Hello Randy,
Glad to hear that you survived the storm. Our oldest son Aaron lives in Port Richey and made it through as well. He lost his TV/Internet and had few small branches in his yard. Other than that, he said he just got a lot of rain.
Concerned about the Blauvelts, Snyders and Sanborns. My geography of Florida is not that great but feel all three were within the cone.
Anyone know anything of these folks.
We were fortunate. Loss of power for 24 hours but that was the worst. 8+ inches of rain and winds of 75 MPH. Very thankful for ourselves, but thinking of those further south.
Speaking of further south, August 1969, myself and some classmates were sitting on the patio of the EM club after an evening class behind the “GreenDoor” watching Hurricane Camille go by several miles to our west. At the time we didn’t have a clue how lucky we were.
Some of you will remember (probably not you, Brandt) the nearly indestructible Senior Enlisted housing on NAVCAMS, Guam. Our units were built out of concrete block with a sixish inch thick flat roof. The windows were bullet resistant.
I survived several large typhoons in that house with zero damage. We'd always lose power, but it would be back up the next day.
For many years, I've wondered why we don't build that kind of house in this country? How many more homes will be destroyed until we stop building stick-framed houses in hurricane prone areas? I get it that water won't be impressed....one bite at a time.
Houses were the same on NAS Agana where I lived Nick. I remember one Typhoon that ripped off the thick roof at NAS and another that had a flying coconut imbedded in the window. Also remember the rain coming thru the tiny holes at the window frame and under the door. But the sunset from y home was one of the best on the island since I lived on the cliff edge looking out over Tamuning Bay.
