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Who’s  got it and don’t got it?

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 My  lights flashed about 8 times. Long hard Flashes. But the lights are still on praise the lord! I did have to rethink my generator situation. The genny does not like water so had to bring it around to the front of the house instead of having  in the back porch. (Back porch faces the south)

still have power, thank god. theres a down power line behind my house that keeps sparking up against my neigbors aluminum fence. apparently its not on our circuit/fuse because it sparks like crazy but isnt blowing the fuse on the pole. we are on the dade broward line. its really sparking/popping now as we speak. hopefully will not lose power.

Gery  if you are the good Samaritan to report the down power line you may also be “The Man That  Got The Power Cut!!!”   :'( :'(

I still have power but I'm not exactly getting the brunt of the storm.

Bill

I got power! But then again the sun is shining and the wind isnt blowing.  I had enough of this stuff last year though,(all 3 eyes of the big hurricanes last year passed within 15miles of my house) I wish everyone luck with this storm and pray that you are all safe.

Yeah what he said. Keep all of us posted on how yall are doing.

Praise the lord for I still have power but I know it can be short lived. Our grid is usually the first to go but  we still got it. I think this is one of the prettiest pictures as for the house lights are still on.


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well i hope it stays on for yall. No A/C sucks this time of year.

Well, I still got power here on the west coast. I feel for you all over there, I still remeber Charley that hit our area last year. Well off the power subject The hurricane has already took 2 lifes as of now, One man was crushed in his car by a tree and a pedestrian was crushed by a tree also.  :'(

The eye turned the winds around. So now I had to move everything from the front back around to the back.

still have power! but loss my internet service... using my Nextel im240 card. The weather is pretty bad, allot of wind and heavy rain.

no power only generator

I'm afraid of my power going out. I dont know what i'll do without a computer.

are everyones roofs still holding up?

It’s to dark to venture outside right now. The wind is pretty fierce though. And the cable is out. I wonder how gery350 is doing. It is hitting his area harder I think.

i was starting to wonder the same thing. glad the purelogics are doing ok

Thank you I really appreciate you keeping your south Florida brothers and sisters in your prayers.

3am still no power.....cant sleep with generator on,,, worried about fires
 hope every one else is doing better!!!

Purelogic how are yall doing? Gery give us a report.

Yeah I hope Gery is ok. Wasn't he the one with the hole in his roof from last years huricanes?

Hope all of you people in south FL are doing ok. Saw this morning where 4 people have been killed. Be very careful down there this one was worse than first thought it would be.

Well noe I have to worry about my 83 year old mother, she lives just inland about 5 miles from the coast over by Ft. Walton Beach and that looks like where it might be headed.

   Jim,

We will keep her in our prayers Jim, let us know as soon as you hear form her

Has anyone heard from Gery?

^^^ Nope he was last active at 5:40pm yesterday.

Well thank God the Purelogics made it through....a little roof leak.....some down tree limbs, etc.  But we're ok!  Sure wish we knew about Gery though??????????  Thanks for everyone's support.  Strangest thing last night was the baby....it was almost as if she knew there was a storm....she was SO restless!!  :(  She's sleeping now....wish mama was  ;D  Thanks everyone!

We got some strong wind, knocked over some trees in the neighborhood and blocked some roads.  Some how, my power grid stayed on, but everyone more than 3 blocks in any direction lost power. 

Glad to hear all is well with everyone except for Gery! I hope we hear from him soon! Hopefully all is well with everybody. Anybody live near gery?

I lost power yesterday around 4:00 PM, and I just got it back today around 4:00 PM.  But I had my whole house running on a generator the whole time, so I was ok, even though I burned 25 gallons of gas in it.  8)

hey guys i'm back. thanks for all your concerns and glad to hear the purelogics are doing ok. we just got power restored. well let me fill you in. we live on the dade/broward line and we got the center of the eye.(i think there was a bullseye painted on my roof). we lost power right in the middle of my wife cooking dinner-food gone to waste. let me tell ya being in the eye is the most eerie thing. it was bad for a while and then it suddenly calmed down. the silence was freaky. no noise, wind, rain, animals, crickets, nothing. i dont know whos seen the movie hide and seek but all i can hear is  a drop of water falling into the sink. drip, drip, drip. while we were in the eye i went and got us chinese rice(they were actually open). sure enough after a while it picked up and thats when we got the worst of it. well the tarp held up with the sandbags weighing it   down preventing the wind from catching it.  we had 4 sets of drops coming in which wasnt that bad. i aint waiting no more, next week i'm getting some estimates and fixing my roof. gotta tell ya it feels great coming on and seeing your responses and concerns. thanks to all of you and praise god we are all doing fine.

Good to hear your alright.  ;D

Glad to hear that so far everyone down there is ok.

thanks again qt and dr. dirt. all i can say is:

THANK GOD FOR  A.C.!

i feel good, na-na-na-na-na-na-na, i knew that i would. (james brown)

Well Gery I am glad to hear that you are ok! I kept calling my wife and asking if you had signed on yet!!! I was at Port Everglades untying  the cranes and some of the feeder bans came through. Boy let me tell you what….200 feet up in the air and right next to the ocean…wow.. My glasses kept getting salt water on them. Not to mention I have to hold on with both hands.

200 ft in the air  under those conditions, you got brass ones buddy. dont think i'd have the guts to do that. glad to lear all is well over there.

glad to hear your ok gery! good to know everyone on the site made it through without too much damage.

had the day off today for hurricane cleanup. went out to coribitt area and put up my tree stand. then came home and went for an atv ride behind the regal cinema. we did not even get a half inch of rain yesterday. more rain today than yesterday. got to get to bed early and go bow hunting.

If I shoot a hog purelogic is having a bbq!!!!!!! 

Hey, I've chatted w/ your son online many times.  Most of the kids on here know who I am.  I was looking forward to meeting you at the unknown place for Labor Day weekend.  Unfortunately, it seems the last I've heard you all aren't going to  be coming.  Sorry to hear that.  It will be a great weekend and if you can make it please reconsider.  I'm glad that you all are ok!  One of these days I'll end up meeting up w/ you.

bow huntin !!!! we gotta hook up .
   and in corbett !!!!!  man , that's some of my favorite old stompin grounds .hunted there for over ten years ,  got some secret spots back in leon moss . its ashame they wont let anything in there with less than a 60 inch wheelbase . well legally anyway ....  oops posted under the wifes s/n...                                                       (nativcracker)

Bring it on man!!   Told you we have the box (caja china) to cook him in.  We'll have a "Thank God Katrina is gone" party.  ;)  And Gery....you and the family are coming!!  LOL  Glad you're ok!!   :)

i had none since 2 am till 9 pm next day.......and i had a water front property i .. wasnt  awear of.....but no leaks house stayed dry, just some palm trees came out...alot of dam work.....

good to hear everyone down there is doing ok

I had to drive to Pompano to withdraw  some cash last night. While I was there I got a hot meal to take home for me and my wife. We stocked up on a allot of non perishables and we got burnt out on that stuff real quick!!!

purelogic- thanks for the invite-we are all gonna meet up someday.
                 pig, did someone say pig. like every other cuban out there i  have to say it  " you aint tried pig until you've tried mine" its funny cause every cuban thinks they're an expert at making it.

qt- thanks for the concerns, again hopefully when it all dries up we will eventually meet up with everyone.


hey quick joke for ya:

how many cubans does it take to change a lightbulb?

  3, 1 to change the bulb, and the other two to hold the ladder and talk about how bulbs were so much better in cuba. ;D

Frijoles Negro?  In the can or from the bag? Oh did chango watch the hurricane? By the way is he made out of wood? Makes great wood for the Caja China  :R  Big daddy where you at huh??

power, no power, power, nopower........!

we got power back friday and lost it saturday. fpl came by and popped the fuse on the pole behind my house cause of that downed power line i spoke of earlier. they said it was dangerous to have a live downed power line(what do they know) ;D. well still no power, running on an extension cord from across the street. drove around the entire neighborhood and did not see one bucket truck. man its hot.

sorry no hog yet. have seen one each morning but takes off at sun up. It is freakin hot outside! Never sweated so much in my life. Except last year for the archery season.   

My moms house might need a new roof and some fence work. Bummer. they have been staying at my place for the last couple of days.

bit of advice.
start getting WRITTEN estimates. my roof got damaged and i had a couple roofers come out and told me about 4,500-5,000.00 and the insurance estimated 2,000.00. well the insurance told me to send them the estimates. well since they were verbal i dont have any written estimates and am now trying to get them. in the meantime i will fix my roof and continue my battle with the insurance company. 
oh yeah, an adjuster also told me when i deposit the check to write "accepted as partial payment" and that way they cant close the claim.

tuesday morning-still no power. fpl working around the clock-yeah right. i saw ONE bucket truck in my neighborhood. when i stopped them at 6:00 pm they said they were done for the day. its getting old real fast. when you hear about some crazy cuban hijacking an fpl truck to restore power, that'll be me. i'm moving to alaska.

That sucks. If you need someone to distract the FPL guy while you heist the truck, give me a call  :pirate.gif 

thank GOD  i got power back on sat.... any recomendations on contractors