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09-11-2004, 06:30 AM
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Rivet Master
1977 31' Sovereign
Tampa Bay
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Join Date: Jun 2002
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Florida's newest postcard...
Come on down! (just leave your Airstreams behind)
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Out in the woods, or in the city, It's all the same to me.
When I'm drivin' free, the world's my home....When I'm mobile.
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09-11-2004, 06:36 AM
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3 Rivet Member
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 132
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Sneakinup, perhaps you should change your user name to "I see it coming, again".
Rick
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09-11-2004, 06:42 AM
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Rivet Master
1977 31' Sovereign
Tampa Bay
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Join Date: Jun 2002
Posts: 762
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The only good part about hurricanes is that they aren't good at sneakinup on you. It is a long slow torturous process waiting for the end of the world.
Tampa is in a frenzy. Gas stations look like the gas crisis of the 70's, and HD and Lowe's are even worse. Very surreal.
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Out in the woods, or in the city, It's all the same to me.
When I'm drivin' free, the world's my home....When I'm mobile.
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09-11-2004, 06:49 AM
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3 Rivet Member
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 132
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I sympathize with your predicament. Keep your fingers crossed, you may get lucky.
I know you have other forum members close by, so we will pray for all of you.
Rick
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09-11-2004, 06:52 AM
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Rivet Master
1977 31' Sovereign
Tampa Bay
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Join Date: Jun 2002
Posts: 762
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick Alston
I sympathize with your predicament. Keep your fingers crossed, you may get lucky.
I know you have other forum members close by, so we will pray for all of you.
Rick
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Thanks! It is a slow moving storm, so we have time to prepare.
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Out in the woods, or in the city, It's all the same to me.
When I'm drivin' free, the world's my home....When I'm mobile.
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09-11-2004, 03:26 PM
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Rivet Monster
1975 31' Sovereign
1980 31' Excella II
Sprung Leak
, North Carolina
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 7,172
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You would think
that everyone had already purchased enough plywood and supplies to get them thru the hurricanes, specially seeing how Charley was only a little while ago We ALWAYS keep an emergency rations box on hand and ready for what ever comes our way, be it a Hurricane, Tropical Storm, ice storm, drunk taking out a major switching station, or any other type of disaster natural or manmade. Sneakinup, we are watching the storm too. It really affects our jobsites up and down the eastern seaboard. Good luck and hope it swerves....
Aaron
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....so many Airstreams....so little time...
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Why are we in this basket...and where are we going
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09-11-2004, 07:28 PM
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Rivet Master
Commercial Member
1968 17' Caravel
2005 30' Safari
Somewhere
, roaming America
Join Date: Apr 2003
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I was just talking to a contractor who wants to build us a house. He said the only problem might be that we can't afford the plywood anymore, since it's all going down to Florida. He wasn't kidding!
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09-11-2004, 07:41 PM
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Rivet Master
1977 31' Sovereign
Tampa Bay
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Join Date: Jun 2002
Posts: 762
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rluhr
I was just talking to a contractor who wants to build us a house. He said the only problem might be that we can't afford the plywood anymore, since it's all going down to Florida. He wasn't kidding!
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I couldn't get near the home centers to get plywood, so I pulled it off the flooring in my attic. When the storm is over, it goes back up there.
Wanna buy some used plywood? It is hurricane tested.
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Out in the woods, or in the city, It's all the same to me.
When I'm drivin' free, the world's my home....When I'm mobile.
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09-11-2004, 08:52 PM
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1 Rivet Member
Join Date: May 2003
Posts: 17
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I was told by my lumber yard, that the shortage of plywood was due to the rebuilding in Iraq . Will Ackerman
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09-12-2004, 01:34 PM
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New Member
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 3
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Takin' it from there.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sneakinup
I couldn't get near the home centers to get plywood, so I pulled it off the flooring in my attic. When the storm is over, it goes back up there.
Wanna buy some used plywood? It is hurricane tested.
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That is absolutely BRILLIANT!!!! And inspiring. I have a neighbor with a very tall wooden privacy fence...........
Ken Kircher
When the chips are down, the buffalo move on.
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09-12-2004, 08:20 PM
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Rivet Master
1987 29' Sovereign
Sparta
, Tennessee
Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 509
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Will Ackerman
I was told by my lumber yard, that the shortage of plywood was due to the rebuilding in Iraq . Will Ackerman
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I don't know about plywood but, 4x8 strand board went from $7.40 to over $20.00 in our town last year. Lowes said it was due to the feds buying it all for Iraq. It has now dropped back to under $10.00 a sheet or that was before Florida's storms.
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09-12-2004, 08:24 PM
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Rivet Master
2019 25' Flying Cloud
Airstream - Other
Airstream - Other
North Central Texas
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 1,003
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Will Ackerman
I was told by my lumber yard, that the shortage of plywood was due to the rebuilding in Iraq . Will Ackerman
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What about Canvas?????
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09-12-2004, 09:11 PM
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Rivet Master
Massachusetts
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: 1964 17' Bambi II
Posts: 4,282
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I never did understand why many people, who live in hurricane areas, wait for the hurricane to strike before they purchase plywood. My Dad lives in the West Palm Beach area and he always has an extra 10 sheets of plywood in his garage all year around. BTW, he buys the plywood for $2/sheet at garage sales after hurricanes when everyone unloads all the plywood they just bought! Go figure!
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09-28-2004, 08:33 PM
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Rivet Master
1997 34' Limited
Young Harris
, Georgia
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 981
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How Goes It Now?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sneakinup
Wanna buy some used plywood? It is hurricane tested.
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How did you fare during the numerous trials and tribulations? Well, I hope. How about the trailer?
Phil
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1997 34' Excella WBCCI 5936
'09 Dodge Cummins Ram 3500 Crew 4x4 auto
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09-29-2004, 04:59 AM
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Moderator Emeritus
1972 31' Sovereign
High Springs
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Join Date: May 2002
Posts: 2,311
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We made it through with no problems, other than the power was out from 2 PM Sunday to Tuesday evening. Lots of trees and poles down in Gainesville. Most of the power outages in this area are caused by "tree huggers" who won't allow the power companies to properly trim the trees.
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2003 GMC 2500HD 4X4 D/A Ext. Cab
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09-29-2004, 05:09 AM
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Rivet Master
1984 29' Sovereign
Savannah
, Missouri
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 3,478
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So..??
Now that Jeanne has "trimmed” the landscape...
We trust~
You should be better able to survive the next round.
No tax breaks, or disaster aids will be needed.
A win-win for us all..
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09-29-2004, 10:24 AM
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Obsessed with Moonunit
1978 Argosy Minuet 6.7 Metre
Love It Here
, Colorado
Join Date: Sep 2002
Posts: 957
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To Lighten the Load (maybe??)
Thought I would add these to your post to maybe give you guys down south a bit of a break from your hurricanes The world just keeps rolling along with all these other people doing their thing
>>>Nominee No. 5: [Bloomberg News Service]: A terrible diet and a room with no ventilation are being blamed for the death of a man who was killed by his own gas emissions. There was no mark on his body, and an autopsy showed large amounts of methane gas in his system. His diet had consisted primarily of beans and cabbage (and a couple of other things) It was just the
right combination of foods. It appears that the man died in his sleep from breathing the poisonous cloud that was hanging over his bed. Had he been outside or had his windows been opened, it wouldn't have been fatal. But
the man was shut up in his nearly-airtight bedroom. According to the article, "He was a big man with a huge capacity for creating this deadly gas." Three of the rescuers got sick, and one was hospitalized.
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>>>Nominee No. 6: [The News of the Weird]: Michael Anderson Godwin made News of the Weird posthumously. He had spent several years awaiting South Carolina's electric chair on a murder conviction before having his sentence reduced to life in prison. While sitting on a metal toilet in his cell attempting to fix his small TV set, he bit into a wire and was electrocuted. (South Carolina entrants are always perennial favorites.)
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>>>Finally the Winner !!!!!
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>>>[Arkansas Democrat Gazette]: Two local men were injured when their pickup truck left the road and struck a tree near Cotton Patch on State Highway 38 early Monday. Woodruff County deputy Dovey Snyder reported the accident shortly after midnight Monday. Thurston Poole, 33, of Des Arc, and BillyRay Wallis, 38, of Little Rock, were returning to Des Arc after a frog-gigging trip. On an overcast Sunday night, Poole's pickup truck headlights malfunctioned. The two men concluded that the headlight fuse on the older-model truck had burned out. As a replacement fuse was not
available, Wallis noticed that the .22 caliber bullet from his pistol fit perfect into the fuse box next to the steering-wheel column. Upon inserting the bullet the headlights again began to operate properly, and the two men
proceeded on eastbound toward the White River Bridge. After traveling approximately 20 miles, and just before crossing the river, the bullet apparently overheated, discharged, and struck Poole in the testicles. The vehicle swerved sharply right, exiting the pavement, and striking a tree. Poole suffered only minor cuts and abrasions from the accident, but will require extensive surgery to repair the damage to his testicles, which will never operate as intended. Wallis sustained a broken clavicle and was treated and released."Thank God we weren't on that bridge when Thurston shot his balls off, or we might both be dead," stated Wallis.
>>>"I've been a trooper for 10 years in this part of the world, but this is a first for me. I can't believe that those two would admit how this accident happened," said Snyder. Upon being notified of the wreck, Lavinia (Poole's wife) asked how many frogs the boys had caught and did anyone get them from the truck???
>>>Though Poole and Wallis did not die as a result of their misadventure as normally required by Darwin Award Official Rules, it can be argued that Poole DID, in fact, effectively remove himself from the gene pool.
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10-01-2004, 08:21 PM
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Rivet Master
Commercial Member
1977 20' Argosy 20
Charleston
, West Virginia
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 1,226
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Florida Moved!
After four hurricanes, Florida has decided to move.
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10-02-2004, 12:34 AM
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Rivet Master
1984 29' Sovereign
Savannah
, Missouri
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 3,478
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lmao
Quote:
Originally Posted by 1985air345
After four hurricanes, Florida has decided to move.
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I love it~!!
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