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Welcome back! Good to hear you are safe, and your generator was humming along. Thanks for checking in. Let us know if we can do anything to assist.

Saw a sappy article today in the Stuart news where folks without generators were complaining about the noise from them...said people with generators were inconsiderate by running them while others were trying to sleep. I suppose the have-nots feel everyone should be as miserable as them. Go figure...

Neighbors May Fume Over Generators

Hi all!

We still don't have power back yet but we have more of a roof than most of our neighbors.

We were blessed to be very well prepared for this storm so it has not been as bad as it could be going without power for a week. We have lots of supplies including a generator and a window A/C unit to maintain a "cool room". We have a massive stockpile of movies from Netflix so we've been coping pretty well.

I've spent the last week doing roofing repairs for myself and many of my neighbors. My son's friend, Rubin, has a granddad down the road who's roof was stripped to the plywood and his ceiling has lots of water damage. We gave them our tarp because we don't have any damage to that extent. Most other neighbors need one or two tarps. I applied roofing cement to my holes as it's more permanent and we are going to be like this for a very long while. Every home except two or three in our neighborhood will need a new roof.

Lots of trees down and no patio left undamaged. Most of them will need to be replaced as well.

I estimate an average of 20K+ damage to each home in our development.

I need to say thanks to all of you FReepers who passed on advice on bracing the garage doors and additional covering for certain areas of the house. I believe it made a major difference in our well-being throughout this storm. We apparently were hit pretty heavy in South Palm Beach County. Again, we were blessed to be as prepared as we were. All of you deserve thanks for that!

On the bright side, we are all healthy and well. I pray that all of you are as well.

I'll check in when I have more time. I just wanted to post a thank you and get back to work. All the best and keep well!

Rob