... Except with much more potential devastation.

 

Jeanne is coming. Yippee.

 

I just got power back last Thursday. I just took the last of the boards off the windows Sunday. We have a preliminary assessment of $30-40 million in damage at work from Frances. I just got done moving CPUs into the storm bunker and tarping up for the second time in 3 weeks. After I finally got the smell of dead feet out of my fridge at home I just bought $100 dollars worth of groceries that we'll likely lose again when the power goes. There is alread no ice and very little gasoline. If you find gas, it's at least a 20 minute wait in line to purchase. Now I get to go home and put boards back up. The insurance adjuster was suppoesd to come out to the house today, but called and said we should just wait and see what breaks this time around...

 

I hate to be a such a complainer, but this is wearing thin.

 

Oh, well. Can't reason with hurricane season. Time to stock up on alcohol.

 

Cheers,

Flaxx

Dang Flaxx.

 

I was wondering about you. I'm sorry - I know that's not much consolation right now. I hope the best for you.

Oh, well.  Can't reason with hurricane season.  Time to stock up on alcohol.

Funny I was saying the same thing last year about the Hurricanes season...

Stay Safe Jim!!!

In all seriousness I hope Jeanne does flip and heads out to sea instead of land...

In all seriousness I hope Jeanne does flip and heads out to sea instead of land...

same here. either way good luck jim and be safe...

Son of a b****....when will it ever end? :headshake

 

Stay strong, man.

In all seriousness I hope Jeanne does flip and heads out to sea instead of land...

She's probably tracking too fast (12 mph currently) for that to happen. And the unusually large Bermuda high pressure ridge that kept Frances from turning north is going to keep Jeanne from turning at least until it makes landfall.

 

Most of tthe models still have it doing a boomerang thing - coming onshore between 30 and 100 miles south of me, then getting into the trough on the west side of the pressure ridge and tracking north to go back out into the Atlantic around Jacksonville. But the increased forward speed may change that and keep the storm moving west across the state and into the Gulf. That would be better for me and the other Atlantic coasters, and it would minimize the erosion risk.... otherwise there are going to be some beach houses turning into houseboats.

 

Thanks for all your thoughts, all!

 

Back to drinking and boarding up.

And the folks in South Texas and North Mexico are begging for heavy rains, to the point of flooding if necessary. Mexico owes the US over a trillion acre feet of water and a major hurricane / trpoical storm would help them to repay the water debt.

Chicago could use some rain as well.

BTW a friend of mine from College was an extra in Groundhog Day

 

Stay dry Jim. If I could send gas I would. Is mail being delivered ok?

Jim, hopefully somehow it misses ya. You'll get through it though. Stay safe!!!!

BTW a friend of mine from College was an extra in Groundhog Day

 

Stay dry Jim. If I could send gas I would. Is mail being delivered ok?

Good thought, is there anything we can do to help you out?

Please stay safe Jim!!

Good thought, is there anything we can do to help you out?

Thanks for the sentiments - I think we're good.

 

Our big concern will be 9pm to 9am county curfew, because they don't sell beer during those hours (*gasp*)!!!

 

I also hope the power stays on so I can see all of the last Sox homestand on Extra Innings.

I also hope the power stays on so I can see all of the last Sox homestand on Extra Innings. 

you are a glutton for punishment, why not just jam toothpicks in your eyes?

Hope you the best buddy!

Stay safe Jim, I really hope this will be the last hurricane you see for a while.

Thanks for the sentiments - I think we're good.

 

Our big concern will be 9pm to 9am county curfew, because they don't sell beer during those hours (*gasp*)!!!

 

I also hope the power stays on so I can see all of the last Sox homestand on Extra Innings. 

Well stay safe again.

Hope you stay safe!

We're all pulling for ya Jim. Stay strong!

 

Jeanne has knocked us down, but not out!!!

 

We boarded up, hunkered down, consumed the approproate amount of alcohol (a seemingly primal requisite for facing down the forces of nature), and rode the storm out.

 

We were toward the north edge of the hurricane force wind swath, and it was rocking for many hours. We lost power about 2 am, but the worst of the storm had passed through by about 5 am.

 

We are still in the dark (I'm posting on my laptop from a coffee shop that just came back up, and getting a chance to listen to the Sox hopefully not get swept today). They say we will probably be down until friggin' Oct 12! :fyou

 

So it's getting tough sleeping in 90 degree whether, but hopefully either a hotel room frees up or we can pick up a gas-powered generator soon (us and about 50,000 people are looking for them).

 

Nuke, I never knew MREs were as good as they are! Not gourmet grub, but it does the job when there's not much else to eat. I had the menu #22 jambalaya yesterday. That instant heating chemical reaction is a wicked exothermic reaction - what is in the chemical packs?

 

We had some relatively minor water damage to the house and the screened porch that took a preliminary drubbing from Francis is a bit more mangled now. All in all, we came through very well. several friends did not do as well, including some close friends (the wife is pregnant) who lost their roof and pretty much all the contents of their second floor, and the building is being condemned so they'll be living here and there with us and others for a while.

 

My place of work took yet another beating. Both of these storms literally came onshore at the same place about 10 miles south of the campus, so it took the brunt of that strong northeast eyewall quadrant (Floridians have learned way too much about hurricanes this season). We Lost the biomedical research labs (fortunately not the really expensive equipent), and the education center that was pretty beat up by Frances is probably beyond saving. Most of us have not been allowed back on site, but I was told that my office's doors blew in so I'm not looking forward to seeing what the place looks like. Luckily we moved our CPUs and most of the valuable stuff into the hurricane bunker.

 

Anyway, that's it in a nutshell. Lots of inconvenience for my family, and a whole lot worse for a lot more. Hopefully we can dig out at work, otherwise I might be job hunting soon. But all of your good thoughts mean a lot and I appreciate them. I'll toast you all when I'm eating an MRE by candlelight and having a beer tonight.

 

Flaxx

Damn Jim....that certainly sucks ass. Best of luck to you and just be glad to still be with the living. A lot of people have died due to these f***ing storms. Either way stay strong and be safe!!!

It's hard to imagine what these people are going through. Good to hear that all is relatively well and you're coping as best you can.