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Harvey, did they fix the roads after the last floods (was it not another hurricane?), or they will be waiting for this hurricane to pass before they start?
Wish you luck! Stay safe.
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Your answer to fixing the roads is a no !!! Most still have terrible gutters along the edge of pavement The 100 series have been a priority but not all secondary roads have been made secure. Rt 10 from the Bridgewater area to Middleton has a major detour The culvert near my home has not been replaced as it now needs a bridge. The locals have to watch for additional flooding of their homes and get machinery in place to reroute the water...So much damage and I do understand it takes time..... patience is now getting thin and what LEE will do this weekend is unknown... A different summer here in Canada and everywhere !!!!
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Stay safe and when you can let us know you are okay.
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Stay safe everyone.
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Stay safe and dry. Hopefully, you have some liquid medicine to help.
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"Your answer to fixing the roads is a no !!!"
Thanks! My fear is we will get to a point where the new disasters will be hitting before we got a chance to rebuild.
Positive thinking they say....
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07:07:07pm
"My fear is we will get to a point where the new disasters will be hitting before we got a chance to rebuild."
I went for a drive earlier today to pick up a few things before the remnants of Lee hit tomorrow night. There was an area of secondary highway that had not been properly repaired after our last storm that was totally submerged with the rain we had today which was nothing compared to what is coming. I phoned a few friends telling them to take the main highway in case this area is closed. Cheryl's right, they haven't even come close doing repair after the last mess!! As storms become more frequent they have to do much better!!
EDIT: This is not a political comment so please don't treat it as one!
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LOL.
But seriously, Harvey; batten down the hatches, get the fireplace going, and settle in with a good stiff drink. That's what my family in Dartmouth have been doing for many years. The roads will be repaired when they become a high enough priority, after all, thats what taxes are for.
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Say safe. I lived in Flordia for 15 years before coming to Georgia and I went thru a few storms. The worse part for me was the power loss. Take care
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Just talked to my sister in Middleton (on the Bay of Fundy side). She said they've had a lot of rain and some wind, but nothing more serious than a few downed branches and lost power for 20 minutes.
She was supposed to be in the eye of the swath across the province but it shifted south/west of her a few hours before they were going to get hit.
Sounds like a bit of a dud thankfully!
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Good news Harvey! Better to be prepared and the storm to be a dud than to get caught with your pants down!
We went through Hurricane Sandy in New Jersey. We lived in PA at the time but still had a house at the shore, nine blocks from the water, where my daughters lived. Fortunately our town was spared but one town over, everything the first few block in was decimated!
We did have roof damage and our vinyl siding had holes from blown debris that looked like bullet holes. There was no power for several weeks, so we had my daughters come stay with us in PA.
Our friends' daughter was getting married that weekend. The ceremony was in a church with no power so they used a piano instead of the organ. The venue for the reception was without power so they found a place at the last minute just outside the no power zone.
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The storm has past. I’m sure that many are without power. Let us know when you can.
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01:54:48pm
The storm wasn't that bad, no trees down for me and even with the power off for over two days there was a dry basement since there wasn't that much rain and what there was was the first night where the power hadn't gone out yet. The sump pump did it's job and while the power outage was a bloody nuisance I was lucky!! Knock on wood for the next one, plus I have friends with a generator and lots of food!!
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Glad you weathered the storm and are back in the internet land of the living.
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Lost power from Saturday morning until Monday afternoon but many of my family and friends are still off the grid We have lost beaches in Lunenburg County and major roads along the shore BNAPS was held on the weekend in Dartmouth but I didn`t make it to the show. No loss of life just wind damage
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Like Cheryl's report there was a fair bit of local beach and road damage. There was a large storm surge at the local beach area and the roads next to them were covered with rocks and wood thrown up by the water. This made these areas almost impassable in a regular car. It would be very dumb to travel there during the storm anyway since large rocks were being tossed up. I saw one car travelling on the road with his windshield almost totally smashed out. I think most of the power in our area is back on but during the actual storm and just afterwards some communities were cut off because of washed out roads. From what I was told Peggy's Cove was one and Prospect was another. Even though I was very lucky there were many who were not!
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I am very happy to hear that not much damage hit most people, since that storm was a huge deadly storm coming towards Florida, but veered off and headed North up the coast and bypassed almost everyone until it hit the Maritime provinces after losing a lot of it's deadly winds. While no one wants to be involved in any hurricane, or cyclone anywhere or anytime, but we do not get an option to participate or not. We have moderinzed our house with Miami-Dade code windows, which is the standard for the state of Florida, that are obviously very expensive and also basically bullet proof, but since we live in such a low area, our house sits at 8.75 feet above high tide, luckily after living in this house for 30 years, we have never had any water in the house, while one of our neighbors had water running through his house during Ian. It came within a few inches of cresting in our yard from the water coming from his unfortunate invasion of flood tide. When we receive storm warnings we usually make reservations just across the river in Fort Myers and get 3 rooms, for us and the two girls and families, on the 3rd or 4th floor. We do that because we want to get back home ASAP to stop any looters that may decide they needed some of our property more than we did. We saw that happen after Andrew hit Homestead, Florida in 1993 when we went over to help by delivering food, water and other necessities to those that suffered so tremendously from that hurricane. The area was inundated with thousands of volunteers doing the same thing we were doing, plus trucks from all of the power companies and hundreds of trucks loaded with water and food stuffs, that had been waiting just above the state line to rush to the hard hit areas. Believe it or not, there are still many homes that have not had their roofs replaced after Ian last year, plus homes that were demolished have still not been replaced. We can still drive down the local streets and see plenty of Blue roofs, from the tarps they put on a damaged roof until it can be replaced. Most of us that live on the waters edge, basically anyone living along the Intercoastal Waterway, from Massachusetts's to Brownsville, TX is likely to suffer from Tropical Storms and Hurricanes due to living in the low lands.
Always be prepared to go to higher grounds if a TS or hurricane approaches your area. Neither one is worth risking your life for. Be Prepared.
Mike
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13 Sep 2023
10:21:37pm
We are about to get hit by Lee on the weekend so if anyone needs to get in touch with me I will undoubtedly be powerless, as always when a storm hits. Of course this will be the time when the auctions or approval books will be filled with stuff I want. I'm really not complaining about the weather, we get tails of storms that hit many of you get full force! Best of luck to anyone who is suffering through bad weather right now!!
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Harvey, did they fix the roads after the last floods (was it not another hurricane?), or they will be waiting for this hurricane to pass before they start?
Wish you luck! Stay safe.
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Your answer to fixing the roads is a no !!! Most still have terrible gutters along the edge of pavement The 100 series have been a priority but not all secondary roads have been made secure. Rt 10 from the Bridgewater area to Middleton has a major detour The culvert near my home has not been replaced as it now needs a bridge. The locals have to watch for additional flooding of their homes and get machinery in place to reroute the water...So much damage and I do understand it takes time..... patience is now getting thin and what LEE will do this weekend is unknown... A different summer here in Canada and everywhere !!!!
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14 Sep 2023
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Stay safe and when you can let us know you are okay.
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Stay safe everyone.
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Stay safe and dry. Hopefully, you have some liquid medicine to help.
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"Your answer to fixing the roads is a no !!!"
Thanks! My fear is we will get to a point where the new disasters will be hitting before we got a chance to rebuild.
Positive thinking they say....
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14 Sep 2023
07:07:07pm
re: Hurricane Lee about to hit NS and Eastern Canada!
"My fear is we will get to a point where the new disasters will be hitting before we got a chance to rebuild."
I went for a drive earlier today to pick up a few things before the remnants of Lee hit tomorrow night. There was an area of secondary highway that had not been properly repaired after our last storm that was totally submerged with the rain we had today which was nothing compared to what is coming. I phoned a few friends telling them to take the main highway in case this area is closed. Cheryl's right, they haven't even come close doing repair after the last mess!! As storms become more frequent they have to do much better!!
EDIT: This is not a political comment so please don't treat it as one!
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07:47:38pm
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LOL.
But seriously, Harvey; batten down the hatches, get the fireplace going, and settle in with a good stiff drink. That's what my family in Dartmouth have been doing for many years. The roads will be repaired when they become a high enough priority, after all, thats what taxes are for.
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Say safe. I lived in Flordia for 15 years before coming to Georgia and I went thru a few storms. The worse part for me was the power loss. Take care
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11:30:03pm
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Just talked to my sister in Middleton (on the Bay of Fundy side). She said they've had a lot of rain and some wind, but nothing more serious than a few downed branches and lost power for 20 minutes.
She was supposed to be in the eye of the swath across the province but it shifted south/west of her a few hours before they were going to get hit.
Sounds like a bit of a dud thankfully!
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Good news Harvey! Better to be prepared and the storm to be a dud than to get caught with your pants down!
We went through Hurricane Sandy in New Jersey. We lived in PA at the time but still had a house at the shore, nine blocks from the water, where my daughters lived. Fortunately our town was spared but one town over, everything the first few block in was decimated!
We did have roof damage and our vinyl siding had holes from blown debris that looked like bullet holes. There was no power for several weeks, so we had my daughters come stay with us in PA.
Our friends' daughter was getting married that weekend. The ceremony was in a church with no power so they used a piano instead of the organ. The venue for the reception was without power so they found a place at the last minute just outside the no power zone.
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The storm has past. I’m sure that many are without power. Let us know when you can.
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18 Sep 2023
01:54:48pm
re: Hurricane Lee about to hit NS and Eastern Canada!
The storm wasn't that bad, no trees down for me and even with the power off for over two days there was a dry basement since there wasn't that much rain and what there was was the first night where the power hadn't gone out yet. The sump pump did it's job and while the power outage was a bloody nuisance I was lucky!! Knock on wood for the next one, plus I have friends with a generator and lots of food!!
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Glad you weathered the storm and are back in the internet land of the living.
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Lost power from Saturday morning until Monday afternoon but many of my family and friends are still off the grid We have lost beaches in Lunenburg County and major roads along the shore BNAPS was held on the weekend in Dartmouth but I didn`t make it to the show. No loss of life just wind damage
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19 Sep 2023
03:22:50pm
re: Hurricane Lee about to hit NS and Eastern Canada!
Like Cheryl's report there was a fair bit of local beach and road damage. There was a large storm surge at the local beach area and the roads next to them were covered with rocks and wood thrown up by the water. This made these areas almost impassable in a regular car. It would be very dumb to travel there during the storm anyway since large rocks were being tossed up. I saw one car travelling on the road with his windshield almost totally smashed out. I think most of the power in our area is back on but during the actual storm and just afterwards some communities were cut off because of washed out roads. From what I was told Peggy's Cove was one and Prospect was another. Even though I was very lucky there were many who were not!
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re: Hurricane Lee about to hit NS and Eastern Canada!
I am very happy to hear that not much damage hit most people, since that storm was a huge deadly storm coming towards Florida, but veered off and headed North up the coast and bypassed almost everyone until it hit the Maritime provinces after losing a lot of it's deadly winds. While no one wants to be involved in any hurricane, or cyclone anywhere or anytime, but we do not get an option to participate or not. We have moderinzed our house with Miami-Dade code windows, which is the standard for the state of Florida, that are obviously very expensive and also basically bullet proof, but since we live in such a low area, our house sits at 8.75 feet above high tide, luckily after living in this house for 30 years, we have never had any water in the house, while one of our neighbors had water running through his house during Ian. It came within a few inches of cresting in our yard from the water coming from his unfortunate invasion of flood tide. When we receive storm warnings we usually make reservations just across the river in Fort Myers and get 3 rooms, for us and the two girls and families, on the 3rd or 4th floor. We do that because we want to get back home ASAP to stop any looters that may decide they needed some of our property more than we did. We saw that happen after Andrew hit Homestead, Florida in 1993 when we went over to help by delivering food, water and other necessities to those that suffered so tremendously from that hurricane. The area was inundated with thousands of volunteers doing the same thing we were doing, plus trucks from all of the power companies and hundreds of trucks loaded with water and food stuffs, that had been waiting just above the state line to rush to the hard hit areas. Believe it or not, there are still many homes that have not had their roofs replaced after Ian last year, plus homes that were demolished have still not been replaced. We can still drive down the local streets and see plenty of Blue roofs, from the tarps they put on a damaged roof until it can be replaced. Most of us that live on the waters edge, basically anyone living along the Intercoastal Waterway, from Massachusetts's to Brownsville, TX is likely to suffer from Tropical Storms and Hurricanes due to living in the low lands.
Always be prepared to go to higher grounds if a TS or hurricane approaches your area. Neither one is worth risking your life for. Be Prepared.
Mike
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