Coconut Creek, which is just west Pompano Beach --- pibssmith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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 > > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > --------------------~--> > Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make > Yahoo! your home page > http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM > --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
