Here comes Hurricane Irene!

Normy · 08-21-2011, 01:47 PM

Hurricane Irene [well, still technically tropical storm Irene] has formed in the caribbean, and is forecast to hit Fort Lauderdale where I live around 3 PM Thursday afternoon.

I've got plenty of hurricane supplies- I can live off the grid for about two weeks, feet up....beer in hand.

-Concrete block house with concrete tile roof.

-Four miles inland.

-Miami-Dade rated garage door with 3X5 steel box section reinforcement beams. Gotta protect that Porsche....

-6.2 KW generator and a real twist-lok tie-in for my home electrical system. Won't run the A/C, but it will make everything else work.

-25 gallons of gasoline, plus three cars with full tanks.

-5/8 inch tempered glass "impact" windows, rated to take a direct hit from a 3 foot section of 2X4 at 155 mph. Without intrusion-

-MAK-90 semi-automatic assault rifle and 300 rounds of ammunition.

Really, the only thing missing at this point is the beer! I'll take care of that on Tuesday....Stella Artois please!

N!

Normy · 08-21-2011, 01:50 PM

It's going to piss me off if it messes up my plants! I'm losing a coconut tree in the back yard [got struck by lightning two weeks ago], and I don't want to replace anything else. It took me five friggin' years to get the place to where it is at! Generally, all hurricanes do is lift a few shingles and knock down some trees.

Dammit!

N

944Larry · 944Larry's Garage

Good luck to you and everyone else over that way. Not being in Florida at home makes me pretty anxious during hurricane season.

rattlsnak · rattlsnak's Garage

Ive been in Miami for the last few days and its been great weather!! Of course, I go home on Tuesday!!

Porsche-O-Phile · Porsche-O-Phile's Garage

Ya just can't reason with hurricane season...

At least you're prepared. It never ceased to amaze me when I lived down there how casually some folks viewed preparedness. "oh I've got some batteries and some water". Uh huh.

enzo1 · 08-21-2011, 03:37 PM

good luck!

porsche4life · porsche4life's Garage

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Originally Posted by Normy

-6.2 KW generator and a real twist-lok tie-in for my home electrical system. Won't run the A/C, but it will make everything else work.

You need a bigger generator if it won't run the AC....

carreradpt · carreradpt's Garage

Just test fired the generator and checked the hurricane shutters, got the foodstocks and water back into fighting shape, live in a updated code block home so we'll stay unless we just don't want to. Maybe DollyWood.

MRM · 08-21-2011, 04:28 PM

Freakin' A. I'm scheduled to be in West Palm Beach for depositions Tuesday through Friday. I have to be back early Friday evening for a social function with some very important people in my wife's company, and ready Saturday morning to prepare for a weekend at our cabin with some even more important people from the Mother Company. It will not end well if I'm stuck there all weekend, or evacuated or something. Of course I reserved a place right on the beach. It was about the same as the Hilton Garden Inn, so why wouldn't I?

Scuba Steve · 08-22-2011, 04:21 AM

Looks like I'd better beat the rush to the grocery store later this week... we needed beer and cat food anyway I guess.

cgarr · cgarr's Garage

Get some pictures I have never been in a hurricane, you seem more prepared than others or is this SOP down there?

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crustychief · crustychief's Garage

Good luck normy.

Scuba Steve · 07:33 AM

He'll be alright. But how about us in SC?

It'll probably change direction several more times, but in the meantime it's a fun pic to look at.

Scuba Steve · 08-22-2011, 07:33 AM

Can't edit - resized the pic

futuresoptions · 08-22-2011, 08:00 AM

Hang in there guys! And send some rain this way when your done with it!

74-911 · 08-22-2011, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by futuresoptions

Hang in there guys! And send some rain this way when your done with it!

Definitely send all the rain you can spare. What we really need is a TS or maybe CAT 1 hurricane to come ashore about 1/2 way between Brownsville and Corpus.

hardflex · 08-22-2011, 08:03 AM

Best of Luck !

red-beard · red-beard's Garage

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Originally Posted by 74-911

Definitely send all the rain you can spare. What we really need is a TS or maybe CAT 1 hurricane to come ashore about 1/2 way between Brownsville and Corpus.

And another one of 2 at Houston!

Instrument 41 · 08-22-2011, 08:18 AM

It sucks..but..better "yall' Than us. Hope the rest of the season is slow like it has been up to this point.

dhrcr911s · dhrcr911s's Garage

good luck guys.. Only weather we have up here is 90's and some afternoon winds.. Blizzards coming soon enough..