Here comes Milton…
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CanCuba
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Why are cars still parked there? Any why would anyone leave a giant inflatable up?
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Huracán Milton comienza a golpear Florida. ️
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bigredfish
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CanCuba
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Parley
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Just looking at the latest radar and it appears that Milton has turned East.
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Why are cars still parked there? Any why would anyone leave a giant inflatable up?
224K views · 1.6K reactions | Huracán Milton comienza a golpear Florida. ️ | By Milton Alonso Granados | Facebook
Huracán Milton comienza a golpear Florida. ️
I don't trust anything in that video, because it hasn't yet made landfall, and it won't be a Cat 5
Parley
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Down to a Cat 2 and is about to make landfall South of Sarasoda.
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bigredfish
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We've had 70 and 74 gusts, sustained in the 40's so far.
Still have power which is a flippin miracle for The Swamp!
Still have a roof, so life is good.... so far (Bob Walsh)
Still have power which is a flippin miracle for The Swamp!
Still have a roof, so life is good.... so far (Bob Walsh)
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bigredfish
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Nah, I'm 8ft above the lake level and they keep them drained down during cane season. The Harris chain is very well managed. (well from a flooding standpoint anyway)
Sybertiger
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Just took the dry dog for his nightly poop run. Made sure I was up wind to avoid flying turds. When it's blowing 25 to 35 mph and you are soaking wet it cold. Dog really enjoyed himself though. The bad winds will probably arrive at 1am.
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They are reporting deaths from the tornados
bigredfish
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Well luck ran out about 11pm. Wind kicked up BIG 75-80 gusts and after a couple of BANGs, POPs, snd THUDs , power went to sleep.
Had generator and cables pre positioned so was up and running in about 15 minutes. (No whole house here at the swamp, using my trusty Generac 8500 from the 2017 hurricane. 125 hours on it. Running like a top.)
Went next door and fired up neighbors generator, I think a dura max 8000. He keeps exotic fish.
So all good for now. Have to wait for first light to do battle damage assessment.
Still have a roof!
Had generator and cables pre positioned so was up and running in about 15 minutes. (No whole house here at the swamp, using my trusty Generac 8500 from the 2017 hurricane. 125 hours on it. Running like a top.)
Went next door and fired up neighbors generator, I think a dura max 8000. He keeps exotic fish.
So all good for now. Have to wait for first light to do battle damage assessment.
Still have a roof!
This is the follow up to the house that had custom ratchet straps made to secure his roof:
As I noted earlier this isn’t something done at the time vs doing so well in advance using piles very deep in the ground.
In this case it’s eight feet piles with anchors . . .
Good for him using past experience to guide him on a McGyver solution. They will report back how this worked in the aftermath.
Stay tuned . . .
As I noted earlier this isn’t something done at the time vs doing so well in advance using piles very deep in the ground.
In this case it’s eight feet piles with anchors . . .
Good for him using past experience to guide him on a McGyver solution. They will report back how this worked in the aftermath.
Stay tuned . . .
bigredfish
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1 hr sleep. Still have a roof. Long night.
We were/ are on the north side of what is left of the eyewall. It just never stopped howling from about 10pm till now. The absolute worst spot to be for this one, other than the direct coast or if you were unlucky enough to get hit by a tornado.
The back/west side of the storm was unusually just as bad as the front side. 75-85 gusts the whole fucking time.
Typically the bad part lasts 3-4 hours, Double that and it will wear on ya.
But as they say.. could been worse.
Let’s not do that again real soon mmmkay?
We were/ are on the north side of what is left of the eyewall. It just never stopped howling from about 10pm till now. The absolute worst spot to be for this one, other than the direct coast or if you were unlucky enough to get hit by a tornado.
The back/west side of the storm was unusually just as bad as the front side. 75-85 gusts the whole fucking time.
Typically the bad part lasts 3-4 hours, Double that and it will wear on ya.
But as they say.. could been worse.
Let’s not do that again real soon mmmkay?
I hope you all are OK and had very little to no damage! Good morning!
Glad you're able to post on IPCT, hope damage is minimal.
So glad to hear you are ok. I guess you will be without power awhile, I hope you have enough fuel for your generator, but it sounds like you were prepared for this