Tropical Storm ISAAC...

Latest track has it coming right to my front door.

forecast is a Cat II 'cane

And, I have a my house...shop & guest house under construction.

The buildings are "dried-in" (windows/doors/roofing)...but no OHD's on the garages, and I know these buildings are not going to blow away...but, I could do w/o the mess & stress.

on a side note...
the granite was installed in our kitchen Thursday...and it looks outstanding.


Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg-zwba7l5w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hq7i6f_s3Vg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qjzrYNDfEc

 

Yup, went out this a.m. and filled up my gas cans for the generator, bought extra propane for the camp stove, an oil lamp and plenty of h2o. A few non perishable groceries, tie down things in the yard and I'll call it good... unless Issac takes a right turn, then the hurricane shutters go up.

 

After Charley in 04 and 40k of F'UP up house. I still love the sun shine state Its the best place on earth..Get the candles and cooler full of cold ones ready and think of all the sunsets that made you smile in the past.... Jim

 

Its a comin!

You might find this funny, I went to the housing office that handles the rentals we live in on NAS Pensacola. We have been told to prepare to evacuate and obviously I dont want all my stuff ruined if we leave and it floods, etc. So I ask the housing office if they handle it or are we the ones to put plywood up on the windows, etc, and they tell me they wont and if I do, I'll be responsible for any "damage" I do to the siding when drilling screws to hold up the plywood. I laughed and said wouldnt it be cheaper for them to replace that then everything in my house? She told me that its their policy and thats why they have insurance. Needless to say, I left the office and called my renters insurance and doubled the amount I was covered for.

This will be my first hurricane. Any advice? I'm planning on taking my wife and newborn to Atlanta if we get the evac order tomorrow. Seasoned hurricane veterans care to chime in?

Stay safe!

 

I've lived in the FL panhandle for almost 25 years...ya get used to it. Opal in '95 and Ivan in '04 were the worse. Opal cost me a home and a boat. (had a place on the water in Destin) Ivan was nasty but only had roof damage. Georges in '98 was a rain maker and almost flooded our property. (we lived on a lake at the time)

gather your important paper work and family and leave if you have to.

our policy...cat-1 we stay...cat-2 or more we leave. tropical storm...we go to the beach and watch the surfers.

 

Wilma was my first. What I never thought about was afterward... No water for a week, no electricity for thirteen days, which meant gas stations could not pump gas. PITA for sure.

 

looks like the latest models have ISAAC tracking a little westward.

which is good & bad...if the storm comes close to us, I'd prefer being on the west side...not the east side.

I have water stocked...batteries...etc...losing power is the largest concern.

please pray for those of us on the north gulf coast.

 

Yeah-Getting everything tightened down around here and packing my go bag into the truck. Sad for me-I'll be flying a Helo out and leaving the house and wife and kid here..

 

good luck Mark. and prayers for you & family...

looks like a cat-2 may be headed your way.

 

Yeah-Thank you Larry.
We'll see what happens. Still on the safer side right now...but we are keeping an eye on it pretty closely.....

 

Totally awesome!!!! :/

 

After dealing with Katrina in Gulfport, MS, A CAT 2 hurricane is just some heavy rain and mild wind. No 30 foot storm surge? No problem. Isaac is causing mild panic though at Home depot and the gas stations.

We shall see.

 

we went through all the necessary stuff today and yesterday...

picked up extra water...non perishable food...shutters on the windows...etc.

don't think it's gonna be to bad for us here in Destin...but stil a PITA. and we have been through worse storms...

price to pay for living in paradise.

 

I am on pcola also. But went to jax for the weekend. I was gonna drive back today to get my car but they said if I tried to get on the base they wouldn't let me leave once I came on the base. So my truck sits in the path of the storm and I hope it makes it through.

 

We got off pretty light.... just rained all day now morphed into thunderstorms, gusts to ~35

Be safe gulf coasters!

 

gas is supposed to skyrocket cause of this storm

 

I live close to NAS, let me know if you want I will check on your truck for you. Looks like it might not be that bad though.

 

Thanks man. Ya I am pretty sure it will be ok. I don't think the base will flood too bad. The truck is parked over at the gateway inn so it's a good distance from the ocean.

 

looks like we dodged the bullet here in Destin

Nawlins' may get the worse...the east side of the storm

and, landfall tomorrow...7 year anniversary of Katrina, to the day. creepy.

 

Yeah-I'm in Houston now with a full rescue crew. Waiting to see what the storm does....hoping that my house makes it thru just fine.