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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2016 19:37:19 GMT
We are safe, the pets are fine, sounds like my friends and family are all okay. The house is fine. My Charger faced a close damn call with a maple tree, but is fine (trunk might be scratched or dented but, thankfully, the tree collapsed behind it rather than on it). Downtown St. Augustine is BAD, but our house has no flooding. Got the generator up and working. All is relatively well here, all things considered. What a relief! It's good to hear.
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Post by DragonRacer on Oct 8, 2016 22:11:36 GMT
Current post-Hurricane Matthew update: drinking Jack Daniels with final remaining frozen ice ball cube thing, eating beef jerky I had bought for what would have been today's glorious UF-LSU tailgate, and playing some PS1/PS2 games on the PS2 and old standard TV because the generator can handle the wattage on those (life habit of keeping all gaming consoles forever now reinforced). If I'm feeling froggy, I may even switch the PS2 out with my Super Nintendo and challenge hubby to some Super Mario Kart. Still no real power restoration. Still no running water. Totally getting my post-apocalyptic training done here.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2016 22:25:25 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2016 22:27:40 GMT
Current post-Hurricane Matthew update: drinking Jack Daniels with final remaining frozen ice ball cube thing, eating beef jerky I had bought for what would have been today's glorious UF-LSU tailgate, and playing some PS1/PS2 games on the PS2 and old standard TV because the generator can handle the wattage on those (life habit of keeping all gaming consoles forever now reinforced). If I'm feeling froggy, I may even switch the PS2 out with my Super Nintendo and challenge hubby to some Super Mario Kart. Still no real power restoration. Still no running water. Totally getting my post-apocalyptic training done here. It's gonna be tough going, but you're back! And we're all grateful for that, I'm sure.
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Post by Lavochkin on Oct 9, 2016 3:28:54 GMT
I went without power for two weeks back during Hurricane Katrina back in '05. The only limited power my house received was due to the neighbors allowing shared use of their generator. A rather unpleasant experience it was.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2016 3:59:01 GMT
So while the hurricane was going on, this guy near Jackson, Floria was appearently having a blast.
“Had a request for some hair action during the ‘cane. I granted it,” Florida man Lane Pittman posted the video on Facebook Friday.
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Post by HYR on Oct 9, 2016 5:32:43 GMT
Over 800 dead in Haiti, and that number could climb another 200.
Friendly reminder to those thinking of giving money for aid/relief, just make sure you are giving to a reputable organization. Lots of unsavory people out there will try to take advantage of this situation. The Red Cross is as good and reliable as any.
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Post by themikefest on Oct 9, 2016 13:00:25 GMT
hurricane matthew came through North Carolina. a lot of areas are flooded especially east of I95. My area got about 8 inches of rain. A tree fell on the neighbors car. She's ok. The rest of the neighborhood appears to be ok. No power. Hopefully get that back soon. I'm at McDonalds using the wifi while we eat breakfast.
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Post by DragonRacer on Oct 9, 2016 15:44:26 GMT
Now at 50 hours of no power and no running water. I am starting to get very cranky and snappish.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2016 16:45:15 GMT
Yeah, not being able to shower at all ... for days on end ... that really stinks.
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Post by DragonRacer on Oct 9, 2016 17:07:27 GMT
FPL just emailed us. Our neighborhood was hardest hit as far as pole damage (I figured from what I saw on my drive). New estimation is power back by end of Monday. Hopefully.
And a friend just brought us a cooler of ice they made. I wanted to cry. It is the most beautiful, precious ice in the history of ever.
Hurricanes - refocusing priorities since 2016... LOL
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Post by DragonRacer on Oct 9, 2016 18:02:16 GMT
So while the hurricane was going on, this guy near Jackson, Floria was appearently having a blast. “Had a request for some hair action during the ‘cane. I granted it,” Florida man Lane Pittman posted the video on Facebook Friday. Jacksonville, Florida... where I was born and most of my family lives (I live about 45 minutes south of it, in St. Augustine). That's pretty typical Jacksonville. LMAO
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Post by mrsanomaly on Oct 9, 2016 18:06:50 GMT
Over 800 dead in Haiti, and that number could climb another 200. Friendly reminder to those thinking of giving money for aid/relief, just make sure you are giving to a reputable organization. Lots of unsavory people out there will try to take advantage of this situation. The Red Cross is as good and reliable as any. Just an FYI- you can donate to Red Cross via Amazon or donate requested items also. (I shop on Amazon all the time so I saw it this morning). I only mention this in case anyone wants to donate and is wary of the method or organizations to donate to. I've been without power for days post hurricane (think it was Hurricane Ike that hit Houston- I forget these things ) with all of my kids- it was a bit of a challenge but doable. The thing that got to me was my very expensive brand new fancy refrigerator broke
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2016 18:15:21 GMT
Yikes, reading all your horrible weather stories...bugger me you guys really go through it. Lots of best wishes to everyone who now has to get their lives back together, I'm just glad you got through it. I'm in England so my weather stories?? Ummm.....once there was a pretty big puddle outside. Yup. That happened. Some scary shit right there. Come to think of it there have been some really bad floods here, so I'm sheepishly gonna retract that last statement before someone shouts at me.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2016 18:38:39 GMT
So while the hurricane was going on, this guy near Jackson, Floria was appearently having a blast. “Had a request for some hair action during the ‘cane. I granted it,” Florida man Lane Pittman posted the video on Facebook Friday. Jacksonville, Florida... where I was born and most of my family lives (I live about 45 minutes south of it, in St. Augustine). That's pretty typical Jacksonville. LMAO You gotta love it, right? Probably not the smartest thing to be doing in a hurricane, but you gotta appreciate the nards on that guy! I just posted that in hopes it would brighten someone's day. Mission accomplished?
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Post by DragonRacer on Oct 9, 2016 19:05:05 GMT
Over 800 dead in Haiti, and that number could climb another 200. Friendly reminder to those thinking of giving money for aid/relief, just make sure you are giving to a reputable organization. Lots of unsavory people out there will try to take advantage of this situation. The Red Cross is as good and reliable as any. Just an FYI- you can donate to Red Cross via Amazon or donate requested items also. (I shop on Amazon all the time so I saw it this morning). I only mention this in case anyone wants to donate and is wary of the method or organizations to donate to. I've been without power for days post hurricane (think it was Hurricane Ike that hit Houston- I forget these things ) with all of my kids- it was a bit of a challenge but doable. The thing that got to me was my very expensive brand new fancy refrigerator broke Our old refrigerator was a causality in this. It was already limping along, but it did NOT like running on a generator. The motor started making scary noises and smoking, so we shut it off. Fortunately, we didn't have much left in it because we knew we'd lose power in the storm (just didn't think for THIS long), but that's why I was crying about ice. There's none to buy anywhere and we cannot make it with our dead fridge. So glad a friend brought us some so we could at least keep the stuff in our cooler cold (water, remaining perishable food, and beer LOL).
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Post by Qui-Gon GlenN7 on Oct 9, 2016 20:37:55 GMT
Our old refrigerator was a causality in this. It was already limping along, but it did NOT like running on a generator. The motor started making scary noises and smoking, so we shut it off. Fortunately, we didn't have much left in it because we knew we'd lose power in the storm (just didn't think for THIS long), but that's why I was crying about ice. There's none to buy anywhere and we cannot make it with our dead fridge. So glad a friend brought us some so we could at least keep the stuff in our cooler cold (water, remaining perishable food, and beer LOL). Refrigerators have a condenser motor which definitely upsets the Generator - when the condenser kicks on, the hertz rate and sine wave of the AC current gets choppy and spiky. This is bad for all connected components. Ideally, you would have a separate genny for the fridge or clothes washer /dryer. As an electrician in Film and TV production, this is a problem I am very familiar with and sadly requires either more generators with specific purposes, or a massive genny with so much potential that the voltage regulators can work it out internally.
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Post by mattig89ch on Oct 10, 2016 4:48:50 GMT
FPL just emailed us. Our neighborhood was hardest hit as far as pole damage (I figured from what I saw on my drive). New estimation is power back by end of Monday. Hopefully. And a friend just brought us a cooler of ice they made. I wanted to cry. It is the most beautiful, precious ice in the history of ever. Hurricanes - refocusing priorities since 2016... LOL Any chance we could get a picture of what your street looked like after the hurricane hit?
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Post by DragonRacer on Oct 10, 2016 5:21:40 GMT
Why am I up at 1:00am? Because we just got power, cable, and water back. WE'RE CIVILIZED PEOPLE AGAIN!!!! *tears*
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Post by DragonRacer on Oct 10, 2016 5:26:04 GMT
FPL just emailed us. Our neighborhood was hardest hit as far as pole damage (I figured from what I saw on my drive). New estimation is power back by end of Monday. Hopefully. And a friend just brought us a cooler of ice they made. I wanted to cry. It is the most beautiful, precious ice in the history of ever. Hurricanes - refocusing priorities since 2016... LOL Any chance we could get a picture of what your street looked like after the hurricane hit? Tomorrow I'll get some photos/video posted after work now that I have real Internet again and not using slow cell data. My street itself didn't look that exciting - the "main road" looked like a war zone with all the downed trees and power poles, but hard to photograph while driving.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2016 5:59:27 GMT
Why am I up at 1:00am? Because we just got power, cable, and water back. WE'RE CIVILIZED PEOPLE AGAIN!!!! *tears* Wait, wat? I thought you were from Florida?
I should go.
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Post by mattig89ch on Oct 10, 2016 6:56:16 GMT
Just found this GIF, which shows the radar image path of Matthew so far. It shows where the storm was, the category it was, and where its gone.
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Post by Obliviousmiss on Oct 10, 2016 9:39:25 GMT
Savannah, Georgia got hit pretty hard too. Huge trees were uprooted..... (I used to live in Georgia.....only visited Savannah once though. Gorgeous city.)
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