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Photos of the Devastation Left by Hurricane Michael (Incredible/HORRIBLE)
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Posted on 10/13/2018 10:59:15 AM PDT by RevelationDavid

Great and yet horrible photos of Michael.....I fear that the death toll will be truly tragic.... Are there any Freepers that need help currently??

(Excerpt) Read more at theatlantic.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: hurricane; hurricanemichael; michael
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To: FrankR

My wife and mother in law went through the storm in Southport Florida. Massive roof damage, wall blown out, and windows blown in. Very scary. I talked with the insurance Adjustor today and he said the wind damage is much more extensive than Katrina. If anyone can get water to Southport it would be great. They are hurting and most of the supplies are in Panama City and Lynn Haven.


61 posted on 10/13/2018 1:28:10 PM PDT by 2Dreamin
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To: RevelationDavid

It’s really bad..Far worse than Andrew. I am helping with Communications on 3950 KHZ and 7251 KHZ. No power, no sewer, no food, no clothes, no nuttin’. Prayers for the effected would be greatly appreciated. Hams able to copy both sides of traffic may be helpful. I’m thinking a donation to Red Cross would be best at the moment.


62 posted on 10/13/2018 1:28:35 PM PDT by halfright (Deplorable in Florida...You can give peace a chance.... I'll cover you.)
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To: faucetman
Had this happen near my house. A “Red Pine” stand of trees (hundreds) was laid flat by I don’t know what.

It might have been a Derecho.

63 posted on 10/13/2018 1:38:31 PM PDT by EVO X
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To: yarddog

Oh No
Keep the faith.
Dogs are resilent


64 posted on 10/13/2018 1:41:48 PM PDT by RWGinger (Does anyone else really)
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To: RevelationDavid

Good, maybe yellow pine will get cheap again.


65 posted on 10/13/2018 1:49:08 PM PDT by Born to Conserve
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To: corkoman

What is CBS construction?


66 posted on 10/13/2018 3:17:37 PM PDT by PrairieLady2
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To: fso301
Your ignorant post on the other thread stated:

From what I've seen of Michael damage, I'm inclined to believe that had it been 30 years ago, it might have been rated as a mid-strong Cat 3 or a weak Cat 4.

67 posted on 10/13/2018 4:52:28 PM PDT by NautiNurse (Two-door Ford suffered unrepairable damage after a head-on collision with facts & truth.)
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To: NautiNurse; RevelationDavid; All
Your ignorant post on the other thread stated:

The Nurse has cyberstalked me to this thread! ROFLMAO!

68 posted on 10/13/2018 4:58:43 PM PDT by fso301
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To: RevelationDavid

Here for description of the winds and variable conditions from Andrew in ‘92. I post this not to diminish Michael but to illuminate how these storms operate:

https://extremeplanet.me/2012/10/31/hurricane-andrew/


69 posted on 10/13/2018 6:05:16 PM PDT by nicollo (I said no!)
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To: Moonman62

Yeah.

In Mexico Beach, the houses that remain standing were probably build under the post Andrew building codes.


70 posted on 10/13/2018 6:15:05 PM PDT by 2CAVTrooper (Democrats... BETRAYING America since 1828.)
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To: VanShuyten

You beat me to it. Good call. The construction education "photo of the year." What is the first thing anyone thinks when they see this? Have the engineer, architect, and builder design and build a bunch of them.

Require some standards. So many of those (former) buildings look flimsy. You're in hurricane country, folks!

Insurance companies might want to take a look at this situation, too. I really would rather not keep paying my insurance to rebuild your junk houses.

House in decent shape, but why is it there? Ask the people who built the lone house in the first picture.

Tough houses can be built. You might have to pay more. Did you enjoy living in a motel for a year while your new junky one one is being built? Yes, it was a nasty hurricane. Have you forgotten the house in the first photo? Not luck or a fluke. That house is saying to the hurricane, "Is that all you got, wimp?" (Or it's a photoshop.)

71 posted on 10/13/2018 8:01:59 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Kill-googl,TWITR,FACBK,NYT,WaPo,Hlywd,CNN,NFL,BLM,CAIR,Antifa,SPLC,ESPN,NPR,NBA)
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To: VanShuyten

Similar photos from earlier storms have been pictures of homes built using SIPs (Structural Insulated Panels) instead of the conventional stick framing. SIPs are built using a foam core with a sandwich of plywood or similar material, typically 4x8 feet sized panels. Such houses are considerably stronger and offer more resistance to wind forces. I have no idea how this home was constructed.


72 posted on 10/13/2018 8:20:06 PM PDT by centurion316 (Back from exile from 4/2016 until 4/2018.)
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To: RevelationDavid
We went through Katrina - have been praying for these poor people since before Michael hit and are gathering donations...my wife has a friend that was on the edge of it and her house is standing with a few others but tornadoes ran on both sides and took out a lot of their neighborhood.

Have seen few folks making quips that make light of what happened and decided they are clueless idiots who have never endured such....it took me 2 years to repair my house because there were only fly-by-night contractors swooping in for a carrion feast and I wasted some cash on a couple and decided that they would give me $1k worth of work for every $5K they did - and I would still need to redo a lot.....the wind and water have stopped but the grueling experience is just getting started.

73 posted on 10/14/2018 2:29:13 AM PDT by trebb (So many "experts" with so little experience in what they preach....even here...)
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