To all our members in Florida

[Sunbeam lodge]

Originally Posted by andy3519

Sorry, should have added she's local to Naples, Marco , Bonita etc


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No damage at Naples Condo. Plenty of tree damage though and no electricity.
My Amelia Island home also sustained no damage and we have electricity. Again mostly trees down and some surge damage. We evacuated to Raleigh and returned home Tuesday night. The ride down I95 was once in a lifetime experience
15 hours bumper to bumper mostly stopped traffic and numerous accidents.

[ApS]

Not forgetting how the Florida Keys was hit first—and badly.

"To neighbors and friends chomping at the bit to drive down and camp out;

My son and I just drove out of the Keys yesterday from the Lower Keys. We quickly ran out of food and water and there are no supplies - survival became our focus instead of clean up. You cannot flush your toilet and no way to rinse off after working in the blistering heat all day. Our house was 82-84 degrees at night and no breeze - it stinks of rotting debris. We had dead parrot fish on our street and yard. The mosquitoes should be showing up in force in the next day or two and you may not have screens remaining on your windows.

"I'm suggesting as was mentioned above it's not a good idea to travel to the Keys until power and water are established. If you come you will soon wish you hadn't. After [Hurricane] Georges in 98 my wife and I remained in place on West Indies Dr. and started the cleanup immediately after. We had no power for 3 weeks but most importantly we always had water pressure so quality of life was tolerable. The devastation we are facing now is far greater than what we experienced during Georges and has also affected the entire state.

"You'll have a challenge finding an open gas station between Orlando and Key Largo - they are few and far between and hotel rooms in all of South FL are scarce.

"If you go, be prepared for what you are getting into..."

The photo below is of a friend's house. It had a new galvanized roof which is now resting on the 1st floor of a 2-story house.

The 2nd floor simply blew away.

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[joey2665]

Originally Posted by ApS

Not forgetting how the Florida Keys was hit first—and badly.



The photo below is of a friend's house. It had a new galvanized roof which is now resting on the 1st floor of a 2-story house.

The 2nd floor simply blew away.

.

Your are correct APS and it seems media coverage is focused on Naples and Marco and less on The Keys and the USVI which were both devastated

[Little Bear]

Here's a website from NOAA that shows aerial views of the aftermath:

https://storms.ngs.noaa.gov/storms/irma/index.html

Joey, take a look at the roof of the house on the end of Bond Court!

[joey2665]

Originally Posted by Little Bear

Here's a website from NOAA that shows aerial views of the aftermath:

https://storms.ngs.noaa.gov/storms/irma/index.html

Joey, take a look at the roof of the house on the end of Bond Court!

That's incredible. Thanks little bear.

[ApS]

Originally Posted by Little Bear

Here's a website from NOAA that shows aerial views of the aftermath: https://storms.ngs.noaa.gov/storms/irma/index.html Joey, take a look at the roof of the house on the end of Bond Court!

Just stumbled on a different NOAA "take":

[joey2665]

Originally Posted by ApS

Just stumbled on a different NOAA "take":

Thanks. Although I am on Marco Island which took a direct hit I was very lucky with minimal damage to some trees, roof and lanai but wasn’t even enough to claim as is was under my deductible.


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[tis]

Joey, what am I looking at? The white is? The black is?

[fatlazyless]

So, where is Key West? Looks like Key West has gone under water or something in the right hand, September 12, satellite photo.

Hello Key West ..... is you still there?

Wikipedia says Key West consists of 5.60 square miles of land, with a high elevation of 18-feet .... and the highest alcoholic beverage consumption/person of any town in the whole country .... so's probably Key West just got drunk and wandered off, somewhere, into the ocean ...... helloooooo ...... Key West ...... where are you?

[gillygirl]

Originally Posted by tis

Joey, what am I looking at? The white is? The black is?

White is lights in more developed areas. Black is the earth’s surface. The difference between the two shows power outages. The Keys are not under water, just in the dark.


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