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Definetly getting the new roof washed off and wind tested. No power so Iam thinking of getting ready to head north now instead of waitng for the holiday traffic to die down. But for now its a good time to find a place to do laundry. One that has power. :)
 
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I had a wild night here on the water, which got a good bit higher than it did during any of the storms in '04.

We lost power from 2:30AM until 4:AM, and I was out several times during that time securing various things that my wife didn't think would blow away, but were floating around or submerged.

When I went out on the fixed dock to the boat (which would have been long gone if I hadn't put out a couple of extra long lines that afternoon), I was in almost waist deep water. By 4:AM, it had gone up another foot, but started dropping by 5:AM (high tide at Bayport was about 3:AM).

There is crap everywhere; limbs down, and leaves and other stuff that floated up on the high water all over everything.

I'd intended to start doing the cleanup today, but it's still raining.

I had the genny set up (it still is), but didn't need it.

I believe that evey one of the older built on grade houses here had water inside them.

There was a news crew, power company and cable company trucks, and wreckers around here most of yesterday.

We're fortunate that our property is on what was a natural ridge in the swamp long before this area was developed. A couple of feet in elevation can make a huge difference when you're on the water.

Our older place, put in in '77, is about 3 feet above grade. This one we put up in 2002 is nine feet above grade to the sub-floor.
 
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I'm not sure if the tides up but the creek in the back is and I am 5 miles or less from the ocean.

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Pretty nice day considering yesterday so I decided to do some weed wacking. One of my neighbors does not believe in trimming the hedges along the fence even if I pay someone to take care of my yard. Its hard on equipment so I used the opportunity to aquire a knew weed wacker.
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Very few problems cannot be solved with the proper mixture of chemicals.

This is Mojave which replaces Sahara in the states that might have licensing concerns. :D
 

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Rick McC. said:
I had a wild night here on the water, which got a good bit higher than it did during any of the storms in '04.

We lost power from 2:30AM until 4:AM, and I was out several times during that time securing various things that my wife didn't think would blow away, but were floating around or submerged.

When I went out on the fixed dock to the boat (which would have been long gone if I hadn't put out a couple of extra long lines that afternoon), I was in almost waist deep water. By 4:AM, it had gone up another foot, but started dropping by 5:AM (high tide at Bayport was about 3:AM).

There is crap everywhere; limbs down, and leaves and other stuff that floated up on the high water all over everything.

I'd intended to start doing the cleanup today, but it's still raining.

I had the genny set up (it still is), but didn't need it.

I believe that evey one of the older built on grade houses here had water inside them.

There was a news crew, power company and cable company trucks, and wreckers around here most of yesterday.

We're fortunate that our property is on what was a natural ridge in the swamp long before this area was developed. A couple of feet in elevation can make a huge difference when you're on the water.

Our older place, put in in '77, is about 3 feet above grade. This one we put up in 2002 is nine feet above grade to the sub-floor.
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Glad to hear you had no damage Rick. Down south here its just been rain, on and off for days but nothing like what you got.
 
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