Helene

Pipe_Dream

Pipe_Dream

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If it's going to be as bad as they say, then it's gonna be an ugly storm. Y'all from Tampa on up in the Big Bend and the Panhandle be careful and take good care. Heck, as big as this one is forecast to be, everyone in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina and Tennessee take care!

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so true,Pipe. I m on the west side of the projected landfall. Hope that holds. Got the generator in place and plugged into power panel, chili in the crock pot, done everything i can do outside.

Good news is it s moving fast, so its a 4-5 hour event for us, gonna slow down one it goes inland.

Doing to do but hunker down now
 
Stay safe down there. Looks like NC might be spared for the most part. I hope you make out OK Phat, definitely not your first rodeo.
 
The morning after,All good. Storm actually went little further east than predicted. Lotta rain with this thing.

Got family in Valdosta,Ga. They had the eye go right over them. Third storm in 13 months that took the same path.

And another low forming between Cuba and Yucatán
 
Glad this one didn’t smack you. I think I recall a few years back, you had some serious damage to deal with.
 
haven t heard from them in a while, reelapeelin is up that way also

Scook, we had a cat 5 almost 6 years ago oct 10. Still rebuilding

What sucks about this one is the scope of the damage from Florida up to Tennessee. The power grid alone is mind boggling. I know why they do it, speed and expense, but it should be illegal to put in power lines above ground,especially on new construction
 
Talked vto Vic and Ferm yesterday. Vics house got trashed, water inside the house about 5 feet deep. He had a 9 ft surge in his area. The V and the INV boats were inland, the stumpknocker got squeezed in the boat lift. He was pretty tired when I talked to him. Ferm had a couple trees down and that was about it. I'll call Ozzie today
 
Wow praying for those guys! As some of you guys may know Asheville NC and the mountains got hammered with flooding. Had my daughter's situation not changed drastically in the last year she would have still been living in Asheville. So I am grateful she was not there for this. Praying for everyone impacted by this storm.
 
looks like south Florida drew the short straw this time. After getting catching the fuzzy side of Helena fron Naples to Keaton Beach, a direct hit somewhere between Crystal River and Sarasota. Projected cat 3 at landfall with lotta surge on the south side.

That s north of Ferm, but right at Ridge,if i remember correctly. Anyway big mess on top of another big mess.

Ahhh, life in the tropics . . .
 
Yessir, I can’t believe that y’all were thinking about me. I have not felt so good in some time. That warms me heart.❤️ So I know it’s late in coming but yeah we took a surge from Helena. Total of about 9 and a half feet from mean high tide. Suwannee, will never be the same. All my pics are huge or I would post some of the carnage. Mom and dad’s old place, a mobile home with attached garage and porch, got right at 4’ of water inside. To make matters worse I was only about half way done with repairs from the flood from Idalia the year before. We had 18” of water inside then. Somewhere in there we had Debbie which flooded the yard and garage in 2024 but not the structure. The cost of putting a home on stilts is mind boggling. So I have decided to renovate, march on. Almost too late to abandon the project now. And because it was taking me so long to finish the renovation, I’ve moved up there to get her done. Been living there since December
 
Milton missed Suwannee, came straight at Lakeland more or less. Lots of generator shuffling. No insurance available for river house. Nobody is giving me any hassle over the 50% rule. In fact I don’t have a permit, not necessary according to the building inspector. Ain’t that a breath of fresh air..
 
Roughly 800 sewer hookups in Suwannee. So approx that many structures in total. 135 homes had to be demolished. The eye missed us by 30 miles. Horseshoe beach and Keaton beach we’re devastated by surge and wind
 
Glad to hear from u Ridge. I know it’s a mess down there. I went to Orlando this week and they are still cleaning up I-10 between I-75 & Tallahassee.

Good luck and keep your tetanus shot current.
 
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