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Maro2Bear

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Thanks Lyn, As the hurricane comes across the state. Hopefully it will break up and weaken.
Opo and Ms.Sully will be ok. Even if we lose power the temperature at night will only get down in the upper 60's. So hand warmers should work out to keep them warm at night.
We are prepared, plenty of bottle water and food. Freezer is full of ice and bathtub will be full of water. Looks like it won't last to long. Probably from early Thursday morning into the evening. I like it when the bad weather. Will be during the day time.
Hang in there Ray! You & Rose have this. Keep posting as long as you have power. Stay safe!
 

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If you can dodge a tornado
Then you can dodge a ball!

Those Florida guys live for this stuff.

Company coming through now...
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Haven't seen Rocky today but don't worry, if I do have to capture him, his only ordeal will be "learning the food routes" at a new home.
Oops, spoke to soon....he walked from the front yard and over to the sheds. He's timely, that's for sure!
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Aw Cathie you have a lot to deal with at the moment. I hope it all goes well for Mr Fre, and especially for you. Happy birthday to the bunny too. ❤️
Mr Fre went beautifully today. He only needed one incision and the vet was saying it could be up to three. The biggest miracle was that he was probably trying to charm the pants off of everyone in there and they said he did 🙃😉😝 okay one hurdle jumped. Now I have to get him through at least 2 weeks of being a quiet little maniac.🤒🤞
 

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Good morning all. It's a brighter day here and I'm counting my blessings that we have quiet weather.

My sister is having either an MRI or CT scan today. So hoping that goes ok. She's almost 200 miles away but I have offered to go up to get Alfie so that they don't have to worry about him. Or Lola and I could go to stay for a while if it helps, but she has a daughter living close so maybe I'd just be in the way. Hopefully the scan will show something easily treatable. 🤞

The car has been fixed and it was a lot cheaper than I was expecting, I'll take it for a run later to make sure it's ok.

TTFN
Hopefully your sister has CT scan. I just went through an MRI and they are SO LOUD 📢. It's ridiculous. The only way I could get through the 25 minutes (even with earplugs) was to pretend I was listening to a drum solo.
 

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Looks like the hurricane will start to
Wow, so many tornados slamming central & eastern Florida. Some not too far away from Ray.

Tornado in Wellington

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We had a few close calls with the tornadoes. One was about 10 miles west. The other desapated before it got here. Been very uneventful considering we were on the dirty side of the storm. Got some very heavy rain and a couple spurts of winds at 50mph. The last 3 hrs winds are shifting SW. At this time virtually no wind or rain. Let's see what the backside of the storm brings.
 

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If you can dodge a tornado
Then you can dodge a ball!

Those Florida guys live for this stuff.

Company coming through now...
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Haven't seen Rocky today but don't worry, if I do have to capture him, his only ordeal will be "learning the food routes" at a new home.
Oops, spoke to soon....he walked from the front yard and over to the sheds. He's timely, that's for sure!
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I'm just wondering about why Rocky would have to leave. Is he being a nuisance? I can see why people wouldn't want raccoons but I also kinda like them. They are America's Panda Bear at least to me.
 

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Looks like the hurricane will start to

We had a few close calls with the tornadoes. One was about 10 miles west. The other desapated before it got here. Been very uneventful considering we were on the dirty side of the storm. Got some very heavy rain and a couple spurts of winds at 50mph. The last 3 hrs winds are shifting SW. At this time virtually no wind or rain. Let's see what the backside of the storm brings.
Yeah small victories!!! praying it goes through the night like that for you Rose and your torts and tomorrow 🙏🤗🙏🤗🙏🤗🙏😕
 

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Hopefully your sister has CT scan. I just went through an MRI and they are SO LOUD 📢. It's ridiculous. The only way I could get through the 25 minutes (even with earplugs) was to pretend I was listening to a drum solo.
It was a CT scan that she had, Cathie. It has to be looked at by a specialist which will take a few days so they sent her home with some new meds to lower BP and raise potassium. No diagnosis confirmed yet. I hope she looks after herself and takes it easy now, but she can be a nightmare when it comes to self care.

I'm just about to go to bed now but Ray & co are on my mind. Take care and nos da all.
 

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Looks like the hurricane will start to

We had a few close calls with the tornadoes. One was about 10 miles west. The other desapated before it got here. Been very uneventful considering we were on the dirty side of the storm. Got some very heavy rain and a couple spurts of winds at 50mph. The last 3 hrs winds are shifting SW. At this time virtually no wind or rain. Let's see what the backside of the storm brings.
Thinking of you Ray! Take care.
 

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Yeah small victories!!! praying it goes through the night like that for you Rose and your torts and tomorrow 🙏🤗🙏🤗🙏🤗🙏😕
Thinking of you Ray! Take care.
11:30 pm no rain but winds have really picked up. Wind still coming out of the SE. That is the best direction for our home. Between 6amto 8am should get us thru the worst. 4 am to 5am should be the worst.
On the other side of the state. Tampa Bay Tropicana sports stadium lost the roof.
 

Len B

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If you can dodge a tornado
Then you can dodge a ball!

Those Florida guys live for this stuff.

Company coming through now...
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Haven't seen Rocky today but don't worry, if I do have to capture him, his only ordeal will be "learning the food routes" at a new home.
Oops, spoke to soon....he walked from the front yard and over to the sheds. He's timely, that's for sure!
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Don't relocate him, get a rapid fire paint ball gun and make him multi colored. He'll get the point real quick. And relocate himself. It worked here in the beach.
 

Ray--Opo

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If you can dodge a tornado
Then you can dodge a ball!

Those Florida guys live for this stuff.

Company coming through now...
View attachment 380712
Haven't seen Rocky today but don't worry, if I do have to capture him, his only ordeal will be "learning the food routes" at a new home.
Oops, spoke to soon....he walked from the front yard and over to the sheds. He's timely, that's for sure!
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Jeff remember how cluttered my garage was?
A quick fix for that is to have a hurricane headed your way. It's amazing how we found places for everything. So we could get the van inside the garage. 😅
 

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Jeff remember how cluttered my garage was?
A quick fix for that is to have a hurricane headed your way. It's amazing how we found places for everything. So we could get the van inside the garage. 😅
Oh yeah, when it gets down to -30 during the winter my dad miraculously quickly cleans up the garage to fit the car in!
 

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We have had a wind warning here for a few days... Because some of the bursts of wind can reach over 15 m/s or 34 mph... smh

During the summer (1.5.-31.10) the warnings are:
Yellow warning: over 15 m/s or 34 mph
Orange warning: over 20 m/s or 45 mph
Red warning: over 25 m/s or 56 mph

This warnings are given up to 5 days in advance and don't let me get to the official recommendations...
 

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Wow Ray! Kerry got up at 2am with me (cause she's nice like that) and she's surprised too! That wasn't a small job to make room for the van I saw in the driveway. Good for you guys! Still got power??


That's a great idea Len! Rocky used to live in our soffit above the dormer. He moved across the street when we had it repaired. She is moving now so the owners will likely repair the opening before they rent it. I don't want Rocky climbing our gutters again...it takes everything good inside to keep me from doing him fatal harm when woken by that sound...then we get to hear him methodically tear at our home until he rips through something. No, it's best for Rocky to move on since he can't seperate his space from ours.


Hmmmm paintball....paintball...ah here we are. Fully electronic, custom barrel, 3&6 shot burst modes as well as single shot and of course, full auto. 20 yrs old but it still works fine
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Looks like the hurricane will start to

We had a few close calls with the tornadoes. One was about 10 miles west. The other desapated before it got here. Been very uneventful considering we were on the dirty side of the storm. Got some very heavy rain and a couple spurts of winds at 50mph. The last 3 hrs winds are shifting SW. At this time virtually no wind or rain. Let's see what the backside of the storm brings.
Thanks for keeping us updated, Ray.
 
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