O/T BIG ASS HURRICANE

[Kev Nemo]

Anyone seen this on the news? This damn this is almost as big as the ENTIRE state of Florida! I guess it's it's time to move to Utah or something. Florida HAMBERS-take care, brothers... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[2tall2beahotrodder]

FLORIDA AND GEORGIA!!!! shit man, i hope it doesnt travel up the coast.. the east coast will be TRASHED!

God bless any one that gets hit.

[banzaitoyota]

Stay safe people!

[squigy]

Thanks everyone..hope to be on the HAMB as long as possible the next couple of days...i live in West Palm Beach,Fl one of the predicted paths in the way of this Beast of a hurricane.my house is on lock down.well good luck to all the east coast HAMBers.....hope to talk to yall soon...Squigy & Salvagerz C.C. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[MattB]

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Thanks everyone..hope to be on the HAMB as long as possible the next couple of days...i live in West Palm Beach,Fl one of the predicted paths in the way of this Beast of a hurricane.my house is on lock down.well good luck to all the east coast HAMBers.....hope to talk to yall soon...Squigy & Salvagerz C.C. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

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Are you staying? My buddy has a beachside condo in Ft. Lauderdale, and is staying! I wish him the best, and you too if you decide not to evacuate!!

[hagar]

I live in rural Hardee county;SE of Tampa. Charley destroyed about 75% of the housing to the stage that it will be razed.We are about to be hit again. I have cars and parts that have been outside since the charley and will really catch it now. My cars were my retirement plan,o well.

[Johnny Ace]

Best and safe wishes to all Florida and SE HAMB members, their families, and loved ones.
Johnny & Kali

[dv8]

It looks like this one may dodge the Tampa/St. Pete area again. We'll definately catch the tropical storm force areas of it, but maybe not the eye.

I'm going to go outside tomorrow evening and threatin it just to be sure.

East coast'ers and north central folks need to get in your rabbit holes! It looks like it's gonna cut accross Lakeland, and head to the panhandle.

[bufordtjustice]

I hope all you guys stay safe. My friend just flew home today as his school (Embry-Riddle) told the campus to evacuate....I hope it turns out to not be quite as bad as they are expecting. Good luck and God be with all of you.

Greg

[fatassbuick]

Wulp, here in Jax, 95N. was swamped with evacuees all day. Sorry, but I'm not leaving home until the roof comes off. Hope Orlando doesn't take the fall again. Take care everyone in the path!

[squigy]

MattB yep i`m staying.i recently purchased a new home they are built with new codes here in Fla.to with stand 150+mph.they decided that when hurricane Andrew devistated south fla.in 1992.so i hope they didnt pay off the Code Inspector. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gifThanks to my fellow HAMBers,for your concerns and prayers.i hope that the fucker just goes away.... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[twjoyce]

Good luck all of you in the S.E. You know everyone here is rooting for you.

[38pickup]

Good luck everyone.... Batten down those hatches http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

[**DONOTDELETE**]

Our blizzards and minus 30 temps look kinda puny by comparison.

Good luck !! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

[burndup]

anything that ends in -caine is bad!

I'll take an earthquake any day over that shit... good luck, chain your shit down...

[willmont]

Itll probably do what alot of um do and turn on the gulf stream and come stright up the cape fear river right near where i live, o well, ill be in the mountains white water rafting. Be safe all

[hotrodladycrusr]

My thoughts will be with you guys this weekend. Please check in and let us know your all safe and sound as soon as possible after it's over.

If you need anything after it's over please don't hesitate to ask your HAMB family.

[AHotRod]

Well, I'm in Indianapolis working at the 50th NHRA US Natioanls, been up here in Detriot on Monday, here in Indy today. Spoke to my little wife a couple of hours ago, and well...I found a flight to St. Petersburg @ 7AM, so I'm heading for home, so we can grad our asses with both hands and hang on. If it goes like they think it will, it's headed across the state to our house.
Talk to ya tomarrow afternoon.

[FrameDragger]

Good luck guys...

M-

[A32Flathead]

Just got this message from a friend in Daytona Beach....

"This one is supposed to be much stronger than the one a couple of weeks ago, and the eye is twice as big (35 miles across) and it is headed straight for us. If you look at the east coast of Florida there is a little bump-out about half way up. That is Cocoa beach (cape canaveral, Brevard County) and I am just north of there Volusia County. I used to work directly across from the shuttle launch area. The Weather Channel has a guy reporting from Daytona.

My part of Daytona is a barrier island seperated from the mainland by the intercoastal waterway.

I spent all day yesterday bagging sand (2 cubic yards around 2000 pounds) My little chevy truck sure had its ass on the ground bringing the load home. Today I helped a few neighbors bag sand again and then pulled the awnings off my house and getting wood and hardware to brace up the garage door and windows. Stocked up on vital supplies like water and Frosted Strawberry Pop Tarts in case we have no electric again.

They may order us to evacuate the area like they did a few years ago. Unless it looks really serious I will stay here. This is a 1960s cement block house and pretty strong. I will put a few valuble things in the car trunk as a added protection in case i loose windows or the roof. It is already a zoo around town. the roads are packed with people evacuating. "Petrol" stations have "no Gas" signs. I just came from the hardware store and it is crazy.

I'll do as much as I can within reason and see what happens. Actually I would be happier if the storm cleaned this place to the ground instead of just messing things up. I have no desire to clean up wet carpet and books etc. They just today picked up the storm debris from the last hurricane. I was worried that pile of crap would start flying around and end up coming through the house. The monster is tucked away and under cover and waiting it out."



Good luck to all of our HAMB'ers down there in Florida, be sure to post updates if you all can.

Dave

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[SnoDawg]

you all take care down there. I am sure you all will be enjoying the weather while I am dealing with the minus degree temps and short days this winter. It is all a trade off as to where you feel comfortable

[REJ]

Thanks for your thoughts. Just pulled it up on the computer when I got to work and at least it has dropped to a category 2 hurricane as of now.
Have every thing battened down and now will just wait and see what happens.
dv8-when you threaten it this morning, yell at it for me also.
It would be nice if it just headed up north and disapated in the Atlantic. 2 in two weeks is a little too much.
If any of the Fla hambers need any help after it is over, pm me and I'll see what I can do.
Take care and cover up.

[Jeff Norwell]

My Mom was coming here to visit us at our new place and to see her grandchild..not any more......She phoned yesterday and has to stay and prepare her home(she lives in Boca.)She is a widow and the fella who was going to do here stormwindows has backed out.She told me the grocery stores are nearly empty and trying to get wood and supplies at the local hardware stores is next to impossable......

[4t64rd]

The worst part of this is going to be where Charley's and Frances's paths are gonna cross. The debris from Charley is piled up and going to be tossed into what's left of Polk County. THIS SUCKS!!!!!

[dixiedog]

I live just west of I95 and the traffic is doing better up here today, but expect a crawl below us, I can see 95 outside of my office and its moving.

Everyone here is just waiting, and waiting, and waiting. I got my plywood ready and gas grill filled. I built my shop to withstand 120mph winds and the house is brick.

After living in Fla for 41 yrs you really get tired of this crap. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[Cword]

Weather...

I guess it's better to be cold than blown away.

[gears-n-grease]

I am in gainesvile in a concrete block house. We should be pretty safe. If ANYONE NEEDS A PLACE LET ME KNOW. We got plenty of room. I-75 is busy as hell north bound and we are running low on gas at the stations off the interstate.If you are headed north you might take the the back roads (441 ect) If anyone stops at any Gainesville exits for gas dont hesitate to drive into town a little to find gas. Most local roads are easy to backtrack to the interstate on.

[Tudor]

Anyone heard how the Bahamians are fairing? I wouldn't wanna be on any of those small Islands with 140 mph winds busting through there.

There is not much there to begin with.

[Duck]

Looks like we are going to get it here in Tally-town on Monday. Hopefully it loses some steam by then.

In the mean time, we are renting a house on St. George Island this weekend and are going to party it up until Sunday!

Good luck to everyone in South/Central FL.

-Duck

[RoadDevil13]

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Looks like we are going to get it here in Tally-town on Monday. Hopefully it loses some steam by then.

In the mean time, we are renting a house on St. George Island this weekend and are going to party it up until Sunday!

Good luck to everyone in South/Central FL.

-Duck

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Our thoughts and prayers are with you all.....

[Nads]

I'm staying put, got no choice, at least I'm here with my family.
Draglinks took off, I just talked to him, he's barely crossed the state line into GA, he left yesterday.
Spank him on the ass for me at Dixie Fried.

As of this moment the eye is expected to go right over O-Town. It's not like we're even done cleaning up after Charley.
Because I'm very rich, my house is the highest one in the neighborhood, at least we might be spared the flooding.

I'm getting ready for three days of hurricane monkey sex, I haven't told my wife about it yet.

[hankcash]

Buckle down brother....
Please post some "action" shots and some of the "eye" when it passes overhead....

Some of the monkey sex would be great to post as well...
HC

[dixiedog]

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I'm getting ready for three days of hurricane monkey sex, I haven't told my wife about it yet.

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I wonder how many kids are going to be born in the next 8-9 months with the names Charlie and Frances?

Good luck to ya Nads!

[Nads]

HC, I'm setting up the smoke detector/spy cam even as we speak. The wife's wearing her granny undies, Gawd I love those things.

[LIMEY]

Good luck guys i only hope it turns round & fucks off out into the sea, Nads keep an eye out for your old mags you lost they might come back.....

[Jdee]

Got the Keg Full and the garage Shut tight!
I'm sure that the trees I cut up from Charlie out on the curb Will be banging on the door soon http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
We got lucky at the airport here in Winter Haven last time.
Hope we do this time too, My partners hot rod won't take much to reck! http://woodgraining.com/photos/dscf0010.JPG
Jdee
HURRICANE PARTY at Chainsaw Shop http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
http://woodgraining.com/photos/chainsaw.jpg

[The Blownranger]

Thanks for the concerns and well wishes from the HAMBers
outside of Florida.
Just finished preparing,storm shutters up,plants and everything inside,plenty water and batteries.
Nothing to do for the next few days but wait and pray.
(too old for that monkey shit,Nads http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif)
Francis is so big and moving so slow the whole state is going to feel it.
JR...
PS...Hope my power and DSL connection hang in there,
if we don`t lose our roof http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

[weekender]

Talked to my brother-inlaw a while ago. He lives and works for FAA in Ft. Lauderdale. He's on over-time, and says the storm is only moving about 4 mph. He says it's a DANDY, so you folks down there had better get ready. Good luck and be safe.

McCray

[Nads]

Jdee, by any chance did you know the guy in Kissimmee that lost all those Ferraris during Frances?
You shoulda seen the pictures, a whole barn full of GTOs and Dinos and other collector cars were crushed. Sad.

[wingnutz]

"INSURE Heavily" and get the "F#*K" out of there....!!!

[pigpen]

A photo of a big ass flying eye in the sky! Von Dutch would be proud. There was some monkey sex going on over in the Phillipines when I was there. A little too kinky even for the pigpen.

pigpen



The pigpen REEKS from the dust and dirt of ancient civilizations.

[james]

Nads, one time I was on I-4 right there near kissimme (actually Dundee) and saw a gorgeous, all original "patinae" dino. Was haulin ass, too. Probably the same guy. It was nice seeing a car like that driven hard and put up wet.

[4t64rd]

Lights are starting to flicker, and the wind is starting to howl, just waiting for the power to go out, and then I'll have to drink all the beer before it get warm. Don't expect any word from Central FL HAMBers for at least a few days.

P.S. ABC 28 News Don Germaise is a complete nutjob.

[Upchuck]

keep your heads down and hope all you guys make out ok!

seeya again when the power comes back on and things clear up

[dv8]

I talked to Grinder earlier....he high-tailed it to Georgia, so he's ok. He talked to Nads, and he was ok at the time.

It's on top of Orlando AND Tampa now. Sanford supposedly got hammered...West Palm got pounded. There's a lot of HAMB'ers around the "I-4 corridor", and on the east coast that will be affected by this.

I just took a "golf cart survey" with the neighbors, and there is some pretty good wind out there. Some roofs of sheds in the neighborhood were allready peeling back. There are green leaves and limbs everywhere.

[CherryBlossom]

Good luck guys!!!!! Keep us updated when you can http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Jdee]

Hey Nads , no I did not know the guy with the Ferraris,
Really its crazy all the nice cars sitting around
in little and big warehouses down here.
That really sucks, I do like those cars.
I spent today block sanding the roof of my car,
Good day to do it, no interruptions and
THE HURRICANE made it nice and cool in the shop http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
One of these days I need to get over to
your area and visit,
Soon as I get a car that will make it that far http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Jdee
PS: Winter Haven Florida Looks good....
I did not even lose power this time.
Most of the storm is past here right now 4:00 PM

[Big A]

Good luck to everyone.

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