Gustav is coming!

[PCspeed3]

We had a pretty intense storm here in Utah last night, I was driving back home (about 30 miles) from a movie with my girl and her friend and we hydro-planed about 8 times. the traction control was going nuts.

 

[DaleNixon]

No power right now. I'm on an UPS that's probably gonna die soon. The Speed3 cover blew off a few times so I had to secure it with yarn and zip ties in 70-90MPH winds + rain.

My buddy's Civic lost its cover completely. My wife's Civic Si is doing pretty well with its cover.

I lost the turbine thing from the top of my house and the shingles are falling like crazy. I hope insurance covers this s***!

 

[J-Villa]

Did any of you watch the news reports CNN was doing? Reporters holding onto light posts and s***. One woman got blown over and did a back flip and then got up going "I'm ok. I'm ok. I'm ok." I couldn't stop laughing at her.

 

[mdavis]

this evacuation has just been like a free paid vacation! being on salary has it advantages

 

[mx-p5]

yeah, if hanna comes this way any more than a mild cat 2 i'm out! Headed to my parents in Orlando. Been through a few storms in that house, and only lost power for a few hours as they are on the hsopital and police station grid. And no flooding as they're high enough up.

Got stuck at my house for a day or so until the waters went down enough to be able to leave the neighborhood here from Fay

 

[DaleNixon]

Posting from work. Looks like at home I'm out of power until Sept. 24!

 

[mx-p5]

No damage other than no power??

 

[DaleNixon]

Roof damage, siding damage, fireplace damage. The adjuster is coming out Tuesday. The lights came back on today though! (mj)

 

[DaleNixon]

Here are a few pics I got:

The MS3 safely covered during the storm (on the right):

The civic in the picture lost its car cover due to the winds being ridiculous.

A tree that got pwned near my house:

Yard of the month! lol

Me trying to cover parts of my leaky roof:

 

[mdavis]

is it possible to change to name of the thread??

"Ike is coming!"

 

[DaleNixon]

Three more pictures:

Badass sky before the storm hit:

Kitty being cool during hurricane:

Hurricane preparedness:

 

[mdavis]

glad to see that you and the speed are ok! good luck with those insurance adjusters

also this is just humorous. I have a few friends who got back to NOLA yesterday they said all the grocery stores were out of beer and chicken. I lucked out and found a gas station that juts open back up today...they had beer, but no chicken

 

[mr_mazda329]

I loved how you prepared your fridge for Gustav. Lots of beer. Good to see you, the cat and the speed are safe.

 

[DaleNixon]

Thanks everyone! I was pretty lucky considering a lot of people got trees through their roofs and others will be out of power for most of this month.

 

[Ace Deprave]

Those pictures look a lot like what we got from Rita in 2005. Luckily, we didn't get any real damage this time around, but with Ike coming towards the Gulf, I guess we're not out of the woods yet.

I got my Speed3 on Friday of last week, and left the next day for Denver. Just got home last night, and already have 3000 miles on the odometer.