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[Blak bart]

ARC-Bart, glade your making making some noise this morning. I fear it's not gonna be that way for some as this day unfolds.

It was a doozy !! Some will have lost it all !!

 

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[pepperj]

Geez...glad that's over.....dead calm outside....not a leaf stirring !! What a mess !! Glad you got through it ARC. typical shit here....branches down, and flooding !!

Well we have the dead calm thing also.

 

[pepperj]

Exhausted....... these take a huge toll on ya.
Anxiety being the ratcheted up the most.
Fear... should be self explanatory.
Indecision... have to know when to hold tight or leave.... which is REAL biatch.... for hotels sell out in hours... and then you will be driving at least 2 hours away (normal drive time)... if you wait... then farther and the drive time can double and even triple in length due to bumper to bumper traffic.

If you decide to stay and crap goes wrong your screwed.
So...
All this on your mind constant and your brain is pinballing all this the entire time.

The possibility of it going from "just a storm with blah blah" TO "life changing or worse event"... is a big spread and pure stress.

Its the "not knowing" that is the fuel for all of the above and the absolute worst.

Ok @ARC it's time to break out the camera and take some pictures.

You said it yourself Regarding seeing a picture....
(Just kidding ya)

Glad to hear it's only a bunch of limbs/branches etc.

That stuff is an easy to handle in the big picture.

 

[tamrock]

I was down in Florida at WDW recently. Took this picture at 5:48am on my morning stroll just 9 days ago from where we were staying. I wonder what it looks like this morning.

 

[releventchair]

Exhausted....... these take a huge toll on ya.
Anxiety being the ratcheted up the most.
Fear... should be self explanatory.
Indecision... have to know when to hold tight or leave.... which is REAL biatch.... for hotels sell out in hours... and then you will be driving at least 2 hours away (normal drive time)... if you wait... then farther and the drive time can double and even triple in length due to bumper to bumper traffic.

If you decide to stay and crap goes wrong your screwed.
So...
All this on your mind constant and your brain is pinballing all this the entire time.

The possibility of it going from "just a storm with blah blah" TO "life changing or worse event"... is a big spread and pure stress.

Its the "not knowing" that is the fuel for all of the above and the absolute worst.

And not long after Helene was in the Gulf I got to thinking you were staying home.
Which meant committed to staying regardless of what happened.
People hearing your shouts and thinking it's a family member or pet you're crying out for after the hurricane has passed.
Stella! Stella! Where are you?

.

 

[releventchair]

Mornin all.

 

[ToddsPoint]

It was a doozy !! Some will have lost it all !!

Will this storm affect your treasure hunting? Meaning, will it bring anything up? Or bury things deeper? What happens on the ocean bottom? How deep of water will storm churn up on the bottom?

 

[oldmxrat]

Good morning

 

[Evan in CA]

Good morning everybody

 

[releventchair]

Good morning everybody

Mornin Evan!

 

[ARC]

And not long after Helene was in the Gulf I got to thinking you were staying home.
Which meant committed to staying regardless of what happened.
People hearing your shouts and thinking it's a family member or pet you're crying out for after the hurricane has passed.
Stella! Stella! Where are you?
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And i had plenty in the fridge for at least a few days ...

 

[ARC]

Ok @ARC it's time to break out the camera and take some pictures.

You said it yourself Regarding seeing a picture....
(Just kidding ya)

Glad to hear it's only a bunch of limbs/branches etc.

That stuff is an easy to handle in the big picture.

I dont have the energy... and sure as shit dont know how to get phone picture to THIS place.

 

[ARC]

I read this and think really is it all worth it?
To repeat this over and over every year.
Every place has weather events and most are minor.

Then there's places that they're life changing.
It's a stress that I can do without.

Yes we get the cold/snow/and mild blows.
50 mph gusts are rare here.

Well its not every year... but they have become more frequent AND stronger... so it is becoming more.
But today is gorgeous... if it weren't for fallen trees... limbs and debris you would not even know it happened in my neighborhood.... BUT 1 mile to my west those folks cannot say the same.

There are areas in Florida that rarely if ever get hit... and mid state your good.

 

[ARC]

Went to Sams Club this morning and traffic lights were out everywhere... saw some damage all over as well.

 

[releventchair]

Foster brother is from S.E. Asia.
Moved to Florida a while back.
I joked with my sisters last we were together that he neglected to inform me as to his new whereabouts , lest I show up with a suitcase..

Anyways.
First song I recall him learning on guitar.
And yes he knew of rain from the rainy seasons of his youth.
(I'm resisting texting him some lyrics.)

 

[CreekSide]

Well we have the dead calm thing also.
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Rub it in lol

 

[CreekSide]

I ended up driving to work. Roads flooded in spots and people passing me doing 100 mph. If I’m gonna die it’s not going to be from a flooded road so I moved over 4 times and let them pass me.

 

[pepperj]

Rub it in lol

Our little hole in the wall.
To the south I have a granite hill that's 240 higher, to the east we have 50 ft to the shop-300 ft away. Then there's the hillside to the west for protection.
Also the 2 islands in the photo knocks the winds down.
It's really hard for the bay to get a white cap.
A jet ski creates bigger waves 🤣

 

[ARC]

30 dead and counting.

 

[ARC]

500 water rescues just in our area... with over 5000 emergency 911 calls... 100's of thousands here without power.... on and on and on.