Still no power. Back door leaked. Backyard wiped out. All our fences are destroyed.
Was 100 yesterday no air conditioning. So we drove 25 miles north and waited 1.5 hours for checker burgers. Better than sitting at home dying of heat.
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I can't get anymore loaded. Barely connected. I'll make a thread once the computers work. I have footage and photos.
I'm so tired. Needless to say the baby has been up constantly. Barely sleeping.
All the trees made it....so far!!!
Ficus being bitches and dropping a few leaves but that was expected.
Idk whether to rebuild or leave. Without air the house is so dank. Disgusting. I feel like everything will be ruined from the humidity.
Hope everyone else is ok as well.
Taking little one for a walk before the sun is fully out
A ton of trees down up here in Tampa as well... spent yesterday and today manning a chainsaw until gas/oil mix ran out. Then we just started roping them off and pulling them off the side of the road with the SUV.
Power has been off since 8 pm on Sunday. Not expected on before the end of the week. Last I checked, we still have 500,000 households without power. Alot of downed lines... at the end of my streer we have a 100 year oak tree actually hanging, suspended off the ground... in the telephone lines.
Put a call out for a car battery 24 volt to 110 volt converter this morning, and luckily found one to run my Koi Pond pump... really hot today and the fish were up sucking air... was worried that come tomorrow they would start dropping off like flies. Currently running the SUV in the driveway to get them going.
Tonight we salvaged what we could from the fridge and took it over to a friend who still has power... tomorrow morning I will start working on the Freezer. My wife just did a stick pile before the storm, so of course we have like a couple hundred dollars worth of food, drinks, etc...
Phone service/internet is really bad... currently out in the middle of the street typing. Water we have, but fears of people returning home, those that evacuated, and the influx of consumption dropping the pressure low allowing for sewage and run off water to leak into pipes, that we might reach a boil all water point. Some stores began opening, but have no , or little food, water, ice, etc. Fast food restaurants have lines down the street. Handful of stations have gas. And a ton of traffic lights out... which sucks when you have a four way stop on two 6 lane streets... a lot of luck making it through safely.
Very little structural damages however... unless from falling trees. But, we definitely had winds over 100 mph come through.
I am a Native Floridian, been through a lot of hurricanes... there is obviously major significant damage done in areas like in the Keys and down towards Naples an Marco Island where the eye made landfall.
But, the smaller wide scale damage is just State Wide. This srorm set the record for the Largest Evacuation ever performed in US History. Over 22 million people reside in Florida. It's crazy... but everyone is helping each other out... and I think everyone is for the most part just happy it was not worse!
Haven't had a chance yet to see how any Bonsai Trees are doing...
