That bassard!

DMV & DWD!!!

Hall Leigh luge ya

Good to hear, fellas!

Big sigh of relief that the monster was more blow than show...

That said, the islands, including US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, are in bad shape...

might not be able to go to my beloved Turks & Caicos for a while...
not that it's about me, necessarily

Ocala area...power back on this afternoon. Blessed no tree damage, just the usual limbs and debris. Plenty of trees down around town...

Well....that didn't last long. Power back out. We have power at our house out in the Forest though...guess we'll be headed back out there.

Parents live in Summerfield.. their power came back on yesterday afternoon.. not sure if it stayed on tho.. 🤔

It's sprinkling right now in Northwest MO. I got my truck windows rolled up though.

be safe, brother

Thanks, Frank. I had an old coffee can get blown into my bushes but I got it out. I think the worst is over

You must really hate that coffee can... 😟

we can get new coffee cans, but we can't replace you.

No...it's a good one. Big Folgers can with handles. Use it for watering my Rosemary and fresh water to the cats. I salvaged it.

Just got internet and phone service back. Got power back Friday (finally) after 5+ days without, then lost it again for a bit on Saturday. $150 damage to my pool screen. That's it. Not even a twig or leaf to clean up because my lot only has ornamental trees rather than the crap the developer left standing on other lots. Neighbors have enormous piles of debris and fallen trees in front of their homes and it is starting to smell a little. Total economic loss including my wife missing one day of work, replacing spoiled food in the refrigerator, buying items to prep for the storm and a few incidental expenses was about $1,000. I think I got off very easy. Thankfully, I replaced my roof about a month ago. It was miserable sleeping in an 85F house so we ate out quite a bit. I am definitely going to buy a huge generator and have it wired into the house well before the next one. Son in Tallahassee was unscathed. Daughter in Boca Raton just got power back yesterday. We still have impaired cell service...

The changes in course of the storm over the last 24 hours greatly diminished the damage to Florida.