Wilma -- I'm Hoooooooommmmmeeeeeeee !!!!!

By floridaguy22
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written 10/22/05 4:40 PM, published 10/22/05 4:40 PM
Popup LinkMy Greeting for WILMA
1st Hurricane Charley on Friday Aug the 13th 2004 Last year
NOW
Here comes Hurricane Wilma
I am as prepared as I can get
I am leaving tommorrow to go north of Tampa to safer ground

Popup LinkThe path of Charley
Here is a pic showing the path of Charley  

Popup LinkAnother Pic from Space showing excatly where I am

Popup LinkMy Poor 1966 Corvair
( I have already cut much of the tree off of her
The windshield was broken - the hood - roof and front trunk lid ( the engine is in the rear ) were dented and the $2000.00 paint job was ruined by tree sap and scratches
My insurance company paid me ONLY $127.00 AND i HAD full coverage -- go figure
( FEMA DID NOTHING NOR DID THE Fla State Insurance Commission ) The adjuster said he did not see any REAL restoration efforts on the car !!!!!!!
More un-needed stress  

Popup LinkThe Bomb Shelter / Storm Cellar
Thats Me in this Picture -- I am NOT  a giant (BUT  I am 6'6" ) - the door is ONLY 5ft and used to be 6 inch thick metal
 My house was built in 1962 right after the Cuban Missile Crisis and has a 'fall-out' shelter
I know not many of the visitors to this page will remeber Fallour Sahelters OR "DUCK AND COVER" -- ask your parents about that ----
but Many people were afraid of Russia Bombing us AND built these

It features three foot thick ceiling and 2 1/2 foot thick walls and a hand cranked flitered air pump to draw in filtered fresh air

It makes a great storm shelter BUT my significant other is afraid of it flooding and will not stay in it
I put My Blue and Gold Macaw ~~~ "Prince Gilligan of Florda" ~~ in the shelter for Charley where he hunkered down ( We had little warning that Charley was goinf to hit us -- as the webpage mentioned lower relates )---- I will not do the same for Wilma as the storm surge is expected to be nuch higher so He will stay with a neighbor for the few days we are gonePopup Link Meet Gilligan HERE

   Popup LinkTHE Troops ARRIVE
After a full week without power ( it was 98 one day - without air ) - I awoke on SAT Aug 21st 2004 to find these angels of mercy in my backyard

 Popup LinkHere is what the storm surge was like a day after the storm
My boat at low tide in the after picture _ 24 hours after the storm passed <BR.The water is STILL 4 to 5 feet over normal <BR>It rose to about 3 fet higher during the storm
But my camera had 'DEW' in it so no pics of that  

Popup LinkThe roof of my Home Fared NO BETTER
This was taken almost a month after the storm hit
The blue tarp is off to let the repairs begin
the clay tile roof was peeled back like opening a sardine can  

My whole story and My feelings on how these storms affect people can be found linked on the "webiste" page on my Profile


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  • floridaguy22
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    10/22/05 4:46 PM
    Ok mbefore you guys tell me I forgot my thumbnail I see that -- Maybe the moderator will delete the page anD i CAN REPOST IT WITH THE THUMBNAIL

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  • Paulamouse
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    10/22/05 4:57 PM
    Looks like that was one heck of a mess. Hope Wilma does not treat you that bad. As of this evening it sounds like she is calming down a little bit. Good Luck! And also, I do remember "Duck & Cover". They told us to get under our school desks, but they forgot to tell us there would be no school or desk after the blast.

    - Cheeze Pleeze

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  • floridaguy22
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    10/22/05 5:03 PM
    That always made me wonder too -- All that would be left would be piles of smoldering bones with their radius ulnas over their skulls --- Like In HIROSHIMA OR Nagasaki Oh well that the Government for you --- Big Thinkers

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  • kwsNI
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    10/22/05 7:40 PM
    The thumbnail isn't that big a deal. It's much easier to just remember it on your next post.

    - Contumelious

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  • YennerLooker
    •2
    10/22/05 7:51 PM
    Enjoyed the info about the fallout shelter! Could use that in my house....near TMI (Three Mile Island). Ever see the movie BLAST FROM THE PAST with Brenden Fraiser?? Good luck with Wilma! (Take your camera with you!!!)

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  • dennisjb
    •5
    10/22/05 7:54 PM
    Wilma!! big BJ yeah!!! duck!

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  • floridaguy22
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    10/23/05 5:28 AM
    Yes I have seen "Blast from the Past" Do you remember the Twilight Zone episode where the neighbors get ALL nutty about getting in one AND START FIGHTING Three Miles Island -- The China Syndrome I am from Cleveland Ohio origianlly ( Davis Besse & Perry NPP ) So I know your concerns But the Government that said FEAM WAS prepared for any situation -- says we have Nothing to worry about from Nuclear Poower Plants == Boy do I feel safer. MY SOLUTION TO HURRICANES IS SIMPLE - We have those Enormous MOAB bombs ( Mother Of All Bombs is the anacronym ) -- I think we should drop about 10 of these into the eyewall of a storm and detonate them simultaneoulsy and see if that might unbalance the circulation of the winds I have suggested this to THE NOAA and they responded to me that IT WAS "impractical and absurd" Didn't "EXPERTS" once say that about: The Automobile The Telephone The Electric lLght Bulb Landing Men on The Moon I guess my point is WE SHOULD TRY IT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS A storm thrives on low pressure and a bomb ( as big as the MOAB ) CREATES HIGH PRESSURE and might just knock the eyewall down Think of ALL the Trillions of Dollars but more important ALL the lives it would save if it works BUT then The govenment would NOT have that to spend money on and thousands of FEMA workers would be without jobs. wHAT A SHAME THAT WOULD BE Well thank you for letting me vent -- It is now 8:24 and I am shutting down my house and getting out I hope I have something to come home to If you hear that Cape Coral Got hit head on -- Please pray for me -- My house is 8 ft above sea level and less than a mile from the River BUT I chose to live here so there is no one to blame but me.

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  • jeffrey
    •4
    10/23/05 7:16 AM
    i loved blast from the past... even have the song "well its a good day...." on my putor.. ok.. where was i going with this.. hmmm.. anywho, glad to see your posting... and dont tell east texas rednecks about any plans to bomb a hurricane.. talking about weapons of mass destruction.. and you are in our prayers

    - believe...

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  • ROCKADEE
    •5
    10/23/05 2:08 PM
    Gilligan Is A Beauty...Hope Wilma Doesn't Hit You...Good Luck!!!

    - NATURE RULES!!!

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  • throughtheeyesoflauramars
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    10/23/05 4:26 PM
    Stay safe! I remember that blast from the past but for me it was the 80's during the cold war. I was tramatized after watching "The Day After".

    - www.niftyimages.com

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