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Sable

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Oh good, I am a bit of a people carer Sparkly and I am sure it drives some folks mad but I truly do care. My fridge prayer list is pretty full right now but I am very happy to say I wil taking some of them off tonight, Your daughter was lucky, it got that close and that tree wow, one never nows, but I am glad they were able to drive away.Good for you Holly.Sable I am sorry about your trees, I love them and they take so long to get to that point. Your garden looks pristine . Did the cars make it OK n the shuffle!. Still some folks to check in.

You know all my life I have loved the excitement of watching a storm  I seemed to come alive in it but not anymore, this has taught me that it is nothing to be excited about.

I have some money to send but I am unable to come up with the best place to send it. I wonder where the most need is, Folks that didn't have much to start with I guess. does.anybody know!!

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Sparky, I think the communications are very bad and it will take a while to fix them according to the news, it would appear from listening to it that it is damage rather than loss of life that is causing the most concern  so keep your chin up and try to stay positive.  Hugs Jeannine

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Jeannine, luckily the homes break up the storm at ground level so my neighbor's fence and my hedge which is up against it blocked most of the east wind and protected most of the lower plants.  I was amazed at how untouched the rear yard was. The birds were happy to have that area as a shelter. But the winds at tree level were another story, with nothing to interfere with its power, the tree was doomed. That's why high rises are terrible places to be in a storm. 

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We haven't been able to contact DH's family yet. There is no answer on their phones. We assume either the power is out and they have run out of phone charge or the cell towers are down. Unfortunately they got rid of their land line a couple of years ago so no go there. We did see a tornado warning from the NWS for the Deltona/Sanford area when the outer bands were in the Orlando area which scared us a bit because they live in Deltona and their business is in Sanford. But i think the warning was retracted only about 15 mins after it was issued so hopefully a false alarm. SIL is in Tampa and haven't heard from her either. Not going to get too worried yet but if it goes too much longer with no contact, that may change.

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So, I am finding that I am very fortunate to not have lost power, as places all around me have, even within a mile. Also, thankfully, my mom, sister, and dad all still have their power, and no damages, just some messes in the yards. Same with my daughter who was much closer. Most of her town also is without power. So I am very thankful. Jeannine, looks like your prayers worked! I've seen pictures of damage in my town, including the house across the street from my subdivision, and areas around the corner from my work, and it's not pretty. 

Also, I'm so glad my son made the past minute decision to come home from school, as (what was left of) the eye passed just a few miles to the west of his school.

I'm hoping for an easy and fast recovery for all.

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Sable, thank you for the reply at first I thought t was a picture of your tree years ago. Nature is truly amazing though that it gets this bit and that bit and leaves other bits untouched.. I am so glad you and your family faired better than the tree.

Samantha I have a real good feeling everything is Ok, I have no reason to think that, maybe just wishful thinking but my my feelings often surprise my friends.

Sparkly, my prayers all last week apart from named folks was that  Irma  go back out to sea and calm down and if she couldn't do that then be gentle. I tend to think that most things,given time  are replaceable except life so maybe, maybe not,,I guess we have to wait a wee while longer to find out,

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Sam, one of the problems with landlines here is that so many of them are now tied to Internet service. So when the internet goes down so does the landline. Sometimes I really wish for old fashion tv and telephone.

i still don't have power, slept on the screened porch last night. The house is like a steam bath. Power just came back at our Vero house and my son just told me that they haven't begun to fix the main line down here in Coral Springs so I'm going to Vero.

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Sam, one of the problems with landlines here is that so many of them are now tied to Internet service. So when the internet goes down so does the landline. Sometimes I really wish for old fashion tv and telephone.

i still don't have power, slept on the screened porch last night. The house is like a steam bath. Power just came back at our Vero house and my son just told me that they haven't begun to fix the main line which is down here in CS, so I'm going to Vero.

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Son and DIL in Orlando are still without power this morning.  Don't know if he has tried to tackle his back yard and dismembered tree as of yet....this morning he was focused on cleaning out the frig.  They were able to go somewhere to get their phones charged (maybe at the hospital where she works?) so we can at least keep in touch with them.  Sure wish I could be down there to help them!

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Jackie, if his tree was a live oak he will need a tree specialist to help him cut it up into manageable pieces.  We had one next to our house in Havana that dropped a limb every now & then; usually less than a foot in diameter, it took the hubs a week or more, first with the chain saw & then the ax, to get it all cut into stove lengths; but we'd have enough firewood for a winter or two.  It took the tree doctor in Tallahassee almost ten days to get all of the live oak half off our son's & his neighbors' roof.  Did I mention those suckers are HUGE? and that dense oak wood takes a bit of moxie to cut.

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Sable, I looked up Vero Beach on Google maps.  It told me that on the outskirts, McKee Botanical Garden has tropical plants and water lily–filled streams. To the north, Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge shelters brown pelicans. I can imagine rather fragile ecosystems in each. Do you know how these fared?

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Sable, I'm so glad you were able to find somewhere with power!

Dang, they have cancelled school here for a 3rd day. That is going to be 5 DAYS at home with my husband! At least at work we are in different trailers so we aren't together all. Day. Long. As of 4pm today, our main office building was still without power though. I wish I could say that I have made good use of my time home, but I haven't much. I did about 4 hours of work earlier today. Maybe tomorrow I'll try to make something. Or get more work done. Much easier to do when there aren't people around to interrupt me!

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2 hours ago, KathieB said:

Sable, I looked up Vero Beach on Google maps.  It told me that on the outskirts, McKee Botanical Garden has tropical plants and water lily–filled streams. To the north, Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge shelters brown pelicans. I can imagine rather fragile ecosystems in each. Do you know how these fared?

I drove by McKee on my way in. But it is tucked in off the main road so I couldn't see in. Pelican Island is an interesting place. It has only native vegetation so it is well acclimated to storms. The Pelicans don't begin nesting until November (I think). 

Saw something wild today and I'm hoping the event is still happening tomorrow so I can take a video.  As I was returning to the Island after picking up some supplies, I noticed crabs in the road. I actually hit two. Then I got to the busy 4 lane intersection just before the bridge on the mainland and over a hundred crabs big and small were trying to cross the street.  They were all gathered at the crosswalk just waiting for the opportunity to cross en masse. I have to go back tomorrow and see if this is still going on. The locals have told me about how 30 years ago A1A would be littered with dead crabs. But I never expected them to be on the mainland because they typically burrow on the beach. Maybe they crossed the bridge to run from the storm (probably a two mile hike) I'm sure a local can explain this to me.

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