I decided to start a new post to share the story of the evening. I've lived in FL for 15 years and we've had out fair share of minor storms and minor hurricanes, but haven't taken a direct hit from a large hurricane in nearly 50 years. When I got a call from Nick staying to be safe cause his family lost half their house, I put the beer down and brought the porch furniture in and just hoped for the best. Winds began to kick up and then BOOM the power went out and we couldn't give live updates anymore. Thanks to quick work from Progress Energy, we're finally back up and running. Let me first say that life without light and air conditioning sucks donkey *****. It was so ******* hot in the house. We ran out of beer at like 11:00 p.m. and all the stores were closed also. Winds began to pick up around 8:30 pm, just around the same time the power went out. We had a little portable battery operated TV with only 1 news channel because the other 2 major stations had lost power as well. By 10:30-11 p.m. the 105 mph winds were ripped through my neighborhood taking down fences and trees in the process. Fortunately my porch held up to the winds as well as the house. I lost some branches off my palm trees, but I feel very fortunate. I'll let the pics speak for themselves. Be safe and never underestimate the weather. Make sure all insurance is up to date homeowners.

Road's closed PIZZA BOY!!!


Sadness pics


All the traffic lights are out, so police need to direct that traffic...


Where'd the traffic light go?


Oh, there it is..






I think I can drive under this...





This section of porch flew from the back yard over the house into the neighbor's front yard



aren't these power lines supposed to be in the air??






This guy lives up the street from me about 50 yards....yes, that went through his house.


Guess I'll go rent a movie....whoops, guess not!


That's all for now

 

nuts man, I guess its really really bad on the west coast shoreline.

 

oh yeah, forgot, clicky pow.

Yo girl, come on over here!!! Need some clean up help?


Dats right...

 

lol nice last pic

 

hahaha that last pic is teh h0tness

sucks to see all that damage.

 

Damn! that's nuts marc. lad that you guys are ok.

 

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damn.. i hope you guys are ok, man... especially her.. hehe

 

glad that you guys are ok.

did Dave flee to your place? where the heck is he?

 

Glad j'all are ok

I read that one guy in FL got killed when a tree fell on him when he went out to smoke, and I couldn't help but start worrying about D

Those pics remind me a lot of when Fran rolled through Raleigh - looks very similar.

 

Glad your okay and your house made it w/ minimal damage.

Nice clicky pow too

 

Can you say reality check?

Oh and that girl, has just the stomach ya wanna leave a calling card

 

more clicky pow! tubgirl just isnt cutting it out for me

 

damn be safe down there

 

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Glad everyone is okay Marc,

yeah when Fran came through, I think we were without for about 2 weeks.

 

thats horrible!

nice pics of the girl, I had a good laugh!

the question his, how's the R?

 

ouch, major damage...glad you're ok

 

DAM, is guess that hurricane was fucken crazy.

 

Glad to see that you're all ok

Also good to see you're keeping a positive attitude and still getting clicky pow

 

glad to hear your ok. that must have been some storm.
i thought the desert monsoon storms were hairy, but that insain

 

so glad you are okay marc.. i was thinking about you ... keep in touch

 

Hows the R.... glad your ok but hows the R.

 

WTF, no action shots you WUSSY! :D

 

lots of destruction

hope everything is ok over there. hurricanes are daunting. though we don't have them as frequently in hawai'i, they get nasty as well. hurricane iniki was a brutal one that took out the island of kaua'i. they had winds up to 200 mph. no joke.

good luck w/ the recovery!

kepani-who respects nature very much.

 

Damn Marc, and to think, if plans wouldve been kept, i wouldve been moving down that way about this time!!!

 

Glad that you are OK, Marc!

Do you have pictures of your own house?