Holy Crap we got Hammered

[Forest]

Wilma really kicked the shit out of s. fla

98% of dade and broward county without power. Both airports still closed

Trees powerlines street signs street lights down everywhere

Its a real mess down here.

I think ant is ok I believe serge said he talked to him I got a msg from serge but couldnt really understand it between his accent and the bad cell service

Im on a battery powered laptop and set up an aol dial up acct.

Roof on my apt building ripped 1/2 off Thank god its on the far side of the building from me. People on that end lost everything in their home. Friends who lived in Mobile homes have lost everything.

She came thru here with 130mph winds and thank god she came thru fast so the flooding and wind damage wasnt worse.

They are saying it could take 4 weeks to restore power to all of s. fla

Will keep you posted

[Trev]

Four weeks to restore power! Damn she really did kick the shit out of you guys.

[Winetalk.com]

180 miles wide corridor was the destruction path

[el pres]

Hopefully it's the last one of the year, still a few weeks to go.

[Cleo]

I'm having a romantic relationship with the generator that I bought at the beginning of this storm season. Real glad that I got additional fuel before this storm hit. I'm good for at least eight days and with the weather so cool I don't need to run my one room A/C so maybe even longer.

I now have a trickle of water from the faucet. Hoping that water comes on enough to shower so that I can get started on yard cleanup since I'm not going to start on yard cleanup until I know that I can shower afterwards.

[LadyMischief]

I was wondering what was going on and if anyone had heard from Anthony. Glad to hear people are ok, even if their houses aren't

[sarettah]

Forest, glad you made it man....

Looked to me like Miami/Broward took a harder hit then the west coast did



But, get your ass down to Fantasy Fest tomorrow (if they are still doing it Wednesday-Thursday) and party party man

[Peaches]

Saw the pictures - you guys really got the brunt of it

[selena]

Hope everyone in that area is okay. Seem to be alot of you in the industry down there.

[Newton]

Damn .. just saw the images on the news

[TheEnforcer]

Glad to know you and others are all right Forest!!

[Dravyk]

I'm just without words. Hopefully everyone comes out of this ok. Forest, Cleo, glad you guys came out relatively unscathed and safe.

[MorganGrayson]

I'm glad so many have managed to make contact. I'm still calling Red and getting her answering machine.

[justb]

Glad you made it through OK. I think the East coasters got a really nasty surprise from Wilma!!!

All we had in Tampa was lots of rain and I saw one big oak tree down, down the street.

[SykkBoy]

I think this is why I live where I do...the worst we get is...hot.,...or an occasional flash flood (or hail like this morning)

[grimm]

Originally Posted by Forest

Wilma really kicked the shit out of s. fla

98% of dade and broward county without power. Both airports still closed

Trees powerlines street signs street lights down everywhere

Its a real mess down here.

I think ant is ok I believe serge said he talked to him I got a msg from serge but couldnt really understand it between his accent and the bad cell service

Im on a battery powered laptop and set up an aol dial up acct.

Roof on my apt building ripped 1/2 off Thank god its on the far side of the building from me. People on that end lost everything in their home. Friends who lived in Mobile homes have lost everything.

She came thru here with 130mph winds and thank god she came thru fast so the flooding and wind damage wasnt worse.

They are saying it could take 4 weeks to restore power to all of s. fla

Will keep you posted

being without power sucks. from what i heard dade got the worst of it, naples got wind and rain, but from what noah said it dint sound so bad. a cat 2-3 hitting miami..thats a lot of water

[Inabon]

if it takes weeks to get power then it was pretty bad or they were not that prepared. andrew we had power back in kendal within 4 days after the storm hit. yeah my dad had just bout a 4 grand (hurricane price) power plant for nothing (we went throug a couple in P.R. so we said fuck not having power)... anyways hope you guys get power soon.

anthony i need to hear from you or your guys about the boxes down here we have a small issue not too bad i can wait. just get stable asap. p.m. me when you can.

[Dale_Ryan]

So, when will the electricity be installed again?

[Forest]

Originally Posted by Dale_Ryan

So, when will the electricity be installed again?

in broward where i live they are saying minimum 2 weeks max 4 weeks

some are saying that bs and that its going to take loinger

they think the power company is just saying that to keep people from rioting

gas lines are miles long

i have a little over a 1/2 tank left

=(

[Dale_Ryan]

Originally Posted by Forest

in broward where i live they are saying minimum 2 weeks max 4 weeks

some are saying that bs and that its going to take loinger

they think the power company is just saying that to keep people from rioting

gas lines are miles long

i have a little over a 1/2 tank left

=(

I hope you'll get through with that man.

[MikeW]

Just got power and cable back this morning. I still have no land phone service or cellular. Got hit hard here - will post pics later. Good to see you here forest. still no word from anthony?

[Trev]

Originally Posted by MikeW

Just got power and cable back this morning. I still have no land phone service or cellular. Got hit hard here - will post pics later. Good to see you here forest. still no word from anthony?

Serge has made contact with him, he's holding up at Serge's place and is meant to be heading to Vegas today.


It's good to see that all you guys made it through.

[MikeW]

Originally Posted by Trev

Serge has made contact with him, he's holding up at Serge's place and is meant to be heading to Vegas today.


It's good to see that all you guys made it through.

yep - just spoke with serge on IM, things are slowly returning to normal

[Forest]

Originally Posted by MikeW

Just got power and cable back this morning. I still have no land phone service or cellular. Got hit hard here - will post pics later. Good to see you here forest. still no word from anthony?

man u lucked out getting power so fast

they are saying nov 22 before all of broward is hooked up

hope we get it soon

This is no fun

lol

[Dravyk]

Stupid question from someone who doesn't live in a hurricane zone ...

Why is it with so much experience these utilities and services take so long?

Hell if it's frustrating just reading about it, I so hate to think how bad it is for you guys that have to go through this.

[MorganGrayson]

Originally Posted by Dravyk

Stupid question from someone who doesn't live in a hurricane zone ...

Why is it with so much experience these utilities and services take so long?

Hell if it's frustrating just reading about it, I so hate to think how bad it is for you guys that have to go through this.

Yanno, I second that question. Every year brings "hurricane season." From someone way out here on the Left Coast, I'd like to know why history hasn't taught the "folks in charge" how to cope.

OK, I just made the question pretty stupid by mention the "folks in charge." I realize that.

[Cleo]

I just don't get why the gas stations don't have generators so that they can pump gas. It isn't like they don't have plenty of fuel to run their generator. You would think that they would want to sell gas and make money.

The Galleria Mall by me has been open like nothing happened for all the hurricanes running on what must be some huge generators.

I can shop till I drop at the mall but I can't buy a fucking gallon of gas.

Got my whole yard cleaned up with the help of the two young boys that are staying with me. Tomorrow I'm talking them to the mall to buy then new sneakers for helping me.

I have enough fuel for four more days. I figure by that time many gas stations will be open or maybe I'll even have power by then.