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Well they say there's no driving on the road because there's a curfew but there's a few Renegades out there.well prepared and boarded up,and safe. Throwing my prayers out to the families to stay safe and be smart. Lets survive Hurricane Irma ⛈

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This is the real America ...awesome.!!!!

It is, and it's not an unusual occurrence for first responders. As I write, I'm listening to a firefighter from the ACT [Canberra] Parks and Conservation Service who has just come home from a month fighting the fires in British Columbia. He mentioned that when he was there, there were also firefighters from Mexico and Quebec. A similar thing happens here in our fire season. Although not foreign (they are more often in fire management roles, and in more remote larger fires), I can remember during severe fires near my then home near Sydney seeing a fire truck across the road from a small town in South Australia, about 1500km away.

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How wonderful you have found a solution to your panoply of escorting-related issues.

 

You're going to need Jesus when my foot goes flying up your ass at hurricane force speed.

 

Now, if the good Lord may give me the strength to put you back on ignore...

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/video/FLORIDA%20OOYALA-large.jpg

http://themmacorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Aldo136LinFighting2-750x400.jpg

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It is, and it's not an unusual occurrence for first responders. As I write, I'm listening to a firefighter from the ACT [Canberra] Parks and Conservation Service who has just come home from a month fighting the fires in British Columbia. He mentioned that when he was there, there were also firefighters from Mexico and Quebec. A similar thing happens here in our fire season. Although not foreign (they are more often in fire management roles, and in more remote larger fires), I can remember during severe fires near my then home near Sydney seeing a fire truck across the road from a small town in South Australia, about 1500km away.

We have had many utility workers here where I live that headed down to Florida 2 days ago getting ready to help.... It is sad to me that it takes something like this to bring man kind together.... all issues are dropped.

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You're going to need Jesus when my foot goes flying up your ass at hurricane force speed.

 

Now, if the good Lord may give me the strength to put you back on ignore...

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/video/FLORIDA%20OOYALA-large.jpg

http://themmacorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Aldo136LinFighting2-750x400.jpg

 

Threatening forum members with potential violence because they say something you do not like is disturbing to hear. Perhaps you need to revisit the idea of therapy or seek a different spiritual counselor.

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i live in Wilton Manors but still in Bangkok till next week. I was able to find out my condo has sustained no damage. But still no power. That should be resolved soon though. Makes trip home a little easier.

 

I hope you left a mug of frozen water in your freezer with a quarter on top. If the quarter has fallen to the bottom of the mug when you return you need to throw everything out of your freezer. YOU LOST POWER AND EVERYTHING DEFROSTED.

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Thank you to the OP.

As I say around here sometimes, every just so often, humanity doesn't suck.

Thank you for reminding me.

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I couldn't agree more. It's hard to watch the devastation, trying to imagine what it would be like if I lost a lifetime of building something. If there is a silver lining, it is that in the end we are really one. As someone said during Harvey, "What's happening in Houston is the face of America"

We see it now in St Thomas, St Martin, through the Caribbean and all through the Keys where one and four homes were destroyed, and the devastation is just staggering. People are fighting for just basic needs, and yet listening to those living there, they are plowing forward, undaunted, determined to rebuild. You see it in their faces, the determination, the strength, and you see it in the faces of the Los Angeles Fire Department, three thousand miles from home, racing south bound to help, and you see in the faces of the helicopter rescue pilots, and those on the ground digging through the rubble, ordinary Americans from a dozen different states, and you hear it in the voices of those in Cudjoe Key, Islamorada, Key Largo, Marathon, And on and on it goes..."The Face of America"

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Welcome home BVB!!! I was evacuated Saturday morning as I live on the West Coast. Storm track landfall was directly over my house. Packed up and headed east to enjoy hospitality of one of our retired escorts who was active on the board. Just north of Ft Lauderdale and lost power Sunday at 5am. Survived but lots of trees down and some flooding. My home was spared due to the turn NE of Irma after hitting Naples. Spent 5 hours and lots of frazzled nerves Monday trying to get 6 gallons of gas. Arrived home to power and virtually no damage at 9pm Monday night. Power is still a problem around where I live and hopefully some business owners will open today. We dodged the biggest bullet as my opinion when I left was that I would have no home to come back to. Very thankful here and trying to get back to normal.

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Welcome home BVB!!! I was evacuated Saturday morning as I live on the West Coast. Storm track landfall was directly over my house. Packed up and headed east to enjoy hospitality of one of our retired escorts who was active on the board. Just north of Ft Lauderdale and lost power Sunday at 5am. Survived but lots of trees down and some flooding. My home was spared due to the turn NE of Irma after hitting Naples. Spent 5 hours and lots of frazzled nerves Monday trying to get 6 gallons of gas. Arrived home to power and virtually no damage at 9pm Monday night. Power is still a problem around where I live and hopefully some business owners will open today. We dodged the biggest bullet as my opinion when I left was that I would have no home to come back to. Very thankful here and trying to get back to normal.

 

So glad that you and the casa survived!! It's amazing to me that one degree turn of Irma, meant some of us escaped loss while others would not be so lucky. Like Larstrup, many of us went through our own personal Hell for those few days, but still trying to imagine what it is like for those that were not so lucky. Glad you made it back in one piece...Cheers!!

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I couldn't agree more. It's hard to watch the devastation, trying to imagine what it would be like if I lost a lifetime of building something. If there is a silver lining, it is that in the end we are really one. As someone said during Harvey, "What's happening in Houston is the face of America"

This.

 

Not to detract from the amazing efforts across the country, earlier today I saw a tweet from Ana Navarro calling out the volunteers and 20 service trucks from Ontario Hydro who had deployed to Florida. (I think there are also squads from Hydro Québec, but maybe that was to Houston.)

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