Hurricane Wilma is still packing a punch!

[ufcrusher]

At 5:15am this morning my phone rings and I answer it. Sure enough its my Dad at home in Boca telling me that this hurricane was basically a direct hit where we lived. I honestly cannot remember the last time we had a true direct hit...lots of times where we were in the hurricane but off to the side from the eye.

Apparently he figured he had better reach me while the phone was still operational. As we were speaking the neighbors trees had all fallen into our yard. Our palm tree which had been strategically grown over our pool had fallen into the pool! (I should mention that it is a full grown palm probalby 40 ft tall that had been grown at a curve and had supports built for it) Other trees were apparently just snapping like twigs else where in the yard/neighborhood.

Just goes to show you that when you think its going to be nothing sometimes its a bit more than you expected. All of the weather forecasters had thought that it was going to go further south and that it was going to be weakened more.

[speedracer120]

I hope your parents fare well, and don't incur any more damage.

[oblongmelon]

Sorry to hear it..hope everyone there (including pets) are ok..Unfortunately, thats the luck of the draw when you live that near the Ocean. (which is why I live in Upstate New York were we only have to deal with Drugs, Arsonists, Overcrowded poorly taught high schools, Decades old Underground Chemical spills from IBM, various assorted weather changes, freak tornados, and selectively offbeat neighbors whose homes reek of catsh|t. )

[johnnymk]

Sorry to hear it..hope everyone there (including pets) are ok..Unfortunately, thats the luck of the draw when you live that near the Ocean. (which is why I live in Upstate New York were we only have to deal with Drugs, Arsonists, Overcrowded poorly taught high schools, Decades old Underground Chemical spills from IBM, various assorted weather changes, freak tornados, and selectively offbeat neighbors whose homes reek of catsh|t. )


I nearly lost it with that last part:lmfao:

[ufcrusher]

So I spoke to my Grandparents who live about 10 miles from my father. According to my Grandmom, they lost a few roof tiles and had water coming into the sunroom for the first half of the storm....but when the eye passed the water stopped coming in.


I also found out that neither my Grandparents or my father has power. Apparently the storm caused an old repaired leak to spring again, our french doors wouldnt remain shut and had to physically be held during the entirety of the storm. The entire house is wired with a high tech phone system through a main box.....meaning that since there is no power, none of the phones (which are physically wired into the wall) work. If I could figure out a way to send them a generator I would, but for the time being they are without power/phone or weapons.

Speaking of weapons, my father left a message explaining the power situation, saying that everyone was fine, that his cell wasnt working, and that he could really use a rifle right now. I just thought that was funny.....wrong choice of weapon, but funny none-the-less.