[SFDXA] [FCG] Irma la Douche

[Mark Wohlschlegel]

> Well, most of us here feel very blessed having dodged the Hurricane “bullet” IRMA!  I did a check around the house, no trees down (that is not the case in the neighborhood) but I must say all the palm trees 
> appear to have got a real haircut trim.  Frawns are all over the place and many were simply broken off.  I expect the HOA cleaning squad will have most cleaned up this week.
> 
> PBI airport will open with an arriving flight at 3:30pm this afternoon.  The curfew has been lifted at 8:00am  in Palm Beach County and 7:00am in Martin County.  They may come on again from dusk to dawn this evening.
> No damage to the house—other than losing a few decorative shutters on the East side which can easily be replaced.  
> 
> Officially peak gusts were measured as follows:
> 
> PBI Airport	91 mph
> Lake Worth	90 mph
> Juno Beach	84 mph
> Boca		79 mph
> 
> Thank you so much for many of my family and friends who constantly kept in touch with me during this ordeal!  We have survived and thanks be to God for that—many of my friends have lost power.
> FPL system wide has 3.6 million customers without power—500,000 in Palm Beach County alone (total population in PBC is 1.3MM.  I heard this am that St Lucie County has 80 percent of their 
> customers without power.  I had 30 gals of gasoline and a 20kw generator that did not get any use.  A friend of mine is coming over this am to get 10-15 gals of gas.  
> 
> All take care—it is off to my motorcycle venture in Europe later this week in the Alps.  I was fully prepared to cancel it but will now go!
> 
> Greater love has no one than this,
> that he lay down his life for his friends.
>                                                         John 15:13 <x-apple-data-detectors://1>On Sep 11, 2017, at 9:25 AM, Pete Rimmel N8PR <n8pr at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> 
> Just a quick thank you to the well wishers.
> 
> Power was out for about 23 hours, no damage to house.  One bent piece of aluminum on the EME array. All other antennas either taken down or safe and working.
> 
> It will take a lot longer to get everything put back together than when I took it apart !  (Big SteppIR and Waller flag)
> 
> Now to let the backyard lake drain and pick up all the debris and branches that blew here with the 75+ MPH winds we saw.
> 
> 73,  PeteR  N8PR 
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