A Year Ago--Hurricane Irma
By GreatMartin
@GreatMartin (23677)
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
September 10, 2018 3:42pm CST
September 10 2017 Sunday Hurricane Irma landed—electricity went off at Noon—it is 11:30 PM now—no a/c—don’t know if I will get any sleep—took a walk—winds still heavy—I have ‘floods’ in 3 places—2 panes were blown out of east window—water leaking in from air conditioning and defrosting fridge is leaving water all over kitchen floor—I think Irma is over—now we wait to get electricity back
September 11 2017 Monday Hurricane Irma gone as is my roof—the only Gateway building to lose one (It would take 10 months to get it repaired!) A lot of trees down.
September 12 2017 Tuesday Still no electricity—hot day—at 10:30 PM I called 911—thought I was having a heatstroke—medics came—no room at the hospital—they gave me a few ice packs!!
September 18 2017 Monday Jackie’s car totaled— 8 th day without electricity—finally came back on at 6:30 PM
Looking over my notes for that week I see: John loaned me his fan—Mac gave me a table light—Shirley brought me 2 slices of pizza—Winn Dixie closed—movie theatres closed for a few days—window panes replaced the next day—temperatures were in the 86 and higher range the whole week.
Video I made of Hurricane Irma
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4TgO465JFg
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@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
11 Sep 18
We are looking down the barrel of H. Florence right now. If she sticks to the center of her cone, we are going to be too close to the eye for comfort when she passes by. I'll try to keep in contact as long as I have power and signal. She's expected to get here Thursday.
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
12 Sep 18
Important thing is to have water, batteries and a battery operated fan!
Good luck! Hopefully the weather people will be wrong as they have been so often in the past!
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@xander6464 (40826)
• Wapello, Iowa
10 Sep 18
Eight days without electricity is too much. They should be required to have emergency generators.
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
12 Sep 18
That costs money--will take away from your Jet Plane fund!!
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@xander6464 (40826)
• Wapello, Iowa
12 Sep 18
@GreatMartin That's a good point. We can't make people like me suffer by having to fly in old planes.
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
13 Sep 18
@xander6464 Just get out your broom!
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
10 Sep 18
I will take a look at the video. Are you in the path of Hurricane Florence?
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
11 Sep 18
@kepweng We get our share of bad weather in the winter but no hurricanes.
@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
12 Sep 18
No--we may get some rain from the outer bans but we get rain this time of the year anyway!
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
12 Sep 18
@kepweng There isn't a country that doesn't have a weather negative whether it is hurricanes, snowstorms, tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, fires, etc.
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
13 Sep 18
@amadeo That is not allowed!!! Take it easy--relax--let Mike do all the 'heavy lifting'-- don't exert yourself! We are old men and have to conserve whatever energy we have.
Love you!
@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
12 Sep 18
We are still in better shape than Puerto Rico!!
@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
12 Sep 18
Makes no difference where you live but here at least THEY pay for all the repairs!
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
13 Sep 18
@akalinus You own or rent? I owned--once--never again! :O)
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@akalinus (40432)
• United States
12 Sep 18
@GreatMartin My windows were damaged in H. Irma. I had to get them fixed myself.
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
13 Sep 18
We have Hurricane Florence breathing down our necks right now. This is not going to end up pleasant.
