HURRICANE JEANNE Weekend thread - LIVE - and freeper check-in

NHC/Naval Hurricanes/etc.. | 09.25.04

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Thought a thread in Breaking News for the weekend covering Hurricane Jeanne would be a good thing. Post your link, pics, updates and freeper check-in's here

[Normal4me]

Normal4me reporting in from Brevard. Lost power for only 12 hours (props to FPL!) Zero damage to home. Got broadband and two cases of beer left......Life is good!

Haven't read the entire thread so condolences to anyone who is still suffering.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Mention "party' and Neets shows up! Wassup wit dat?

I took a short film on a card and will try putting it on my netfirms site and link it here. Its of the outdoors right now. Sky is black and low, steady wind.

[RottiBiz]

Tscislaw posted this link in #1450. I found it to be very helpful and you might, too.

DAMAGE REPORT FOR BREVARD COUNTY BEACH COMMUNITIES

Thanks, tscislaw!

Here's an excerpt posted a short time ago:

Eau Gallie causeway now fully open, Palm Bay still under 24 hour curfew

Eau Gallie causeway is now fully open. The causeway was open around 3 p.m.

Palm Bay remains under a 24 hour curfew due to extensive flooding.

The right northbound lane of U.S.1 between Avenue B and Avenue D in Melbourne washed out, caving into the Indian River. The semi-circle is as deep as the lane is wide, and between 15-20 feet at its mouth.

A drainage culvert that drained street level rain water and connected two pipes togehter also broke off in the washout. Orange cones limit drivers to the far left lane.

posted by Florida Today at 6:30 PM 0 comments  

[Neets]

Make sure you ping me then.

[RGVTx]

news from Melbourne Beach?

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Second hand info from Melbourne Beach as of this afternoon...friends rode it out with no damage to speak of, just a loss of electricity. But they had not gotten out yet to check the neighborhood.

[K1avg]

Posting from the middle of Jeanne here. We've only just got our power back - about fifteen minutes ago. It was out the rest of the afternoon.

Tons and tons of rain here, and the wind is easily tropical storm-force sustained. I'd say, subjectively, that this storm is worse than Frances.

As I have no way to tell whether I'll have power in the morning (I know already I won't have school - :), I'm looking for someone to take over the ping list for tomorrow, should it be needed again. Notify me and I'll FReepmail it to you.

Take care all in the path of this beast.

[RottiBiz]

Our son evacuated but, now that the causeway is open, he may return to Melbourne Beach tomorrow.

Power and phones are down, but he doesn't want to leave the house unattended because of possible looters.

When he goes back, I'll let you know what the situation on the ground is.

[CedarDave]

Have been following this thread, but now have own weather problems. Boss came by the office a few minutes ago to get some waders -- has to move his horses to high ground due to pasture flooding. We have received nearly 10 inches of rain in the past 48 hours (located near Texas border due west of Seminole)

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FXUS64 KMAF 262021
AFDMAF

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
320 PM CDT SUN SEP 26 2004

.SHORT TERM...
SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS BAROCLINIC LEAF SIGNATURE WITH UPPER LEVEL TROUGH CURRENTLY CENTERED OVER SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF NEW MEXICO. THE 6 AND 12 HOUR MODEL PROGS OF THIS UPPER LEVEL TROUGH ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH ITS POSITION AS SEEN IN CURRENT SATELLITE IMAGERY. A LARGE AREA OF WARM TOP CONVECTION CONTINUES OVER THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA PRESENTLY...AND WOULD EXPECT THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE AND PERHAPS INTENSIFY OVERNIGHT AS THE MID LEVEL COLD POOL ALOFT SEEN ON THE MORNING EPZ 500 MB UPPER AIR PLOT SLIDES FARTHER EASTWARD AND JET DYNAMICS BECOME SLIGHTLY MORE FAVORABLE ACROSS THE CWA. GROUNDS ALREADY SATURATED FROM RAINS THE PAST THREE DAYS ARE ALREADY RECEIVING ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TODAY. CONDITIONS ARE DETERIORATING ACROSS EDDY AND LEA COUNTIES IN NEW MEXICO...AND OVER BREWSTER...JEFF DAVIS...AND REEVES COUNTIES IN TEXAS. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER VAL VERDE AND CROCKETT COUNTIES ARE PRESENTLY MOVING NORTH NORTHWEST INTO THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE TEXAS PERMIAN BASIN. BASED ON THIS AND EXPECTED RAINFALL LATER TONIGHT...HAVE ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Am having trouble getting it onto netfirms. Here are some from the local paper tho

A washed out road leading to houses on Hutchinson Island, Fla., is seen Sunday, Sept. 26, 2004, a day after Hurricane Jeanne struck the area

Michael Stone stands on the pool deck while the pool lies near the surf in Satellite Beach, Fla., Sunday, Sept. 26, 2004. The pool was destroyed by Hurricane Jeanne

Mary Musser talks about the devastation outside her mobile home Sunday, Sept. 26, 2004, in the Barefoot Bay comminity of Brevard County, Fla. She rode out the storm alone and did not even know when the storm was coming.

John Dangova of West Palm Beach, Fla., sits among the rubble of the lobby of the Palmwood Motor Lodge in Sebastion, Fla., on Sunday, Sept. 26, 2004. Winds from Hurricane Jeanne blew out the lobby in the middle of the night when it made landfall nearby

John Lumberson stands by a washed out swimming pool and views the damage done by Hurricane Jeanne early Sunday, Sept. 26, 2004, in Hutchinson Island, Fla. Lumberson is in charge of repairs at the resort

A Ferrari GTB 308 sits under a collapsed carport damaged by Hurricane Jeanne Sunday Sept. 26, 2004 at a mobile home park in Port St. Lucie, Fla

Terry Lazenby studies the sky from his room of his mobile home in Fort Pierce, Fla., Sunday, Sept. 26, 2004, after Hurricane Jeanne ripped his roof off. He said that after living in a mobile home for a year and half while going through two hurricanes, he had enough of mobile homes

Tom Hewson digs through the debris of his sister-in-law's mobile home Sunday Sept. 26, 2004 in Hobe Sound, Fla. The trailer was destroyed in the middle of the night when the door opened letting wind rush inside which caused the trailer to break apart

Peirce Braun walks along the eroded roadway in front of his Jensen Beach, Fla. home Sunday, Sept. 26, 2004, after Hurricane Jeanne. The road had been repaired last week from the damage by Hurricane Frances

[oceanview]

we pay about $1200 per year here on the south shore of long island - that's for federal flood insurance.

[commish]

First question those pictures raise...

Who in the hell lives in a Mobile Home if they can afford a Ferrai 308??????

And Who is STUPID ENOUGH to leave the Ferrari out in the middle of a hurricane!!!

[ErnBatavia]

For me, with a 2% hurricane deductible, the annual premium is about 0.6% of the insured value of my home ($600 / yr for a $100,000 house).

Thanks - we Californians were curious....we had cheap quake insurance until the Northridge Earthquake in '94 - 5% deductible on our (roughly, at the time) $200,000 valued home was around $125.00, but that was based on what we'd payed for the home - $130,000 in 1983, making it a $6200-something deductible.

Afterwards, things changed.....now we pay around $650.00 on our current home in the desert, and the deductible won't kick in until we exceed something like $30,000, and there a lot more exclusions (such as block walls, detached buildings/garages, swimming pools, etc.).

[Amelia]

Posting from the middle of Jeanne here.

Where in FL are you?

[eyespysomething]

Just heard from a friend who talked to our friend Michelle in Satellite Beach. They lost their roof in Frances, and although frantically working on protecting their house, have now lost at least 1/4 of their house to the ocean, and the rest doesn't look to be far behind. Michelle won't even talk on the phone now. The rode it out in Indian Beach, with the 120 mph winds. The girls 4 and 10, are a little shell shocked, but thenk God they are all physically ok. They don't know what their going to do, since the overwash is now their property, nothing left to rebuild on.

Prayers to everyone in FL.

[ZinGirl]

thanks for the pings....I'm hoping that if the Eau Gallie causeway opens tomorrow already..that's a good sign. we go over the river at 192.

there's a navy SEAL museum in Ft. Pierce that we just took the kids to in August....hope it's still there....it's on the beach side of A1A.

[ZinGirl]

ugh....I mean, thanks for the pix!

my father-in-law actually has a small house converted into two apartments on his property. The top floor already lost some roof during Frances....he's pretty sure the rest of the roof is gone by now (sort of like that first picture). The main house is closer to the Indian River...we're hoping the apt. house took the brunt of the damage.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

That was my thoughts too.

[hoosiermama]

Just checking on you! You OK?

[Robert A Cook PE]

I'll bet they'll take it down soon.

Power company won't want anything leaning like that.

At least, not leaning towards the pole/cables.

(Leaning away? They might leave it alone.)

[Amelia]

TWC reporting tornado warnings for my sister in Fernandina. They lost power earlier this evening; I suppose it's still out, but they have a radio.