Not to be "That Girl" but go back a page or two in this thread.
Ok, so I am That Girl today. Sorry.
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Ok, so I am That Girl today. Sorry.
What part of the state do you work for that has had you at the EOC so long? (If you don’t mind saying...and if you do, totally understandable)
My sister-in-law (Office of the Governor) has been there since October 7th (I believe). She said she’s going to lose her mind if she doesn’t get out of there soon.
If you're referring to the new versus old construction, it's much more than that. This homeowner exceeded the current building codes by quite a lot and along with that exceeded the cost for construction by the same margin or more. All it takes are deep pockets and a willingness to get into them.
Nope. I am referring to this conversation.
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”
It was much more than an ounce of prevention. Maybe a ton of prevention with the related cost. I missed your post and that video so I don't know exactly what they say in it. But if it's the same as the others I've seen, all they do is praise the construction and don't really delve into the cost of it.
I have no idea what the property costs were but from what little I've seen reported, I would guess over $500sf.
Supposedly he told ABC the upgrades only cost him 30K more to implement. It was built to withstand 250+ mph winds. Not sure how that only cost 30K...maybe in euros?
I was trying to find this house using Zillow. I wanted to see what they estimate the house to be. However, I'm having trouble finding the exact location. I'm wondering if the house was built after the last satellite pictures of the area were taken.
I'm guessing the house is about a $2M house, and without the added improvements it would be closer to $1.5M.
I'm guessing the house is about a $2M house, and without the added improvements it would be closer to $1.5M.
Would have thought you wanted weapons like that banned
For normal people they absolutely 100% should be banned at least without substantial training and psych review. For military and law enforcement (or in this case licensed private security) absolutely they should have access. If the above was true you would have stopped 95+% of the mass shooting deaths. There’s been only a tiny fraction (really I can only think of the Ft Hood shooter) who would have had access. You mistake my interest in banning highly deadly weapons from unhinged lay individuals with an interest in hindering law enforcement or the military.
My mistake, I didnt realize the people carrying those weapons and guarding your property were LEO/military.
They are employed by a licensed private security firm that are all or almost all ex SFs. I have zero issue with anyone with a legitimate reason having those types of weapons. It’s rednecks playing at being Neonazi storm troopers and incels who want to destroy their world that I don’t want having access. Heck, I’d even let appropriately licensed gun ranges have them as long as they would be sued if they lost access.
That might be true of the brackets, bolts and roof tie downs but a normal house doesn't have 40' concrete piles not to mention the frequency that they are there. We use 40' piles for bridge building and don't use as many as they did on that one house.
I actually think the house everyone is talking about was built one lot closer to the water and is not showing up on Zillow or Google Maps. I could be wrong though.
you may be correct. that is definitely the street/location though. Zillow does show that empty lot as being sold in 2015.
I worry more about the mass shootings than I do people playing army in the woods.
Let's get off this topic quickly.
Wait...what? There were hospital patients that were dead in the streets after a tornado ripped through Bay Medical?
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That’s what I was told. The news articles don’t mention it, but I’ve heard it from multiple eyewitnesses. And when you look at the damage and realise they stupidly didn’t evacuate unlike my facility, it almost has to be true. We evacuated Monday, they didn’t evacuate until Thursday.
https://amp.pnj.com/amp/1604265002
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Mainly working in ESF 14, External Affairs. I’ve been doing some in 8, Public Health and Medical.
So, today was crazy. It is hard to describe. We started off in Jackson County. You could slowly start seeing more and more damage along the way, but bam Mariana was crazy. They took a lot of damage. Our employees were hurting and many still without power, utilized all of the nearly 50 bags of ice we brought with us.
We still had employees to visit in Washington and Bay, so I called my badass sister and who serves in the National Guard and she hooked us up. Luckily, Washington County is getting closer to normal. Still some needs, but relatively speaking they were doing ok. They did warn us about PC.
Going home, was surreal. I can’t even describe it. The best I can do is to say it looked like the depiction of Bastogne on Band of Brothers. We had one employee whose house was flattened, but she was just happy to be at work. Good for her. I’d probably be in a drunken stupor.
After we left our location in PC, I wanted to go by my old hood and see it. We thought Opal was bad. Michael was worse. I stopped and knocked on my best man’s parents door and just gave his mom a hug. So many people have needs and the simplest one is to just give someone a hug sometime and let them know you’re thinking of them.
On a little lighter note, I did sneak a cooler of beer into the car for my buddy who drove up from Miami to help his parents. Everyone can use a beer now and then, he needed one, so he got 12.
We still had employees to visit in Washington and Bay, so I called my badass sister and who serves in the National Guard and she hooked us up. Luckily, Washington County is getting closer to normal. Still some needs, but relatively speaking they were doing ok. They did warn us about PC.
Going home, was surreal. I can’t even describe it. The best I can do is to say it looked like the depiction of Bastogne on Band of Brothers. We had one employee whose house was flattened, but she was just happy to be at work. Good for her. I’d probably be in a drunken stupor.
After we left our location in PC, I wanted to go by my old hood and see it. We thought Opal was bad. Michael was worse. I stopped and knocked on my best man’s parents door and just gave his mom a hug. So many people have needs and the simplest one is to just give someone a hug sometime and let them know you’re thinking of them.
On a little lighter note, I did sneak a cooler of beer into the car for my buddy who drove up from Miami to help his parents. Everyone can use a beer now and then, he needed one, so he got 12.
Academi merged with Triple Canopy to form Constellis Group in 2014 and still goes under that named.
Who called them in?
Good question, I don’t know who’s paying them unless it’s a “charity” issue. But they’ve been tasked to security and search and rescue. I can ask him when I see him tomorrow.
There is a big development in St John's/Duval - Nocatee - that committed to constructing a safe room in every home.
Michael has me thinking of super reinforcing an interior closet at our house.
Michael has me thinking of super reinforcing an interior closet at our house.
Just saw a 10 flatbed caravan with another 5 travel trailers all with the logo "Hauling Away" on the side heading down 95 in SC, presumably towards the panhandle. On the flatbeds were huge mega-dumpsters, maybe 2-3x's the size of a normal construction dumpster.
Interesting. It is a whole town that needs to be disposed of. I don't think I can fathom the size of the stack of materials that equates to.
After Irma last year I would see 2 or 3 piggy backed dump trucks hauling debris back and forth on A1A every day on my way to and from work. This lasted for quite a few months. On the side of the trucks it said FEMA somthing...I can't exactly remember. But I do remember wondering what they do with all that debris.
Probably the cubic yard size of the truck. Usually, they mulch all the debris.
Apparently, people need to not focus on drinking - at least according to the sheriff of Gulf County, where they've temporarily banned alcohol sales. They've done the same in Bay County.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/we...zjoB_Z-dTbLKF02Q0mZ0L9yILYoHKKAN4JmMeJFQSggis
That could start a riot.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/we...zjoB_Z-dTbLKF02Q0mZ0L9yILYoHKKAN4JmMeJFQSggis
That could start a riot.
