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So anyone who had to relocate or are planning to? Stay safe.
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We didn't relocate - we were, and remain, safe.
Two friends of mine on the forums, here did, however - TheGreenTeaGamer (he and his wife had a horrible experience at a hotel), and Sharoth (who, it seems, had a much better time of it, over-all).
My brother-in-law (and fiance) and parents-in-law are both without power, though the latter have successfully relocated to their siblings' place for a day (though they are back home, now), and the former are invited to our house, if they need. My parents were also without earlier today, but have a generator and are in good spirits, so there's that! We shall see how my sister fairs (she's further north).
We pray for all others in the storm's path, both past and future.
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Glad that everyone in the US seems to be making it through considering the circumstances. Really horrible how much death the storm caused in Haiti. That country really needs a break from tragedy!
I hope the Greenteagamer's hotel experience was bad by hotel standards, and not surviving a hurricane standards.
As Tacticslion said, prayers for everyone affected by the storm.
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As was stated, I evacuated to Montgomery, Alabama, and stayed at quite possibly the filthiest, most disgusting hotel I've ever stepped foot in. It was 2AM Jax time when we finally checked in, after having driven eight hours, and there was literally nothing else in the city (and nothing between there and Jacksonville - we didn't WANT to drive that far, but my work didn't tell me I could have the day off to flee for my life until noon or so that day), so we stayed. There were mystery stains. The bed smelled like urine. The vents were more mold than metal. The shower looked as if it had never been cleaned (actually the whole place did). We had to lay layers of towels on the bed to feel safe sleeping there, and were awoken by ants crawling on us...
All for nothing, apparently. Nothing happened to my house, except a wrecked fence.
Dang that was a long bloody drive, too...
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Woof. That's a long ass drive. My mom evacuated from Hollywood (Ft Lauderdale area) to Tallahassee and there was nothing hitting there. You would have been pretty well off driving to somewhere a lot closer, just inland or on the opposite coast (or were you saying there were no rooms available anywhere in between?). Then again, she had friends to stay with (though a dog that pisses every 20 minutes, and likes to do it on her luggage made her experience less than great too).
Montgomery is, has always been, and probably always be a s#+*hole. My condolences.
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Actually the city wasn't bad, outside of the hotel, if a bit boring. The scenery was quite beautiful, and the weather was gorgeous, but it pretty much had nothing to do if you don't like civil rights museums (which I am not a fan of).
Also, I'm familiar with Hollywood. I went to high school in Davie, just next to Hollywood.
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My sisters and my niece live just south of Jacksonville, but actually had a team building thing for their company for that weekend so they were in Tennessee. However I don't know if their apartment or business were damaged...I don't think so as I would have heard something from my Mom about it.
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Live in the Charleston, SC area. I stayed home the wife took our son up to her mom's house in Columbia. Storm basically blew itself out before it got here the wind did some damage around town and knocked power out in places for a day or so based on where you were. Strangely enough my side of the street has power but only half of the other side of my street does.
Actually the city wasn't bad, outside of the hotel, if a bit boring. The scenery was quite beautiful, and the weather was gorgeous, but it pretty much had nothing to do if you don't like civil rights museums (which I am not a fan of).
I got my fill of Montgomery and Mobile back when my dad would go shut down paper mills and bring us with him. It was never a good time.
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We are ok. My house and my Mom's are still without power. My Mom will probably have hers up before mine is. My brother has some flooding in his house and some roof damage. I have a tree that is trying to hit the neighbor's house, but is being held up by two other trees. I am spending more money than I can afford, but at least we are safe. Savannah, GA is a mess. Over 250,000 people were without power and as of today over 80,000 people as still without power. On the plus side, it could have been a lot worse. One of my friends call me and asked me what he could keep out of his refrigerator and I told him almost nothing. I am not looking forward to the next hurricane that aims towards us. Sadly, we will have that occur. Probably sooner than later.