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Hi Guys
Thanks for the e/m's, just now getting to read them. Been without power for 7 days and about 6 hrs, but who's counting?
We got slammed where I'm at, plain and simple. In 57 years I've never seen damage this widespread. Worse from Andrew, but that was a pretty narrow, about 18 miles across for the worst winds vs close to 180 miles across for Wilma. The eye passed just north of us (around Coral Springs Ron if you haven't reached your son yet), so we were on the strong side of the storm and it really tore up the main transmission lines. I've never been without power for more than 30 hrs, so 7 days was an eye opener.
The worst was after the eye passed and the wind switched from SW/S/SE to NE/N/NW/W. My trees were standing till the wind switched. Lost everything but a young avacado tree (lying over pointed west at 7am, then lying over pointed east at 9am), and most of my palm trees, and a bald cypress (native tree). Everything else looked like it had been bulldozed.
Had 4 windows blow out and lost a chunk of roof, but others got nailed worse. For a supposed CAT1/2 storm the damage is amazing. Katrina's eye passed over me as a CAT1 and the only thing was power loss for about 20 hrs or so. No other damage at all. Of course, after that a whole different story.
In another post, I'll tell you how I spent the week, but, this is long enough for now.
BTW, Cleaner145. Thanks! You guys have been busting a$$ and don't think we don't appreciate it! All in all, it's been on the quiet side for what the area's been through.
Take Care
Rob
Thanks for the e/m's, just now getting to read them. Been without power for 7 days and about 6 hrs, but who's counting?
We got slammed where I'm at, plain and simple. In 57 years I've never seen damage this widespread. Worse from Andrew, but that was a pretty narrow, about 18 miles across for the worst winds vs close to 180 miles across for Wilma. The eye passed just north of us (around Coral Springs Ron if you haven't reached your son yet), so we were on the strong side of the storm and it really tore up the main transmission lines. I've never been without power for more than 30 hrs, so 7 days was an eye opener.
The worst was after the eye passed and the wind switched from SW/S/SE to NE/N/NW/W. My trees were standing till the wind switched. Lost everything but a young avacado tree (lying over pointed west at 7am, then lying over pointed east at 9am), and most of my palm trees, and a bald cypress (native tree). Everything else looked like it had been bulldozed.
Had 4 windows blow out and lost a chunk of roof, but others got nailed worse. For a supposed CAT1/2 storm the damage is amazing. Katrina's eye passed over me as a CAT1 and the only thing was power loss for about 20 hrs or so. No other damage at all. Of course, after that a whole different story.
In another post, I'll tell you how I spent the week, but, this is long enough for now.
BTW, Cleaner145. Thanks! You guys have been busting a$$ and don't think we don't appreciate it! All in all, it's been on the quiet side for what the area's been through.
Take Care
Rob
