Huricane francis

[Ryan Albright]

WE recieved power again this morning, we were out for a day and 1/2 but thank God its back on. You really notice stuff you take for advantage when you have electricity. The past two days i have gone out and helped friends that had alot of property damage. Luckly my house was spared for the most part. I have taken alot of pictures and i will load some when i go back to college. I dont know how orlando faired, i will be returning there either today or tommorow. I know my apartment has no phone or internet but thats all i know. Thank you everyone for your prayers. Now we just gotta watch IVAN

[Barry Bonzack]

I'm back up and running. I stayed at a Days in between International Drive and I4. I could see Wet 'N Wild and Universal Studios attractions from the 2 floor. My house did not even loose power this time, so I am grateful. I got to see my OU game, my house is okay, and I'm alive, what could be better? I spent some time watching the slow path and worrying about my friends in Stuart. Just got word this evening that things weren't as bad as I had feared. Wheeeew. My prayers go out to all families without power.

I'm attaching a picture of I4, the main road in downtown Orlando to Universal and other touristy attractions. I was amazed that there was not a soul on this monster to have to merge on.

[Stephen Kowski]

we are still without power at my apt complex, but roommate and I have found engineering building on USF's campus to be open and with power/Wi-Fi access. oh well i guess I will be spending the night here....anyone in tampa come by and say hello....

[Franchesca]

Originally Posted by Stephen Kowski

we are still without power at my apt complex, but roommate and I have found engineering building on USF's campus to be open and with power/Wi-Fi access. oh well i guess I will be spending the night here....anyone in tampa come by and say hello....

Who wants to go by and see you??!!

Anyway, it's pretty interesting because my apartments haven't had a power outage. We haven't had any problems with flooding or broken signs, or else. But other parts of Tampa Bay have not done very well ... flooding, power outage, etc.

It didn't hit Hillsborough County as bad as other ones but we are still not done with this hurricane season. So brace yourselves!! We got another one coming!!!

*In all seriousness ... I hope that everyone is ok and I appreciate all the support from other FIRST teams towards us here in Florida going through this tough hurricane season.* THANKS A WHOLE BUNCH !!!

[Stephen Kowski]

Originally Posted by Franchesca

Who wants to go by and see you??!!

Anyway, it's pretty interesting because my apartments haven't had a power outage. We haven't had any problems with flooding or broken signs, or else. But other parts of Tampa Bay have not done very well ... flooding, power outage, etc.

bah, we are not as lucky as you Nadia....10-14 days w/o power....at least I still have clean water.....

[mtaman02]

My thoughts and prayers are with all the Floridians who haven't had the chance to clean up from charley and now facing francis.


I just hope that Florida sees francis as its last hurricane. You guys can't take much more beating out there send francis to NY for a day or 2 we could use some rain and maybe a lil wind =)

[Arefin Bari]

Originally Posted by mtaman02

I just hope that Florida sees francis as its last hurricane. You guys can't take much more beating out there send francis to NY for a day or 2 we could use some rain and maybe a lil wind =)

Hurricane Ivan is suppose to hit Florida on Saturday at 8 a.m. and its a catagory 4 hurricane...

[Stephen Kowski]

thx for the reminder arefin.....im gonna be without power forever.....=P

[Ryan Albright]

Well i got back to my apartment in Orlando today and as of what i can tell we didnt loose power. There is damage yet again so clean up has started again. UCF will return to school on wed. So tommorow i will be taking advantage of a day off and going to Island's of Adventure, need a break before ivan heh?

[Katie Reynolds]

I thought this was pretty neat ...

http://goes.gsfc.nasa.gov//pub/goes/...09.frances.mov

^ The week-long path of hurricane Frances. GOES enhanced ^

Be warned, it takes a few minutes to fully load.

I hope everyones ok fromthe hurricanes and stuff. How many hurricanesdo u guys get that liek crazy.

[Tytus Gerrish]

WOO HOO! i have a generator. im not too confident with running my computer off it but im gonna post a picture showing how long its gonna take me to get back power.

Before....
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/at...achmentid=2457

After...
and yes, that is a power pole snaped in 3 pieces

[RogerR]

my apartment complex is still without power (been that way since sunday morning), and except for the lack of internet, it isn't so bad. we break out the grill for supper, and the apartment stays pretty cool in the day time. only problem is the water...somehow the sewage manes and the storm drains got mixed up, so whatever gets flushed down the toilet ends up in the parking lot...luckily, my apartment is upwind from the overflowing storm drains.