Hurricane Milton

[soulpope]

10 minutes ago, Teasing the Korean said:

I was texting with him late last night. I texted this morning but have not heard back yet. I'll keep you posted. 

Just heard from Dan. He's fine. 

Good news keep comin' ....

[jazzbo]

RELIEF! Thanks for keeping us posted.

[Teasing the Korean]

Oh, just realized, I was talking about Dan as in @Stonewall15. He is fine. If you were asking about Gould, I don't know. 

[felser]

7 minutes ago, Teasing the Korean said:

Oh, just realized, I was talking about Dan as in @Stonewall15. He is fine. If you were asking about Gould, I don't know. 

Yes, Dan Gould.  I checked in with @Gdgray , and he's thankfully OK.

[Jason Bivins]

Very grateful to hear our Floridians are okay.

[mjazzg]

Great to hear everyone is alright

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Dan has posted pictures of some damage to his barn on Facebook but other than that, he sounds like he weathered it ok.

 He says, “Horses and people ok”.

[clifford_thornton]

7 hours ago, Jason Bivins said:

Very grateful to hear our Floridians are okay.

+1

[ejp626]

6 hours ago, Kevin Bresnahan said:

Dan has posted pictures of some damage to his barn on Facebook but other than that, he sounds like he weathered it ok.

 He says, “Horses and people ok”.

👍

[Brad]

Good to hear that you all survived this mostly ok. 

[Dan Gould]

As Kevin reported we made it thru ok.

No power and only one generator that will run, which is a problem for the relatives.

Hoping to have replacement part for generator tomorrow and expect to have barn damage repaired also.  Then it's waiting for power and securing gas for generators in meantime. 

 

With one generator going we can get pump turned on for water at the expense of shutting down fridge and fans in the house. 

Blessing is that Temps fall to mid 60s at night.  Comfortable sleeping weather and house not getting brutal during day.

 

[JSngry]

Keep waking up!

[Teasing the Korean]

Taking advantage of fleeting connectivity. Still no power. We have water but are under a boil notice (fairly useless without a sterno). We should have power by Thursday the 17th. 

I drove around our neighborhood for the past two days, and the number of downed trees from a Cat 2 hurricane was sobering. If something similar occurs - and it will, sooner or later - we will likely evacuate, even if not mandatory. 

[GA Russell]

I'm so glad that the losses for everyone here were limited to inanimate objects.

I gather from the absence of comments that no one has a flooding problem.

[Dan Gould]

This is getting pretty ridiculous. 

Police escorts for fuel trucks.

Line workers spotted midday very close by. No change in status. 

TECO says Thursday for virtually all of Hillsborough County.  I think we may play chicken with them on gas for generators until then. My wife drove 4 hours to her mom's just to increase gas cans by 50%.

[jazzbo]

I would just say be patient. It took seven days for me to have power restored a few years ago, and that was not even in a hurricane or tornado. With all the destruction crews from all over the country will be working and it is going to take time.

[Dan Gould]

Power came on about 5:00 yesterday afternoon, and when I re-set the house and the non-paying boarders for long extension cords and fans and the rest of it, I discovered that with TECO power restored, so was Spectrum internet.  

So its back to work this morning, can't say I am excited about it but on the other hand, it avoids giving the boss any ideas that I wasn't really missed all that much.

The best part of the power restoration was that  within 30 minutes of when it happened I was going to be rolling out the generator at the house to the well pump to re-fill 100 gallon tank of water for the horses among other things. That is no fun and the longer you have to do it the more exhausting it is.  And cold showers into steamy houses that don't have fans running is no bueno either.

So, we will finally prioritize a third generator of some sort so that we can have a pump-dedicated one that doesn't move once its wheeled out there.

 

[jazzbo]

Glad your power is restored Dan!

[Teasing the Korean]

TTK's power is still out. Interwebz connectivity is dicey. 

[Dan Gould]

I think I am lucky to be on the border with Polk county where TECO had a restoration date of yesterday which they barely met. Our outage straddled the county line and was probably more on the Polk side than the Hillsborough side.

Hope it comes back soon, TTK and thanks for the well wishes Lon.

[JSngry]

Back to work!

[Dan Gould]

Just now, JSngry said:

Back to work!

Some of us have to, until we die.

[JSngry]

Keep doing that good work!

[Teasing the Korean]

Power just came back on after 6 days and 22.5 hours. 

6 days and 22.5 hours without listening to Kenny G. 😹😹😹

Edited October 17, 2024 by Teasing the Korean

[Dan Gould]

Hope that never happens again TTK. It certainly sucks to be among the final few thousand to get restored, and I know someone who is also still waiting and very frustrated - her neighborhood is on but she has a downed wire in her backyard and is still waiting two days after everybody else came on.

I was amazed to learn of Florida Highway Patrol and other law enforcement agencies were accompanying fuel trucks to their destinations. Could not fathom it, it until I was informed by my wife's horse helper that there had been a shooting at a gas station where she lives in Dade City. 

At the same time, on Sunday morning, I saw the gas station nearest us had gas, a short line had formed, and there was no fuel truck or police presence in evidence.