Hurricane Milton

[ghost of miles]

Florida board members have definitely been in my thoughts these past few days.

Live updates: Hurricane Milton still pounding Florida after carving path of destruction

[Teasing the Korean]

We made it through. Downed branches were the worst of it. Very different a few miles southwest of where we are. 

[soulpope]

2 minutes ago, Teasing the Korean said:

We made it through. Downed branches were the worst of it. Very different a few miles southwest of where we are. 

Good news indeed ....

[felser]

Anyone heard from Dan? 

[Teasing the Korean]

2 minutes ago, felser said:

Anyone heard from Dan? 

I was texting with him late last night. I texted this morning but have not heard back yet. I'll keep you posted. 

Just heard from Dan. He's fine. 

[soulpope]

10 minutes ago, Teasing the Korean said:

I was texting with him late last night. I texted this morning but have not heard back yet. I'll keep you posted. 

Just heard from Dan. He's fine. 

Good news keep comin' ....

[jazzbo]

RELIEF! Thanks for keeping us posted.

[Teasing the Korean]

Oh, just realized, I was talking about Dan as in @Stonewall15. He is fine. If you were asking about Gould, I don't know. 

[felser]

7 minutes ago, Teasing the Korean said:

Oh, just realized, I was talking about Dan as in @Stonewall15. He is fine. If you were asking about Gould, I don't know. 

Yes, Dan Gould.  I checked in with @Gdgray , and he's thankfully OK.

[Jason Bivins]

Very grateful to hear our Floridians are okay.

[mjazzg]

Great to hear everyone is alright

[rostasi]

Yes! Good to hear this! Hopefully, there isn't much cleanup for you guys.

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Dan has posted pictures of some damage to his barn on Facebook but other than that, he sounds like he weathered it ok.

 He says, “Horses and people ok”.

[clifford_thornton]

7 hours ago, Jason Bivins said:

Very grateful to hear our Floridians are okay.

+1

[ejp626]

6 hours ago, Kevin Bresnahan said:

Dan has posted pictures of some damage to his barn on Facebook but other than that, he sounds like he weathered it ok.

 He says, “Horses and people ok”.

👍

[Brad]

Good to hear that you all survived this mostly ok. 

[Dan Gould]

As Kevin reported we made it thru ok.

No power and only one generator that will run, which is a problem for the relatives.

Hoping to have replacement part for generator tomorrow and expect to have barn damage repaired also.  Then it's waiting for power and securing gas for generators in meantime. 

 

With one generator going we can get pump turned on for water at the expense of shutting down fridge and fans in the house. 

Blessing is that Temps fall to mid 60s at night.  Comfortable sleeping weather and house not getting brutal during day.

 

[JSngry]

Keep waking up!

[Teasing the Korean]

Taking advantage of fleeting connectivity. Still no power. We have water but are under a boil notice (fairly useless without a sterno). We should have power by Thursday the 17th. 

I drove around our neighborhood for the past two days, and the number of downed trees from a Cat 2 hurricane was sobering. If something similar occurs - and it will, sooner or later - we will likely evacuate, even if not mandatory. 

[rostasi]

As parts of Florida went dark from Helene and Milton, the lights stayed on in this net-zero, storm-proof community.

[GA Russell]

I'm so glad that the losses for everyone here were limited to inanimate objects.

I gather from the absence of comments that no one has a flooding problem.

[Dan Gould]

This is getting pretty ridiculous. 

Police escorts for fuel trucks.

Line workers spotted midday very close by. No change in status. 

TECO says Thursday for virtually all of Hillsborough County.  I think we may play chicken with them on gas for generators until then. My wife drove 4 hours to her mom's just to increase gas cans by 50%.

[jazzbo]

I would just say be patient. It took seven days for me to have power restored a few years ago, and that was not even in a hurricane or tornado. With all the destruction crews from all over the country will be working and it is going to take time.

[rostasi]

Yeah, it takes a lot of patience and ingenuity with these things.
Our streak in the last storm was nine days. That's why we got
a generator shortly after when we spotted a 50% sale. Being
Texas - and selfishly on our own separate grid - screams red flags.

[Dan Gould]

Power came on about 5:00 yesterday afternoon, and when I re-set the house and the non-paying boarders for long extension cords and fans and the rest of it, I discovered that with TECO power restored, so was Spectrum internet.  

So its back to work this morning, can't say I am excited about it but on the other hand, it avoids giving the boss any ideas that I wasn't really missed all that much.

The best part of the power restoration was that  within 30 minutes of when it happened I was going to be rolling out the generator at the house to the well pump to re-fill 100 gallon tank of water for the horses among other things. That is no fun and the longer you have to do it the more exhausting it is.  And cold showers into steamy houses that don't have fans running is no bueno either.

So, we will finally prioritize a third generator of some sort so that we can have a pump-dedicated one that doesn't move once its wheeled out there.