What, "everything else" is necessary after suffering no wind or water damage at all?

Let's see...

You obviously have power back... but weren't other services affected? For instance, last time we had a hurricane, a lot of debris slipped into the city's water pipes. So for several minutes a day for the next few weeks we had to leave our faucets open until the water stopped coming out brown with all the dirt it had in it.... fortunately it wasn't contaminated with sewage or worse.

For several days power was unstable too, and in the following weeks we had power outages while repairs were being done to the lines. Also, our phone was affected for a while... giving an ugly hissing noise until enough moisture evaporated and the lines weren't shorting anymore (we now have optical fiber for our phone and internet service, thank goodness) ... and what about family and friends? Did you have to help them out with some of the damage they might've suffered?

 

Cell phones resumed working on the second day. It took 6 days to get the electricity back on and nothing else went wrong except that electrical surge that took out the control board in my air conditioner. No drinking water problems. No flooding water problems. The relatives went back to the east coast. None of the trees fell on anybody I know. I guess most of the damage was trees falling on power lines and you had a very different hurricane. Life in the city sucks when 90% of the electricity is not working, but other than that, a lot of trees fell over. That's about all.

 

Cell phones resumed working on the second day. It took 6 days to get the electricity back on and nothing else went wrong except that electrical surge that took out the control board in my air conditioner. No drinking water problems. No flooding water problems. The relatives went back to the east coast. None of the trees fell on anybody I know. I guess most of the damage was trees falling on power lines and you had a very different hurricane. Life in the city sucks when 90% of the electricity is not working, but other than that, a lot of trees fell over. That's about all.

So everybody safe?

 

So everybody safe?

He sounds pretty safe to me... unless he cut himself while shaving this morning...

 

He sounds pretty safe to me... unless he cut himself while shaving this morning...

Well you know with them irregularities in power his electric shaver might have gone bonkers.

In not so distant future there will be movies and songs about electric shavers and toothbrushes that straight up slayed a big portion of the population of the earth...

 

In not so distant future there will be movies and songs about electric shavers and toothbrushes that straight up slayed a big portion of the population of the earth...

Yeah... let's hope humans still have beards and teeth by then...

 

Yeah... let's hope humans still have beards and teeth by then...

Ever wondered why so many men are bald nowadays. Only the dental plans are holding our frontlines together.

 

Today I am reminded of why I live in Florida. The temperature was below 60F when I went to work this morning and it activated my arthritis.
Hey! Don't laugh. I'm used to temperatures above 90F and it's only been below 90F for a week, this year.
Both legs are aching like I forgot how bad it feels.
I think half an hour in a hot bath tub will fix it.
It sucks to get old.
I'm just glad I haven't seen snow since 1970.

 

How are the women?

I don't know.
MGTOW

 

Today I am reminded of why I live in Florida. The temperature was below 60F when I went to work this morning and it activated my arthritis.
Hey! Don't laugh. I'm used to temperatures above 90F and it's only been below 90F for a week, this year.
Both legs are aching like I forgot how bad it feels.
I think half an hour in a hot bath tub will fix it.
It sucks to get old.
I'm just glad I haven't seen snow since 1970.

While I enjoyed Florida during the January and February time frames of this year the 90 plus days I was down there in June was about all the heat I needed with humidity to boot. Then too, as it starts to get cool up here (we had record setting temps for October) I wouldn't mind those Florida temperatures.

Ron

 

I enjoyed Florida during the January and February time frames

Winter in Florida is paradise, right after I get used to it.

June was about all the heat I needed with humidity to boot.

I grew up in Indiana and I can testify that standing in a field of tall corn is every bit as humid as Florida!
Besides, the air in a corn field is dead still most of the time. It's like standing in a gigantic, magic, thermal insulator.
With no air movement, sweating doesn't accomplish anything. I had to get out of there for fear of dying!
Of course, I've felt like that in Florida. I'm just talking about how surprising it is to find out how miserable it is to stand in a corn field.

 

While I enjoyed Florida during the January and February time frames of this year the 90 plus days I was down there in June was about all the heat I needed with humidity to boot. Then too, as it starts to get cool up here (we had record setting temps for October) I wouldn't mind those Florida temperatures.

Ron

BTW, I'm compacting today hoping to poor some concrete tomorrow adding width to both sides of the current dirveway, I feel your pain if your doing it yourself. I have 3 and 1/2 yards first poor and 4 the second next week otherwise the weather will dictate if I get the opportunity next week. Fingers crossed, I need off street parking badly, the community has few roads and tons more people than last year and still growing. Hope it goes well man.

kv

 

While I enjoyed Florida during the January and February time frames of this year the 90 plus days I was down there in June was about all the heat I needed with humidity to boot. Then too, as it starts to get cool up here (we had record setting temps for October) I wouldn't mind those Florida temperatures.

I don't understand the aversion to Florida's summers. A swimming pool and proximity to the ocean/Gulf makes for great summertime fun.

I grew up land-locked in NJ. The summers of my memory were much hotter than here in Florida -- with temps routinely exceeding 100 degrees. The only escape was the local swimming pool, where everyone else escaped to as well. Crowded and not fun.

They say the typical 115° degree days in Arizona are bearable because of the low humidity. I spent some time there -- I disagree. A daily nosebleed, dry skin, and peeling lips fun does not make.

In my experience, humans can acclimate to high humidity. And, for those who cannot, there is always AC.

Florida is a paradise, year round, compared to most of the places I've been.

 

I grew up land-locked in NJ

How the hell can you be land locked in NJ? New Jersey is a northeastern U.S. state with some 130 miles of Atlantic coast. The beach is never that far away. I grew up in Long Island NY which is nothing but beach and ocean. I do like the Florida Gulf Coast and visit an old friend in Clearwater Beach area. This year I also spent time in Pensacola as the NAVAIR Museum was on my bucket list.

Ron

 

The beach is never that far away.

You discount traffic.

I remember sitting in the car for hours in stalled bumper-to-bumper traffic on the way to Point Pleasant or Seaside Heights.

Granted, this was in the 60's/70's. I remember the disabled overheated cars on the way -- including ours.

Maybe things have changed.

 

How the hell can you be land locked in NJ? New Jersey is a northeastern U.S. state with some 130 miles of Atlantic coast. The beach is never that far away. I grew up in Long Island NY which is nothing but beach and ocean. I do like the Florida Gulf Coast and visit an old friend in Clearwater Beach area. This year I also spent time in Pensacola as the NAVAIR Museum was on my bucket list.

Ron

It’s all in the semantics. He may consider himself to be landlocked in Fort Lauderdale, too. After all, they don’t allow him to drive on the beach there.

 

After all, they don’t allow him to drive on the beach there.

On the beach? No, no one may drive on the beach here, unlike in NE Florida.

Unless you mean something else -- in which case: explanation, please.

 

Oh, and then there is this:

As opposed to this:

 

I drive on the beach in Daytona.

Ron

 

You discount traffic.

Some of that happens here, too. I used to fish at night, all around Pinellas County, until I found out I suck at fishing.
The only thing I was catching was peace and quiet...which is a fairly good result.
Anyway, I went to John's Pass to buy a new fishing pole and the only place to park was a new multilevel concrete parking structure. They wouldn't let me in because I couldn't remember the name of the fishing pole store (Bett's). That was almost 30 years ago, and beach parking hasn't gotten better.

Now that winter is here, I plan on driving behind a Gold Edition Cadillac with Michigan plates screaming, "Some of us are not on vacation!"