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Post by Mango on Oct 7, 2022 19:43:14 GMT -5
We are all good. We are out until maybe Sunday night. The crew is in Orlando
Yes, Ian was the worst hurricane to Florida in a very long time.
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Post by Shannara on Oct 7, 2022 19:48:45 GMT -5
Although the pictures we saw, the houses looked like trailers -- the double-wide trailers that are stationary.
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Post by Mango on Oct 7, 2022 19:55:24 GMT -5
They aren’t made to withstand those winds. I hope they evacuated but Ian did change course so leaving may not have been easy.
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Post by Shannara on Oct 7, 2022 19:59:37 GMT -5
One of mom's bosses' grandparents lived in Florida, in a house made with those big cement blocks and he said when a hurricane was coming, they just "battened down the hatches" and rode the storm out and never had any damage to that type of house.
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Post by Monty on Oct 7, 2022 20:06:59 GMT -5
Howdy kits
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Post by Mango on Oct 7, 2022 20:07:43 GMT -5
Yes those are much better w/highwinds. And I think now most houses made after a certain year are all up to hurricane standard codes so it’s just if you live in older homes
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Post by Shannara on Oct 7, 2022 20:11:07 GMT -5
Hi, Monty! How's everything at your house?
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Post by Monty on Oct 7, 2022 20:13:54 GMT -5
Not too bad, chilly tonight...mom is running late so she still have to do supper dishes
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Post by Shannara on Oct 7, 2022 20:18:09 GMT -5
The weatherman said we may have a frost. Mom's flower pots are close to the deck so she doesn't think the frost will hit them. Plus the ground is still warm.
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Post by Mr. Sheym on Oct 7, 2022 20:22:30 GMT -5
Hi Monty. How have you been?
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Post by Mr. Sheym on Oct 7, 2022 20:25:04 GMT -5
A frost already. I guess summer is over. 🤣
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Post by Monty on Oct 7, 2022 20:27:43 GMT -5
We have actually been pretty good here....mom is slowly looking for a new car her is deciding it doesn't want to heat up anymore and she can't have that in the winter
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Post by Shannara on Oct 7, 2022 20:28:40 GMT -5
Yes, the leaves are starting to fall. The trees look like they will have lots of color this year. Some of the maples' leaves are all red. Our buckeye tree has already dropped half of its leaves. It is old so it goes to sleep earlier than the rest of the trees.
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Post by Sterling on Oct 7, 2022 20:34:13 GMT -5
Mom's very first car was an old Chevy Bel-Aire and the first year she had it, it had to be parked outside in winter (that was in Chicago). When they would go for groceries it took the heater about 15 minutes to get warm and they would be driving with the windows all frosted up, hee hee!
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Post by Monty on Oct 7, 2022 20:37:28 GMT -5
Mom is really sort of bummed she has a Chrysler 200 and it still runs really good, but they just can't seem to fix the heat in it. She was hoping to keep it one more year, she will have a loan paid off by then so would have had a bit more wiggle room
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