Hurricane Ian

This is the final post for Hurricane Ian from me. The flood waters finally receded enough this morning at the brother in law house so we could leave safely and we arrived back at our house in Winter Haven. Lo and behold we were surprised to see no damage whatsoever. A couple of homes here sustained carport ans shingle damage but we were spared. So end of Ian and we thank you for your comments. Back to TT.

God is good.

My family did alright, as well. Cosmetic reparations, if any.

Glad to hear, y'all.

Thanks Always, 🇺🇸

~Anne~

Thank you to everyone here on TT that sent out concerns and kind words. It is truly appreciated and welcomed. This is a true family of people that not only offer the best advice for a truck driving career but heartfelt wishes to anyone who needs it. You are all a joy to read your posts and know that humanity hasn't gone to hell in a handbasket as the saying goes. Thanks again y'all.

Glad you “weathered the storm.” After hurricane Andrew, I went down there with a group of roofers and carpenters. We spent a week there and got about a dozen houses back watertight. We weren’t allowed by the military to go into the worst hit areas because there was nothing salvageable left to repair. The level of destruction was mind blowing.

Glad you “weathered the storm.” After hurricane Andrew, I went down there with a group of roofers and carpenters. We spent a week there and got about a dozen houses back watertight. We weren’t allowed by the military to go into the worst hit areas because there was nothing salvageable left to repair. The level of destruction was mind blowing.

I was in my last year of middle school when Hurricane Andrew struck. I remember seeing footage of the destruction on the news. It was unlike anything I remember seeing before.

Great news that ya’ll made it through in as good of shape as possible…

A friend in Fort Meyers was told me on 9/25 that his move from Sacramento to Fort Meyers was the best move he had made in his life (he is originally from Brazil). He told me a couple of days ago that being in the eye of Ian was the worst day in his life. I was worried for a bit after not hearing from him for a few days but understood with power outages and unreliable cellular service that he probably had bigger problems. I've had a few friends move to Florida but I think I will look for some place with less weather risk if I ever decide to move out of California. I don't like the political climate here but the weather where I live is pretty predictable and usually pretty good. I let stress get to me and I need nice calm weather.

Harvey,

I think that it might be difficult to find a place in our great country that has totally nice, calm weather. With everything "Mother Nature" can throw at us like earthquakes, tornados, hurricanes, floods, landslides, blizzards and wildfires it would be very hard to find a place that is ideal. There might be a small area somewhere. I think that you find what suits you best and deal with the worse when it shows it's ugly face.

Yeah, California is a beautiful state, but the earthquakes and wild fires would worry me. Florida, the heat humidity and hurricanes. My home state of Wisconsin has the tornadoes and harsh winters, not to mention all the Packer fans with rabies (especially this time of year).

Sorry if this is derailing, I applaud people that are able to deal with the risk of harsh weather. I had trouble sleeping last night just dealing with some worries about problems with harvest on our farm. Most of California is at little to no risk of wildfires and most areas have slight risk to earthquake damage. I've felt about a half dozen mild earthquakes in my life. The thing with those is that they aren't something that I worry about because there is no warning that they are coming. Where those are big problems they are big news stories. I live in swampland and the biggest impact for me with wildfires is poor air quality. This summer had some very brutal hot periods (but it's a "dry heat" lol), with one day reaching 118.9F, hotter than ever before here. I would like an area of 45F-85F. A friend of mine lives in Chula Vista (just south of San Diego) and boasts of their very nice weather. Our great risk here on our farm is flooding from levee failure, most of my farm is below sea level. In 1972 our family lost our home and all of our crops, the prior flood was about 65 years earlier. Levee maintenance has improved (we presently have a $20 million project underway, I am on the district's board) but we could still have a flood and that is my biggest worry.

My mother's grandparents came to California from North Dakota. Nice place to visit in summer, though a local friend moved from here to there several years ago and has got used to the winters and likes it there. Not for me. My father's parents immigrated from Madeira, Portugal. My grandmother had no desire to go back, she said life was very rough there over 100 years ago. I visited there in 2004 and it seems to always have pleasant weather. Our hotel in 2004 did not have heating or air conditioning and it wasn't needed. I don't know that I would ever leave this country but I do think about it (especially with politics in mind), but we are going back for a short vacation in Madeira next month. Just maybe that is a perfect place! :)

Ok, Harvey, but what about rattlesnakes? I know you have those in your area.