Posted on 09/10/2017 2:02:02 PM PDT by NautiNurse
The entire Florida Peninsula has begun to experience Hurricane Irma following landfall at Marco Island. Thousands of Floridians who evacuated the Atlantic cost to Gulf Coast areas found their safe shelter under direct threat from Hurricane Irma as the forecast shifted W Friday night and Saturday. Prayers for all in the storm path.
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Hurricane Irma Live Thread I
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Glad you have power, finally!! Wahoo!!
If your freezer has an odor, after scrubbing, set a box of baking soda in the freezer along with a bowl of white vinegar. The vinegar will freeze, so just remove every other hour, then put back in. Both will absorb the odors.
If I had known, we’ve got a small bag of dry Science Diet k/d, and lots of non-prescription Science Diet urinary. Old cat isn’t using the k/d.
Where are you?
Good idea. Freezer is good, refrigerator needs a bit of assistance. I missed a little plastic container of minced garlic—yowser. The scent came right through the plastic.
Thanks for a great story. As I was reading it, I was thinking of the millions(?) of other people going through similar circumstances. Some with loving families like yours, others with neighbors, and some left to their own devices. These disasters are SO overwhelming - prayers to all involved.
Old newspapers are supposed to help with fridge odors, too.
WOO HOO!!! At long last! We're so happy for you that the power finally came back on - I know it's been sweltering in Florida, both day and night. Enjoy!
Your story about the Good Samaritan Floridians really touched both of us, btw. Such amazing kindness... glad they found you. :-)
WOO HOO!!! We're so happy both you and NautiNurse (and many other Floridians) got your power back today, finally! Yeah, maybe it was our CT Eversource crew, or one of the thousands of other crews from all over the US and Canada working hard in Florida.
What an ordeal just to get milk tonight! I'm glad to hear things are starting to get back to normal for you.
Tonight had a spectacular sunset that lasted forever and changed colors magnificently. A reminder of why people put up with the hurricanes, and lightening, and tornadoes, and sink holes, and fire ants, and mosquitoes, and humidity to live in Florida.
Sounds nice, although I'll have to think about the sink holes and fire ants. I have no experience with those, lol.
We all kind of miss seeing you in DC, kristinn, but it's good to know you've been enjoying life in Florida. :-)
That's great news! Happy to hear your Mom and her home are fine.
As you mentioned, there are tons of people going through these same difficulties. Mother Nature doesn’t care about your skin color or economic situation, she treats all the same. As I went through the process of getting relief for my family, that was something that really hit home with me. There are still people out there with unresolved problems. I hope and pray that they get relief soon, too.
Had the businessmen and women working in the World Trade Towers had even a few hours evacution notice; if the Pentagon had been put on notice only an hour in advance; had United airlines been alerted before Flight 93 had taken off, no one would have died.
If I were a Floridian who evacuated needlessly, I’d bitch and moan all the way home. But on that long ride, my mind would wander to the poor souls whose homes and cars and businesses are a complete mess. By the time I’d arrive at my house, and see the serene calm and cleanliness, it’s possible I’d fall to the ground in relief and gratitutde that this time, I’d been spared.
These disaster threads exist because we are a united states who feel most together when faced with cataclysmic destiny, whether war or acts of nature. Americans are the most charitible peoples on earth due to our political system of private property, freedom, self-governance. We want to share each others sorrows and joys. And we love to rubberneck from a distance. Human nature is so vast, so variable, like nature itself, that for a hundred different reasons folks jump on the thread to have their say!
In the future, if you learn from Trump’s example vs. all other politicians, expect to be buffetted wildly by people on these threads and you’ll find you won’t engage with difficult types. Yes, we get highly stressed after hours and hours of watching. But we can each manage our emotional reactions. if we remember that the service we’re providing is UP-TO-DATE vital information. If a person only has ten minutes to get the latest, just keep that in the back of your mind when someone is endlessly needling you.
I’ve forgotten to add some names. This comment is for all of you who kept this thread going even when you could barely see straight. We are the best news source during big breaking news. Citizen reporters, are we!
As the British like to say, “Keep calm and carry on”!
http://www.monroecountyem.com/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=131
Posted on: September 13, 2017
MONROE COUNTY IS ONLY OPEN TO MM 73 – NOT TO MARATHON
An erroneous report stated that Monroe County was open to Marathon. That is INCORRECT. Please help us refute this report.
Monroe County is only open to MM 73 in Islamorada. Only residents or business owners in the Upper Keys are allowed into the County.
No residents and business owners are allowed past MM 73. Only first responders and preapproved workers who are helping with the response are allowed past this point at this time.
Anyone at MM 73 must leave before the dusk-to-dawn curfew that is in effect throughout the Keys. People at the checkpoint who don’t reside in the Upper Keys must either leave the Keys or go to Coral Shores High School at MM 90 in Tavernier. It is open as a shelter of last resort. There are no services.
Monroe County is working as quickly as possible to restore power, water and medical services to Marathon and the Lower Keys and Key West. We can not open the County to these areas until the are safe.
Sooooo happy you’ve got power! Love the beach story:)
Orlando is also hit and miss with stores that are open. Most Publix are open, but no one has milk. Sparsely stocked stores all over. No store has ice but the city has given away 2 bags per car each afternoon at different places. Trucks emptied in 30 minutes.
St. John’s and Wekiva Rivers flooding continues, not expected to crest for days yet.
Excellent!
Irma damage expected to reach $18 billion in the U.S.
By Jenny Staletovich
jstaletovich@miamiherald.com
September 13, 2017 6:47 PM
Insured losses from Hurricane Irma could total $18 billion in the U.S., far less than anticipated when the storm was barreling toward Florida’s east coast as a Category 4 monster but still among the nation’s worst.
Karen Clark and Co., a Boston-based firm that analyzes risk, estimated total losses, including the Caribbean, at $25 billion. Florida accounts for most of the $18 billion in the U.S., followed by Georgia, South Carolina and Alabama. The estimate covers damage to buildings and their contents, other insured structures, and vehicles and the disruption to business. It does not include crop losses or losses covered by the nation’s flood insurance program, Clark said.
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After Irma began to weaken, potential losses dropped significantly. Irma also turned out to be a much dryer storm than the worst case scenarios forecasters warned about, with severe storm surge in Tampa and St. Petersburg never materializing. In wet storms like Katrina and Harvey, flood losses, which are usually not insured, can be much higher.
Irma delivered her worst blow to the Keys, which the storm struck with 130 mph sustained winds. Most of that was limited to mobile homes, roofs and windows, light structures and signs, Clark said. Outside the Keys, damage was mostly caused by falling trees. Once the storm crossed into the Gulf, it weakened considerably as it ran up the coast, although homes in Everglades City were hit hard.
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Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weather/hurricane/article173182856.html#storylink=cpy
Thank you so much, from the bottom of my/our hearts, for the encouragement.
I don’t honestly think that those people who evacuated are or were mindless drones who believe whatever the *government* tells them.
Everyone was watching this storm from the get go and it was a monster. The storm history shows a LONG track of a Cat 5 and I think most people in FL have enough common sense to know that anything is possible and that ultimately they may not have needed to leave after all.
But what are your choices?
Leave and be inconvenienced for a time?
Or stay and possibly be one of those who dies from it.
I’m sure many of the people who left had good reason to justify it and they didn’t do it just because someone told them to.
If they lived in trailer homes, they shouldn’t stay in them. If they have health issues, it would be foolhardy to stay.
If they plain didn’t feel like staying for it, they should go.
And as we are seeing, sometimes the aftermath is worse than the storm itself.
No electric and no refrigeration. Being without power for up to two weeks in FL heat.
Maybe some people just didn’t feel like dealing with that. The call is theirs and they should not be condemned for choosing to leave.
Those biggest critics, whether they realize it or not, are being very judgmental and condescending towards the people who CHOSE to leave.
It’s none of their business what others do. And nobody answers to them about how they decide to respond to a storm and the warnings.
“Beachfront houses on the Keys across from Big Pine took a hit. I suspect when the blank pics come in, Cudjoe and Big Pine will be heavily damaged.”
I’ve reviewed Paul Sosbey’s still pix of damages of adjacent Little Torch Key. There are a few examples of “serial roof damages”.
Meaning, parts of the upwind roof failure ends up damaging several others.
Many don’t carry windstorm coverage. I’m wondering can the UNinsured sue the first INSURED roof failure?
Aside from Small Claims Court, that is.
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