Dr Pete Where exactly are you located? I still have family with no ppwer and sporadic cell phones. > > 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. > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. > http://farechase.yahoo.com >
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