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Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,407 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Well, this was a bad one and I hope our collecting family is OK? I would like to take this time to say a prayer for all those devastated by the hurricane and I wish you the best. Please let us know how you are doing?
Your friend
Mike
Mike

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  • pandrewspandrews Posts: 7,598 ✭✭✭
    Same here.. my prayers for those that that suffered from the weather.. thankfully, Jacksonville didnt get hit hard, with the exception of a couple quick tornados..
    ·p_A·
  • gatorcollectorgatorcollector Posts: 17
    I'm in DeLand, right in the path of the storm. Fortunately, by the time it got to us it was down to a Category 1 storm. We spent all morning picking up branches and twigs out of the yard, but that's it. We got our power back at noon and the cable shortly after that. Our thoughts are with all of those people in SW Florida.
    I was watching CNN earlier, and the weather person said that as of right now, the forecast track for Tropical Storm Danielle "looks a lot like Charley" image
    FSU - where the women are women and the men are too!
  • calleochocalleocho Posts: 1,569 ✭✭
    not even a drop on the east side.

    its has actually been really nice down in Miami
    "Women should be obscene and not heard. "
    Groucho Marx
  • MrMooMrMoo Posts: 199 ✭
    Luckily for us that one turned and headed East. It would have been bye bye town if it had stayed on it’s original course. And I am especially happy that my neighbor decided NOT to take anything out of their yard that might fly around during a storm. That keeps my record at being in only one major storm. Until next time. And there will always be a next time in Florida.
  • ChrisStufflestreetChrisStufflestreet Posts: 145
    Jacksonville was fairly calm. I wasn't nearly as bust at work today as I had expected. I did, however, volunteer to go down to South Florida to help restore services there. I'm on call, and will head out on Tuesday if called.
    Chris Stufflestreet
    Vintage Cards Specialist/Hobby Historian
    Vintage Baseball Cards website:
    http://www.obaks.com/vintagebaseballcards/index.html
  • JmnesqJmnesq Posts: 250 ✭✭
    Not even a breeze here in Tampa.
    Jeff

    Collecting Bowman Chrome Phillies Rookie Cards and Mike Schmidt certified auto cards.
  • joestalinjoestalin Posts: 12,473 ✭✭
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  • Gemmy10Gemmy10 Posts: 2,990 ✭
    Good evening, joey.
  • Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,407 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Kevin
    Is that in your neighborhood?
    Mike
    Mike
  • joestalinjoestalin Posts: 12,473 ✭✭
    yes about 2 blocks away...actually there were huge trees uprooted two blocks in either direction of my
    parents house. The one pictured is so amazing because it took half the driveway with it. Another huge oak
    was not only uprooted, but was moved by the wind, several yards. In the picture shown there is actually
    a white grand am underneth that only sustained side view mirror damage. The tree was about 10 feet
    from hitting the house. All the major damage seemed to be in pockets. Keep in mind the winds here
    were only 60-80mph and they were double that when it made landfall! Thats quite a powerful hurricane.
    We just got power a few hours ago...now I have to figure out how to get 30 pounds of soil out of a swimming
    pool!

    Ill try to post more pics later.

    Kevin
  • joestalinjoestalin Posts: 12,473 ✭✭
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    Uprooted and moved several yards away by the wind



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    Roots, Sod and Everything

  • pandrewspandrews Posts: 7,598 ✭✭✭
    here's some pics of the tornado damage from the other day (taken with my cell phone camera.. lol)

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  • joestalinjoestalin Posts: 12,473 ✭✭
    Perry

    Where in Jax did the tornados hit?
  • pandrewspandrews Posts: 7,598 ✭✭✭
    2 more.. you cant really tell what the top one is, but the big black round thing just to the left of the red brick house is the base/roots/dirt that was dug up.. the top of the tree is out of the picture..

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  • pandrewspandrews Posts: 7,598 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Perry

    Where in Jax did the tornados hit? >>



    Northwest Jax (Old Kings/Edgewood area)..
    ·p_A·
  • Gemmy10Gemmy10 Posts: 2,990 ✭
    All kidding aside Kevin (joestalin) I didn't know you lived in Florida. I hope all is well!!! My in-laws and cousins live there also.
  • joestalinjoestalin Posts: 12,473 ✭✭
    Gemmy

    Yeah, I was visiting my parents on Orlando, we picked the wrong week to go! I hope your family is ok, the middle
    of the state really got hit hard....supposedly there is another one brewing in the Atlantic right now!

    Perry..thanks!
  • Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,407 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Kevin
    Those are unbelievable pics! So your pool is now a flower pot? Totally filled?
    I wish you luck on the clean-up - I'm glad you are here to tell me about it!
    BTW, I got the Reggie Williams redemption auto - can't read his name AT ALL!
    Mike
    Mike
  • Gemmy10Gemmy10 Posts: 2,990 ✭
    Kevin,

    My family lives in the south (Boynton Beach and Boca Raton) so they were lucky that they didn't get hit hard.
  • funlover1974funlover1974 Posts: 84
    It turned and went just east of us here in Savannah GA
  • TipemTipem Posts: 881 ✭



    We didn't get much of anything here in Fernandina Beach.I have seen northeasters much worse than what we had.I too would like to send out a prayer to all those that had losses.

    We were very lucky!!!!


    Vic
    Please be kind to me. Even though I'm now a former postal employee, I'm still capable of snapping at any time.
  • SoFLPhillyFanSoFLPhillyFan Posts: 3,931 ✭✭
    Just back on line.

    All are OK, but narrowly escaped the worst of the storm (15 miles from the center). It made land fall 25 miles north of my house and was headed for us but made a miracle turn at the last minute. It was touch and go at my place at about 3PM last Friday.

    God bless the people just north of us. I am a veteran of disaster response operations, but this was really bad.

    More to tell when I get the time. Will get you some pics soon.

    Keith
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