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Message: [QUOTE="DavidinNaples, post: 2330412, member: 3537"] Many, many thanks for all the well wishes during Hurricane Irma..!! My two kids in Tampa and Orlando are well and seemed to have escaped the worst of the storm. We in Naples/Bonita Springs did not. As of this post, still no power, no AC, almost no gas and minimal internet. I literally bribed our computer guy to partially fix my computer at work, with a bag of ice. If the guy at Publix really needed that ice, he shouldn't have left his cart to get the beer. :cool: At this point, people would trade 2 ticket for this coming season's Final Four for 5 gallons of gas and a hot pocket sandwitch. But all the damage is to property and I've not heard of loss of life in a wide circle of friends or their friends. For that, everyone is grateful. :) The eye of Irma came ashore on Marco Island, then proceeded over Naples and Bonita Springs. I've heard news stories about 132 mph gusts of wind. My fav is a Bonita Utilities guy who said the wind meters they use to measure storms blew away. :eek: I took a short video before holing up in my garage and it still scares me to watch it. The whole house seem to shake and heave when the micro bursts would hit. We took on water in the two rooms facing east where the storm hit from, and the front door. From the first rain and wind, until the all clear was about 12 hours. Not fun..! So that was Sunday and tonight is Wednesday (I think), and the fun continues. Sleeping without AC, in Florida, in September, is like going to the beach in a wet suit. Oh, and then there are the bugs that come in from having the house so open...:mad: I appreciate all the prayers and positive thoughts. Clearly they worked. While living without AC is primitive, at least the toilets kept flushing..!! Go Huskies..!! [/QUOTE]

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