CraKaJaX
Lifer
- Dec 26, 2004
- 11,905
- 148
- 101
MongGrel
Lifer
- Dec 3, 2013
- 38,466
- 3,067
- 121
purbeast0
No Lifer
- Sep 13, 2001
- 53,719
- 6,593
- 126
House finally finished boarded up late last night including a complete plywood "wall" in front of my 1974 fiberglass garage door that's anchored to the concrete, no way the fiberglass door survives these intense winds. Managed to gather 35 gallons of gas as well. I look at some of my neighbors who have done nothing and I remain puzzled, as bad as this storm is intensity-wise it's a slow-crawler too boot, the worst of both worlds. We did experience 85-95 MPH winds here during "Charlie" in '04 but it was over in 2,5 hours, this will expose the Daytona area to 2 DAYS of these punishing winds and flooding as an extra unwanted bonus. Now I pray the tree's stay upright, I already know the amount, type, and scope of the damage to the power-grid will have us out of power for possibly many weeks. In a way this is as bad as a direct landfall because the westward side of the storm will still be over the gulf stream and can re-nourish the system while the east side delves out horrific punishment, this might be my last post for a long time, I'd like to thank all those who wished well for me, you guys have been great.
GagHalfrunt
Lifer
- Apr 19, 2001
- 25,284
- 1,998
- 126
X1000
Good luck to everyone down there, that is the scariest looking track I've even seen, it's like the hurricane gods are intentionally trying to fuck with everyone that lives near the coast.
JoeBleed
Golden Member
- Jun 27, 2000
- 1,408
- 30
- 91
I dread the rain more than i do the wind where i live. We've had a good bit of rain off and on over the past week and a half. The river that was very low is now close to over flowing near the town i live near. It will flood if we get much rain from this storm. Good news, i don't live in the 100 year flood plane so there is that i guess. Just wonder how much. Plus. with the ground being saturated, trees will uproot easily.
GagHalfrunt
Lifer
- Apr 19, 2001
- 25,284
- 1,998
- 126
Making the storm the first Cuban refugee that wanted to go back.
Puffnstuff
Lifer
- Mar 9, 2005
- 16,255
- 4,928
- 136
If you've never been to PI there's a long drive from the front gate on the curve to the island itself surrounded by marsh. It wouldn't take much to flood it out and the last time I was there they kept a marsh buggy at the gate just in case they had to go patrol it. FWIW that place is the reason I joined the Army. I was a teenager standing outside the PX waiting on my parents when I looked across the street at some recruits wearing chrome domes in formation when a drill started yelling at them. He then proceeded to snatch a m14 from his hands and then but stroked him with it knocking his helmet off. Once I joined the army I found out that they trained the marine drills in their academy so it was all the same anyway.
bigboxes
Lifer
- Apr 6, 2002
- 45,068
- 12,442
- 146
Haha! I know I wouldn't have made it through PI. I'm too much of a pussy. I hated bootcamp and I went to Orlando in the Navy. His mother (my sister) went to Parris Island so he's just taking after her. From what I understand PI has a lot of sand fleas. At least Orlando has that in common.
highland145
Lifer
- Oct 12, 2009
- 43,973
- 6,340
- 136
Western Broward county...I drove up to Parkland earlier to help a employee put his last few shutters up. He was working on it yesterday and twisted an ankle. It helped reinforce my happiness at having impact windows and doors installed 2 years ago. Had a few weak rain bands go through, but it's still early. We're expecting things to go downhill this afternoon, maybe 2pm-ish. If the track holds, my area will "only" get tropical storm or Cat 1 conditions..but that doesn't change any of my prep.
I've locked down the hurricane features on the garage door, and have everything else taken care of. I don't expect to go outside again until sometime tomorrow. Might post back later assuming my electricity stays on long enough.
I've locked down the hurricane features on the garage door, and have everything else taken care of. I don't expect to go outside again until sometime tomorrow. Might post back later assuming my electricity stays on long enough.
I'm in the Melbourne/Palm Bay area. My house is boarded up and ready for the wind. Hopefully flooding won't be an issue. If I lose power, my friends Johnny Walker and Jack Daniels will keep me company.
GagHalfrunt
Lifer
- Apr 19, 2001
- 25,284
- 1,998
- 126
highland145
Lifer
- Oct 12, 2009
- 43,973
- 6,340
- 136
dainthomas
Lifer
- Dec 7, 2004
- 14,957
- 3,948
- 136
bigboxes
Lifer
- Apr 6, 2002
- 45,068
- 12,442
- 146
I arrived in March. As I was standing in formation, I remember thinking what pretty clouds they had in Orlando. Then the sand fleas kept biting the back of my neck. I kept getting yelled at for "fidgeting". So, I'd wait until they weren't looking and scratch my neck anyways. LOL
mafia
Golden Member
- Jul 10, 2008
- 1,671
- 3
- 76
Ughhh....If you look at the tracker, it seems like Matthew might be coming back for round 2.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at4.shtml?5-daynl#contents
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at4.shtml?5-daynl#contents
If the storm takes this path At the point in the above pic that denotes the "8AM Mon" Is the ocean water there warm enough for the storm to intensify again and come back for 2nds next week as a major hurricane again?
2016_10_06 0800 EDT
IronWing
No Lifer
- Jul 20, 2001
- 73,454
- 35,087
- 136
Maybe, though the first pass plus Nicole will have sucked some heat out of the system.
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