Hurricane Irma headed this way....

[Soren Lorenson]

Originally Posted by 72doug2,2S

We were planning to return from VA to Bonita Springs tomorrow, but there's still no power and now restrictions on water as the treatment plants are full from rain.

Soren, Are you in Naples? My boss said there is an 8 p.m. curfew in place.

Yep, north Naples. The house has power, the condo still doesn't. Boil water alert, and yes a curfew for Collier and Lee counties still, after 9.

Ft. Myers looks pretty much normal now. Bonita flooded bad. Naples is just today coming back to life, some gas stations have fuel (reg only), pretty much all restaurants are closed, including fast food. Went looking for food - Publix closes at 6, tried Wally World and there was literally nothing on the shelves. I took a nice picture of the bare meat and dairy area. Looks like something out of a movie.

If you don't have to come back yet, don't.

[berettafan]

Beautiful plane dm.


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[URY914]

Looks like the Group 44 Jaguar colors on that plane.

[nota]

survived

still no net at home so no tv or phone dammm ATT
power came on then off so we spapped ententsion cords across the street
at libary for net

[dad911]

Originally Posted by nota

survived

still no net at home so no tv or phone dammm ATT
power came on then off so we spapped ententsion cords across the street
at libary for net

Glad to hear it!

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by nota

survived

Excellent!

I hope your property fared well.

Best and welcome back.

[nota]

just got back on line this AM

house is fine no damage other then a few shingles
and minor drips from the post andrew 25+ year old roof
lots of branches broken but all the trees survived
we only got cat 1 winds 70 mph with 80-90 in gusts
lost power for 2 days then got power on for two more days then it died again for 2 more
ran power across the street to my cuban deer hunter buddy when I had it
and after we all lost power he got loaned a generator and ran us power back the same way

thankfully we had a battery powered fan [6 D-cells] to move air
and ace HW store had more D-cells after the storm to keep it running
used a car battery and a car radio inside for info
and a 18v garden LED spotlight worked fine on 12 volts to see or read
was only $12 at wal mart for the LED garden spotlite and was in abundance after the storm
I just cut off the connector and hooked up direct to the car battery
neg is the ribbed side wire + is plain

lots of cuts and bruises from the board up and clean up ect but no real injury's

only real loss was 1/2 bigger KOI in the pool do to debris and no air pumps running
my 18v power tools were a savior and I bought at HD a hand held Ryobi air inflation pump
that saved the remaining KOI and GF with it's 18v Li batterys

[Baz]

Originally Posted by nota

just got back on line this AM

house is fine no damage other then a few shingles
and minor drips from the post andrew 25+ year old roof
lots of branches broken but all the trees survived
we only got cat 1 winds 70 mph with 80-90 in gusts
lost power for 2 days then got power on for two more days then it died again for 2 more
ran power across the street to my cuban deer hunter buddy when I had it
and after we all lost power he got loaned a generator and ran us power back the same way

thankfully we had a battery powered fan [6 D-cells] to move air
and ace HW store had more D-cells after the storm to keep it running
used a car battery and a car radio inside for info
and a 18v garden LED spotlight worked fine on 12 volts to see or read
was only $12 at wal mart for the LED garden spotlite and was in abundance after the storm
I just cut off the connector and hooked up direct to the car battery
neg is the ribbed side wire + is plain

lots of cuts and bruises from the board up and clean up ect but no real injury's

only real loss was 1/2 bigger KOI in the pool do to debris and no air pumps running
my 18v power tools were a savior and I bought at HD a hand held Ryobi air inflation pump
that saved the remaining KOI and GF with it's 18v Li batterys

Thanks for the update and detailed report, Nota.....sorry about your Koi!

Regarding the battery powered fan....Ryobi makes a "hybrid" (cordless or electric) fan that uses their LiIon battery pack. It's on my wish list as would come in very handy during times like this, although my 2 window rattlers are my first line of defense. Good luck with rest of clean up....and rest of the hurricane season as well!

[nota]

Originally Posted by A930Rocket

Is the elev certificate the lowest place on the ground or the first floor elevation?

My elevation certificate lists my first floor at a min of 12'.

typically we would shoot the front entrance door sill bottom as the floor elevation
I was civil service so only did gov structures and never messed with private homes
so no idea on split levels or basements or other odd balls we have very few of in S-fla

[nota]

separate question on the eyewall and newer steel roof panels ?

did any fail bend or blow away ? here in this one,or down island or texas ?

with common cat 4-5 storms I am wondering if they are worth it ?

and survived the test of the cat 5 real world ?

[72doug2,2S]

[72doug2,2S]

[72doug2,2S]

[72doug2,2S]

Came back Sunday evening 11p.m. without power. 11:50 Power!

Lost two coconut palms, one Christmas palm, and the top roof screens over the pool.

[Racerbvd]

[dmcummins]

Originally Posted by berettafan

Beautiful plane dm.


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Thanks, I've had it 5 years now and I've been very happy with it. I'm headed back up to Misouri next week and will have over 30hrs this month, which is a lot for me. I'm waiting for some new toys for the plane, hope they get here before I leave.

It's a 1960 model, but it had a pretty extensive refurbish by the previous owner. I've just added some minor upgrades.