I know a doctor in Tampa. I called her to see how she made out.

She suffered no damage because two years ago she retired and built a hurricane proof house. I don't know the details but she said everything outside is a mess but the house itself? Just a few scratches.

Not bad if you can stand living in a fortress the rest of the time.

A lesson learned long ago.......

When I was younger the city of Fort Worth was under some sort of storm watch. It was supposed to be BAD. So I went and filled up my car.

Then a tornado hit and a lot of power was knocked out. I don't remember the exact year. Perhaps 1961?

Anyway...... The folks in NC are lined up for hours waiting go buy gas.

ALWAYS get ready for the worst. When such storms are predicted in Texas on the gulf coast this is a common thing to do.

Exactly right, I was told the gas lines in the next towns over (Soperton still does not have power) are reminiscent of the Arab embargo times.

I've got a huge track hoe lines up to be there tomorrow to start piling up all the trees, hopefully to clear path to house. Thankfully we have another house in Rincon that we will be staying at for awhile.

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Best of luck Jim...

Gently used house boat for sale. Like new condition, in fact launched only the once. We also have an excellent inventory of amphibious vehicles.

I've got two huge track hoes clearing the yard. Will have log trucks in starting Monday hauling the lumber out of there. These trees were 80+ year old pine. Most of them are at least 4' in dia. Plans are to lift the trees off of house tomorrow and bring carpenter in Monday to start work.

Thankfully the shop was not damaged and now has power. Thank goodness it has a/c and a tv in it. Lot's of ppl lot worse off than I am.

To be honest with y'all I'm glad I was not there during the storm. Going forward I won't have to worry about tress hitting the house.

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Perhaps it is the trick photography, but they don't look even 2 ft dia. even with the exaggeration of perspective the big one seems less in d than the widows are wide. Unless they are seriously wide windows? truck tire should be about 30 in? But it is nice you are on the road to recovery.

Thanks

I'll post a pic of me standing next to it to provide idea of size. I have a pic of house from 1930 after house was completed and the trees look to be about 5 years old then.

We gonna try lifting them out tomorrow.

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Have them made into a place like that Lodge at Sunspot you stayed at

Incidious you are right. Dia is right at 2.5'. Looks bigger laying on the house.

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And hurts more !

A look at the devastation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYdC-6nShdc

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Seeing the damage is surreal. Assuming that is the level of damage in all the other areas, this is going to take a long time to recover from.

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Damage along the gulf coast never looks like this. That's because the place never has a chance to rebuild before the next storm comes along.

This damage is so terrible because this whole area, and it is massive, is not a traditional storm area. So everything went at once.

Along the gulf there are historical markers that say: Once their was a town here. Sabine Pass was once a large sea port in Texas. Then a hurricane hit and the entire town vanished. It was never rebuilt. Today it is a state park.

And this will not be rebuilt overnight. Houston got hit with a big one about five years ago and they are still rebuilding. It just takes time to restore decades of progress.

And some of it never will be rebuilt. The highway between Port Bolivar and Sabine Pass was wiped out so many times the state of Texas finally just gave up and closed the road.

The only silver lining is when places are built back they will be built back stronger. That's always the case in Texas.

Got the trees off house yesterday. Material and carpenters showing up Monday. I did get a couple free meals from Uncle Sam. Picked up a couple MREs from National Guard today (thanks everybody).

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