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Whew...got the plywood up on the windows, the generator standing by, plenty of beer in the (for now) cold fridge, lots of water and plenty of ice in the cooler. Oh, and the Axioms will be in a good safe place.
Bring it on Big Girl, the surfboard is waxed and ready!
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Take care Rick, and be very carefull down there in Florida. Speakers can be replaced, lives can't.....Randy
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Thanks Randy!
We are located along the east coast just about where the predicted path will exit the state, we're fairly confident that the winds will not be anything compared to what we had last year but we are prepared nonetheless. We have 17 huge oak trees in our yard and last year the hurricanes showed up within 2 weeks of us getting the trees trimmed....believe it or not we just had them trimmed about a week and a half ago! Wife and I have already decided next year we'll have 'em trimmed *after* hurricane season! We're learning.
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Rick
Best of luck! Take care of yourselves.
best,
oz
"Life is what happens while your busy making other plans" John Lennon
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Would somebody send a memo to the Atlantic and tell it enough with the hurricanes already?
Stay safe BrotherBob.
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Rick, I just talked to my brother in Ft. Myers. His place is all buttoned down. He has storm shutters, generator, and loads of supplies, so they are prepared as best they can be. His stepdaughter, her husband and two kids are in Naples, and are sticking it out. I'm concerned.
You take care. We'll be thinking of you.
Jack
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Rick, I wish you and your family well through this storm.You take care my brother.
Rick
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Rick, I have never been through one and I don't want to be.....................take care and stay safe.
Any chance of you posting some up close pictures of this thing? I'm kidding. Don't even think about it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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Many thanks everybody! We really appreciate the thoughts.
Jack, I do hope your brother will be OK, those folks over in FT. Myers, Naples and the surrounding area will take a heck of a lot more damage than we will. We'll be thinking about them!
Never...going through a hurricane is kind of like going through a bad storm that seems to last forever and ever. We live a couple of blocks from the beach with quite a lot of oak trees and two streets of houses, during Jeanne last year the back of our house (facing east) was literally sand blasted from the salt and sand spray. Was wild to watch the huge oak trees bend and sway like grass blades!
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Monday morning update...
So far so good. The winds are really whipping at the moment, I'm estimating 60-70 mph with some stronger gust and we still have power!
In about 3 or 4 more hours it's supposed to get really nasty with some 80+ mph winds and gusting upwards to 100. The last 3 or so hurricanes have came during the night so the visual effect wasn't anything like this one, it's wild to see the huge oak and palm trees sway and bend...almost to the point of 'Oh no, I can't watch'.
We've only lost power a couple of times this morning but the TV folks are telling us to be prepared because the 'sure enough' power outages are coming, the part I really hate.
Everything except one small TV and the PC is unplugged so needless to say, I'm bored! I do believe I've read through every post on this site a time or two during the past several hours, makes for some great reading.
If I were 15 years younger I believe I would have taken a walk down to the beach by now but after going outside just a couple of times I'm content to just stay put right here. Something about being older *and* wiser?
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