had in the last two years.
My place is fine, we rode out the storm, and the winds were mighty impressive. Fortunately we didn't receive the storm surge, or heavy rainfall that hit Flagler Beach and St. Augustine. Those poor folks got it bad.
It is funny (kinda) how events like this being everyone together. Our 8-year-old neighbor came over to rake our yard. He just got his first "real" BMX bike, so obviously I need to find a suitable thank-you gift.
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