"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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NOYB wrote:
"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On 24 Oct 2005 04:58:34 -0700, wrote:

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge/byx_N0Z_lp.shtml
Wow - looks like Naples got smacked.

Hope NYOB is ok.

We're fine, thanks. In fact, I'm back home. Neighbor on either side
lost their pool cages. Ours is tilted about 5 degrees, but it's still
standing. No power, but the generator is running the refrigerators, a few
lights, and the DSL. Boat is in great shape. Storm surge never even got
within 2 feet of the top of my seawall. 15 miles south of me ("Old
Naples") got a pretty good storm surge...with calf high water running
down Fifth Avenue. And of course, Marco Island and Everglades City got
smacked pretty hard.

We were riding the storm out in Sunrise, FL...about 100 miles to the east
of Naples. The eye went right over us in Sunrise, and knocked out power
about 5 am. I knew we'd probably get hit over there, but at least I knew
we wouldn't have a storm surge. The wind damage in Sunrise was pretty
darn close to what we had in Naples. That damn storm didn't weaken a
bit.


My biggest worry was that storm surge. Because the eye passed 25 miles
south of me, we didn't see a surge. Every thing that was even with the
eye and south of there got a pretty good surge though. The most
expensive real estate in Naples ("Port Royal") got hit pretty good I
understand.

My hygienist's son is on Naples Police Dept. They started pulling over
cars with Dade and Broward County plates on Friday and Saturday...and
ended up detaining most of them until the storm passed. In fact, they
were told that they wouldn't even be arraigned until a day or two after
Wilma passed. The result? No looting. From what I understand, most of
the detainees were Haitians, and were armed.


Glad to hear you are ok.

What is a pool cage?

It's the screening that goes all around the pool and lanai so that the
mosquitoes don't chew you alive in the Summer months. They don't have them
up north because the snow would cave them in.