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Shoot the door hardware off with high powered ammunition that you keep on hand. The door will collapse and you can drag it out of the way in pieces. Gerry ~~ > > My thought process was if the roof got ripped off the house how I would > >

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That would work, maybe. -D > On Sep 12, 2017, at 12:46 PM, OK Don via Mercedes > wrote: > > Drive to the back wall, shift directions, and floor it - - - > > On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 8:47 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> My thought

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Drive to the back wall, shift directions, and floor it - - - On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 8:47 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > My thought process was if the roof got ripped off the house how I would > make a quick getaway in the event the garage door was compromised. >

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No bad, Mitch’s buddy’s situation may have been a post storm thing. My thought process was if the roof got ripped off the house how I would make a quick getaway in the event the garage door was compromised. -D > On Sep 11, 2017, at 9:29 PM, G Mann via Mercedes >

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Ahhh... I incorrectly assumed the worst of the wind was passed and it was safe to remove the damaged door.. my bad.. On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 6:24 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I’ve assembled and dismantled overhead doors, they’re amazingly simple to > do, but

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I’ve assembled and dismantled overhead doors, they’re amazingly simple to do, but not in hurricane or tropical storm force winds. -D > On Sep 11, 2017, at 9:19 PM, G Mann via Mercedes > wrote: > > Unbolt the rollers from the track, and the hinge bolts along the

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Unbolt the rollers from the track, and the hinge bolts along the contact at each section. Start at the top section, Do the hinge bolts first, remove the line of hinges, then release the rollers.. should be two nuts on each hinge and two bolts on each roller at the end of the door section. Only

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I was sort of worried about that myself. I figured I would roll the dice and hope that the door wasn't damaged. I have a hurricane rated garage door so wasn't worried about that, but if the structure was damaged I wouldn't be able to open it. That's why I parked the MIL's Buick with the nose

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Buddy of mine in Winter Haven has power out and the garage doors sufficiently mauled by the 100mph winds that he can't open 'em to run his generator... :/ -MMM- On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 3:48 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I just checked with a buddy who is at the

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I just checked with a buddy who is at the NOAA station in Ruskin (Tampa’s NEXRAD radar site) and he checked the closest ground station data he could find, which was Leesburg, FL. The ground station only samples every three hours, and the heavy precipitation interrupted the satellite uplink

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And Jacksonville had record flooding. Anyone in Atlanta to offer a firsthand report? On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 4:40 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > There were some videos of Charleston that looked pretty grim. > > On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 4:39 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < >

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There were some videos of Charleston that looked pretty grim. On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 4:39 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I understand. However, I’m telling you that the area immediately south of > the Villages (Lakeland, Polk County) got the worst of the high

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I understand. However, I’m telling you that the area immediately south of the Villages (Lakeland, Polk County) got the worst of the high winds in the area, with gusts over 100 mph. I’m guessing that Lady Lake was similarly affected as thats the way the storm was moving at the time. I’m

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Where that WaPo plot ends near Tampa, it seems to be moving NNW towards Crystal River, and not N towards Leesburg/Lady Lake? My friends are retired small town High School teachers, The Villages themselves are a bit too rich for their wallets when you factor in the cost of maintaining their

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Here’s a rough plot: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2017/09/11/irmas-track-forecast-was-adequate-but-theres-significant-room-for-improvement/?utm_term=.6af129f8f262 Shoot, you mean they live in the Villages. The remains of the ye passed right over it, I believe.

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Where I am we got maybe cat 1. Not much to speak of other then the couple of trees that impacted us a bit. Took out the electric line at the house which didn't matter as the power went out a couple of hours before and very minor damage to the edge of the roof in one spot. Will be running the

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It was mostly right on the west shore but as wide as it was it reached to the eastern shore with a good bit of wind. If the trailer park wasn't on a lake and didn't get hit by a tornado generated by the hurricane it shouldn't be too bad. If he knows someone there the best thing is to call and

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Rain starting to pick up here along with some wind and occasional gusts, but nothing too severe yet.  Seems like the forecast is less intense than from yesterday, so that is good.  Depending on what things look like I might try to get down to the beach at high tide to see how high it is and

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Sort of. Being near the edge of the red Hurricane zone implies that Lady Lake to Manfred's area got Cat1-2 at worst? I wonder if Travolta moved his Boeing out of state for the weekend? Wouldn't be good to get up in the morning and find an upside down 707 in your front yard. Mitch. > On

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Does this work? http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at1+shtml/094751.shtml?swath#contents - Max Charleston SC On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 9:14 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Where can I find a track of Irma's path through Florida? >

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Where can I find a track of Irma's path through Florida? I can find 'we think it's going here in the next couple of days' plots all over the place, but not 'it went exactly here' plots. Also, Dan, Manfred, anybody, can you tell me how hard it hit the trailer parks around Lady Lake? It sounds

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You are really living right. Our power went out around 10:30 last night. Then about two hours later one of the trees fell across the power line and pulled it out of the connections at the house. Probably won't have power for more then a week. The individual house power connections are at the

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Great report Dan! How about Manfred? - Max Charleston SC ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

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Thanks! Yeah, that’s not my mayor (I live in unincorporated Hillsborough County, not the City of Tampa.) Bob’s a good guy - I eat lunch with him every once in a while as I work a block away from his office. His job sucks, as no matter what he does if there’s much in the way of water the

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Glad you guys fared well. I watched a phone interview with your mayor last night. He sounded pretty confident that the city was prepared for the worst the storm could dish out. You personally were prepared well too.  We can all take a lesson from that. Again, I am grateful you guys are okay.

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Yeah, I think you can take the “mostly” out of that. We escaped it, for sure. I’ve seen more damage around my neighborhood from strong summer thunderstorms. Thank you. -D > On Sep 11, 2017, at 7:42 AM, Dwight Giles wrote: > > Glad to hear you mostly escaped Irma. >

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Glad to hear you mostly escaped Irma. Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Sep 11, 2017 7:38 AM, "Dan Penoff via Mercedes" wrote: Never lost it. Got a couple of bumps but not even long enough to reset clocks. Cable went out several times but came right back up as well.

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Never lost it. Got a couple of bumps but not even long enough to reset clocks. Cable went out several times but came right back up as well. Lots of tree junk all over the place, looks like my 20’ elm tree got knocked over, but some stakes and a comealong should put that right. Surprised I

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Still got power? SWMBO folks live in Apopka.  Watching the news late last night, looked like they got a direct hit. Waiting for word from them. Rick ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or

[MBZ] All Things Must Pass

And that includes Irma. Now leaving the area to harass the residents of Georgia. Too dark/early for a walkabout here, and the authorities have not issued an all clear yet, either, but from what I can see from my cameras there is no damage to speak of, just a lot of detritus laying about. I