SlowWhite
10-19-2005, 01:39 PM
Well for thefirst time we'll be leaving florida and heading North. The mayor (automated) called and left a message at the house yesterday saying we maybe asked to leave and that we should prepare for it.
I headed into the office today to find out what was going on. And the entire mangament team is going back to Texas till it's over with and the power is back on.
They say it's supposed to hit on Saturday, and be a stronger version of Hurricane Irene that hit here last year that caused all the damage.
So Jenny and I are packing up the house and heading up to South Carolina tonight. Unfortunetly the Car is going to have to remain behind. I'm going to put it up on Jack Stands to raise it off the ground in case of Flooding. Good news is the way it's supposed to come across Florida we won't be facing it head on. We'll be on the Backside of the building, so all the wind/etc. Will have to come through the other Townhouse before it kits us. However the Drain for our side of the parking Lot is on ourside of the building. So if the sewers flood, which is quite a possibility, it could raise the water straight into my garage. Good thing is though we haven't had to much rain lately so the levels are somewhat down. And the Core of Engineers has already started draining all the Levies, etc so when the rain does come flooding won't be as bad.
Hopefully it'll die down before it hits us here in west Palm Beach, But since this is the Largest Hurricane to date ever to form in the Atlantic we aren't taking any chance's. It went from being a Tropical storm with winds of 70mph to a Category 5 with Winds in excess of 179mph in less then 24hrs.
I just hope that it disipates just as fast as it grew.
Funny thing is though we'll be going to the beach with the parents for the next 2 days and then heading up there place, On sunday my father and I are going Pheasant hunting. So I guess if you have to wade out a storm this is a pretty good way to do it.
I don't know if I'll be checking in before we leave as we are unplugging everything and taking the computer's with us. But I wanted to let you guys know that we aren't going to risk staying, and that we'll be at my parents place in South Carolina. They say power maybe down here in West Palm for probably a week, so I'm not sure when I'll be checking back in. But I'll keep you guys posted as best I can.
I headed into the office today to find out what was going on. And the entire mangament team is going back to Texas till it's over with and the power is back on.
They say it's supposed to hit on Saturday, and be a stronger version of Hurricane Irene that hit here last year that caused all the damage.
So Jenny and I are packing up the house and heading up to South Carolina tonight. Unfortunetly the Car is going to have to remain behind. I'm going to put it up on Jack Stands to raise it off the ground in case of Flooding. Good news is the way it's supposed to come across Florida we won't be facing it head on. We'll be on the Backside of the building, so all the wind/etc. Will have to come through the other Townhouse before it kits us. However the Drain for our side of the parking Lot is on ourside of the building. So if the sewers flood, which is quite a possibility, it could raise the water straight into my garage. Good thing is though we haven't had to much rain lately so the levels are somewhat down. And the Core of Engineers has already started draining all the Levies, etc so when the rain does come flooding won't be as bad.
Hopefully it'll die down before it hits us here in west Palm Beach, But since this is the Largest Hurricane to date ever to form in the Atlantic we aren't taking any chance's. It went from being a Tropical storm with winds of 70mph to a Category 5 with Winds in excess of 179mph in less then 24hrs.
I just hope that it disipates just as fast as it grew.
Funny thing is though we'll be going to the beach with the parents for the next 2 days and then heading up there place, On sunday my father and I are going Pheasant hunting. So I guess if you have to wade out a storm this is a pretty good way to do it.
I don't know if I'll be checking in before we leave as we are unplugging everything and taking the computer's with us. But I wanted to let you guys know that we aren't going to risk staying, and that we'll be at my parents place in South Carolina. They say power maybe down here in West Palm for probably a week, so I'm not sure when I'll be checking back in. But I'll keep you guys posted as best I can.