Hurricanes

[cape man]

The eye passed over us a little after 10pm Wednesday. Very noisy under a tin roof!! At 6am I was able to walk up to the house and all was good.

The river crested here around 2am this morning, well below the floors of the house and barn, and has dropped a good 10 inches as of now. Will be Monday or Tuesday before we can drive into the house, and get a down line repaired to get power. They said they will have power to the road (and our barn where we are staying) later today.
All in all, we have survived a major hurricane and river flooding without major damage! New metal roofs and windows helped.

Irma's crest in 2017 was 22.79'. This was a BIG one!

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[VT_Jeff]

Very glad to hear it, Craig! I've seen that barn, not the worst spot to weather a storm!!!

Jeff

[Dan_Smullen]

Talked with Reid 8:45aET Oct 11. Everyone is well. Shop avoided catastrophy. There will be general clean up for a while, but they hope to be able to support everyone very soon.

Good to hear. Logged back in to check on them.

[cape man]

There was a September 7, 1933 flood that if the crest is accurate the water would get in the house, but we just withstood a record level for me after 31 years of living here. It was built well and high. The flooding in Florida is historic with lots of folks underwater. It has dropped about 4 feet since the crest at 2am yesterday.

[TomW1]

Craig glad to hear your all okay and have communications. How did the boats fare? Tom

[cape man]

Both Dories are safe in a neighbor's field.

[Aripeka Angler]

That was an unforgettable blow at 257’ elevation. Milton tore up a bunch of our stuff that can be replaced. Very happy none of us who rode it out on the hill got hurt. Lost one cow that got pinned down by a falling tree. Still no power but we have a generator and a water well. 6 neighbors are running hoses to our 8” well. Fortunately, the weather has turned cooler so ac is not a necessity. Probably have 150 big trees down on 40 acres. Only 6 of them landed on a structure of some sort.

[Aripeka Angler]

[TomW1]

Richard that is a lot of trees to clean up, feel for you. Take care when you do so and take your time. Tom

[lelandtampa]

I finally got power back 15 minutes ago. Milton was a drag.