Wilma Aftermath (link)

Thanks for posting these for me... my hosting is not working as well as it should...


hmmmmmm.... I wonder why?

Last night we got our power back... WOOT!

Things are still a mess around here, but after a week with no power, this ROCKS!

damn..ill check them out..glad you are ok Michael

haha RIght on Michael...
I still have no power.. I am like in the 1% group that may wait until November 11th.

-=Chipmunk=-

Nooooooo! Munky must have power!!!!!

That totally SUCKS!


If you want to come down here and hang out with us you are COMPLETELY welcome! Good food, hot shower, DVDs?

Seriously anytime. I would love to have you visit. Give me a call

Damn. Just damn!

I'd visit Mike, but that damn curfew.

I've known ppl arrested already.

Thanks!

Thanx!! I will hire you to campaign for me once I decide to run for president and have total global domination

Dude, they lifted the curfew in Miami Dade now.... come on by! Let me know when so we can buy stuff for dinner, you are welcome anytime man.

Hey michael...
Thats really cool of you man!! Thanx a bunch for the offer. Stay tuned on this one!

Be good bro...
-=Chipmunk=-

I don't think I am in the 1% group but I still do not have power, and I live in a newer, good size subdivision with all underground electric, and I still don't have power.

hey Jay,
Sorry to hear man... Where are you Lauderdale?

South Florida is still all fucked up right now. We just got power back yesterday. Driving is the absolute worst situation with so many major intersections missing traffic signals. Gas lines are getting back to normal. Nightly 9PM curfews are a pain in the ass. Everything is closing early. Boil water orders were lifted yesterday. Seems like the vast majority of trees are without leaves and branches so it looks surreal like the winters up North. Schools can't open yet because of debris and difficulty getting the school buses driving on time with so much intersection grid lock.

This was the worst storm to hit Florida since Andrew back in '92. If Wilma wasn't moving at high speed across the state there would have been a catastrophic amount of building damage too. It felt more tornado like than the two hurricanes last year. I saw huge trees snap like twigs and go flying.

Still not easy to go food shopping. Restaurants starting to open again. Cable TV isn't working. BellSouth still has 1/2 a million homes without phone and internet service.

All in all its been quite a frightening experience to see complete wide scale infrastructure breakdown and failure for such a large region of the country. Even having your own generator isn't much help, since it only helps you and everything around you isn't functioning. We have become so dependent on electricity for powering everything in our lives that this country is extremely vulnerable to total collapse when the power grids get fucked.

I am actually in Hollywood, ...development called OakRidge just north of Stirling Rd. I am hoping the power comes back in the next day or two. I have a generator but did not get phone service back until last nite. The last 5 days my wife and twin 4 month old girls have made base camp in their living room...

that was cool

Amen to all that.

It's bizarre to me how many people didn't even have enough food and water for 3 DAYS.... and then were complaining that the government wasn't there to help them the very next day. It's like they were children and the government is supposed to be their parent.

Drives me nuts. People don't even want to take responsibility for preparing for a storm anymore....

Any time buddy... just let me know :-)

wow,thats insane! i cant imagine going w/o power for so long...

I experienced that early this year. its like living on a cave

cutie patooty