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From GL. They (Pinellas County) have heavy rain and pretty high winds but they haven't had much damage yet & he doesn't expect any.
He trimmed back one tree in his yard and trimmed branches from his neighbor's tree (had to get up on the neighbor's roof) yesterday.
I am going to call him tomorrow because her said that the next few hours are going to be the worst.
I say "good for GL!!!". [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img] [img]wink.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/rose.gif[/img]
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We had a message from GL yesterday. He sounded quite chipper.
You're welcome Sluggo!
Tell him I said hello when you talk to him.
Great to hear that he contacted you too gae.
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Thganks for the update Sluggo.
Great to hear that he's allright. [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img]
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Sluggo, here's the info link to the county where GL lives
http://www.pinellascounty.org/bulletin/default.htm
Talked to GL tonight. He called to say that he isn't going in to work on Tuesday because he has been without power since 8 o'clock this morning and doesn 't know when it wio=ll come back on. That means he will have to stay at home because it is too hot to leave the dogs outside and if he leaves them in the house, he would have to leave the doors and windows open and pray that it doesn't rain or no one breaks in his house. So, he is going to stay home and help his older neighbor clear debris from his yard. He cleared his today. He wants everyone to know he is OK and he thanks everyone for their good thoughts and prayers.
I'm glad he's ok. But maybe next time he'll not be such a dumbshit and pretend he can predict the path of a hurricane. He's lucky the damage was just debris in his yard.
In a dwelling such as his, he's a sitting duck.
I talked to Sally about an hour ago, and got the South Florida update. Still no power, and no gasoline. In her neighborhood (West Palm) there are a lot of trees down, but she saw only one that hit a house.
The neighborhood where she lived until about a year ago in Hobe Sound is gone.
Michael sustained water damage, but that's all. He's definitely his father's son -- after the storm, he went to the restaurant, got lots of food and had a cookout.
I asked Sally if they knew Ivan was on the way, and her response was "Fuck Ivan". (Sorry Sluggo)
I still haven't heard a word from my friend down in Boynton Beach. I assume they are without power and she's working her butt off at emergency ops. I hope.
Hope your friend is allright LAKE. As for everyone else, it's great news to hear they are all safe and sound.
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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hey retard, I didn't have any debris in my yard my neighbor across the street did. We had sustained winds of 60-65 mph for hours on end and I didn't even have so much as a shingle blown off. Solid brick homes were also sitting ducks, it all depends on how the winds strike. You know maybe your boyfriend should sit you down and explain to you that your self-crowned aura of knowing everything about everything does nothing to enhance your personality. In fact of everyone I have ever encountered on this board (or any in fact) you are about the most arrogant piece of shit of the bunch. Go fuck yourself.Quote:
Originally posted by reason:
I'm glad he's ok. But maybe next time he'll not be such a dumbshit and pretend he can predict the path of a hurricane. He's lucky the damage was just debris in his yard.
In a dwelling such as his, he's a sitting duck.
<font color="#000002" size="1">[ September 07, 2004 10:46 AM: Message edited by: G L ]</font>
Easy, boys. It's just a message board!
For everyone else except reason, thanks for your words of concern. It was a rough weekend. We had no power from 12 noon Sunday until 9pm and then yesterday the power went off at 8am and didn't come on again until like 12 midnight or so.. I went down to the beach last night and never saw such angry waves coming in. A lot of shells but most were broken up. I still collected a nice handful.
County officials here must have been trained in Hamilton County. All day long Saturday they kept saying "voluntary evacuation" for people in mobile homes. At 5:45pm they announced a "mandatory evacuation" at 6:00pm. At the same time they issued a dusk til dawn curfew and it was already beginning to get dark because of the storm. So basically get out of your home, but don't be on the street. All the shelters were full, no motel room was to be had because of all the east coast evacuees and people here for Labor Day weekend anyway, traffic was at a standstill. So leaving wasn't even an option.
One county emergency official stated that this hurricane was "primarily a wind and rain event". Duh. My tax dollars at work, thanks for telling us something any 4 yr old knows. Yeah, most hurricanes are dust and snow...
As Sluggo told you, my neighbor had some debris in his yard although I trimmed a bunch of branches for him on Saturday so they wouldn't damage his roof. I helped him clean up this morning before coming to work.
Now Ivan is on the horizon but I'm too tired and weary to think about that today. We'll know better later in the week, it's too damned early to know, I don't care what they think it might do.
And oh yeah, reason; go fuck yourself. (sorry Sluggo)
<font color="#000002" size="1">[ September 07, 2004 10:49 AM: Message edited by: G L ]</font>
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">yes it is, and he does a lot to ruin it.Quote:
Originally posted by LAKE:
Easy, boys. It's just a message board!
I for 1 am hoping that Ivan sits in the middle of the gulf and burns himself out.
Again GL, glad to hear that you are allright.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">yes it is, and he does a lot to ruin it.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Perhaps you should go back an check out your first post upon your return. You've been pretty much on a tear since your return. That's fine, but it's clear you returned with a mission.Quote:
Originally posted by G L:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by LAKE:
Easy, boys. It's just a message board!
Back to the issue at hand, did the evacuation of people from mobile homes include you? It sounds like it did. If you listened to me and left you wouldn't be bitching about the evacuation.
A structure such as yours is no place to ride out a storm of that magnitude. It just isn't.
<font color="#000002" size="1">[ September 07, 2004 02:00 PM: Message edited by: reason ]</font>
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">yes it is, and he does a lot to ruin it.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Perhaps you should go back an check out your first post upon your return. You've been pretty much on a tear since your return. That's fine, but it's clear you returned with a mission.Quote:
Originally posted by reason:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by G L:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by LAKE:
Easy, boys. It's just a message board!
Back to the issue at hand, did the evacuation of people from mobile homes include you? It sounds like it did.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">"the issue at hand". I don't recall there being a specific "issue at hand" other than the threat the hurricane was posing to me and my area. The evacuation applied to me, ofcourse. Did I jump in my car and go out only to be caught in traffic and head to my friend's house who was in more of the direct path of it than I was? No I'm not an idiot. Did I leave my dogs behind to fend for themselves with nowhere to place them? No I wouldn't do that to my dogs. Did I go to a motel or hotel when no rooms were available? No that would have been stupid as well. See you are full of answers reason without even knowing the practical limitations of your solutions. Out of over 300 homes in my park only about 10% (at most) evacuated. Last evacuation when they "ordered" people to leave they suggested people go to where Charley actually struck. Why should I put blind faith in some asshole official telling me to leave my home? Several mobile home owners were interviewed and they all pretty much mirrored my feelings on the subject. It was also funny how on the news even so much as a gutter was ripped off a mobile home the news media emphasized that this was damage to a MOBILE HOME. Yet when trees crashed into roofs of expensive brick homes it was simply the result of the storm's fury. Definite prejudice from some people against people who do live in mobile homes. There are almost 200,000 people in Pinellas County living in mobile homes. People like you with your nose in the air thinking you are better than mobile home residents because you live in a regular "house" make me sick. And yet you expect people to accept gay marriage without a question, yuo want people to accept everything you believe 100%. When they don't you cry like a little girl. You remind me so much of Nate. You think your shit doesn't stink and I assure you it does.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">As usual you make no sense. Shelters do not take dogs. I guess you would just high tail it to a shelter were you in my place and fuck the dogs? My friend where I went last time was more in the area of the eye than I was, by 60 miles in fact. I should go there? There were no motel or hotel rooms available. I would be safer getting in my car looking for somewhere to go than taking my chances at home? FYI, after the curfew was in place anyone out on the roads was arrested and taken forcibly to a shelter. My dogs would have ended up at animal control, (local equivilant to the SPCA), if they were lucky. I have more regard for my dogs than that. What you would have done in my situation is your business and what I chose to do is mine. Besides, what's it to you? I don't owe you money. I don't owe you anything. You have no vested interest in my well being whatsoever. If the eye had come right through my home and ripped me to shreds what's it to you? Nothing at all I suspect. Just another smartass remark when you found out...Quote:
If you listened to me and left you wouldn't be bitching about the evacuation.
Thanks Greg (and everyone else who contributed thoughtful comments).
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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I thought I was your friend? But I don't have your number...Quote:
Originally posted by Jigsaw:
You know if I posted a thread everytime I got a phone call, lets just say there would be no more threads because I don't have any friends.
You know if I posted a thread everytime I got a phone call, lets just say there would be no more threads because I don't have any friends.