Oct 14th 2018, 1:20:33
Just letting everyone know I survived. I live in Gadsden County, FL, and rode out the storm in a closet.
I believe my house suffered the least amount of damage, with only our shed losing half its roof, and my grandparents' trailer losing two porch roofs. Not everyone was as fortunate as us, with trees down everywhere, on houses, across roads, over powerlines, etc. We probably won't get power back for a week or two. We haven't been able to watch any news coverage of the situation; the only internet in our neighborhood between Wednesday and Friday was my satellite connection, running off an inverter connected to a car battery. We got cell service back last night, but it's been a bit spotty today. Tallahassee has gotten most of its power back online, and we've made a run to replenish the diesel in our RV for its generator to keep our freezers and refrigerators going. Our water well is still out, so we have no water supply. We've filled all the RVs water tanks and have cases of bottled water, so we're hoping we can outlast this power outage.
The small towns about 20 miles west of us Bristol, Blountstown, Grand Ridge, etc. suffered far worse--roads are nearly impassable due to downed trees, even after the first responding crews opened up a single lane on all roads with trees on them. These towns probably won't get power back for months. To say nothing of the utter destruction suffered by Panama City, Mexico Beach, any of the towns in that ares along the coast.
So, yeah, me and my family survived, a lot of people were as fortunate or less fortunate. Just letting everyone here know. I'll need to sign off to conserve battery power, so I may read any responses tomorrow or something.
I believe my house suffered the least amount of damage, with only our shed losing half its roof, and my grandparents' trailer losing two porch roofs. Not everyone was as fortunate as us, with trees down everywhere, on houses, across roads, over powerlines, etc. We probably won't get power back for a week or two. We haven't been able to watch any news coverage of the situation; the only internet in our neighborhood between Wednesday and Friday was my satellite connection, running off an inverter connected to a car battery. We got cell service back last night, but it's been a bit spotty today. Tallahassee has gotten most of its power back online, and we've made a run to replenish the diesel in our RV for its generator to keep our freezers and refrigerators going. Our water well is still out, so we have no water supply. We've filled all the RVs water tanks and have cases of bottled water, so we're hoping we can outlast this power outage.
The small towns about 20 miles west of us Bristol, Blountstown, Grand Ridge, etc. suffered far worse--roads are nearly impassable due to downed trees, even after the first responding crews opened up a single lane on all roads with trees on them. These towns probably won't get power back for months. To say nothing of the utter destruction suffered by Panama City, Mexico Beach, any of the towns in that ares along the coast.
So, yeah, me and my family survived, a lot of people were as fortunate or less fortunate. Just letting everyone here know. I'll need to sign off to conserve battery power, so I may read any responses tomorrow or something.
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