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Hurricane Irma Live Thread III
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Posted on 09/09/2017 2:08:31 PM PDT by NautiNurse
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To: FreeReign
We are going to have amazing video for the ages with this storm. I saw a video of two guys standing in an empty bay. It was flat out incomprehensible . Will try to find the clip.
To: KC Burke; matt04; Paradox
As you and others have mentioned concrete block construction, I will use a reply to explain to those not familiar with construction the variables to understand when you see masonry units like concrete block
My son and I decided that his NW Dade home is built well enough to withstand Cat 4. Wish I knew the exact construction, but it made it through the edge of Andrew and subsequent early 2000s storms without any damage. I doubt it's from reinforced block, but who knows - Graham Co. construction, so hopefully at least to pre-Andrew code, as was their reputation when I bought it in '89.
When this storm showed Cat 5 and heading towards Miami, my son agreed to find shelter - he's spending the storm in a secure data center in Kendall. He's got a cool view through a large impact window w steel mesh. Says not much unusual there so far w/ winds/rain to be expected from radar view. So we've spent the morning trading jokes about Hialeah hurricane preparations:
El tie-down de Hialeah:
El Car Cover de Hialeah:
1,802
posted on
09/10/2017 10:14:18 AM PDT
by
nicollo
(I said no!)
To: little jeremiah
Post 1,146. “The upside to this is the jobs that will be around for the clean up and fix up.”
Have a nice day.
1,803
posted on
09/10/2017 10:14:52 AM PDT
by
PeteB570
( Islam is the sea in which the Terrorist Shark swims. The deeper the sea the larger the shark.)
To: EBH
1,804
posted on
09/10/2017 10:15:28 AM PDT
by
DAVEY CROCKETT
(Thank you Free Republic. Thank you President Donald J Trump)
To: All
large storm surge now moving into Miami from the south
To: bgill
WPLG showing lootings hitting a Sporting Goods store in Fort Lauderdale.......The usual suspects.
To: dfwgator
Saw that!
ABC quickly cut away from showing the ‘didndu nuffin’ looters!
To: dfwgator
Gots to have me them Michael Jordans.......
1,808
posted on
09/10/2017 10:23:39 AM PDT
by
eyedigress
((Old storm chaser from the west))
To: janetjanet998
1,809
posted on
09/10/2017 10:24:30 AM PDT
by
abb
("News reporting is too important to be left to the journalists." Walter Abbott (1950 -))
To: eyedigress
The networks saying, “Police will not respond to any calls” might as well have been, “Hey homies! Get yo a** out dere an’ git u some!”
To: dfwgator
Store being stripped down til there’s nothing left but shelving and work boots.
To: bgill
And they would put them where, exactly? This isn’t the North. Garages are not ubiquitous.
1,812
posted on
09/10/2017 10:25:06 AM PDT
by
MrEdd
(Caveat Emptor)
To: PeteB570
Pool folks recommend furniture be stored inside somewhere or secured to something if there is a chance of bad weather and you have a vinyl liner. The old-school expedient way to rapidly secure pool lounges and deck furniture when bad windy weather is approaching is to throw them into the pool. Of course, that's not with a vinyl liner, that's with a better quality pool made of Gunite or tile.
To: TigerClaws
Waiting for Celine Dion to say, “Let dem touch dose tings for once.”
To: cornfedcowboy
To: EternalVigilance
Work Boots are worth a lot of money, especially when never used.
1,816
posted on
09/10/2017 10:27:06 AM PDT
by
eyedigress
((Old storm chaser from the west))
To: TigerClaws; dfwgator
Do you guys have Zello?
Some good channels with reports from on the ground are Hurricane Irma, South Florida Hurricane Irma, and Florida Navy.
1,817
posted on
09/10/2017 10:27:07 AM PDT
by
Bodleian_Girl
(Don't check the news, check Cernovich on Twitter)
To: EternalVigilance
Though they don’t use them for work, “youths” are fans of Timberland boots.
To: ilovesarah2012
Can you post the pics for those of us without Facebook?
To: nicollo
I grew up in Hialeah and my oldest was born there. She was the only gringo baby in the nursery.
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