I hope everyone came thru ok with min. loss ! ,
I,ve notice this yr that trk campers , RV, trailer campers r selling on sale real cheap because of all the forest fires & travel restrictions due to them & all that smog nobodie,s buying them so if I lived in one of those fire zones or tornado , hurricane or flood zones I,d b thinkin about that specially a trk small 6ft bed camper at least u,ll always have somewhere to go & stay "Walmart" parking lots ! , that,s where the Mac,s come in on double duty land or sea or flood !
OverEasy wrote: ↑Sun Sep 03, 2023 1:02 pm
Hi Herschel!
Those funny forks in the road that leads to horizons not known…
There actually is a long history of dry sailing http://www.rosamondca.us/history/DryLakeSailing.htm
Hi Be Free!
Good catch on the ice cubes!!!
Glad ya got power back!
Waddayamean we’re not 19 no mo???
It’s only a couple bottles of water…. right…..
Best Regards,
Over Easy
Great piece of desert history. Thanks for the link. I do a fair amount of travel with my pickup and camper trailer, so I carry an Achilles LT-4 with a sail kit in the bed of the truck. Whenever I am out in the southwest with my rig, I do enjoy a sail when I can. Lake Powell for instance (with a previous inflatable) . But I do prefer water sailing!
We are all in the long recovery/rebuild period after the storm. The worst of the damage has been identified and work is starting on getting back to normal. There are still a lot of people out of their homes but there are shelters, feeding locations, and places to get showers. No one is going hungry or living without shelter but for a lot of people in this area it is still a long way back to normal.
When I was volunteering at one of the food sites I unloaded donations from as far away as Jacksonville. More than one family loaded up as much food and water as they could carry and delivered it here personally. There have been truckloads of food and ice from Publix, water and supplies from Lowes, but the majority has come in small batches from individuals all over north Florida and south Georgia.
The area where I live was not damaged nearly as much as some of the others. There are a few houses that are unlivable because of flooding but all of the ones that I'm aware of are vacation homes so no one is being displaced because of it. No one was killed or even hurt in this area as far as I've heard. All things considered we are very blessed.
I've not left town since the storm but my wife and I need to drive up to Perry this afternoon. I'll let you know if I see anything significant up that way.
Bill
2001 26X Simple Interest
Honda BF40D
"If I were in a hurry I would not have bought a sailboat." Me
Be Free wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2023 8:12 am
I'd recommend the Steinhatchee Fish Company. Everything here is close by and they will redirect you if they have too much of what you bring.
As of 21 hours ago they said they still need bleach, laundry detergent, all kinds of cleaning products, rakes, shovels, and yard cleaning tools.
The boil water notice was lifted while I was typing this so we won't need any more water!
Roger that. Will chat with the Admiral and see what we can do.
Now that the water is safe I'm heading down to the Orlando area for the next week or so. I had just come down to do some work on my Dad's estate when the hurricane hit and had to come back before I was through. Hopefully Lee will cut me some slack and let me get some of it finished before it comes to visit.
Bill
2001 26X Simple Interest
Honda BF40D
"If I were in a hurry I would not have bought a sailboat." Me
Be Free wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2023 12:04 pm
Now that the water is safe I'm heading down to the Orlando area for the next week or so. I had just come down to do some work on my Dad's estate when the hurricane hit and had to come back before I was through. Hopefully Lee will cut me some slack and let me get some of it finished before it comes to visit.
If you will get in touch with me when you get to Orlando, I'll make a contribution for some of that gear they need up there for you to take back with you. Harbor freight has shovels at $10. Surely, we can send you home with a dozen or so of those.
Just gotta wonder how people are gonna cope with their personal rebuild/refurbish efforts with all the talk of the various insurance companies pulling out of Florida since 2018. Seems just the other day there was some news of several of the bigger ones starting to pull up stakes and move out. From what I read it seems the only operating flood insurance still available is through the ‘last resort’ state program which appeared to be a statewide shared risk type.
> Is that true?
> Wonder what that means for property insurance like for storm losses/damage like boats?
OverEasy wrote: ↑Wed Sep 13, 2023 11:32 am
Just gotta wonder how people are gonna cope with their personal rebuild/refurbish efforts with all the talk of the various insurance companies pulling out of Florida since 2018. Seems just the other day there was some news of several of the bigger ones starting to pull up stakes and move out. From what I read it seems the only operating flood insurance still available is through the ‘last resort’ state program which appeared to be a statewide shared risk type.
> Is that true?
> Wonder what that means for property insurance like for storm losses/damage like boats?
Thank you for the interest in the insurance issue. I don't have much to contribute. I am with USAA for my homeowner's policy. I haven't heard anything about that changing for me. USAA did pull out of the boat insurance business in Florida after 2004 when we had four major hurricanes. I've been with Geico through BoatUS ever since. My major gripe is that our homeowner's deductible for a named storm goes up enormously. Consequently, I wish they would not name the storms so early in the process.
land or sea or flood !
