...when we were threatened by a flood and possible loss of power for days we cooked all the frozen raw stuff in the freezer. you can eat a cold roast better than a cold raw one.

No stories about another Florida Man, OK?

I have her phone number but I still don't have cell service.

You made it - stay safe

It sounds like you did not suffer that significant of damage. I have three partners and one associate at my firm who are having to deal with between two inches to three feet of water. The sad thing is that the same amount of repairs are needed for two inches of water compared to three feet.

Not sure what it's going to take to fix that.

If not, you are lucky. Even an inch or two means that you have to tear out about four feet of drywall on the entire floor to stop mold

Crack in foundation may not be that serious if the building is still level

The room where it's at also the carpet got soaked from where the water came. It's hard for me to explain how it looks.

Bless you.

Take care and keep up your good spirits!

I was worried about you.

When the center of the storm hit us, I lost it! Ended up in the bathtub with my pet and a mattress on top of us.

Going through the eye was eerily strange. Right before the eye I thought the building was going to come down on us, then all at once dead quiet & no wind & rain. After the eye passed, we had very strong winds again but no rain.

This damn hurricane went on all day long and into the night.

I always worry about you too. You have been such a great friend.

Nor would I want to.

~and thank you my friend

I do not know where you were, but Tampa, while it thankfully escaped the fates of places like Jacksonville or Naples. was all day terror, as we were supposed to get the worst of it. Even it it went westward, it was goign to glide right over my area of the county, where there were plenty of grand old oak trees ready to fall and cut the house like a wedding cake.

Glad you all escaped the horror show.

my sincere condolences...!

So glad to see you are safe.

Especially people like you.

in Naples and Nokomis. They're ok.. was especially worried about my sister in law.. in her 70's with many health issues. She's doing ok with her daughters.. Nephew works for power company.. working nonstop.

As a side note. we visited neice and nephew 5 years ago in Nokomis.. They had just bought their property with an old cabin on it, that they lived in while building their house. they are right on the waterway. Nephew was telling me about how they would build a small home because regulations required a 15 ft elevation and many other tight building codes that added costs. He wasn't complaining, said it all made sense if they got hit, and they got hit. .. no flooding. Only property damage was loss of a large oak tree. A lot to be said for those regulations.

Glad you're safe, at least. Mighty glad you checked in!

I figured it was lack of power and cell service, but still was concerned.

I knew with my last post before the hurricane, I needed to get online as soon as possible to let my DU friends know what was going on.

As of this writing the shell flow has now consumed the first floor garages. The only way we are leaving this house now (at least for awhile) is in a boat.

Will keep you posted.

At least you have a roof over your head. Terrible storm. I've watched a lot of the coverage. Just unbelievable.

I have full coverage on my vehicle, I wonder if it includes flood insurance? I know it's different for homes but I don't know about vehicles.

Mine was seven years ago when a heavy rain flooded my building's lower level garage. Believe it or not, the car started when they came to haul it away. It made funny noises and sounded like it was in its death throes. The water line inside showed that the water had come up to just below the side windows.

Sorry about that.

Glad to hear it! Glad to know you're safe!

Thanks for checking in. That was quite a hurricane. I guess it could have been worse, but that's small comfort to those who lost homes.

Or the flooding afterwards.

Due to sheet flow, the flooding is still happening and in Lee & Collier counties, there are still about 300,000 people without power (in S.W. Florida! ) The heat!

At least you have a place to stay! Sorry to hear about your house.

What a nightmare.

Hang in there.

As soon as I get cell service, I will try to contact her.

I am still without power and cable and not projected to get it until Tuesday. Soon by comparison. Yikes!

But we only got wind damage and were spared the flood damage some of my friends and colleagues got. Can also move about in a community restocked with supplies quickly. I consider myself very fortunate.

I think I should probably quit my bitching about a 90 degree house.

Stay safe!!!! I hope relief comes soon.

No power at my place but I do expect it to be restored today. Over half a million originally down in my County and as of this morning at six am they were down to twenty-six thousand without.

As of yesterday almost all of our traffic lights had been restored. Roads, for the most part, have been clear since Wednesday.

We had no real tidal surge, which was our big concern, and/so flooding was non-existent.

Just last night I found a hotel room. My wife and child headed to family a little bit north of us. I stayed to keep the business going. I missed her and my son and wanted to get us back together.

I'm thinking you are just south of Ft. Meyers? Somewhere around Marco?

Sorry about how slow the transition back to normalcy is going for you and your area. From what I felt here I can't imagine what it was like just south of us. We really got lucky in Pinellas.

You guys took a hard hit. People don't realize this thing isn't over by a long shot. Flooding has just started in some areas.

We got power back Wednesday night in Inverness.

Stay safe.

We got power and water back on Thursday and internet/tv this afternoon. Feels good to be semi civilized again.