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A pic from Clearwater North Beach, FLA. One week before Helene.
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Rhino
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I'm sure the view today has boats, flotsam and jetsam scattered the beach about and water lines 4 feet or higher on buildings.
Helene was merciless. Moonpuppy, errains and iambrb are without power and will be until Tuesday as far away as SC. NVTS, nuts!
Our May tornado came and was gone in minutes. None of this "stick around all day and try to kill you" shit that hurricane Helene did.
Helene was merciless. Moonpuppy, errains and iambrb are without power and will be until Tuesday as far away as SC. NVTS, nuts!
Our May tornado came and was gone in minutes. None of this "stick around all day and try to kill you" shit that hurricane Helene did.
Heavens Eagle
Well-known member
I used to live in Oklahoma. (will go back when I retire) Folks would tell me that they would rather live in FL, TX, or along the coast areas as they were afraid of tornados. My reply was that tornados hit small areas and you might never see one. Hurricanes hit big areas and it is a matter of when not if you will have to deal with one if you live on the gulf coast.
With that said, I am sorry to see that there is so much damage from this. Hope our SC friends get their power back soon.
With that said, I am sorry to see that there is so much damage from this. Hope our SC friends get their power back soon.
Tim A.
Well-known member
Helene come out of nowhere. We got our power back this afternoon. Power outage sucks, but at least we still have a home for the electricity to come back on to.
Tim A.
Well-known member
It was an epic storm. Made it all the way to our place in Cohutta, N. Georgia. East Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina got punched hard too.
centaur567
Well-known member
Here in Monroe, GA, we dodged a bullet. 6.7 in. of rain, some wind, no power lost. The west side of the eye passed over us. Gary S.
Rhino
Super Moderator
"We got the strong, dirty side of the hurricane. The storm was 500 miles long and 300 miles wide. Even if the eye was 100 miles out in the gulf, we got a massive storm surge and moderate wind. Downtown Punta Gorda is still flooded a bit. We are doing ok now that the tides have gone out."
Plastic Surgeon founder, Greg Metge. Punta Gorda (near Ft. Myers) FL.
Plastic Surgeon founder, Greg Metge. Punta Gorda (near Ft. Myers) FL.
From the models I was watch you guys should have gotten hit. Glad you did not Gary.
They still saying mid week for our service to return.
Meanwhile I'm dusting of my grill master title cooking fried rice on a turkey cooker burner.
Tomorrow we'll try oatmeal, all fresh food is ruined now.
Well be better prepped next time.
Tim A.
Well-known member
Geez Bob. What a mess. Penny had just bought $350 worth of groceries when the power quit here. We were lucky as the juice was out only about 12 hrs.
Tim A.
Well-known member
We made it through unscathed till Saturday. About 4am one of our big white oaks fell on the power lines and snapped to poles. Blocked the highway and put power out to about 500 people for about 12 hrs.
Yeah I made a costco run stocking up on fish and hamburgers, they all gone.
Bruce @iambrb has been taking it like a pro, he has no power and no damage but has been going in on his job taking care of the college kids and getting them feed.
Eric @errains reports damage to the model room, tree fell on it. Everyone is without power still. Everyone is safe and personally I consider us blessed that there was no more than what this was.
Bruce @iambrb has been taking it like a pro, he has no power and no damage but has been going in on his job taking care of the college kids and getting them feed.
Eric @errains reports damage to the model room, tree fell on it. Everyone is without power still. Everyone is safe and personally I consider us blessed that there was no more than what this was.
centaur567
Well-known member
I guess growing up in S. FL and having to deal with a lot of hurricanes in the past, we prepped the best we could. By that, I mean we limited the amount of food that needed to be frozen or refrigerated, filled Tupperware with water and froze them in advance to make blocks of ice and kept them in their containers. After freezing some were placed into the fridge. Emptied out the ice maker and placed the cubes into sealed bags. Mabey we jinxed it away. We're going to keep these containers frozen till after hurricane season. Gary S.
We just got power back at Due West. 
Here's some photos from Friday AM.
I'm not complaining about how bad we had it because many many more had it far worse. I'm thankful this is all we had to deal with.
This is our house from across the street. Like I said we are VERY lucky.
Neighbor's tree, young family around the corner came around with his new tractor and chain saws and cleared the tree. Would you belive the car was undamaged? She packed up the car and went to Myrtle Beach!
View up the road. That yard lost every tree.
Road north blocked, Road south blocked...to tell the truth, we really had no where we HAD to go.
I stopped taking phtos at this point, it was the same everywhere on campus.
The extent of my damage. Garden shed door bused off the hinges.
Again, we're lucky, if this is the damage we have to deal with we can do it.
I'm not complaining about how bad we had it because many many more had it far worse. I'm thankful this is all we had to deal with.
This is our house from across the street. Like I said we are VERY lucky.
Neighbor's tree, young family around the corner came around with his new tractor and chain saws and cleared the tree. Would you belive the car was undamaged? She packed up the car and went to Myrtle Beach!
View up the road. That yard lost every tree.
Road north blocked, Road south blocked...to tell the truth, we really had no where we HAD to go.
I stopped taking phtos at this point, it was the same everywhere on campus.
The extent of my damage. Garden shed door bused off the hinges.
Again, we're lucky, if this is the damage we have to deal with we can do it.
centaur567
Well-known member
Good for you!! Hard to believe no damage to the car. Is that your car? Gary S.
no, neighbors car.
Tim A.
Well-known member
YAY!We just got power back at Due West.
Tim A.
Well-known member
I hate that about Eric's home.
Tim A.
Well-known member
Starting get a steady feed of video and photos of our home away from home from Clearwater Beach. Depressing to say the least. They are moving mountains of sand and debris. Looks like every business has suffered extensive damage from the storm surge. The news from our favorite eating place, the Palm Pavilion is that the restaurant suffered significant damage, but the owner stated that the Palm has been here for 98 years and we will rebuild.
