Natural Disaster Attention floridians & surrounding areas: take irma seriously

[The Albatross]

Aunt and cousin in St. Pete are okay, they had some roof damage but windows intact. She told him she needs a better evacuation plan and to register at a special needs shelter (she does). Her street was fair but she said the surrounding homes & streets had much more damage. She got her power back in 12-15 hours but she's on the hospital grid being very near it in a downtown edge where power is critical.

Our old place was too... for many years, and a reason we bought the home... til they changed the infrastructure and removed our neighborhood from the hospital grid. If we go back there, that's what we'll do again. When they changed it we went from 1st to last.

From Bloomberg: "Still, when it comes to damage, “Irma may bump Andrew,” Watson said. The company’s most recent estimate is for $49.5 billion in Irma costs for Florida; Andrew’s were an inflation-adjusted $47.8 billion.

The price tag for Hurricane Harvey, which struck southeastern Texas on Aug. 25, could end up between $65 billion to $75 billion, according to AIR Worldwide, a Verisk Analytics risk modeler based in Boston."

The initial estimates were much higher, but when the track moved west to the Gulf side, that dropped the price tag by over $50 billion.

Bang, bang - two big un's. Even though there's still a bit more than two months left of this season, I hope the rest of it is quiet.

Ironically the residual from both Harvey and now Irma made their way to Kentucky... I don't feel so far away from the Gulf Coast (home) here lately.

 

[lostforgottensoul]

We've now been without power 35 hrs there about. I'm literally camping out at Wawa with Chopper trying to charge both my phone and my vaporizer batteries and his e collar is going to die soon and I didn't think to bring it's charger but I drove here at 8am, it's now 11:30am. It's maddening. Later, if we still don't have power, I'm going to bring a power strip and all of the chargers and charging cords I can as I want to charge them at the same time so I don't have to stay here for half a day.

ETA: Oh and no hotels with power have vaccencies. Looked into a hotel too.

ETA2: I forgot about when I do leave for work tomorrow, Chopper is going to fry!!! I can't leave my livingroom windows open as they don't have screens and it's like leaving the door open. OMG I want to cry! He is in a crate and though he has water in there, its not a ton and he will be stuck.

I may just be complaining and should be grateful and may be an ungrateful bitch but I feel so f*cking alone!

 

[Neverthesame]

@lostforgottensoul Can you get ahold of your supervisor to ask if you can bring Chopper in with you?
What with him being a service dog in training and the state of emergency causing act of God?

If the boss was allowed to throw a slumber party, what's one very calm but definitely not sad service dog?

 

[lostforgottensoul]

@Neverthesame, I don't think they will allow that. He isn't fully trained and even when he is I have a feeling that I will have a problem getting an accomendation for him due to our desks being very small and no real spot for him to lay out of the way and even under the desk could be too small. I may call just to ask. It's ridiculous that it's been out this long as we didn't get it that bad. I understand Duke Engery is all down in South Fl but a temp generator? A few guys could do that in no time. I just don't get it but the next time I go to Wawa I am bringing a power strip and a bag of things to charge all at once so I don't have to spend a half of a day there.

 

[lostforgottensoul]

Holy crap! My county:

Seminole County: Irma damage includes flooding, possible sinkhole that swallowed van

@Neverthesame, I found a battery powered fan yesterday in a box of stuff from my last job that I've been using for myself to keep me from passing out. It eats batteries like mad which is why I moved to a USB fan at the job but had a box full of D Batteries left so i can put the fan on his crate some how. It's not a clip on but I'll find a way. It will eat the battery in a day but I have enough for 4 days. I can also uncover it to allow airflow. I'll figure it out.

I just say a UPS truck so I may try to order some stuff on Amazon too. I should have done that sooner.

 

[Neverthesame]

Not a bad idea.
If it were reasonable, do you think you're boss would allow you to run home to check on him, if need be?

 

[lostforgottensoul]

do you think you're boss would allow you to run home to check on him, if need be?

Not without it hitting my attendence but they are being cool about coming in late. I can call them back and tell them I am calling out for the whole day. They seem to be understanding and orginally marked me out for the whole day so I'll just play it by ear.

I just bought a solar radio w/ a phone charger and a solar phone charger by itself but it says I will get it on the 20th. I doubt it but by then I may not need it. Will have it just in case though. Will keep on in the car or something.

Ok, 19% charge. On the way back to Wawa. My body hurts so bad! :(

 

[Deleted member 541]

Being without electricity sucks. Life kind of doesn't work without it. I hope they get it back on soon....

 

[lostforgottensoul]

In my hurry to get Chopper out of the hot car and into the AC of Walgreens I hit my passenger side mirror with my backpack and the entire mirror broke out of it's casing and is now hanging. The black casing that holds it is still there. It's hanging out of the black casing. I got super glue but there is nothing to glue it to. I turned the car on for the AC for Chopper, got my spare keys out and tried and failed. Then tried to shove the carboard thing it comes in, folded, bit it only held it until I started to move the car.

:banghead: Someone shoot me! :banghead:

I bought the cheapest prepaid phone at Walgreens, brought a power strip and my phone, the pre paid phone, Chopper's e collar, and 2 of my vap batteries are all charging at once. I hope the pre-paid phone can be an alarm.

My legs are cramping SOOOO bad now and my feet are going numb and cramping! :(

 

[lostforgottensoul]

I think I've decided to leave Chopper out of the crate tomorrow. It's 82 degrees in here and with the humidity, it's hot. I think I may leave the livingroom windows opened and just pray no one notices theres no screen. Though, I've not trained out the barking at the door so if someone does try to break in, he will bark. Not sure someone will want to tempt an American Pitbull Terrier. Hopefully. But, the evening sun goes in that window so maybe shut the middle curtian? Not sure. But leaving him out of the crate allows him to lay on the cool hard floor as he often does after a run, and the cool leather couches, and gives him access to his entire water bowl.

I hope that works out. Hurricanes hit in the worst time of the year, summer, in Florida where it often is triple digits.

If someone has any suggestions, please let me know.

ETA: I probably should of opened my own thread. Sorry.

 

[hodge]

I would shut curtains and shades of any window that lets sun in at any time of day. It really helps keep down the heat. You don't want to block any breeze, though.

Wish I could think of something more. No nearby friends or neighbors you trust to come in and check on him?

 

[lostforgottensoul]

Wish I could think of something more. No nearby friends or neighbor

No, I don't know anyone. I don't know my neighbors at all. I work 8:45am to 5:15pm (leaving for work at 8am) and 5pm ish is when the evening sun comes through so at least I work in the coolest parts of the day and come home soon after the evening sun comes through. With rush hour traffic I am usually home at about 5:40 or so. Sometimes earlier.