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Florida Gov. Declares State Of Emergency Over Hurricane Irma (Up: clean-up begins)
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Made it through the night in Orlando near Maitland. These fucking wind gusts need to die so that I can open up my doors. See some debris in my backyard, screened porches held up, house seems fine, but I did lose part of my (well the owners) rear fence. Dogs held up nicely with no real freak outs. My in laws are annoying the shit out of me though! Just want the sun to come up...
Mattamus-Prime
Member
I'm in Avalon Park and power is still on in the neighborhood
HeartlessNobody213
Member
Power out here in Tallahassee. Other than that, everything seems ok so far.
Supposed to get the worst winds from 11-4 last I saw.
neurosyphilis
Definitely not an STD, as I'm a pure.
Feel like I'm living in the stone ages without power. My phone is at 42%. Good thing my Mac is charged 100%, I'll use that to charge my phone when it dies. I pray (not really) that power comes back on sometime today, but it won't.
I can't sleep anymore since that's all I've been doing to pass time.
I can't sleep anymore since that's all I've been doing to pass time.
According to the Guardian, if Irma hadn't interacted with Cuba, it wouldn't have weakened and would've taken a more eastern path. We could've gotten a Category 5 hurricane straight down the middle of Florida.
Thank fuck that didn't happen.
...somewhat relatedly, Cuba sent 750 health workers down to the Caribbean to help with recovery. So that's good too.
Thank fuck that didn't happen.
...somewhat relatedly, Cuba sent 750 health workers down to the Caribbean to help with recovery. So that's good too.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Anyone in Venice? My grandma is there and I'm curious how the city is.
Yeah it was pretty clear that hitting Cuba as hard as it did spared Florida a catastrophic hit, which makes me wonder how Cuba is managing. What info I have seen from Cuba made it look like they rode it out pretty well.
Yeah, Cuba got the weaker southern side of Irma, and they're rightfully proud of their hurricane preparation. Caibarién got it really bad, though.
edit: http://abcnews.go.com/International/photos-highlight-irmas-path-destruction-cuba/story?id=49742241
edit: http://abcnews.go.com/International/photos-highlight-irmas-path-destruction-cuba/story?id=49742241
MiamiWesker
Member
I feel almost all of Florida dodged the worst case scenario bullet, incredible. Obviously the keys and Naples/Marco island got the worst of it so hopefully they are ok but it could have been so much worse.
I assume all of Florida gaf is safe, we made it.
I assume all of Florida gaf is safe, we made it.
Lord Helmet
Member
This. Things could have been so much worse. All of my loved ones are okay. Early walk through of my home seems okay. Car is okay. Incredibly thankful and fortunate. Lot of debris to clean, but I'll happily take it.
JohnTinker
Limbaugh Parrot
Just tried going to Waffle House in Wesley Chapel, it's closed.
FeedMeAStrayCat
Member
How's the Tampa area holding up? My sister is there right now, though I don't know where exactly. The storm surge as rough as expected?
Made it out okay! Still have power and only a small section of fence fell. Besides that just looks like debris in my front yard and thats it. Tried to look at my roof from the street and didnt notice any shingle missing so I'm feeling pretty lucky. This is in Oviedo. Still windy though with a light drizzle.
Nice to see our resident spiders survived /shivers
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Abstrusity
Member
I am okay, so is girlfriend. 6pm curfews here, but who the hell listens to that? I think it's fine to go looking for people that need help, but I'm trying to get more news and positioning. This isn't just a big ass eye of the storm is it?
MiamiWesker
Member
You don't want too. In Miami this was a bad rain storm in comparison to Andrew.
It would be so crazy to get hit by a 5. I feel for those Caribbean islands.
Valkyr Junkie
Member
So far so good. Hopefully Jose beers away next week.
Dark_3nergy
Member
As someone who has had Publix subs, I have yet to try their fried chicken
Key West appears to have been relatively spared the absolute worst of it, but the Middle and Upper Keys are reported to be in really, really bad shape.
I survived the night, and we never lost power for more than 30 seconds -- but a huge tree came down towards my house in the backyard, and I can't really tell if there is damage to the structure because there is a tree there. I lost a very tall Bougainvillea in the front, too. Neighborhood looks pretty good. I saw a fence down and a mailbox post snapped in half, but that was the worst I could see ... except for my house, of course lol
Woke up to no power. Really need some coffee 😒. My parents in Fort Lauderdale said they got their power restored at 3AM which is extremely surprising, hopefully they work that fast up here once the storm passes.
JHoNNy1OoO
Member
Key Largo Publix!
That's the Key Largo Publix if I remember. I was there last year on vakay. Hope the Keys are ok.
Never got flooding, minimal damage, as Irma weakened significantly from Cat 4 after landfall, and the eye tracked north after Naples and it hit Polk and Lakeland much, much harder.
Initial estimates for storm surge included Irma skirting the coast and landing with direct hot as a Cat 3. Thankfully, we did not see that.
For myself Tampa, I have a lot of limbs down, 2 or 3 large ones, there is a tree (not mine) that is blocking my road in one direction. My power went in and out many times, and flickered when it was on, but was never out for more than a minute, and I have power this morning. Limbs are still falling from trees with the occasional guests.
Thatonemoor
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South GA here. Winds are picking up alot and a tree fell down across the street.
Jason's Ultimatum
Member
Reporting in from north St Pete. Just woke up. Wasn't bad at all. Nothing that woke me up. Still have power.,
It's still too early to get the full details but it seems that somehow Key West was spared from destruction. The eye shifted just slightly east at the last minute putting the eastern eye wall mere miles from the island. Also too early to say but looks like flooding wasn't as bad either due to low tide. Wilma had worse flooding. Finally, there are no confirmations yet but it seems that no bridges have been destroyed or compromised! The Keys have no power, water, or cell service - information is getting out very slowly but it's been mostly good news.
Sadly other parts of the lower and middle keys weren't so lucky but Key West dodged the mother of all bullets.
Sadly other parts of the lower and middle keys weren't so lucky but Key West dodged the mother of all bullets.
TheLetdown
Member
Tallahassee here and still have power for the time being... knock on wood.
My backyard now has several large downed trees to go with the one in the front yard.
And can I get a fuck Napleton Infiniti? For those not around here, here's the score: FSU has 5 or 6 parking garages. These are, as you can guess, segmented with spots for faculty, students, VIPs, etc. For the storm, they were kind enough to remove the restriction.
Napleton Infiniti, a car dealership, took it upon themselves to fill the garages with their stock, so students who actually pay with tuition to be there and staff who pay out of their paycheck to park there had NO PLACE to park.
Pretty shitty thing to do.
My backyard now has several large downed trees to go with the one in the front yard.
And can I get a fuck Napleton Infiniti? For those not around here, here's the score: FSU has 5 or 6 parking garages. These are, as you can guess, segmented with spots for faculty, students, VIPs, etc. For the storm, they were kind enough to remove the restriction.
Napleton Infiniti, a car dealership, took it upon themselves to fill the garages with their stock, so students who actually pay with tuition to be there and staff who pay out of their paycheck to park there had NO PLACE to park.
Pretty shitty thing to do.