Everything posted by Brew
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2022 Tropical Storm and Hurricane Thread
Based on the way Matlacha lays, it is likely completely gone along with the roads. It is also 100% old Florida, so i would expect some number of the 700 or so people that live there to have stayed. The news from there is going to be bad. Sanibel is going to get a lot of the air time, Pine Island and Matlacha are going to be the ones that need help.
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2022 Tropical Storm and Hurricane Thread
That is absolute worst case scenario for the island. The expectation has always been that they would lose the paving on the Causeway islands which would take a few days to get them access back, but no one believed a bridge failure was a significant concern. Just the scale of the issues it creates is hard to imagine. You have about 7000 full time residents that are mostly older, a huge industry built on travel that really starts in the next week or so, etc. I’m not sure devastating is an adequate description. Going to start checking on friends and clients now.
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2022 Tropical Storm and Hurricane Thread
Lot of videos of the Matlacha / Pine Island area here for those familiar with that area. Matlacha is barely above water level but sits somewhat protected by Pine Island. It is a very interesting/eclectic little community built on water access. https://m.facebook.com/groups/ThingsTODoPineIsland/permalink/5698311996867545/
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2022 Tropical Storm and Hurricane Thread
- 2022 Tropical Storm and Hurricane Thread
Wouldn’t surprise me although it has survived several. It took a direct hit from water and wind based on where it sits. This is from the 4 way stop, so the Mucky Duck would be to the left of the person taking the picture.- 2022 Tropical Storm and Hurricane Thread
Timing was favorable for once. Our place should be mostly okay other than siding damage and landscaping. Everything was retrofitted to withstand 150+ MPH winds and 14 feet of water with blow out walls on the ground floor. The place we were buying that fell through was right on the water direct facing West though, so there is no doubt it is under water. I saw some pictures earlier out of Captiva. There is a lot of wind damage, but the water had receded. Bubble Room took a beating, but it was all still standing in that area. The islands are mostly designed for this, but there are still a lot of ground level properties that are going to be flooded out. A lot changed post Charley that hopefully helped.- Getting old sucks
Think I’ll just start watching theirs with all my free time.- 2022 Tropical Storm and Hurricane Thread
I suck at posting, first one is already posted. Second one is the one I was trying to post.- 2022 Tropical Storm and Hurricane Thread
Sanibel video makes me sick. That intersection is probably 1/2 mile from the beach and it is undeveloped land in between the two (road to the left runs parallel to beach before cutting back to it), so that’s not just water running up the roads. It is also not a low point by any stretch.- The Boat Fanatic Thread
Lot of really nice sailboats based out of there with the nature of where it sits. Hopefully the surge is somewhat limited with the hard right it took at Sanibel. I know a few people with boats in the canals in Punta Gorda that are worried because that area wasn’t built for a lot of water.- 2022 Tropical Storm and Hurricane Thread
They have been dropping and then coming back up. He said earlier they have multiple ways to upload video from them, so they have to give them time to load when one source goes down. Apparently, they are some sort of specially designed cameras in Pelican cases that they attach to fixed mounts in multiple locations. It was pretty interesting while I listened for a few minutes, except for all the other BS he was going through.- 2022 Tropical Storm and Hurricane Thread
Have it muted once i heard the camera locations. Camera 5 is on the second floor of a condo and is getting waves over it. Camera 9 is sitting around 10-12 feet and has water going over it.- 2022 Tropical Storm and Hurricane Thread
These guys have camera on FMB and Sanibel that are still up.- 2022 Tropical Storm and Hurricane Thread
Going to suck, Charley did a number on the islands as a smaller hurricane that hit it more centered and crossed where Ian is going to catch it with the eastern edge and run up it as a much larger, more powerful storm. Captiva is easily going to be washed over with this one.- 2022 Tropical Storm and Hurricane Thread
https://www.mysanibel.com/live-street-cams?utm_campaign=SanCapChamber&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=SanCapChamber Some of the street cams on Sanibel were still up.- Getting old sucks
F-ing sucks, back has been okay for the last week or so while I’ve been resting my shoulder from surgery. Started PT yesterday, back flared up seriously today. Think I may buckle and call a buddy that is a chiropractor.- Tell me about New York City
Flying in Saturday through Thursday and then a quick one nighter in Chicago for a concert for the Christmas trip we let our teenagers plan out. Not really looking forward to it at all. We’ll be the tourists running through everything like a bunch of idiots so they can see volume rather than quality, but they will enjoy it.- The Boat Fanatic Thread
That plus the lack of common courtesy and boat/lake knowledge by the new guys rolling around in $200k+ wake boats makes me generally go with wakesurf = obnoxious. I’m 100% old guy yelling at clouds who also just never could get into wakesurfing with that thought, which I’m fine with. The old days of boats making runs on rotation, avoiding the coves while people are making runs, etc have passed by in our area where the lakes are not massive. Tubers, jet ski’s, wakesurf boats, people who anchor right in the middle of the places where people are wakeboarding, boats cutting you off or crossing your wake, etc all have annoyed me post Covid, but the first couple aren’t throwing 2+ foot wakes that people aren’t paying attention to where they go.- 2022 Tropical Storm and Hurricane Thread
Tampa king tides are the next two days with the peak king tide cycle in 2 weeks, pretty much worst case scenario for water volumes. Newest models suck for an area we consider more home than where we are currently. Offer fell through on a water front replacement for the house we sold on Sanibel, so that timing may have worked out as a positive for once.- Show me your old Tacos (4Runner, FJ, Landcruiser, bronco etc)
No change in options in the early order bank for ‘23, so just rolled it forward. Dealer thinks it should get built by Christmas. Stupid part is the hard top has been the main issue. I don’t want a hardtop, but you can’t opt out in the 2 door for some dumbass reason. Been looking at old ones now. May double down on stupid and see if I can find one that interests me.- Getting old sucks
Have a client that bought $5,000 in Apple stock with an IRA contribution in the early 90’s. $18M when he died last year having never sold any.- Getting old sucks
I’m about ready to park my ass in an old folks home and ride out my days. Started PT today for herniated discs, shoulder surgery last week for a deltoid issue, elbow/hand surgery later next month for a nerve issue, and the hits keep coming. I told my wife last night I had to come up with some good stories to tell my future young girlfriends for the 5 substantial scars in 11 months after making it through 43 years unscathed. Anyone have some good hobby recommendations for a 44 year old going on 75 apparently that has had to give up water sports, golf, trail riding, etc?- The Boat Fanatic Thread
Same here, jt sent me this way many years ago on a question I had about something. That was a great board when it was active.- Nashville - 50th Birthday
All depends on what you want to spend. Nashville is an expensive place to stay now. Westin and JW Marriott for downtown, Thompson for the Gulch area, Kimpton for the Division St bars are all super nice hotels in good areas. Bourbon Steak, any of the M street restaurants, Biscuit Love, Southern Steak, Skull’s Rainbow Room, Puckett’s and a long list of other good restaurants. Broadway is worth a visit, but one night is more than enough.- The Boat Fanatic Thread
Agreed, the shoreline and the boats on docks are more important to me than which foot you want forward. - 2022 Tropical Storm and Hurricane Thread
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