hurricane Irma

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This is going to be much, much worse for our west coast members.
I'm sure my family will be mostly fine.
Let's all pray for folks still directly in the path.
We might get winds as a cat 1 or cat 2.
Damaging. But not devastating.
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It's calming again. In between bands.
I just took a peek at my fence, tortoise pens and fish pond/patio area.
All is good.
However, my neighbors privacy fence is flat on the ground.
That there is some sub standard craftsmanship!
And it will now be shrapnel for the winds to come.
 

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It's calming again. In between bands.
I just took a peek at my fence, tortoise pens and fish pond/patio area.
All is good.
However, my neighbors privacy fence is flat on the ground.
That there is some sub standard craftsmanship!
And it will now be shrapnel for the winds to come.
Yeah privacy slats catch all the wind
 

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Yeah privacy slats catch all the wind
I've got the same fence. It's supposed to let wind through. And it does. But not at 150 mph.
I used extra cement when I installed mine.
(Honestly, I still expect to lose it.)
It's been wobbly since Hurricane Wilma.
 

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Does anyone have any ideas on how to better secure my orchid to its tree? I was going to tie each bigger section to the rope. I reallly don't want to rip it off to bring it inside. I am desperate. stupid hurricane. View attachment 217711

Take rope or whatever you have and tie all the major branches, weave the rope all around to make it all move together. Then get 4 stakes and put them into the ground equal spaces around the tree and tie the tree off at each of the 4 points. Keep those 4 ropes tight so the tree can't sway much.

If you can't find any tee posts or steaks to put into the ground find 4 things that are heavy they can't blow down like cinderblocks and tie the rope to that.
 

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Can you wrap the whole thing in some sort of netting?
Netting shouldn't cause too much drag like a sail.
I simply don't know.
I have a gigantic Stag horn
In my only tree that has been torn apart by previous storms, always to recover and grow even larger.
Orchids are way more delicate.
Now that Irma's moved west, I think it's going to be okay. I tied off the bigger stalks. As long as these feeder bands don't get too much stronger...
 

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Take rope or whatever you have and tie all the major branches, weave the rope all around to make it all move together. Then get 4 stakes and put them into the ground equal spaces around the tree and tie the tree off at each of the 4 points. Keep those 4 ropes tight so the tree can't sway much.

If you can't find any tee posts or steaks to put into the ground find 4 things that are heavy they can't blow down like cinderblocks and tie the rope to that.
I tied off major branches. Didn't have any stakes. It should be good since Irma moved west. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Thx for the info
 

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I'm on the Broward County Schools emergency team.
One of just 3 mechanics in the entire county that service both chainsaws and standby generators.
Business will be hopping.
Right now the winds and rain are getting pretty strong.
It's uglier by the hour and we're no where near impact yet.
So far. We haven't lost power.
I might have just jinxed us......
Please take care, Ed.:)
 

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It's morning.
The storm isn't here yet but it looks and sounds like world war 3 outside.
The Keys are getting clobbered. We're a couple hours from it yet.
Already the tortoise pen is pretty destroyed as is my fence.
The gusts are just insane.
I'll report back later. This is going to be a long 24 hours.
 

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It's morning.
The storm isn't here yet but it looks and sounds like world war 3 outside.
The Keys are getting clobbered. We're a couple hours from it yet.
Already the tortoise pen is pretty destroyed as is my fence.
The gusts are just insane.
I'll report back later. This is going to be a long 24 hours.
Hopefully it won't get that far.

Watched it on the news, here. It really is frightening.

Ed, aren't your torts inside?

Take care of yourself as well as your tors, please.
 

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It's morning.
The storm isn't here yet but it looks and sounds like world war 3 outside.
The Keys are getting clobbered. We're a couple hours from it yet.
Already the tortoise pen is pretty destroyed as is my fence.
The gusts are just insane.
I'll report back later. This is going to be a long 24 hours.
Thoughts and prayers remain with you, Ed and Kelly, and everyone else in Irma's path.
 
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