Bill H2DB 410 Report post Posted October 13, 2016 Well , I have just now gotten back on the net , and got power late yesterday. Currently 7:25 pm 10-13-16This part of town is really an old forest , and there are hundreds of trees down , now the streets are canyonsof debris piles , and many damaged cars , houses etc. I have a large tree , laying on my ( detached ) garage . It did not punch thru though , but broke theeave and at least one rafter . The neighbor and I will work this out later , after the hubub settles down .The house survived , thankfully . I worked myself into a recurrence of my back problems , both before and afterthe storm . I went to the Doc yesterday , and it is Compressed discs L4 and L5 , with L4 bulging some what .The nerve isbeing touched when I move certain ways , and I can't bend over much . Been almost the bad before , and I have some drugsnow to help , but it has usually returned to a tolerable level in the past , so ....... I lost one large Queen Palm , and have damage on some Butias , and will be removing some others most likely .This little house has 17 windows to cover , and combined with all of the other work necessary Pre- Storm , did me in .Afterwards I had to cut up two medium sized trees , by hand , to be able to get out of the driveway. (I cannot use agas Chain saw , because I am Pacemaker dependent . ). Then there was still the 155ft drive ,18" deep and more in small branchesand twigs , etc along with tons of Spanish Moss. just what my back didn't need , but being able to leave if necessary was important to me .Glad this one is over . I'll be continuing clean-up , and putting more debris out for a while . ( I ran out of room outalong the street for debris pile ) .Carolina and Georgia folks , you have my sympathy for sure . Good luck !This is Biketoberfest in Daytona , and the Hilton and several other big motels are closed down for repairs .The party's still on !! 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bill H2DB 410 Report post Posted October 14, 2016 Shots before & after. Later , the debris pile was begun , and now covers the entire frontage along the Street , with more waiting for room . Matthew damage-1 by Bill H, on Flickr 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Laaz 1,520 Report post Posted October 16, 2016 A week after the storm & back to normal. 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PalmTreeDude 1,861 Report post Posted October 17, 2016 5 hours ago, Laaz said: A week after the storm & back to normal. Glad it's over! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites