Ivan looks to be a real nasty storm. Looks like a sit and wait
after all preparation is done. Wonder how much will poured concrete
housing will start whith three nasty storms hitting within a mon and
a half?
Ivan
--- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, "Take a wild, friggin guess"
<a_change_of_plans_at_y...> wrote:
> --- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, Scrapper Black Dragon
> <scrapperbd_at_y...> wrote:
>
> > Sounds like you've a fairly sturdy house. Brick or
> > weatherboard? Obviously not cardboard. :-P
>
> My house is concrete block construction, and the roof is only
> about 1.5 years old, so that's probably why it held up better than
> the other homes in the area. Unfortunately, if Hurricane Ivan
does
> decide to come this way, I cannot say with absolute certainty that
> my house will survive the weather. News reports from islands
> already hit by Ivan showed concrete block structures reduced to
> rubble. I hope the storm will take an extreme eastward turn, and
> pass by Florida and go back out to sea, but I doubt that will
> happen. All we can do now is wait and prepare again.
>
> >
> > Good to hear that you and your stuff came through well -
> > can't bear the thought of losing all those priceless JMH
> > pictures and artwork to the inclement weather! Pass on our
> > greets to Des when you speak with her next - I'm sure I
> > echo everyone's sentiments when I say you are both well.
>
> Both she and I spent several days at my mom's house, which is
> constructed of poured concrete (stronger than CBC). And don't
worry
> about the art stuff-I brought all my originals, my important
> paperwork (Social Seurity, birth certificate, etcetera), a couple
of
> sentimental items, one computer tower, and my cat and her
belongings
> all to my mom's place, just in case the worst were to happen.
Looks
> like we're gonna have to go through it again. :(
>
> --JMH
Received on Thu Sep 09 2004 - 08:53:49 CDT