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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Bob DeWoody

My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events.

Stay safe, and hunker down, Bob.

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Stay safe, and hunker down, Bob.

+1

Matthew go far, far away from land!!

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Savoir-Faire is everywhere!
The T1 Trust, T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, America's First HST

Good luck and hang on tight Bob.

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Best wishes from me too.

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With each crime and every kindness we birth our future.

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

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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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Bob DeWoody

My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events.

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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The mind is a weird and mysterious place

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

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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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Where is it now?

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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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Savoir-Faire is everywhere!
The T1 Trust, T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, America's First HST

Actually something similar has happened in the past but not very often.

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Bob DeWoody

My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events.

The Weather channel reports Matthew has made landfall in McClellanville South Carolina.

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Savoir-Faire is everywhere!
The T1 Trust, T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, America's First HST

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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