To all:
We made it through Hurricane Irma just fine. The eye went over our house i
n Valrico about 1AM on Monday. Winds on the West side of the eye wall were
only 80-90 mph. Trees were knocked down and power out until Thursday. Th
e shop had some screws come out of the roofing and only a few drips. Many
limbs and branches to clean up. The Plant City Airport hangar I use is fin
e. The shaking just made a mess of the interior due to paint and dirt/bird
droppings falling from the ceilings. Just cleanup.
At home, we were prepared. Storm surge/ waters have to hit 100 feet to get
to my house, we have a 5500 watt generator, water purifiers, a 15,000 gall
on pool for a water source, plenty of food and of course plywood for coveri
ng up windows. We don=92t power our AC unit so fans were necessary to beat
the heat. Our home is reinforced to Cat 2 hurricane standards and we have
seen 115 mph winds before. Our roof has not just new shingles, we have a
peel and stick, self healing membrane on the roof. To meet cat three I jus
t need ply on my patio / lani doors and internal reinforced garage door sup
ports. It is OK for us to weather a Cat 2 but trust me, I won=92t be here
for a Cat 3. Not worth it.
I feel bad about the East coast of Florida as they never expected the storm
surge of water of which almost nothing can be done about the flooding and
power of water. Shame, as most of us never saw that coming with the storm
over the West coast and moving north so fast, but it was a very large storm
and even ships were floated inland as far north as South Carolina. The st
orm luckily missed Key West and although power was out, and trees are down,
the city is not too bad considering. We don=92t know how Creighton Smith
=92s house is yet on Pine Island which is between Sarasota and Fort Meyers.
I think Ira Rampil in Griffin Ga. had more wind, tornados and rain than
I did. He did well as his place is well built.
Best Regards,
Bud and Anita Yerly
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