Green Room - Week 12 - Day 2
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therealljidol I owe you an update, and a Green Room. So let's combine them. :)
Business first - there were eliminations: https://therealljidol.dreamwidth.org/1168566.html and a new prompt https://therealljidol.dreamwidth.org/1168718.html
There are now 14 contestants left standing, within arm's reach of the Top 10. So start looking around the room because 4 of you aren't going to fall short of that goal! So you had better be knocking our socks off every week!!! Not sure what no longer having socks has to do with you surviving longer. But apparently it must be related.
Nor am I sure where these socks end up going. When you knock them off do they just fly randomly through the air? Are they just knocked to the side? What if you are wearing shoes? If someone is barefoot is it because someone has already knocked their socks off???
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Anyway - Milton update. I'm sure everyone has seen the news of the hurricane's devastation throughout Florida.
It ended up making landfall south of us, which put us on the northern eye wall. Normally that's a good place to be, but of course Milton had to be different and that was where the worst winds were.
We lost power for 3 days but the only damage to our property was the fence was destroyed. (The neighbor managed to prop it up so his dog could still go in his backyard,. But the first time they dog jumps on the fence or a strong wind and it's coming down again...) We found our mailbox in another neighbor's yard... only located one screw. So those are two things that need to be replaced.
The large trees in the front and the back of the house got a severe trimming of branches, including several that were lodged near the boarded windows. If we hadn't put the plywood up, we would have had house guests.
Our street had some flooding, on the other side... including coming into some of their homes. Fortunately, for us, our side of the street is on a tiny incline. But enough to keep us dry. (for now it's not going to be too much longer before we will be in the flood zone as well)
There are more houses on our block with a tree on them (or a shed or fence) than there are not. One of our neighbors actually has a tree poking into her house.
Everyone currently has power - except the guy down at the end of the street, the original owner opted to be on a well system instead of the city water and he is on a different grid. So no power and no water for him. (He's been filling 5 gallon jugs from our outside spigot)
Neighbors came together to help with clean up and there are work crews from all over the country who have shown help to assist with the recovery (the crew who came by to pick up the debris on Sunday was from New Orleans) .
It could have been much, MUCH worse. But I won't lie, there were definitely moments when it was absolutely terrifying.
We made it through though and are trying to get back to normal. And of course my job is a central part of the region's recovery. So at least I'm *involved* on some level. The federal and state government are finally working together - which they weren't after Helene (our Governor wouldn't speak to Biden) So that's a plus! It's nice when public servants actually do their jobs. :)
Business first - there were eliminations: https://therealljidol.dreamwidth.org/1168566.html and a new prompt https://therealljidol.dreamwidth.org/1168718.html
There are now 14 contestants left standing, within arm's reach of the Top 10. So start looking around the room because 4 of you aren't going to fall short of that goal! So you had better be knocking our socks off every week!!! Not sure what no longer having socks has to do with you surviving longer. But apparently it must be related.
Nor am I sure where these socks end up going. When you knock them off do they just fly randomly through the air? Are they just knocked to the side? What if you are wearing shoes? If someone is barefoot is it because someone has already knocked their socks off???
***
Anyway - Milton update. I'm sure everyone has seen the news of the hurricane's devastation throughout Florida.
It ended up making landfall south of us, which put us on the northern eye wall. Normally that's a good place to be, but of course Milton had to be different and that was where the worst winds were.
We lost power for 3 days but the only damage to our property was the fence was destroyed. (The neighbor managed to prop it up so his dog could still go in his backyard,. But the first time they dog jumps on the fence or a strong wind and it's coming down again...) We found our mailbox in another neighbor's yard... only located one screw. So those are two things that need to be replaced.
The large trees in the front and the back of the house got a severe trimming of branches, including several that were lodged near the boarded windows. If we hadn't put the plywood up, we would have had house guests.
Our street had some flooding, on the other side... including coming into some of their homes. Fortunately, for us, our side of the street is on a tiny incline. But enough to keep us dry. (for now it's not going to be too much longer before we will be in the flood zone as well)
There are more houses on our block with a tree on them (or a shed or fence) than there are not. One of our neighbors actually has a tree poking into her house.
Everyone currently has power - except the guy down at the end of the street, the original owner opted to be on a well system instead of the city water and he is on a different grid. So no power and no water for him. (He's been filling 5 gallon jugs from our outside spigot)
Neighbors came together to help with clean up and there are work crews from all over the country who have shown help to assist with the recovery (the crew who came by to pick up the debris on Sunday was from New Orleans) .
It could have been much, MUCH worse. But I won't lie, there were definitely moments when it was absolutely terrifying.
We made it through though and are trying to get back to normal. And of course my job is a central part of the region's recovery. So at least I'm *involved* on some level. The federal and state government are finally working together - which they weren't after Helene (our Governor wouldn't speak to Biden) So that's a plus! It's nice when public servants actually do their jobs. :)
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Date: 2024-10-15 02:01 am (UTC)Yikes. That's one of the scariest possibilities. No one wants a tree falling on their house!
I'm glad you all made it through safely, though sorry there was still some damage. And I'm glad DeSantis stopped being such an ass. \o?
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Date: 2024-10-15 02:34 am (UTC)Starting Thursday my week actually goes hard till Tuesday. Comic Con, Parties, friends in town, etc. etc.
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Date: 2024-10-15 02:42 am (UTC)As for DeSantis, I know he was trying to look all tough not taking a call from Biden but come on, man! It was terribly immature.
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Date: 2024-10-15 03:48 am (UTC)Trees get uprooted a lot and it's not uncommon for trees to go through windows here either ans that's just a general storm, so I can only imagine how much worse with a wind speed of 160/in hurricane! Yikes!
I'm glad you and your family are okay and didn't have any major destruction or injuries <3
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Date: 2024-10-15 02:24 pm (UTC)2. Every woman knows socks go to sock heaven in the laundry room. Somewhere between the washing machine and the dryer, they exit this life.
3. And most importantly, you are safe, your loved ones are safe, your home is safe and you have a job that allows you to help others. That is huge, huge, huge. And personally, I am so happy you're safe. So happy.
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Date: 2024-10-15 05:05 pm (UTC)My family (mostly south of you) faired well also. One cousin had some water in their house, a couple of others are still waiting on power (they live out of the proper suburban area). A couple of limbs here and there -- no fences down this round!
As I told all of them, things can be fixed/replaced -- people can't. So I'm thankful that they are all safe.
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