Hurricane Irma

[0geist0]

Lost power last night around 7 or so, still don't have it.
Cable and internet just came back
My back yard looked like a bomb went off, spent 6 hours cutting up tree branches and hauling them to the community branch pile.

[0geist0]

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[WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot]

Looks like I spoke too soon. We have some fairly significant roof damage.


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[SpineyNorman]

I lost most of my ridge caps...kinda think that's not enough for the insurance company to give me a new roof.

80% of the county is without power...must be my magic generator, spend $700 on a genny and power hasn't gone out since the day I bought it 

[Inmyrem]

I'm happy to hear that, so far, no one was hurt.  My parents in Tampa messaged me earlier to let me know they're okay and don't have much damage.  Mostly plants and trees.

[Steve O]

My street was a river this morning. Top half of one of maples crashed into the neighbors house and my fence. Only lost power for 10 hours or so. A lot of debris still to clean up but could have been much worse.

[number six]

I'm in the Brandon area.. between Tampa and Lakeland..

Most of the night winds were gusty but not bad. We have houses all around us and have a lake at an angle to us in the back. When the Hurricane actually hit it got howly but never scary. In the end it didn't even take out any of our Pool area screen or knock down any fences. Worst appears to be a boat load of branches down.

Next street over wasn't so lucky.. lots of trees up rooted and/or knocked down, but even then nothing catastrophic.

We lost power at Midnight.. right around when it was over us.. but it came back today right before noon so just about 12 hour outage. Been stable since then.

A lot of the roads flooded around us, apparently there was a redneck floating in a tube down Valrico road right near us but that seems to be about it.

I hope everyone else fared the same or better.

[Niloc]

Hope everyone is well.

After much panicking by family members and many changes of plans we finally reverted back to plan A: I picked up my Parents and took them to my Sister's place in Lutz.

Power went out at 6pm Sunday and their fence got blown over but nothing major.

Lots of trees and fences down on the drive home Monday morning, but again nothing too major.

Power was out at my place and my Parent's place. I got power back about 7pm Monday.
Some big branches down, some gutters knocked down - but nothing that everyone else isn't also dealing with.

Cable/internet at home is still out so I'm at work now.

Definitely got lucky, it didn't go up Tampa Bay (at least the eye didn't) and it was only a category 1, maybe 2, when it got to Tampa/Lutz.

Storm surge was minimal in my area which is really the biggest part. Looks like the Keys got hit pretty hard and I'm sure it was much worse in Naples too.

Overall I certainly feel like I was fortunate, but this has definitely not diminished my desire to move to the desert. I've had enough with humidity, mosquitoes and most definitely hurricanes. Anyone hiring in Albuquerque?

[ArcadeAction]

In Gainesville area, still no power here in my community as my electric provider is different, though housing communities around have power and main city mostly seems to have power.

Some side streets in town are flooded over. My home seems ok. House is built to withstand 130mph winds and there are retention ponds surrounding, high curbs and properties are slanted up on a slope from streets.

I took in some stranded people from SW Florida for four nights and we played in the game room until a couple hours before electricity went out.

Wishing you all well!

[mcluvin]

Lost some roof tiles and have a roof leak.  Partially uprooted a large tree on side of house.  Lost power 3rd quarter of Dallas game.  Just got tv and internet back a couple hours ago.  Have a generator and scored some gas today, so we're doing alright.  Lots of tree debris to clear.

[Sid]

No house damage but lots of tree stuff all over the hood.

Still no power.

[WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot]

We’re in decent shape over here. If anyone needs anything, I’m happy to pickup and deliver.  I can fit medium size generators and all kids of other goods.

Please, do not hesitate to reach out.

-Shaun


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[k7]

for southeast florida (boynton, delray, west palm, boca), if you need help, and i'm not working, just shout.

our at&t uverse is destroyed, per a rep. she said 100+ pieces of equipment are dead that provide our TV/Internet. i think she's shoveling some bull crap, personally.

our a/c compressor is dead. sadly, it died last thursday. neighbor lost the avocado tree. backyard neighbor wanted me to pay 50% for her fence. i'm still laughing about that attempt at free money, free money...

i have a couple of good "height of the storm" videos, but can't get them on youtube yet, sadly.

i did park in the middle of i95 at 4PM saturday. that always makes for a good picture.

[mcluvin]

All the debris and the big uprooted tree are now neatly stacked on the curb.  Still got some busted branches hanging in the back and an oak with a cracked trunk.  Gonna start on those tomorrow.  Went down by the river today.  Hope it's done rising as buildings are starting to flood.  Crossing my fingers for power tomorrow but eta is no later than Sunday night. Gas is much less scarce today at least.

Next time this sucker gets under $600, I'm upgrading.

https://www.amazon.com/DuroMax-XP12000EH-Dual-Portable-Generator/dp/B01M0N8256

[Weeze]

power just came back on at 6 pm tonight,
pretty big mess around here, I did well only lost the only good tree I had whoch is a shame but thats peanuts in the big scheame of life/
Hope everyone is ok
 anyone pon the west coast I can help speak up
 god bless us all!
John