Gary, Florida?

Well we dodged the bullet for sure Pete. Here is the extent of the damage,I suspect the posts may have been a little rotten,but the wind would have been funneled thru this area due to vegetation and our shed,which is directly to the right of this picture. Another neighbors mailbox is bent at a 45 and he lost some siding. That is the extent of the damage on our street of 16 houses.



Here is the house and the boat



Houses on the ocean side took the main hit in our area,20-25 miles down it did not matter what side you were on. Going to be totally different down there this year thats for sure.

Gary,

This is great news. You and your lovely bride have been in my prayers. Looks like the Shamrock is ok too. I do not want to make this about me, but I am sooooooooo happy my future 69 Mustang SS must of been at home base in Illinois.

You and Jbear can get some freelance work climbing poles again and running telephone wire.   Just trying to help.

Donald

jbear wrote: Besides Cousin Donald...everyone knows how well off retired phonemen are....don't they?

Apparently they pay very well!!!!!! The Phone line repairmen that I know live on the lake or river or the Fla Keys.....No wonder my phone bill is so high!

Thanks for the generous offer John. We have about a month before we even head down. If there had been more wrong we'd go right away but luckily for us it's just the fence.
As to you Mr Morfoot- yes they did pay us well,the catch was we had to be there,sometimes every day,none of that stuff like every Friday off needs of the business you know

Good thing Florida was ready for the hurricane.

Hi John. Cam is walking and lifting again but is banned by his surgeon from all sports until January. He is out in the garage right now sanding his truck, getting ready for paint!
Yes, we got hammered. Thankfully the area is affluent and most homes on the island are well up and well built. I lost some shingles, soffet, one AC and damn near every tree on my property. The low lying areas around us are devastated. They all flooded about 3 feet and are still shoveling mud out whats left of their houses.
I drove to Marathon and back today, wheh! 9 hours. If you owned a mobile home in the Keys, you don't own one any longer. It looks exactly like Goodland but the destruction goes for miles instead of blocks.
430 of 500 live aboard boats were lost in one large anchorage alone.. Im afraid they will be recovering bodies for many more weeks.
It is very sad to see.

baitkiller wrote: 430 of 500 live aboard boats were lost in one large anchorage alone.. Im afraid they will be recovering bodies for many more weeks. It is very sad to see.

Wow. We were just in Big Pine Key back in June. The house we stayed at took a beating, but it's still standing. They lost the dock and the 1st floor due to flooding/storm surge.

We also have friends down in Water Island (ST Thomas) in their 32' sailboat. Surprisingly they survived both storms. Their boat stayed put (14 anchors) while they rode it out on land in a solid house with friends.