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Re: VDH WILL BE CLOSED

Sat Sep 09, 2017 8:49 pm

Bryan, our thoughts are with you and your family and everyone in the path of the storm. Stay safe. Mark, Suzanne & Hunter.
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Re: VDH WILL BE CLOSED

Sat Sep 09, 2017 9:08 pm

Thank you Mark...we are praying for a miracle but preparing for a disaster.
Hurricane Party going on right now, it's a good way to relieve stress and anxiety before tomorrow night. After that we are on our own.

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Re: VDH WILL BE CLOSED

Sat Sep 09, 2017 9:32 pm

Prayers being sent your way from Chicago for you and your family. Stay safe
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Sun Sep 10, 2017 11:46 am

Tornado warnings....just what we needed....Our house is the blue dot.Image

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Re: VDH WILL BE CLOSED

Sun Sep 10, 2017 12:00 pm

Best of luck. Be safe.
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Re: VDH WILL BE CLOSED

Sun Sep 10, 2017 2:53 pm

Bryan,

Your family is in my family's prayers.

Robert
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Mon Sep 11, 2017 9:33 am

Eye passed us around 2am.. finally got to bed around 3. We were very very fortunate to have only minimal tree damage and loss. So many folks have it much worse. Thank you everyone for all your support and kind words.ImageImageImage

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Re: VDH WILL BE CLOSED

Mon Sep 11, 2017 12:01 pm

Hello Tooth Diver?? He's down in Venice which took a bigger hit than us. Was thinking about you last night and I hope you are Ok..

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Mon Sep 11, 2017 12:29 pm

We did OK. Have a few trees down and a lot of small stuff every where.
Never lost power but Comcast went out early and Don' t know when it will be back on.
Nothing like a hurricane in the middle of the night.

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Mon Sep 11, 2017 1:55 pm

2THDIVR wrote:We did OK. Have a few trees down and a lot of small stuff every where.
Never lost power but Comcast went out early and Don' t know when it will be back on.
Nothing like a hurricane in the middle of the night.

Scott
Glad to hear it!

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Mon Sep 11, 2017 5:45 pm

Bryan wrote:Eye passed us around 2am.. finally got to bed around 3. We were very very fortunate to have only minimal tree damage and loss. So many folks have it much worse. Thank you everyone for all your support and kind words.
Great to hear y'all got by with minimal problems! Sure looked like it was going to be worse in your area.
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Re: VDH WILL BE CLOSED

Mon Sep 11, 2017 9:22 pm

To the Floridians,

Glad to hear that the damage was not as extensive as it could have been. The Caribbean islands that were affected are another matter. I have a friend living in St. Croix, USVI. She reports that the damage on the neighboring islands of St. John and St. Thomas is catastrophic, while damage on St. Croix was merely " very bad".
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Mon Sep 11, 2017 9:40 pm

We were up early with chainsaws and tow ropes helping neighbors while many others in the community bitched about no free WiFi and no fast food open..And how dare the utilities not be on already despite millions of outages.
Sometimes I hate my fellow humans..

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Re: VDH WILL BE CLOSED

Tue Sep 12, 2017 10:17 am

Glad to hear you all came through it OK. And, proud to hear you and your neighbors are already out there with chain saws and tow ropes. God bless you. My son works for GAF Roofing and he said the company has dedicated all four of its production plants to producing "Dade County Approved" shingles for the Florida rebuild. I bet the rest of the construction industry is gearing up likewise... Florida will repaired and back to normal soon.
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Re: VDH WILL BE CLOSED

Tue Sep 12, 2017 10:49 am

Having gone through a hurricane you are now an official citizen of the Gulf South.
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