storm photos! fort lauderdale - here are some i took driving around

[don954]

a few of my neighbors roofs are gone, some trashed trailers, lots and lots of down power lines and phone lines and -gasp- Cable TV lines... :)
http://www.boaterspc.com/photos/storm/
they are still uploading so if they dont all show up, wait and they will finish.

[Rebel_with_a_cause]

1. Dang

Someone put a slight dent in my hood the other day and I was pissed off.

A tree on the hood...now that's a horse of a different color!

[don954]

2. the blue car? that guy just bought it, 3 months old....!

the roof landing on it didnt help either..!

[Rebel_with_a_cause]

5. Thanks for the on-sight up-to-the-minute accurate info

The NYT can only hope!

Glad you're okay.

[xultar]

3. I'm glad you're o.k.

[don954]

4. yep! so am i! I have a concrete house with a concrete slab roof

its like a bunker. Generator is going, no line power, its a miracle that I have internet considering how many phone lines I saw on the ground, even my big mango tree took out some lines!

[Rebel_with_a_cause]

6. Do you eat the mangos from your tree?

[don954]

8. i picked up all the ones i could find, about 4

the rest flew away....

All my avocados are gone too, couldnt find a single one.

[Rebel_with_a_cause]

10. Damn, you live in Eden

or used to.

It will all come back, in time.

[don954]

13. yep, its amazing that people go hungry here,

i lost most of my fruit trees but they will grow back. I have Avocados, oranges, key limes, mangos, and plantations.

[Rebel_with_a_cause]

17. I'm sorry to hear that.

How quickly can fruit trees recuperate?

I remember being in awe of Maui, driving along the Hana HWY where hundreds of guavas lay on the road, being smashed by passing autos. How DO people go hungry in places like that? You'd think they'd have the healthiest rectums in the world!

[SoCalDem]

19. When I was a kid we used to throw mangoes & avocados

at passing buses.. Kids!

and I cried when my parents forced me to eat lobster:eyes:

[don954]

20. we had some kids doing that around here, they got their buts kicked

for it...

[SoCalDem]

21. I think we got a spanking for it too when we got caught

:spank:

[William769]

12. Self delete.

[FloridaPat]

7. Thanks. Glad you made it through safely.

[OzarkDem]

9. Thanks and be careful

It looks like its still pretty windy down there, so be safe! Glad your family got through it ok, and hope others can recover.

Good pics!

[Avalux]

11. Wow - so glad you made it through OK.

I have a question since you're there. I've got someone flying in from Ft. Lauderdale - leaving tomorrow afternoon. In your opinion, will she be able to make it out? I have been unable to reach her by phone.

Thanks for sharing the pics! :hi:

[don954]

14. the airport FTL is closed, the terminals took dammage, the street

signs over the roads leading into the airport are leaning. I dont think it will be open for several days.

[Avalux]

15. Oh no.

So she probably won't make it then. Thanks so much for the info - take care. :hug:

[RebelOne]

16. Have you been to the Hollywood area?

That's where my daughter and her family live. I haven't been able to call her. She lives just off University Drive.

[don954]

18. i didnt make it down that far, i just went down to Dania Beach

the roads are pretty nasty, trees all over the place.

[Metta]

22. My brother in Boca said it was fierce.

Lots of downed trees. Fortunately, he and his family are okay. A little water came in which was really nothing.

[don954]

23. i think it was the worst one ive ridden through in a while

and we were all lolygaging around about it, we've been though so many of them, most people didnt prepair for it.

[Metta]

24. That's what he said.

All in all.