Hey, I made it! We got power last night which was
quite a surprise. All I can say is that Wilma kicked
our ass...trees uprooted, broken and splintered,
devoid of all their leaves. All these power lines
down, no traffic lights (blown away!) Luckily our
house had no damage to the roof. The hurricane came
through around 6:00am on Monday. I tried going outside
around 9:00am and it was impossible to stand. I've
never experienced wind like that. ROARING, RIPPING,
Incredibly LOUD. You just look at it and say, "Holy
shit!!" And this was only a category 2 (sustained 100
mph winds). A category 5 (sustained 155 mph winds)
must be terrifying. Several times during high gusts
our house vibrated (two story stucco, cinder block)
Most of south Florida is without power and phone
service and it might take up to a month to get it all
back.
--- Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Oct 27, 2005, at 11:43 AM, Rick Archer wrote:
>
> > on 10/26/05 8:43 PM, pibssmith at
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Are there any Floridians with power that are
> online here on our stie
> >> yet? Very frustrating not to be able to get thru
> to family and
> >> friends
> >> even by cellphones.
> >>
> >
> > That would be Dr. Pete. I think his area got hit
> pretty hard. May be a
> > couple of weeks before we hear from him.
>
> Yeah his area was hit hard. We have a property just
> west of him in
> Coral Springs which has all the electrical
> underground and our
> tenant, an 80 year old woman, is still without
> electricity due to
> downed lines outside Coral Springs. Her phone works
> though. She
> stayed through the entire thing. Pretty devastating
> to that area as
> the eye wall passed thru there.
>
>
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