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||Would be home there in PR. but I just had my last surgery , still need recovery time here. Then home for good.
May u be blessed with just rain. a head on cat 5 would be worse than George was.
PS GET huge amounts of Mosquito spray and Avon skin so soft if possible. 3 days after the storm will be worse than the storm when mosquitoes regroup.
Wish I were home , Please be safe .
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||Heck I still have stainless steel hurricane lamps from 20 years ago in original boxes.
Only been used like 4 storms , but always there.
Some of my generators are 10 years old with less than 200 hrs. on them and they were 1/2 price week after the storm
Most Puerto Ricans ripped out there permanent generators when the government began the $2400 a year tax on ALL permanently mounted generators.
Well above all things stay safe folks and were praying聽 "yes Praying" that this doesn't go above a CAT 4.
Truly hope all staying the best.
|dugtx1 wrote:After 25 years in PR. I am no longer surprised at the last minute rush to get a generator , water essential foods, Even from lifetime locals.
Heck I still have stainless steel hurricane lamps from 20 years ago in original boxes.
Only been used like 4 storms , but always there.
Some of my generators are 10 years old with less than 200 hrs. on them and they were 1/2 price week after the storm
Most Puerto Ricans ripped out there permanent generators when the government began the $2400 a year tax on ALL permanently mounted generators.
Is the tax on permanent generators still in place?聽 I have friends that recently installed.?
|The trick if they come after a home owner on the tax is have someone local set it on a trailer frame with tires cut the tongue off after they say it was permanent , and bolt it down solid ,so it doesn't grow legs
|For me after 30 years of contracting oversea, its Puerto Rico "WEST END ONLY" or here in Coastal bend area, They both have similarities.
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Kidding aside, we're finishing our preparations today. 2,000 gallons of water in the tanks, generator and cars are filled up, 20 gallons of gas to keep the gen-set going for some time.
Around 50 gallons drinking water, a couple of drums have been filled for flushing the toilets, big supply of batteries, plenty of food聽 and of course beers and whiskey.
Gonna make another inspection round to remove lose stuff that will fly in high winds and in the afternoon we'll be boarding up most of the windows.
We already had the chance to rehearse when somebody in the water company thought it was a good plan to shut聽 down the supply, yesterday night. This morning they switched it back on.
I gave up trying to read their minds...
| . "had to draw up special plans for him ,showing water in the plan . I have 8,000 sqr. ft. of tile roof every ounce of even nightly dew goes in the cistern, stays topped off last 15 years even watering 50 horses聽 "from rescues" 4 bathes with 4 people living full time. The extra gravity feeds to drip irrigation for 100 plus fruit trees down the driveway .聽 WATER IS LIFE PEOPLE聽 
Beer an Liquor is soothing during the storm Passover聽
Sounds like u have it covered!
|Gary wrote:I checked in the kitchen, we only have manual can openers. Are there any other types?聽
Kidding aside, we're finishing our preparations today. 2,000 gallons of water in the tanks, generator and cars are filled up, 20 gallons of gas to keep the gen-set going for some time.
Around 50 gallons drinking water, a couple of drums have been filled for flushing the toilets, big supply of batteries, plenty of food聽 and of course beers and whiskey.
Gonna make another inspection round to remove lose stuff that will fly in high winds and in the afternoon we'll be boarding up most of the windows.
We already had the chance to rehearse when somebody in the water company thought it was a good plan to shut聽 down the supply, yesterday night. This morning they switched it back on.
I gave up trying to read their minds...
Funnels??? good to transfer water around and another for gassing the generator
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I just hate seein all the Aguavate' laying on the ground after the storm . There is mor good food in an avocado than a 12 oz. steak any day.聽
||||Best to have everything important in the concrete area. Best to be a bit over cautious on this one.
185 mph is serious.聽
|Nanraughley wrote:The house was built in the 1950s and has survived at least one hurricane. What do you think our chances are to still have a house after Irma?
If the construction is still the same you'll have a good chance. Hugo ('89) and Georges ('98) were strong hurricanes, too and your house was straight in Hugo's path.
It still looks like the eye of Irma will pass like 65 miles north of your location and those 65 miles make a huge difference.
Nanraughley wrote:As I've said before on the forum, we're about 1,000 feet up on a mountain overlooking Humacao.
We're practically neighbors, then. We're in the hills south of Juncos and Las Piedras.
Stay safe!
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Tomorrow will be a day of conditions getting worse, around 9 PM it should pass north of San Juan. I fully expect to have dinner on the porch Thursday night.
|||Best surf ever after for 2-3 days 10-12ft. rollers聽
||| He might hear you. |So with the storm being 250 miles wide your looking at a pull from both the Atlantic side and the Caribbean side, thus way more rain ,landslides flooding , and already antiquated power poles and lines down.
Not to be a negative nelly but would be far better if it ran lengthwise over land as a buffer to slow down effects. as predicted now it will be beyond anything at CAT 5 than any storm since 1923.
Everyone be safe , prayers are with you .
And yes wish I were home there on the island.
||Every time, I returned home from working in the middle east,聽 it had become geriatric ville and mall walkers of the dead .
I totally dedicated to the island after that . Never regretted a single minute.聽
|dugtx1 wrote:In All reality the island is Approx. 150 miles long by less than half in width. the storm is tracking 65 miles off the coast along the longest point.
So with the storm being 250 miles wide your looking at a pull from both the Atlantic side and the Caribbean side, thus way more rain ,landslides flooding , and already antiquated power poles and lines down.
Not to be a negative nelly but would be far better if it ran lengthwise over land as a buffer to slow down effects. as predicted now it will be beyond anything at CAT 5 than any storm since 1923.
Everyone be safe , prayers are with you .
And yes wish I were home there on the island.
Even with the storm I wish I was there also, not sure my wife would agree with that.
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