• 22Aug 08

  Tropical storm Fay (Friday update)

  The wicked witch is dead....well....almost dead. Our area is on the butt end of the storm. We are still getting heavy rain and a lot of areas in my county and all counties in the surrounding areas are seeing major flooding. My street has a lot of debris from trees and such but no flooding at all. For a street that was known for it's flooding a few years ago to be flood free today is quite a feat for the city of Holly Hill. A round of applause for them please. (CLAP,CLAP,CLAP) Also, I have to give it up for FPL (Florida Power and Light) because for two separate days of power outages on my street they came out in the rain and wind to fix our downed power lines. (CLAP, CLAP, CLAP) The first day they had the tree cleared and the power lines back up in 2 hours and the second day it was a lot longer but that was only because it was night and we were in the midst of a tropical storm so you can't blame them for that. As soon as the sun came up the next day they were out and about fixing all of the power outages. Sweet! After this weekend everything should go back to being relatively normal...hopefully. They are forecasting that there is another storm brewing in the tropics and that it is looking like it will follow the same path as Fay as far as heading towards the Cuba/Florida area. Sounds like a good time to me!

  • Posted Aug 22, 2008 7:06 am PT
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• 21Aug 08

  Tropical storm Fay (8-19-2008)

  Here in the Daytona/Holly Hill area Tropical storm Fay is over top of us but giving us a little bit of relief...for the moment. The ground is saturated and trees are in danger of being uprooted all over the place. My neighbor across the street has an empty lot with multiple trees in it and 4 of them have fallen in the last 36 hours. 1 of them took out the power lines Tuesday night and another took out the power lines last night. Because of the tremendous amount of rain that has come and is expected to hit within the next couple of days my only worry is that one of the three, HUGE trees that are around my house will uproot and fall on my house. We haven't had power since 7pm Wednesday night so my wife is staying at her mother's house until the power is restored. I have been staying at the house to make sure nobody tries to rob us in the middle of the night. It is hot but it is better than getting robbed. I am at work now which is why I am able to write. Tonight the storm is supposed to bring us 60 mph winds and a ton more rain so that should be fun. Luckily for me, my second job is going to be open so I will be out in the storm instead of safe at home (insert sarcasm here). I'll update you tomorrow.

  • Posted Aug 21, 2008 9:32 am PT
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• 21Aug 08

  Tropical storm Fay (Thursday update)

  Here in the Daytona/Holly Hill area Tropical storm Fay is over top of us but giving us a little bit of relief...for the moment. The ground is saturated and trees are in danger of being uprooted all over the place. My neighbor across the street has an empty lot with multiple trees in it and 4 of them have fallen in the last 36 hours. 1 of them took out the power lines Tuesday night and another took out the power lines last night. Because of the tremendous amount of rain that has come and is expected to hit within the next couple of days my only worry is that one of the three, HUGE trees that are around my house will uproot and fall on my house. We haven't had power since 7pm Wednesday night so my wife is staying at her mother's house until the power is restored. I have been staying at the house to make sure nobody tries to rob us in the middle of the night. It is hot but it is better than getting robbed. I am at work now which is why I am able to write. Tonight the storm is supposed to bring us 60 mph winds and a ton more rain so that should be fun. Luckily for me, my second job is going to be open so I will be out in the storm instead of safe at home (insert sarcasm here). I'll update you tomorrow.

  • Posted Aug 21, 2008 9:32 am PT
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