Hurricane Wilma hit me good.

[VibrantRedGT]

My area got hit extremely hard Monday (120MPH winds). I'm in Orlando now because I have no gas for the generator. Most of the gas stations are closed because of no electric. I saw a fist fight this morning at the local Mobil station. That was the final straw, I packed up the kids and headed North. Only problem is it took 6 hours to get here (normally 3 hours).

All the electric poles in my area snapped in half. Even a few cement poles crumbled like a toothpick. It will be weeks before we get electric and phone again. This sucks.

If you don't see S. Florida guys on here then you know why. Let me see if I can post pics from my phone camera.

 

[2L8ULUZ2]

Damn man that sucks. I can honestly say that after last year I know the feeling. We did not have quite a high winds with Frances and Ivan that hit us last year but the pigeon river whooped our ass. My house did not have any damage but lots of my friends did. I was out both times for about two days without sleep doing rescues. I know it can be common to you coastal folks but I live in the mountains of NC. Since I know your family is alright the next important question is how is the car and the new motor?

 

[VibrantRedGT]

Ok here some pics.

This is my house in the pic. The mail box snapped and was down the street a few hundred yards.

My house again. My neighbor pointing to where my mailbox was found.

Across the street. Need a river boat to get to the other side.

Pic looking down the street.

My buddy across the street. His backyard is destroyed.

This is his backyard. His $30,000 screen enclosure folded on the very first gust.

His yard again and his neighbor. Same thing happened to her house.

The eye of the storm passed over. I pulled out the grill and BBQ'd for the block. 30 minutes after this pic was taken a 125MPH gust was recorded. It was sunny in the eye.

This is a cement pole that snapped like a toothpick.

The fight at the gas station.

6 million people without electric and phone. It's a war zone and people are getting desperate. Fights, looting and all that. I had to get out of Dodge. Not something I wanted my kids to encounter.

 

[RsStanG1987]

wow that sucks. Good luck man..

 

[urban96]

you have ocean front property now





seriously tho glad you and your family are alright, what a nasty storm

 

[BlueOvalStangGT]

Oh **** man, if I came by to pick up those heads during the hurricane, my car would have been underwater. There is another thread wiht pics of my house and wystangs house. Good luck with everything,

 

[xr8d302]

Glad to hear you're doing alright, Joe. Hope your house fairs out well, and hope to hear from you soon

 

[Grn92LX]

Time to move back to Long Island, Joe

 

[nmcgrawj]

Jeez thats insane. Did your house flood? It looks like by the way the streets are built that the houses are higher than the street to try to prevent this.

Im assuming insurance covers these damages correct? I cant imagine 6 million people making insurance claims at once.

Good luck man, i hope things get better.

 

[NotQuik]

we got quite a bit of flooding as well, my company headquarters is located in boca and it has basically put us ot as well since they have no power, our main computer is ran from down there, good call on getting your kids out though, it was like that up here last year

 

[Rootus]

Glad to hear you made it through in once piece, and it looks like your house may have gotten away fairly unscathed. Hope everyone else from SN is doing okay, too.

Dave

 

[VibrantRedGT]

I don't believe any of the houses flooded. We unclogged the drains and that water vanished in 30 minutes.

There was some kid checking his Civic for damage during the second portion of the storm. He was hit in the arm with a small peice of debris. It dropped him to one knee instantly.

My son and I played a game called "Name that peice of debris". Well it's hard to make out anything travelling at 120MPH. I don't think we got one.

 

[wytstang]

Glad you're ok man, and yes the gas situation is pretty bad and getting worse. I've already advises my employer that once the vehicles reach half a tank I'm not coming to work. They will be moved only for emergency purposes. Everyday one or two more gas stations are opening up so it looks like it won't reach that point.

 

[blksn955.o]

Glad your ok vib.

hope things are ok still when you get back.

wish more people everywere took the "family first" and did what was best for the kids in the long run not the pocket book/self centerd' rents right now attitude.

 

[Blackened302]

good call on getting out of there. it's funny how desperation turns to violence over the things we take for granted on a daily basis.

 

[5.0_GT_kid]

Joe I am over here in Clearwater and if there is anything I can do to help out you and your family let me know and I will be more than happy to do anything and everything possible.

 

[DFG 5OH]

i'm glad everyone is ok that lives in south florida, hope everything goes well joe and danny and whoever else is down there.

 

[Nik_95Cobra]

That stuff's insane. Makes me think twice about complaing that it's hot here...At least we don't have hurricanes. Glad to see you and your fam made it out unscaved.

 

[94gts]

crap.



after college i plan on moving somewhere where there is no winter(snow), was thinking florida, but everytime i see the aftermath of hurricanes i have second thoughts

 

[FlyBy763]

Should have come to Orlando Speed World tonight...I was there rippin off a stellar 13.6...

Glad to hear you made it out alright, I work at the Home Depot over in Melbourne if you need anything of that nature, lemme know.