...it has no usable sewer pipe...

What did you do?

 

What is that large pool of water?
Is there water in that area normally?

That water "pond" is likely a retention pond. They are all over the Fort Lauderdale area. The whole area is land recovered from the Everglades.

 

I hear I might have electricity by Friday at midnight...and I might not.

What happened? Did your genny succumb Or did you merely exhaust your fuel supply?

Best regards
HP

 

What happened? Did your genny succumb Or did you merely exhaust your fuel supply?

Best regards
HP

I'm guessing #12 is more of a "I can figure out how to get what I need or I'll live without it" type instead of a "I'll prepare for anything" type. That is, I doubt he owns a generator.

 

Still very strange here. One house to sleep with air conditioning, but it has no usable sewer pipe or microwave oven, so I go to another house with no electricity for a cold shower. Then there is a third house with a grille always running so I can cook a burger or make coffee.
I hear I might have electricity by Friday at midnight...and I might not.

PIB typing on a borrowed computer. Quitting for now.

Hopefully you will get electricity soon but I have yo ask, why don't you have a generator? Sm,all portable units for intermittent use have become really inexpensive and are easy to maintain, just in case. Then too, up my way you really do not want to be without power during the winter as it gets cold real fast and pipes freeze real fast. At leasy Florida is warmer.

Ron

 

Ft. Lauderdale Beach:

 

there is a third house with a grille always running so I can cook a burger

So first you're in a situation surrounded with women... and now you are eating burgers? (I'm assuming there's actual meat in them?) ... next thing I know you're gonna have a beer to relax a bit! ... you must be getting desperate!

 

Not quite as I recall Ft. Lauderdale when we were there in January & February. They had paved roads then. Just be happy you are doing OK, all things considered.

Ron

 

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/fl-sp-hyde-jimmy-johnson-keys-20170914-story.html

Jimmy, 74, knows he’s one of the lucky ones. No one’s hurt. The structure of his house and guest house are fine. His two powerboats were moved 35 miles away to safety. He also has a place to stay in a room above his restaurant in Key Largo, Jimmy Johnson's Big Chill, which was undamaged.

Fourteen miles south of his home, the real damage starts. Authorities don’t consider it safe to let people below Mile Marker 74.

“Don’t feel sorry for me,” Jimmy says. “I can rebuild. I have the money. I feel bad for people who lost their house and don’t know what to do. Those are the ones to feel sorry for, the ones who need help right now.”

 

Been here since 1970 and never needed a generator before. If this is a 100 year storm, I won't need a generator for another 99 years, and I don't intend to live that long. I asked a neighbor with a 7 KW generator to heat a cup of water so I could make coffee. He said,"No, not enough power".

Piles of broken limbs in front of half the houses, mostly oak. Half the businesses are not open. Can't buy milk, cooked chicken, or ice in bags. Sleeping in a place with 3 skinny old hags who set the A/C for 76F when it's 75F outside...so I went outside at 5 AM to cool off. About half of the wooden fences are blown down. Burger King doesn't have Whoppers. KFC isn't open. The grocery store doesn't have cooked chicken. It's easy to become vegan when you can't buy cooked food.

Supper was cole slaw, grapes, and corn muffins. This could be good for losing weight.

 

https://www.gofundme.com/ubereats-for-12

 

I asked a neighbor with a 7 KW generator to heat a cup of water so I could make coffee. He said,"No, not enough power".

Did you try placing the cup of water on top pf the generator's engine to warm it up?

 

Did you try placing the cup of water on top pf the generator's engine to warm it up?

This is @#12 you are talking about. Surprised he hasn't tried this:

 

7kw isn't enough to boil coffee? Was his grandma's life support running on the generator? What a dick.

 

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Supper was cole slaw, grapes, and corn muffins. This could be good for losing weight.

Being vegetarian, that sounds like a pretty good supper, but I know its tough for you right now. I appreciate your giving us a taste of what you are going though, and that makes me thankful to not be in the same situation all the while making me unhappy that you are going through this.
Take heart -before too long you will be chomping down those Whoppers and loving it even more.

 

Piles of broken limbs in front of half the houses, mostly oak. Half the businesses are not open. Can't buy milk, cooked chicken, or ice in bags. Sleeping in a place with 3 skinny old hags who set the A/C for 76F when it's 75F outside...so I went outside at 5 AM to cool off. About half of the wooden fences are blown down. Burger King doesn't have Whoppers. KFC isn't open. The grocery store doesn't have cooked chicken. It's easy to become vegan when you can't buy cooked food.

@#12, just remember: things could have been far worse. It could have been me.

 

Supper was cole slaw, grapes, and corn muffins. This could be good for losing weight.

What happened the burgers, beer and broads?

 

File under "Florida man..."

https://imgur.com/gallery/kMd8I4T

 

From what I've heard, with all that kindling.....hot coffee should not be a problem.

 

File under "Florida man..."

https://imgur.com/gallery/kMd8I4T

Nothing like a beer and the scream and smell of a 2-stroke Evinrude - and no fishing poles to get tangled.