Our Florida Members

S33k3r · Sep 30, 2022

I just wanted to reach out and make sure our Florida friends are okay, and/or find out if they need anything. I "know" @Miami-Dade from another forum, he was the one that immediately came to mind (for me). But it has been my experience with this forum that we have some of the nicest group members of any forum. If there is a clique of "old members" here, I have never seen evidence of it. I think we have some grumpy old men (counting me), but EVERYONE here is pretty awesome.

So, if you are in Florida - or anywhere else affected by hurricane Ian, can you please let us know you are okay?

Thanks,

Will

89Suburban · Sep 30, 2022

Definitely missing our FL friends here and hoping they are ok.

Joseph Garcia · Sep 30, 2022

^^x2^^

Miami-Dade · Sep 30, 2022

S33k3r said:
I just wanted to reach out and make sure our Florida friends are okay, and/or find out if they need anything. I "know" @Miami-Dade from another forum, s he was the one that immediately came to mind (for me). But it has been my experience with this forum that we have some of the nicest group members of any forum. If there is a clique of "old members" here, I have never seen evidence of it. I think we have some grumpy old men (counting me), but EVERYONE here is pretty awesome.

So, if you are in Florida - or anywhere else affected by hurricane Ian, can you please let us know you are okay?

Thanks,

Will

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All good Willl! I am extremely happy you are here on this forum!

Rain is gone. Only a ton of rain and some downed tress but little to no damage. Today is sunny in the low 80's with very low humidity which is very unusual to see that here. Thank God never lost power. Seems the storm cleaned out the atmosphere and brought in decent weather for a change. No rain in the forecast till next week if I could believe it.

Prayers sent to everyone North of me!

89Suburban said:
Definitely missing our FL friends here and hoping they are ok.

randeez · Sep 30, 2022

Miami-Dade said:
All good Willl! I am extremely happy you are here on this forum!

Rain is gone. Only a ton of rain and some downed tress but little to no damage. Today is sunny in the low 80's with very low humidity which is very unusual to see that here. Thank God never lost power. Seems the storm cleaned out the atmosphere and brought in decent weather for a change. No rain in the forecast till next week if I could believe it.

Prayers sent to everyone North of me!

you cheatin on us MD?

swathdiver · Sep 30, 2022

All good here, we received the equivalent of a tropical storm from it, no biggie. Back to working on cars today.

Waiting to hear from @Stbentoak and @Fast_AT4 .

ScottyBoy · Oct 1, 2022

I know how it feels to be devastated by a hurricane. I lost pretty much EVERYTHING I owned in 2005 in Hurricane Katrina. I was an active member of some forums, and several forums members reached out and helped me. The biggest help was a member who sent my son a Playstation and a few games, since I mentioned that he had lost all his toys and video games. We were staying with my In-Laws in North Louisiana at the time, and my son's face lit up like it was Christmas morning when that package arrived with video games and a few Hot Wheels cars. A few others sent checks and money orders, or Walmart Gift cards. All of that helped out tremendously, because I was able to buy some clothes, towels, toiletries, beddings, and many other necessities that we needed to literally start over.

Stbentoak · Oct 2, 2022

We survived. We were very very lucky. I’m about 5 miles as the crow flies from Fort Myers Beach. The surge came up this far. Every subdivision to the south and west of me all cars and houses had water in them and were scrap.
The water came within 3 inches of the threshold of our doorways and flooded our garages. Our home had tiles tore off the roof and all the soffiting was sucked out. By and large though, it survived. People may complain about high building standards, but those building standards like Miami Dade, saved many places. Most new construction fared well, but if it was 15-20 years or older it was severely damaged or destroyed.
it’s a Mundane existence down here now. There is virtually no gas there is not much food, we did get our power back a day ago and ran a generator before that. I saved the Denali by taking it to Fort Lauderdale for three days. It has saved my neck here and as I have posted before it has also been lucky with the Duramax as all stations have diesel even if they are out of gas, and I can easily go 10 or 12 days just a running around the area for supplies on a tank. Also as another quick point as much as people complain about OnStar, it was the absolute only way to communicate down here and place a phone call to anyone as they patched me through to many numbers down here while cell service was virtually zero for at least three days. Anything I ever said bad about them evaporated today. They were vital for information and communication. Water pressure in the area is very low with many breaks. That’s one of our biggest issues. I sent my family home for a while there’s no reason for them to be here. This piece of paradise will never be the same for many years. But we will be back. This area is too great and beautiful to not be rebuilt and enjoyed by many generations.

swathdiver · Oct 2, 2022

Stbentoak said:
We survived. We were very very lucky.

Good to hear from you and that you are ok. When we went through this, while everyone waited in line for hours locally for food and fuel, we drove out of town an hour or so away and took on all of our supplies without waiting.

I'll never own a car again as a primary vehicle, would you agree? When my sister-in-law was killed in Hurricane Frances, my F150 took us over fallen trees and debris for 40 miles to get to the hospital during the storm. Back then, the cell towers were destroyed but our landlines still worked as they had battery backups that have since been done away with.

They are setting up those portable cell tower repeaters in your area by the hundreds until the big ones can be put back up. Forty thousand linemen are in the area to rebuild, impressive.

MassHoe04 · Oct 2, 2022

Stbentoak said:
We survived. We were very very lucky. I’m about 5 miles as the crow flies from Fort Myers Beach. The surge came up this far. Every subdivision to the south and west of me all cars and houses had water in them and were scrap.
The water came within 3 inches of the threshold of our doorways and flooded our garages. Our home had tiles tore off the roof and all the soffiting was sucked out. By and large though, it survived. People may complain about high building standards, but those building standards like Miami Dade, saved many places. Most new construction fared well, but if it was 15-20 years or older it was severely damaged or destroyed.
it’s a Mundane existence down here now. There is virtually no gas there is not much food, we did get our power back a day ago and ran a generator before that. I saved the Denali by taking it to Fort Lauderdale for three days. It has saved my neck here and as I have posted before it has also been lucky with the Duramax as all stations have diesel even if they are out of gas, and I can easily go 10 or 12 days just a running around the area for supplies on a tank. Also as another quick point as much as people complain about OnStar, it was the absolute only way to communicate down here and place a phone call to anyone as they patched me through to many numbers down here while cell service was virtually zero for at least three days. Anything I ever said bad about them evaporated today. They were vital for information and communication. Water pressure in the area is very low with many breaks. That’s one of our biggest issues. I sent my family home for a while there’s no reason for them to be here. This piece of paradise will never be the same for many years. But we will be back. This area is too great and beautiful to not be rebuilt and enjoyed by many generations.

I am also glad to hear you made it through!

It is unbelievable to see photos and video of my old stomping grounds (Naples, Marco, Bonita, Estero, Sanibel, Captiva, Ft. Myers) with before/afters.

So many places are just unrecognizable now!

It is hard to see the total devastation and know the impact it will have on peoples' lives and businesses for years to come.

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