This will be my first direct hit hurricane. I have been through a number of near misses where we got hit by the outer edge of the storms. However this will be the first time the eye of the storm passes right over my house. At least it is only a category one storm so we should weather it fine. I have all my windows boarded up, the braces on the gazebo and the privacy fence around the pool braced so I think we are going to be fine. Of course since we live in a mobile home we will take shelter in my office building until the storm passes.

Stay safe, Tiger. Maybe that metal roof will blow away ..



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HEY SHANE


I will be praying for you and your family.
also you mobile home


dgrimm60

I have a corrugated asphalt panels on my roof which have a lifetime guarrantee and are to stand up to 200 mph winds. I am more concerned about my rafters being blown off and taking the roof with them.

praying that all goes well. I know what is like to have the eye of the storm go over your home. A number of years ago when my mom had her knee replaced, my brother and his wife went down to spend time taking care of her for one week. During that week they had a hurricaine. Than the following week me and my wife went down and stay for the following week and another hurricaine went over. This one the eye went directly over her house. As I was planning to go home they were predicting another hurricaine so I stay another week. Than the following week my daughter and one of her friends spent a week with her. And would you believe it they had another hurricaine, but this one came up the west coast of florida but still rained on her house. She had to have her roof fixed that year. Anyway just letting you know that God will take care of you and your family.

pkrause

Get ready as it looks like it will be a Category 2 by the time it reaches shore. Here are some tips:
a)Don't leave your car or vehicle exposed or under trees
b)Have a radio and cellphone, the cellphone towers seem to keep on
c)Get bags of ice in a cooler and bottles of water, you may be drinking them for a few days if the regular water gets contaminated and stores are closed for repair.
d)Have a can openener, that is one I always forget, along with canned food for 3 days.
e)Gas up the car, and be prepared to go to a shelter or relatives in cause tornado like winds tear off the roof or other parts of the house.

and we will keep you in our prayers...

It has slowed down a lot. It was traveling at 12 mph and is down to 5 mph. I live about 40 miles inland. So at this speed it would take 8 hours to get to me and that amount of time on land should really break it up. We will see. The eye of the storm should be making landfall in the next couple of hours.

What? You mean FEMA doesn't deliver pizza?

Its not so much the hurricane but the mini-tornados it spawns that will rip up the roof and braces, the edge of the eye is full of them so even far from the shore, they will do some damage...

We will be praying for you and your family's safety.