Hurricane Irma Live Thread Part IV

NHC/NOAA ^ | 9/10/2017 | NHC/NOAA

[NautiNurse]

Mislabeled my link—should be EAST Atlantic Sat.

[American Quilter]

Thanks, eye digress! It’s really good to know the Davis home wasn’t washed away as I’d heard somewhere. Kudos for all you did to help clean up after Katrina.

When I visited the museum behind the house in 1983, I remember seeing an etiquette book for young ladies. I forget the exact title, but below that on the cover it read, “By Varina Davis and Some Others, but mostly Mrs. Davis.” I’ve never forgotten that. And one line I remember from the book was, “A lady never accepts a chair from a gentleman unless she is sure it is no longer warm from his person.”

[American Quilter]

Thanks for the info on rodguy911, NN. I’ve been wondering if he and his family were able to go home and, if so, what they found. Good to know they’re okay.

[janetjanet998]

its MARIA now,,,shear is very low ,,humidity high and water 85F

time for a thread..also Jose an Maria might dance around each other next week off the east coast

[NautiNurse]

Thread forthcoming for Jose and Maria.

[SE Mom]

Thanks, NN! I was worried that we hadn’t heard from him. Sounds like a real mess, glad his home is ok and he’s got power.

[rodguy911]

Made it back to the keys or starting to clear the streets in the Upper Keys my daughter just left for the Lower Keys they were hard hit down there the I was from Sugarloaf to Marathon Marathon was hit really hard tons of people down here all trying to put it back together as soon as possible so we shall see we have no phone internet cable any of that I got a smartphone with one bar sitting in my car that’s about it

[kristinn]

Checking in. Finally caught up on laundry. Things getting back to normal but still have much to do to put things back from being secured in closets, drawers.

Milk still scarce, but Target in Palm Bay and Melbourne has been the place to get milk this week. Go figure.

Beachside still spotty with power, many power trucks seen there last night, finally, including from D.C./MD's Pepco.

Cable returned Friday night. Folks who bundle their cable, TV and Internet learned a hard lesson.

Two utilities never lost service: the gas company and Verizon Wireless. Glad I have both.

[nutmeg]

Glad to hear you are finally catching up with everything! We've lived through several extended power outages... know how it can be.

Amazing to hear that milk is still scarce!

Is "Beachside" that long island / strip of land across from Melbourne? I'm not familiar with the Melbourne area...

We have Verizon Wireless as well. Not exactly cheap, but very reliable.

[nutmeg]

How is your home, rodguy? Been worried about you and yours. Hope your home/shop didn’t suffer any damage...

[nutmeg]

Just an FYI for whomever is interested: Our friends in South Venice, FL *finally* got their power turned back on... this morning about 10:00 am. They were extremely happy, as you can imagine!

[jersey117]

Awesome. I know how happy they must be. We got ours back in Cape Coral Friday night.

[kristinn]

Yes. Basically the strip from Satellite Beach down through Melbourne Beach to Sebastian.

[NautiNurse]

You are better than me. Only one load of laundry accomplished post-storm. My better shoes and handbags will remain in weather-proof bags until storm season is over.

Miami-Dade and Monroe Co. have the highest number of power outages. Looks like all remaining workers are headed down there.

Don't let down your guard. Re-stock your water and canned supplies, and keep the gas tank full. There are still storms marching out in the Atlantic. Keep an eye open with Maria, and another system rolled off Cape Verde that has yet to be named.

[SE Mom]

Wow! Better than a week ago:)

I still have a lot of friends/acquaintances without power here in Seminole County. All Duke Energy. They aren’t too pleased when they see neighbors across the street with lights on...

I snagged one of 3 gallons Greenwise milk left at publix on my way home from work today. Very little milk anywhere still and some other staples low.

I have Boost (unlimited everything $50 monthly) which is owned by Sprint and never lost the phone. Considering the amount of power out across the state, I’m amazed.

We’re getting there...

[kristinn]

Yes, I too decided this afternoon to leave things bagged and packed for a while. I could have used more batteries and canned milk for coffee and wished I had dry ice last week. Will assess this week and hopefully be able to restock. We are pretty fortunate in our part of Brevard to be this far along.

I'm going to have to toss most of the freezer and refrigerator contents come trash day. Three days without power was too much even with frozen water bottles in the freezer. I had kept the fridge down to essentials so not much was lost, but the freezer was more packed.

Some gas stations were still closed yesterday, but many more were open.

[kristinn]

Frozen and refrigerated sections at Winn Dixie, Walmart and Target were out of commission in recent days, except for Target's well-stocked milk rack.

Publix refrigerated and frozen sections were stocked but missing milk, eggs and a few other items. It appears Publix in our area was best prepared. I was in the Publix on Eau Gallie on the Beachside a couple nights ago when the power stuttered a few times and the generator kicked on. It reminded me of the hotel we stayed at in Erbil, Iraq in 2006 when the power cut at midnight every night and the generator kicked in.

[SE Mom]

I hesitated to write this, but on balance, it seems worthwhile to know.

I just spoke with my son who was helping a friend at their house today with post-storm tree work. There was an electric crew from another state working at the same property. My son said they were great guys, working their butts off. They told my son and his friends they will never come back to Florida, no matter how much they get paid. Everywhere they’ve gone they’ve been met with hostility, rage, curses and nasty comments. At first they thought, well, a few people don’t speak for everyone . But, it has gotten worse each day and it’s widespread in the area. They’re baffled by it and pretty disgusted.

This is only anecdotal and I pray doesn’t represent our state. But who knows. I guess maybe people don’t realize this is the largest power outage in the country’s history. I’m pretty amazed they’ve gotten so many back online.

I well remember the 2 weeks in blistering August heat without power after Charley. I was frustrated with the power company, but not the guys who did the work. I jumped up and down thanking them, made a damned fool of myself, I was so grateful to them when they got our power back.

So if I see any guys in power trucks...I’ll make a point of saying thanks. Small civilities matter.

[Repeal The 17th]

Sept. 15, 2017 - Covington, Georgia.
...a lineman pulled into the Taco Bell for a quick bite to eat
...he was met with a surprise in the parking lot
...the lineman was returning to his truck with his food
...a female approached him and threw a soft drink in his face
and told him: “he shouldn’t be eating because her power was still out”
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https://www.covnews.com/news/hurricane-irma/covington-lineman-gets-drink-face-not-restoring-power/

[NautiNurse]

I've seen other stories about horrible Floridians treating the utility workers like dirt. Saw one incident described where a woman assaulted a worker inside of a Taco Bell. She berated the out-of-state utility worker for eating lunch while she was without electricity and then threw her drink at him. I had hoped the stories like this were exaggerations.

The self-centered actions of some people in our state are sickening. This will not bode well for recovery following the next storm.