Hurricanes and Thunderbirds

[FritsB]

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2. ..........load them up with irreplaceable personal items.

Is this about grits again?

[rlstonejr]

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the bird and hardtop go to an upper level, protected corner of a downtown parking garage. If we ever get hit by a major hurricane the storm surge will be higher than my garage ceiling.

[fxstsb]

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Wish we had a hurricane here in Virginia. At least the rain. Dryest September on record here. About 6 weeks now without any rain.

Well is it raining now??????

[BirdsAndBugs]

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I answered "Yes, with hardtop" to the poll; however after giving it some thought, if I had to evacuate in case of emergency, I would probably take my VW Eurovan. Much more practical and I'm sure there would be other things we would want to take too such as the dogs and personal belongings.

[joe166]

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I live on the water in South Florida, but I am on the Cutler Ridge and my home is 22 or 24 feet above sea level. I ain't going anywhere. I have solid steel shutters, my home was built in the 50's and has been through lots of Hurricanes, including Andrew where the wind was clocked at the National Hurricane Center (about 1/2 mile from my home at that time) at 176mph before the anenometer ripped off the building. During Katrina I put my Bird in my daughters garage down the street because I waited too long and it was too wet to put the hardtop on it and I couldn't get it out for a week because a huge tree blocked it in but my garage is so full of junk I could never get a car in there without a weeks planning. If I had kept it home I would have been blocked in for a week anyway because we had a monster tree down in our driveway. During Rita I just left it in the driveway with the hard top on, having seriously trimmed all the large trees after Katrina and it was fine.

I love my car, but it is just a car. I keep my dogs in the garage and I want them to have some room (but not too much).

[Tyrod]

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My bird survived the triple strike of 04 in central Florida with no damage whatsoever. I did evacuate it to higher ground, but it was outside in the howling winds.

[Joybird]

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I would probably leave the Bird in her garage and take my Ford Ranger truck and the Escape loaded with nesesities (sp). EX. my cats and important papers etc. My new garage is rated for like 150 MPH wind and we live on a canal so not real worried about flooding. Joy

[VELOCEBYRD]

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YES! with the hardtop!!!

LABIRD

[RoryF]

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Living is South Florida makes this poll food for thought. If we decided to evacuate:

1. It would be early in the game to beat the gridlock.
2. We would take both cars and load them up with irreplaceable personal items.
3. We would take as much cash and travelers checks as possible.

Actually, I guess this was a rhetorical question, but we have evacuated for real. Boca Raton (home) is a disaster zone courtesy of a lady named Wilma. No power, phones, Internet, water or any other cizilized creature comforts. My back doors actually were sucked open due to the low pressure of the eye passing. FPL is still estimating restoring power by Nov 22 (2 days before 28 people show up for Thanksgiving). Anyway, we loaded up the SUV and been in 3 hotels in Orlando and may leave for Boulder, CO shortly. The Tbird is safely secure in the garage
and suffered no damage. Funny, thought we'd be gone for a day possibly two, now its a week and could be a month. Just have a change of underwear, pair of shorts and two tee shirts - should be proper attire for Colorado.

[joe166]

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My bird sat outside during Wilma. Still quite dirty with lots of leaves stuck on it, but running the same as before the storm (meaning it is missing because of another one of those damned coils).

I wonder why Ford makes the dealers fix the coils one at a time? I have had three fail now, each time a couple of days at the dealer to get it fixed. Each time the same inconvenience and the same rental car they have to give me. At least now that I am using a Lincoln Mercury Dealer I don't get a Focus as a rental.

On the home front, my home, which is on the water faired extremely well. No damage at all, not even a screen or tile loose. Lots of greenery lost and no power for five days, but everything is OK now.

Unfortunately, my wife was coming downstairs in a hurry in the dark (shuttered and no generator yet) to answer the damned phone (it was a survey!), and slipped, fell and broke her foot in two places. This was the day after the storm so we were able to get right to the Emergency room and she has gotten good treatment, but it is very frustrating to her that she isn't able to help in the yard (and that I am not doing it right either.)

[Johnny Gumballs]

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Joe......I am very sorry to hear about your wife. I hope she mends quickly. I still have my family with me from Sunrise. Their lights are still out.