Anyone here been in a Hurricane?

[Coyote]

People today live with a microwave mentality.

They expect government relief agencies to respond instantly and fix their problems now.

I think fast food places like McDonalds has warped peoples perspective about how long things like restoring electric power really takes to repair in disaster situations. ....

Lotta peeps get soooooo dependent on electricity. Then fall to pieces.

Me, I like a good power outage. Lets you know what your world would be like without this rampant 24/7 fake daylight. Makes you get creative.

It DEPENDS.....when Sandy came through we had huge early snowfall and low temperatures that brought down trees and powerlines all over the state. Because we had well water - without power we had no water or heat other than the wood stove insert. It was interesting - we essentially lived in one room for heat and light and we did get creative. But it lasted a week. And it was cold. Somehow the water situation was what really dragged me down. It was hard to be creative.

We had a week like that when I was seven years old. A blizzard knocked out everybody's power and the heater wouldn't go on. I remember a brown boxy-looking kerosene heater we huddled around in one room where the only heat was (it was March). I don't remember what we ate. It was so cool.

When I was younger...I was much more adventerous

We lived for a while in an aframe with undependable water, wood heat, ladybugs and wasps...and...it was fun. But after a while things didn't get better, only harder.

Now...I like my comfort

I like comfort too but when the whole paradigm shifts everything that was mundane routine is gone and it's a whole new scene. It wakes you up. It's a new world. I like that. I guess because it gets rid of the same-old.

And furthermore, ladybugs are our friends. They eat aphids.

I liked the ladybugs and even the wasps...they were kind of a metaphor for us. The house was unfinished and we semi finished it. They wintered over in behind the drywall. But when the wood stove heated the house enough, they'd wake up and buzz around...and drunk, half awake wasps would fall from the ceiling

I've gotten to the point, because we've had so many water problems...that that is one area where I no longer cope well - I can take no heat, no electric...but damn...no water sucks.

 

[Sunni Man]

The hurricane I went thru and it's aftermath was here in the states.

Hard to imagine a whole island that was basically like a 3rd world country already being slammed by one. ...

 

[Coyote]

The hurricane I went thru and it's aftermath was here in the states.

Hard to imagine a whole island that was basically like a 3rd world country being being slammed by one. ...

And not just one...wasn't she grazed by Irma too?

 

[Pogo]

Lotta peeps get soooooo dependent on electricity. Then fall to pieces.

Me, I like a good power outage. Lets you know what your world would be like without this rampant 24/7 fake daylight. Makes you get creative.

It DEPENDS.....when Sandy came through we had huge early snowfall and low temperatures that brought down trees and powerlines all over the state. Because we had well water - without power we had no water or heat other than the wood stove insert. It was interesting - we essentially lived in one room for heat and light and we did get creative. But it lasted a week. And it was cold. Somehow the water situation was what really dragged me down. It was hard to be creative.

We had a week like that when I was seven years old. A blizzard knocked out everybody's power and the heater wouldn't go on. I remember a brown boxy-looking kerosene heater we huddled around in one room where the only heat was (it was March). I don't remember what we ate. It was so cool.

When I was younger...I was much more adventerous

We lived for a while in an aframe with undependable water, wood heat, ladybugs and wasps...and...it was fun. But after a while things didn't get better, only harder.

Now...I like my comfort

I like comfort too but when the whole paradigm shifts everything that was mundane routine is gone and it's a whole new scene. It wakes you up. It's a new world. I like that. I guess because it gets rid of the same-old.

And furthermore, ladybugs are our friends. They eat aphids.

I liked the ladybugs and even the wasps...they were kind of a metaphor for us. The house was unfinished and we semi finished it. They wintered over in behind the drywall. But when the wood stove heated the house enough, they'd wake up and buzz around...and drunk, half awake wasps would fall from the ceiling

I've gotten to the point, because we've had so many water problems...that that is one area where I no longer cope well - I can take no heat, no electric...but damn...no water sucks.

Yeah my water is pumped from a spring by an electric pump, so I do keep a stash for that event. 5-gallon cooler jugs.

And as far as water for other-than-drinking, if the power is out that usually means there was a storm, and if there was a storm there was rain and/or snowfall, and if there was that, then the creek on the side yard is full of water, so that's where I takes my bucket to fill the turlet.

 

[Coyote]

It DEPENDS.....when Sandy came through we had huge early snowfall and low temperatures that brought down trees and powerlines all over the state. Because we had well water - without power we had no water or heat other than the wood stove insert. It was interesting - we essentially lived in one room for heat and light and we did get creative. But it lasted a week. And it was cold. Somehow the water situation was what really dragged me down. It was hard to be creative.

We had a week like that when I was seven years old. A blizzard knocked out everybody's power and the heater wouldn't go on. I remember a brown boxy-looking kerosene heater we huddled around in one room where the only heat was (it was March). I don't remember what we ate. It was so cool.

When I was younger...I was much more adventerous

We lived for a while in an aframe with undependable water, wood heat, ladybugs and wasps...and...it was fun. But after a while things didn't get better, only harder.

Now...I like my comfort

I like comfort too but when the whole paradigm shifts everything that was mundane routine is gone and it's a whole new scene. It wakes you up. It's a new world. I like that. I guess because it gets rid of the same-old.

And furthermore, ladybugs are our friends. They eat aphids.

I liked the ladybugs and even the wasps...they were kind of a metaphor for us. The house was unfinished and we semi finished it. They wintered over in behind the drywall. But when the wood stove heated the house enough, they'd wake up and buzz around...and drunk, half awake wasps would fall from the ceiling

I've gotten to the point, because we've had so many water problems...that that is one area where I no longer cope well - I can take no heat, no electric...but damn...no water sucks.

Yeah my water is pumped from a spring by an electric pump, so I do keep a stash for that event. 5-gallon cooler jugs.

And as far as water for other-than-drinking, if the power is out that usually means there was a storm, and if there was a storm there was rain and/or snowfall, and if there was that, then the creek on the side yard is full of water, so that's where I takes my bucket to fill the turlet.

We melted plenty of snow.....

 

[pismoe]

My family and I were in one of large hurricanes that hit Florida several years ago. We slept on the hallway floor of a middle school that was being used as a shelter along with 100's of strangers for one night.

By noon the next morning the winds had died down enough to leave the shelter and attempt to drive about 3 miles to home. The streets were covered with all kinds of rubble and debris. So I had to drive very slowly and snake my way to avoid the trash. When I got into my neighborhood it was even worse. Large trees everywhere had been uprooted and were laying all over the streets. You had to drive around them thru people's front yards and flower beds to reach home.

My house was in good shape with almost no damage. There was no electricity and the plumbing didn't work. We just camped out and used the outdoor grill to cook on. I had already stocked a weeks worth of food and water, so we were set. But it got very boring with nothing to do, and being it was summer, we all wanted a shower and the AC working to help sleep at night.

There was no cell phone service, so I drove all around looking to find a signal and tell my relatives we had survived and everything was good. For 3 days I periodically drove around trying to get a cell signal. I happened to see a guy in the middle of a big field talking on his cell phone. I parked my car and walked around the field hoping to acquire a signal, but got nothing. Frustrated, I approached him and asked how he was able to get a cell signal? He pointed to one spot on the ground and said this was the only place he had found that worked after walking all over the entire field. I stood on that spot and instantly had service to make calls. How the guy found that spot in the middle of that huge field is beyond me?

The main Interstate had a collapsed bridge, and a lot of the roads leading into the city had been completely washed away. So it took FEMA and the National Guard about 3 days to start to arrive and begin major relief efforts. But when they finally were able to safely navigate their way into the disaster area, there was a steady parade of vehicles.

There was no rhyme or rhythm to who had their power restored. One side of the street might have power, and the other side of the street, people still had to wait a couple more weeks. I was fortunate and my power returned on day 5

It had been a week and my food and water supplies were getting low. I started driving around and was able to locate a FEMA aid relief station. They loaded my car up with MRE's (meals ready to eat) and cases of bottled water. Which we lived on for about a week until the local stores opened back up with stocked shelves.

By now my car was getting low on gas and the fuel gauge showed less the 1/4 of a tank. I found a small gas station that had cars filling their tanks, so I took a place in line. After about and hour I was the next car in line to use the pump went the gasoline storage went dry. And the station said, "sorry folks, it's empty". Grrrr!!!

On the way home, I happen to notice several National Guard trucks and a large diesel generator parked next to the gas pumps at the local Wal-Mart parking lot. Working on a hunch, I got up at sunrise to be the first one in line. When I arrived, I was like car number 50. Apparently a lot of people had the same idea as me. Within an hour there was at least a couple of hundred cars in line behind me. It was really hot setting out in the Florida summer sun. The NG personal were able to hook up the generator, get the pumps working, and I was able to fill up my cars gas tank by around noon.

After a couple of weeks things were back to normal for me and my family. But many people had houses with roofs torn off and totally destroyed by water damage. FEMA provided them with small temporary trailers as available. Eventually, temporary trailer parks were opened throughout the city, and thousands of people stayed in them rent free up to 18 months.

People who have never been in a hurricane and endured the aftermath, have no idea how much effort it takes government relief agencies to respond to such a monumental natural disaster.

As for me, I thought FEMA and the National Guard did an outstanding job. Although you would never know it listening to the media pontificating nothing but negativity from their cloistered armchair coverage of the event. .....

I totally agree. And FEMA learned a lot from Katrina - and made it a mission to take those lessons to heart. They are top rate imo.

Puerto Rico is a tragedy, and it's not FEMA's fault NOR is it the Puerto Rican's fault - it's a "perfect storm". Much harder than Houston, worse devastation than Florida and a thousand miles of ocean...and total, total destruction.

FEMA has had 3 devastating events in as many months. My prayers go out to all those people who have lost so much.

------------------------------------------------------------------------- in my opinion and From what i understand as i listen to White hiapanic governor Rosello 'puerto rico' and its 'puerto ricans' are third world and third worlders Coyote .

 

[Coyote]

My family and I were in one of large hurricanes that hit Florida several years ago. We slept on the hallway floor of a middle school that was being used as a shelter along with 100's of strangers for one night.

By noon the next morning the winds had died down enough to leave the shelter and attempt to drive about 3 miles to home. The streets were covered with all kinds of rubble and debris. So I had to drive very slowly and snake my way to avoid the trash. When I got into my neighborhood it was even worse. Large trees everywhere had been uprooted and were laying all over the streets. You had to drive around them thru people's front yards and flower beds to reach home.

My house was in good shape with almost no damage. There was no electricity and the plumbing didn't work. We just camped out and used the outdoor grill to cook on. I had already stocked a weeks worth of food and water, so we were set. But it got very boring with nothing to do, and being it was summer, we all wanted a shower and the AC working to help sleep at night.

There was no cell phone service, so I drove all around looking to find a signal and tell my relatives we had survived and everything was good. For 3 days I periodically drove around trying to get a cell signal. I happened to see a guy in the middle of a big field talking on his cell phone. I parked my car and walked around the field hoping to acquire a signal, but got nothing. Frustrated, I approached him and asked how he was able to get a cell signal? He pointed to one spot on the ground and said this was the only place he had found that worked after walking all over the entire field. I stood on that spot and instantly had service to make calls. How the guy found that spot in the middle of that huge field is beyond me?

The main Interstate had a collapsed bridge, and a lot of the roads leading into the city had been completely washed away. So it took FEMA and the National Guard about 3 days to start to arrive and begin major relief efforts. But when they finally were able to safely navigate their way into the disaster area, there was a steady parade of vehicles.

There was no rhyme or rhythm to who had their power restored. One side of the street might have power, and the other side of the street, people still had to wait a couple more weeks. I was fortunate and my power returned on day 5

It had been a week and my food and water supplies were getting low. I started driving around and was able to locate a FEMA aid relief station. They loaded my car up with MRE's (meals ready to eat) and cases of bottled water. Which we lived on for about a week until the local stores opened back up with stocked shelves.

By now my car was getting low on gas and the fuel gauge showed less the 1/4 of a tank. I found a small gas station that had cars filling their tanks, so I took a place in line. After about and hour I was the next car in line to use the pump went the gasoline storage went dry. And the station said, "sorry folks, it's empty". Grrrr!!!

On the way home, I happen to notice several National Guard trucks and a large diesel generator parked next to the gas pumps at the local Wal-Mart parking lot. Working on a hunch, I got up at sunrise to be the first one in line. When I arrived, I was like car number 50. Apparently a lot of people had the same idea as me. Within an hour there was at least a couple of hundred cars in line behind me. It was really hot setting out in the Florida summer sun. The NG personal were able to hook up the generator, get the pumps working, and I was able to fill up my cars gas tank by around noon.

After a couple of weeks things were back to normal for me and my family. But many people had houses with roofs torn off and totally destroyed by water damage. FEMA provided them with small temporary trailers as available. Eventually, temporary trailer parks were opened throughout the city, and thousands of people stayed in them rent free up to 18 months.

People who have never been in a hurricane and endured the aftermath, have no idea how much effort it takes government relief agencies to respond to such a monumental natural disaster.

As for me, I thought FEMA and the National Guard did an outstanding job. Although you would never know it listening to the media pontificating nothing but negativity from their cloistered armchair coverage of the event. .....

I totally agree. And FEMA learned a lot from Katrina - and made it a mission to take those lessons to heart. They are top rate imo.

Puerto Rico is a tragedy, and it's not FEMA's fault NOR is it the Puerto Rican's fault - it's a "perfect storm". Much harder than Houston, worse devastation than Florida and a thousand miles of ocean...and total, total destruction.

FEMA has had 3 devastating events in as many months. My prayers go out to all those people who have lost so much.

------------------------------------------------------------------------- in my opinion and From what i understand as i listen to White hiapanic governor Rosello 'puerto rico' and its 'puerto ricans' are third world and third worlders Coyote .

They are AMERICANS...you do realize that right?

 

[Pogo]

My family and I were in one of large hurricanes that hit Florida several years ago. We slept on the hallway floor of a middle school that was being used as a shelter along with 100's of strangers for one night.

By noon the next morning the winds had died down enough to leave the shelter and attempt to drive about 3 miles to home. The streets were covered with all kinds of rubble and debris. So I had to drive very slowly and snake my way to avoid the trash. When I got into my neighborhood it was even worse. Large trees everywhere had been uprooted and were laying all over the streets. You had to drive around them thru people's front yards and flower beds to reach home.

My house was in good shape with almost no damage. There was no electricity and the plumbing didn't work. We just camped out and used the outdoor grill to cook on. I had already stocked a weeks worth of food and water, so we were set. But it got very boring with nothing to do, and being it was summer, we all wanted a shower and the AC working to help sleep at night.

There was no cell phone service, so I drove all around looking to find a signal and tell my relatives we had survived and everything was good. For 3 days I periodically drove around trying to get a cell signal. I happened to see a guy in the middle of a big field talking on his cell phone. I parked my car and walked around the field hoping to acquire a signal, but got nothing. Frustrated, I approached him and asked how he was able to get a cell signal? He pointed to one spot on the ground and said this was the only place he had found that worked after walking all over the entire field. I stood on that spot and instantly had service to make calls. How the guy found that spot in the middle of that huge field is beyond me?

The main Interstate had a collapsed bridge, and a lot of the roads leading into the city had been completely washed away. So it took FEMA and the National Guard about 3 days to start to arrive and begin major relief efforts. But when they finally were able to safely navigate their way into the disaster area, there was a steady parade of vehicles.

There was no rhyme or rhythm to who had their power restored. One side of the street might have power, and the other side of the street, people still had to wait a couple more weeks. I was fortunate and my power returned on day 5

It had been a week and my food and water supplies were getting low. I started driving around and was able to locate a FEMA aid relief station. They loaded my car up with MRE's (meals ready to eat) and cases of bottled water. Which we lived on for about a week until the local stores opened back up with stocked shelves.

By now my car was getting low on gas and the fuel gauge showed less the 1/4 of a tank. I found a small gas station that had cars filling their tanks, so I took a place in line. After about and hour I was the next car in line to use the pump went the gasoline storage went dry. And the station said, "sorry folks, it's empty". Grrrr!!!

On the way home, I happen to notice several National Guard trucks and a large diesel generator parked next to the gas pumps at the local Wal-Mart parking lot. Working on a hunch, I got up at sunrise to be the first one in line. When I arrived, I was like car number 50. Apparently a lot of people had the same idea as me. Within an hour there was at least a couple of hundred cars in line behind me. It was really hot setting out in the Florida summer sun. The NG personal were able to hook up the generator, get the pumps working, and I was able to fill up my cars gas tank by around noon.

After a couple of weeks things were back to normal for me and my family. But many people had houses with roofs torn off and totally destroyed by water damage. FEMA provided them with small temporary trailers as available. Eventually, temporary trailer parks were opened throughout the city, and thousands of people stayed in them rent free up to 18 months.

People who have never been in a hurricane and endured the aftermath, have no idea how much effort it takes government relief agencies to respond to such a monumental natural disaster.

As for me, I thought FEMA and the National Guard did an outstanding job. Although you would never know it listening to the media pontificating nothing but negativity from their cloistered armchair coverage of the event. .....

I totally agree. And FEMA learned a lot from Katrina - and made it a mission to take those lessons to heart. They are top rate imo.

Puerto Rico is a tragedy, and it's not FEMA's fault NOR is it the Puerto Rican's fault - it's a "perfect storm". Much harder than Houston, worse devastation than Florida and a thousand miles of ocean...and total, total destruction.

FEMA has had 3 devastating events in as many months. My prayers go out to all those people who have lost so much.

------------------------------------------------------------------------- in my opinion and From what i understand as i listen to White hiapanic governor Rosello 'puerto rico' and its 'puerto ricans' are third world and third worlders Coyote .

Now why do you go out of your way to identify a governor's race, and then capitalize "white" while not capitalizing "Hiapanic" or "Puerto Rico", which are actual proper names?

Liiiiiiiittle bit of a transparency problem there.

 

[Harry Dresden]

been thru a 7.3 earthquake .....now that is an adrenalin rush....

 

[Coyote]

been thru a 7.3 earthquake .....now that is an adrenalin rush....

err...I could do with out that rush thank you!

 

[Harry Dresden]

been thru a 7.3 earthquake .....now that is an adrenalin rush....

err...I could do with out that rush thank you!

it was like 4 AM....was wide awake after it....

 

[pismoe]

My family and I were in one of large hurricanes that hit Florida several years ago. We slept on the hallway floor of a middle school that was being used as a shelter along with 100's of strangers for one night.

By noon the next morning the winds had died down enough to leave the shelter and attempt to drive about 3 miles to home. The streets were covered with all kinds of rubble and debris. So I had to drive very slowly and snake my way to avoid the trash. When I got into my neighborhood it was even worse. Large trees everywhere had been uprooted and were laying all over the streets. You had to drive around them thru people's front yards and flower beds to reach home.

My house was in good shape with almost no damage. There was no electricity and the plumbing didn't work. We just camped out and used the outdoor grill to cook on. I had already stocked a weeks worth of food and water, so we were set. But it got very boring with nothing to do, and being it was summer, we all wanted a shower and the AC working to help sleep at night.

There was no cell phone service, so I drove all around looking to find a signal and tell my relatives we had survived and everything was good. For 3 days I periodically drove around trying to get a cell signal. I happened to see a guy in the middle of a big field talking on his cell phone. I parked my car and walked around the field hoping to acquire a signal, but got nothing. Frustrated, I approached him and asked how he was able to get a cell signal? He pointed to one spot on the ground and said this was the only place he had found that worked after walking all over the entire field. I stood on that spot and instantly had service to make calls. How the guy found that spot in the middle of that huge field is beyond me?

The main Interstate had a collapsed bridge, and a lot of the roads leading into the city had been completely washed away. So it took FEMA and the National Guard about 3 days to start to arrive and begin major relief efforts. But when they finally were able to safely navigate their way into the disaster area, there was a steady parade of vehicles.

There was no rhyme or rhythm to who had their power restored. One side of the street might have power, and the other side of the street, people still had to wait a couple more weeks. I was fortunate and my power returned on day 5

It had been a week and my food and water supplies were getting low. I started driving around and was able to locate a FEMA aid relief station. They loaded my car up with MRE's (meals ready to eat) and cases of bottled water. Which we lived on for about a week until the local stores opened back up with stocked shelves.

By now my car was getting low on gas and the fuel gauge showed less the 1/4 of a tank. I found a small gas station that had cars filling their tanks, so I took a place in line. After about and hour I was the next car in line to use the pump went the gasoline storage went dry. And the station said, "sorry folks, it's empty". Grrrr!!!

On the way home, I happen to notice several National Guard trucks and a large diesel generator parked next to the gas pumps at the local Wal-Mart parking lot. Working on a hunch, I got up at sunrise to be the first one in line. When I arrived, I was like car number 50. Apparently a lot of people had the same idea as me. Within an hour there was at least a couple of hundred cars in line behind me. It was really hot setting out in the Florida summer sun. The NG personal were able to hook up the generator, get the pumps working, and I was able to fill up my cars gas tank by around noon.

After a couple of weeks things were back to normal for me and my family. But many people had houses with roofs torn off and totally destroyed by water damage. FEMA provided them with small temporary trailers as available. Eventually, temporary trailer parks were opened throughout the city, and thousands of people stayed in them rent free up to 18 months.

People who have never been in a hurricane and endured the aftermath, have no idea how much effort it takes government relief agencies to respond to such a monumental natural disaster.

As for me, I thought FEMA and the National Guard did an outstanding job. Although you would never know it listening to the media pontificating nothing but negativity from their cloistered armchair coverage of the event. .....

I totally agree. And FEMA learned a lot from Katrina - and made it a mission to take those lessons to heart. They are top rate imo.

Puerto Rico is a tragedy, and it's not FEMA's fault NOR is it the Puerto Rican's fault - it's a "perfect storm". Much harder than Houston, worse devastation than Florida and a thousand miles of ocean...and total, total destruction.

FEMA has had 3 devastating events in as many months. My prayers go out to all those people who have lost so much.

------------------------------------------------------------------------- in my opinion and From what i understand as i listen to White hiapanic governor Rosello 'puerto rico' and its 'puerto ricans' are third world and third worlders Coyote .

Now why do you go out of your way to identify a governor's race, and then capitalize "white" while not capitalizing "Hiapanic" or "Puerto Rico", which are actual proper names?

Liiiiiiiittle bit of a transparency problem there.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------ mostly because ... I --- want to . And by the way this is a great board and country and i have Freedom of Speech but i do as i do to make a point and mostly because --- I --- want to . But my main point is that 'puerto rico' and 'puerto ricans' are mostly third world Pogo and Coyote !!

 

[Pogo]

My family and I were in one of large hurricanes that hit Florida several years ago. We slept on the hallway floor of a middle school that was being used as a shelter along with 100's of strangers for one night.

By noon the next morning the winds had died down enough to leave the shelter and attempt to drive about 3 miles to home. The streets were covered with all kinds of rubble and debris. So I had to drive very slowly and snake my way to avoid the trash. When I got into my neighborhood it was even worse. Large trees everywhere had been uprooted and were laying all over the streets. You had to drive around them thru people's front yards and flower beds to reach home.

My house was in good shape with almost no damage. There was no electricity and the plumbing didn't work. We just camped out and used the outdoor grill to cook on. I had already stocked a weeks worth of food and water, so we were set. But it got very boring with nothing to do, and being it was summer, we all wanted a shower and the AC working to help sleep at night.

There was no cell phone service, so I drove all around looking to find a signal and tell my relatives we had survived and everything was good. For 3 days I periodically drove around trying to get a cell signal. I happened to see a guy in the middle of a big field talking on his cell phone. I parked my car and walked around the field hoping to acquire a signal, but got nothing. Frustrated, I approached him and asked how he was able to get a cell signal? He pointed to one spot on the ground and said this was the only place he had found that worked after walking all over the entire field. I stood on that spot and instantly had service to make calls. How the guy found that spot in the middle of that huge field is beyond me?

The main Interstate had a collapsed bridge, and a lot of the roads leading into the city had been completely washed away. So it took FEMA and the National Guard about 3 days to start to arrive and begin major relief efforts. But when they finally were able to safely navigate their way into the disaster area, there was a steady parade of vehicles.

There was no rhyme or rhythm to who had their power restored. One side of the street might have power, and the other side of the street, people still had to wait a couple more weeks. I was fortunate and my power returned on day 5

It had been a week and my food and water supplies were getting low. I started driving around and was able to locate a FEMA aid relief station. They loaded my car up with MRE's (meals ready to eat) and cases of bottled water. Which we lived on for about a week until the local stores opened back up with stocked shelves.

By now my car was getting low on gas and the fuel gauge showed less the 1/4 of a tank. I found a small gas station that had cars filling their tanks, so I took a place in line. After about and hour I was the next car in line to use the pump went the gasoline storage went dry. And the station said, "sorry folks, it's empty". Grrrr!!!

On the way home, I happen to notice several National Guard trucks and a large diesel generator parked next to the gas pumps at the local Wal-Mart parking lot. Working on a hunch, I got up at sunrise to be the first one in line. When I arrived, I was like car number 50. Apparently a lot of people had the same idea as me. Within an hour there was at least a couple of hundred cars in line behind me. It was really hot setting out in the Florida summer sun. The NG personal were able to hook up the generator, get the pumps working, and I was able to fill up my cars gas tank by around noon.

After a couple of weeks things were back to normal for me and my family. But many people had houses with roofs torn off and totally destroyed by water damage. FEMA provided them with small temporary trailers as available. Eventually, temporary trailer parks were opened throughout the city, and thousands of people stayed in them rent free up to 18 months.

People who have never been in a hurricane and endured the aftermath, have no idea how much effort it takes government relief agencies to respond to such a monumental natural disaster.

As for me, I thought FEMA and the National Guard did an outstanding job. Although you would never know it listening to the media pontificating nothing but negativity from their cloistered armchair coverage of the event. .....

I totally agree. And FEMA learned a lot from Katrina - and made it a mission to take those lessons to heart. They are top rate imo.

Puerto Rico is a tragedy, and it's not FEMA's fault NOR is it the Puerto Rican's fault - it's a "perfect storm". Much harder than Houston, worse devastation than Florida and a thousand miles of ocean...and total, total destruction.

FEMA has had 3 devastating events in as many months. My prayers go out to all those people who have lost so much.

------------------------------------------------------------------------- in my opinion and From what i understand as i listen to White hiapanic governor Rosello 'puerto rico' and its 'puerto ricans' are third world and third worlders Coyote .

Now why do you go out of your way to identify a governor's race, and then capitalize "white" while not capitalizing "Hiapanic" or "Puerto Rico", which are actual proper names?

Liiiiiiiittle bit of a transparency problem there.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------ mostly because ... I --- want to . And by the way this is a great board and country and i have Freedom of Speech but i do as i do to make a point and mostly because --- I --- want to . But my main point is that 'puerto rico' and 'puerto ricans' are mostly third world Pogo and Coyote !!

Wow.

Words fail me.

 

[Coyote]

My family and I were in one of large hurricanes that hit Florida several years ago. We slept on the hallway floor of a middle school that was being used as a shelter along with 100's of strangers for one night.

By noon the next morning the winds had died down enough to leave the shelter and attempt to drive about 3 miles to home. The streets were covered with all kinds of rubble and debris. So I had to drive very slowly and snake my way to avoid the trash. When I got into my neighborhood it was even worse. Large trees everywhere had been uprooted and were laying all over the streets. You had to drive around them thru people's front yards and flower beds to reach home.

My house was in good shape with almost no damage. There was no electricity and the plumbing didn't work. We just camped out and used the outdoor grill to cook on. I had already stocked a weeks worth of food and water, so we were set. But it got very boring with nothing to do, and being it was summer, we all wanted a shower and the AC working to help sleep at night.

There was no cell phone service, so I drove all around looking to find a signal and tell my relatives we had survived and everything was good. For 3 days I periodically drove around trying to get a cell signal. I happened to see a guy in the middle of a big field talking on his cell phone. I parked my car and walked around the field hoping to acquire a signal, but got nothing. Frustrated, I approached him and asked how he was able to get a cell signal? He pointed to one spot on the ground and said this was the only place he had found that worked after walking all over the entire field. I stood on that spot and instantly had service to make calls. How the guy found that spot in the middle of that huge field is beyond me?

The main Interstate had a collapsed bridge, and a lot of the roads leading into the city had been completely washed away. So it took FEMA and the National Guard about 3 days to start to arrive and begin major relief efforts. But when they finally were able to safely navigate their way into the disaster area, there was a steady parade of vehicles.

There was no rhyme or rhythm to who had their power restored. One side of the street might have power, and the other side of the street, people still had to wait a couple more weeks. I was fortunate and my power returned on day 5

It had been a week and my food and water supplies were getting low. I started driving around and was able to locate a FEMA aid relief station. They loaded my car up with MRE's (meals ready to eat) and cases of bottled water. Which we lived on for about a week until the local stores opened back up with stocked shelves.

By now my car was getting low on gas and the fuel gauge showed less the 1/4 of a tank. I found a small gas station that had cars filling their tanks, so I took a place in line. After about and hour I was the next car in line to use the pump went the gasoline storage went dry. And the station said, "sorry folks, it's empty". Grrrr!!!

On the way home, I happen to notice several National Guard trucks and a large diesel generator parked next to the gas pumps at the local Wal-Mart parking lot. Working on a hunch, I got up at sunrise to be the first one in line. When I arrived, I was like car number 50. Apparently a lot of people had the same idea as me. Within an hour there was at least a couple of hundred cars in line behind me. It was really hot setting out in the Florida summer sun. The NG personal were able to hook up the generator, get the pumps working, and I was able to fill up my cars gas tank by around noon.

After a couple of weeks things were back to normal for me and my family. But many people had houses with roofs torn off and totally destroyed by water damage. FEMA provided them with small temporary trailers as available. Eventually, temporary trailer parks were opened throughout the city, and thousands of people stayed in them rent free up to 18 months.

People who have never been in a hurricane and endured the aftermath, have no idea how much effort it takes government relief agencies to respond to such a monumental natural disaster.

As for me, I thought FEMA and the National Guard did an outstanding job. Although you would never know it listening to the media pontificating nothing but negativity from their cloistered armchair coverage of the event. .....

I totally agree. And FEMA learned a lot from Katrina - and made it a mission to take those lessons to heart. They are top rate imo.

Puerto Rico is a tragedy, and it's not FEMA's fault NOR is it the Puerto Rican's fault - it's a "perfect storm". Much harder than Houston, worse devastation than Florida and a thousand miles of ocean...and total, total destruction.

FEMA has had 3 devastating events in as many months. My prayers go out to all those people who have lost so much.

------------------------------------------------------------------------- in my opinion and From what i understand as i listen to White hiapanic governor Rosello 'puerto rico' and its 'puerto ricans' are third world and third worlders Coyote .

Now why do you go out of your way to identify a governor's race, and then capitalize "white" while not capitalizing "Hiapanic" or "Puerto Rico", which are actual proper names?

Liiiiiiiittle bit of a transparency problem there.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------ mostly because ... I --- want to . And by the way this is a great board and country and i have Freedom of Speech but i do as i do to make a point and mostly because --- I --- want to . But my main point is that 'puerto rico' and 'puerto ricans' are mostly third world Pogo and Coyote !!

Parts of Texas and Florida could be considered Third World.

 

[pismoe]

My family and I were in one of large hurricanes that hit Florida several years ago. We slept on the hallway floor of a middle school that was being used as a shelter along with 100's of strangers for one night.

By noon the next morning the winds had died down enough to leave the shelter and attempt to drive about 3 miles to home. The streets were covered with all kinds of rubble and debris. So I had to drive very slowly and snake my way to avoid the trash. When I got into my neighborhood it was even worse. Large trees everywhere had been uprooted and were laying all over the streets. You had to drive around them thru people's front yards and flower beds to reach home.

My house was in good shape with almost no damage. There was no electricity and the plumbing didn't work. We just camped out and used the outdoor grill to cook on. I had already stocked a weeks worth of food and water, so we were set. But it got very boring with nothing to do, and being it was summer, we all wanted a shower and the AC working to help sleep at night.

There was no cell phone service, so I drove all around looking to find a signal and tell my relatives we had survived and everything was good. For 3 days I periodically drove around trying to get a cell signal. I happened to see a guy in the middle of a big field talking on his cell phone. I parked my car and walked around the field hoping to acquire a signal, but got nothing. Frustrated, I approached him and asked how he was able to get a cell signal? He pointed to one spot on the ground and said this was the only place he had found that worked after walking all over the entire field. I stood on that spot and instantly had service to make calls. How the guy found that spot in the middle of that huge field is beyond me?

The main Interstate had a collapsed bridge, and a lot of the roads leading into the city had been completely washed away. So it took FEMA and the National Guard about 3 days to start to arrive and begin major relief efforts. But when they finally were able to safely navigate their way into the disaster area, there was a steady parade of vehicles.

There was no rhyme or rhythm to who had their power restored. One side of the street might have power, and the other side of the street, people still had to wait a couple more weeks. I was fortunate and my power returned on day 5

It had been a week and my food and water supplies were getting low. I started driving around and was able to locate a FEMA aid relief station. They loaded my car up with MRE's (meals ready to eat) and cases of bottled water. Which we lived on for about a week until the local stores opened back up with stocked shelves.

By now my car was getting low on gas and the fuel gauge showed less the 1/4 of a tank. I found a small gas station that had cars filling their tanks, so I took a place in line. After about and hour I was the next car in line to use the pump went the gasoline storage went dry. And the station said, "sorry folks, it's empty". Grrrr!!!

On the way home, I happen to notice several National Guard trucks and a large diesel generator parked next to the gas pumps at the local Wal-Mart parking lot. Working on a hunch, I got up at sunrise to be the first one in line. When I arrived, I was like car number 50. Apparently a lot of people had the same idea as me. Within an hour there was at least a couple of hundred cars in line behind me. It was really hot setting out in the Florida summer sun. The NG personal were able to hook up the generator, get the pumps working, and I was able to fill up my cars gas tank by around noon.

After a couple of weeks things were back to normal for me and my family. But many people had houses with roofs torn off and totally destroyed by water damage. FEMA provided them with small temporary trailers as available. Eventually, temporary trailer parks were opened throughout the city, and thousands of people stayed in them rent free up to 18 months.

People who have never been in a hurricane and endured the aftermath, have no idea how much effort it takes government relief agencies to respond to such a monumental natural disaster.

As for me, I thought FEMA and the National Guard did an outstanding job. Although you would never know it listening to the media pontificating nothing but negativity from their cloistered armchair coverage of the event. .....

I totally agree. And FEMA learned a lot from Katrina - and made it a mission to take those lessons to heart. They are top rate imo.

Puerto Rico is a tragedy, and it's not FEMA's fault NOR is it the Puerto Rican's fault - it's a "perfect storm". Much harder than Houston, worse devastation than Florida and a thousand miles of ocean...and total, total destruction.

FEMA has had 3 devastating events in as many months. My prayers go out to all those people who have lost so much.

------------------------------------------------------------------------- in my opinion and From what i understand as i listen to White hiapanic governor Rosello 'puerto rico' and its 'puerto ricans' are third world and third worlders Coyote .

Now why do you go out of your way to identify a governor's race, and then capitalize "white" while not capitalizing "Hiapanic" or "Puerto Rico", which are actual proper names?

Liiiiiiiittle bit of a transparency problem there.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------ mostly because ... I --- want to . And by the way this is a great board and country and i have Freedom of Speech but i do as i do to make a point and mostly because --- I --- want to . But my main point is that 'puerto rico' and 'puerto ricans' are mostly third world Pogo and Coyote !!

Parts of Texas and Florida could be considered Third World.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ thanks , so you agree with me and thats good to know . Best thing to do is to stop importing third worlders that destroy Western civilization as they build their third world in Texas and Florida Coyote .

 

[Coyote]

I totally agree. And FEMA learned a lot from Katrina - and made it a mission to take those lessons to heart. They are top rate imo.

Puerto Rico is a tragedy, and it's not FEMA's fault NOR is it the Puerto Rican's fault - it's a "perfect storm". Much harder than Houston, worse devastation than Florida and a thousand miles of ocean...and total, total destruction.

FEMA has had 3 devastating events in as many months. My prayers go out to all those people who have lost so much.

------------------------------------------------------------------------- in my opinion and From what i understand as i listen to White hiapanic governor Rosello 'puerto rico' and its 'puerto ricans' are third world and third worlders Coyote .

Now why do you go out of your way to identify a governor's race, and then capitalize "white" while not capitalizing "Hiapanic" or "Puerto Rico", which are actual proper names?

Liiiiiiiittle bit of a transparency problem there.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------ mostly because ... I --- want to . And by the way this is a great board and country and i have Freedom of Speech but i do as i do to make a point and mostly because --- I --- want to . But my main point is that 'puerto rico' and 'puerto ricans' are mostly third world Pogo and Coyote !!

Parts of Texas and Florida could be considered Third World.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ thanks , so you agree with me and thats good to know . Best thing to do is to stop importing third worlders that destroy Western civilization as they build their third world in Texas and Florida Coyote .

Those "imports" came to America centuries ago. I'm not sure how you are going to seperate Bubba from Pedro.

 

[pismoe]

i said , Stop importing MORE third worlders Coyote .

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

There isn't a ship big enough that makes me feel comfortable to be on it.

I wasn't on a ship ...

Ah, got it.

Of course all you have to worry about then is not going deep enough to get crushed ...

Unfortunately, for one of those hurricanes, we were running on the surface ... a cylinder isn't a very stable surface in bad weather.

We were taking 25 degree rolls at 150 feet!

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

There isn't a ship big enough that makes me feel comfortable to be on it.

I wasn't on a ship ...

I was on 630.

 

[fncceo]

There isn't a ship big enough that makes me feel comfortable to be on it.

I wasn't on a ship ...

Ah, got it.

Of course all you have to worry about then is not going deep enough to get crushed ...

Unfortunately, for one of those hurricanes, we were running on the surface ... a cylinder isn't a very stable surface in bad weather.

We were taking 25 degree rolls at 150 feet!

Yea ... it's not fun.