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Message 1822262 - Posted: 6 Oct 2016, 18:20:35 UTC

Looks like folks who live on or near the southeast coast of the USA are in for a rough couple of days. I anticipate that we will lose power sometime tonight with an uncertain amount of time until it is restored. I'll report on my post storm status as soon as I am able to.
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Message 1822267 - Posted: 6 Oct 2016, 18:24:57 UTC - in response to Message 1822262.  

Stay safe, and hunker down, Bob.
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Message 1822293 - Posted: 6 Oct 2016, 20:42:34 UTC - in response to Message 1822267.  

Stay safe, and hunker down, Bob.

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Matthew go far, far away from land!!
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Message 1822299 - Posted: 6 Oct 2016, 21:22:19 UTC

Good luck and hang on tight Bob.
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Message 1822431 - Posted: 7 Oct 2016, 8:13:22 UTC

Best wishes from me too.


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Message 1822579 - Posted: 7 Oct 2016, 22:48:09 UTC

We hope all is well enough
for you right now Bob.
We are pulling for you!


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Message 1822586 - Posted: 7 Oct 2016, 23:12:10 UTC

Well, I stayed at my nephew's house last night in Orlando. At almost the last minute the storm veered to the north and the eye stayed offshore. Came home today and found very little damage and even better the power was still on. Forecasters have the storm making a big loop and heading back to Florida next week. I hope they are wrong.
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Message 1822588 - Posted: 7 Oct 2016, 23:18:10 UTC - in response to Message 1822586.  

Forecasters have the storm making a big loop and heading back to Florida next week.


Yeah, I saw that, and thought that's weird. When has a hurricane ever done that?
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Message 1822593 - Posted: 8 Oct 2016, 0:00:26 UTC - in response to Message 1822586.  

Well there you go, a story with a happy ending.
Good stuff Bob, may the sun ever shine on you!


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Message 1822611 - Posted: 8 Oct 2016, 1:54:47 UTC - in response to Message 1822586.  

Glad you and your family are safe and well and that property is in one piece.

Very unusual if it loops back, lets hope not or at least it loses some strength.
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Message 1822622 - Posted: 8 Oct 2016, 3:07:00 UTC

Where is it now?
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Message 1822626 - Posted: 8 Oct 2016, 3:30:26 UTC

One of My FB friends lives in Florida, He's ok, just a wind and rain event He said, He likes Southern California better than Nor Cal though.
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Message 1822722 - Posted: 8 Oct 2016, 14:24:36 UTC - in response to Message 1822588.  

Actually something similar has happened in the past but not very often.
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Message 1822730 - Posted: 8 Oct 2016, 15:09:17 UTC

The Weather channel reports Matthew has made landfall in McClellanville South Carolina.
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Message 1823059 - Posted: 9 Oct 2016, 20:44:07 UTC

Now uploading completed workunits that were done pre-Matthew and post-Matthew
when I had power but no internet connection.

Matthew (the eye wall) passed about 45-50 miles from me to the east.(At low
CAT 2 strength) Not many homes damaged right around here but up and down the beaches (what is left of them) a good number got washed away.
The tree canopy took a serious beating. I gathered/raked up about 15 large garbage cans full of leaves & small limbs and have a stack of bigger
limbs about 20' long x 4' high. (All Live Oaks & Water Oaks - No Pines)

I have a brick home - reinforced roof - metal hurricane shutters and a
"hurricane" garage door so I'm reasonably well protected. But I sure did
think about leaving :)

It was a bit nervewracking with the winds at about 45-50 mph for 3 hours
and gusts up to 75-80 or so..........not real sure I would/want to do it again.

Odd things though............I have a pretty secure brick porch so as the storm
moved away I peeked out the door to look around for fallen trees - the air smelled just like you were at the beach
- a very strong salty smell from over 22 miles from the beach.
And a very odd rumbling noise like traffic or a train in the distance
but there was neither going on in the midst of the storm.....very odd.

Now back to being the Sunshine State / Mickey World
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