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    Aaand POWER back on this evening! Sitting here after 1st warm water shower, drinking 1st actual cup of instant coffee (before it was cold instant yeccch!)
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    Nice, so happy to hear!


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    I love happy endings - I was forcing myself not to check this thread more than once a day 😂
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    Glad to hear you're ok! Here's the $64,000 question: are the strip clubs still there?
    “What a caterpillar calls the end of the world we call a butterfly.” - ECKHART TOLLE

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    Quote Originally Posted by Djoser View Post
    Aaand POWER back on this evening! Sitting here after 1st warm water shower, drinking 1st actual cup of instant coffee (before it was cold instant yeccch!)
    Wow! I was afraid it might take a long time. Considering the widespread damage that's pretty impressive they already have it back on, though I'm sure it was agonizing to tolerate that heat and all the other inconveniences with no power.

    happy to hear you and the kitties made it thorough uninjured!


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    Quote Originally Posted by Optimist View Post
    Glad to hear you're ok! Here's the $64,000 question: are the strip clubs still there?
    All three still intact, though two have yet to reopen. I avoided the martial law/curfew patrols to visit my hangout club last night.

    Contrary to the reputation this island has, there were no obvious 'Hurricane Parties', not at night anyway. Though I did ride my bike around a lot in daytime the first 3 days, and the three big gay bars on that end of Duval St. were slamming--they sure put our straight clubs on the other end of Duval to shame! None of them were open at all.

    Though I heard they finally had to shut down after the 3rd or 4th night because all the riff raft and street people were hanging around & making things unpleasant--I did see that starting across the street but I guess it got worse.

    Hell I was out wandering around the first three nights after the hurricane, looking after the kitties at the club, visiting JordanKeyWest (an old school SW member, one of my oldest & best friends here), and checking to see if some of my favorite clubs had reopened. It was pitch black and a ghost town and by the 4th night the furthest I went was 3-4 blocks to see Jordan.

    I did sit out on my porch several hours each night in the middle of the week, partly to guard the house and partly in an attempt to relieve the boredom. Hurricane aftermath--not fun for vampire types.

    Amazing what a difference that NO LIGHTS WHATSOEVER will make! It's very eerie if kind of cool in a way. And the cops driving everywhere with all the lights flashing can be intimidating.

    The cops and the National Guard patrols saw me a few times, but no hassle & one National Guard driver offered me some bottled water, which was pretty cool. I have heard that they did arrest some people for violating curfew, but I suspect that you had to be stupid, drunk, or obnoxious to wind up that way.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Glamourmilf View Post
    Yeah!! So glad you're ok.
    Did your place/neighborhood have any damage?
    No damage to my apartment, very minor damage to the old mansion it's a part of. Trees down all over, on average one big tree every 2-3 blocks. But most missed houses, just crushed some cars, a few houses I saw were kinda smashed up. Branches and debris EVERYWHERE, as well as power lines all over.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Djoser View Post
    No damage to my apartment, very minor damage to the old mansion it's a part of. Trees down all over, on average one big tree every 2-3 blocks. But most missed houses, just crushed some cars, a few houses I saw were kinda smashed up. Branches and debris EVERYWHERE, as well as power lines all over.
    I think you said you would be riding out the storm inside that stone church. Did you stay in there and what was it like? Also, how long did you have to listen to the storm before you felt safe enough to go outside?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Smoothcat View Post
    I think you said you would be riding out the storm inside that stone church. Did you stay in there and what was it like? Also, how long did you have to listen to the storm before you felt safe enough to go outside?
    Sorry, just saw this. The Old Stone Church was so secure, and especially the room I took shelter in, that i literally slept straight through the worst 3-4 hours. Like a baby. Meanwhile, less than a block away, and enormous tree was ripped out by the roots and crushed a car, barely missing the front of a house it would also have crushed easily.

    Of course, I was exhausted by dealing with the fact people were telling me I was gonna die for sure, and believing it part of the time. And trying to 'hurricane-proof' my apt at the last minute (dumbass thought the hurricane would turn north until the last 24 hours or so). I've talked to other people who ride this one and others out, and apparently sleeping thrpugh the worst is common.

    But 30-40 miles north of here, sleep might not have been so easy even in the really secure buildings!

    I went outside shortly after I woke up the 2nd time, about 11 AM, it was very gusty but not too bad. Went to check on the kitties right after making sure apt was safe.
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    So Happy to hear, you're ok, apt.ok, & of course the Kitts!
    Whew!


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