Hurricane Matthew - After Action Report
 

On Sunday, October 9, 2016 at 12:39:47 PM UTC-4, Califbill wrote:
Poquito Loco wrote:
On Sun, 9 Oct 2016 07:53:26 -0700 (PDT), Its Me wrote:

On Sunday, October 9, 2016 at 7:47:56 AM UTC-4, Poquito Loco wrote:
On Sat, 8 Oct 2016 22:18:36 -0400, Alex wrote:

Poquito Loco wrote:
On Sat, 08 Oct 2016 12:25:31 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:

Good news is that we just got back to the boat and everything is AOK.
The inflatable dinghy was full of water but the outboard and gas tanks
stayed above. It started right up - thank you Mr. Honda. :-) The
generator on the big boat stayed running for the entire two days so
the fridges and freezer are good, and the batteries are all charged
up. Thank you Mr Kohler. There's some tree damage along the edge of
the creek where we anchored but nothing that impacted us. The
surrounding area (Green Cove Springs, FL) is without power and has
some relatively minor damage.
Glad to hear all was well.

I'm worried about daughter in Savannah. They can't get back to there
house yet because of downed
trees and flooding. Their homeowner's insurance has a $9000
deductible for wind damage (e.g. felled
trees on roof), and they've got one of the better policies in the neighborhood.
At least they are OK!

Yup, they're OK. And, according to some neighbors who rode it out, the
house didn't take any hits,
at least when observed from the front. The flooding wasn't that bad
either, so maybe everything will
be alright.

Good to hear everyone is OK. Here in the midlands of SC, we got 4" of
rain and some wind. The deck and yard is covered with leaves torn out
of the trees, and I have one small limb down, but nothing other than
that. We lost power for about 30 minutes.

Our governor, Nikki Haley, did an excellent job of getting folks to
evacuate. She ordered school buses to be used to evacuate folks that
couldn't drive themselves out. Quite the contrast from New Orleans
where we all saw the pictures of the flooded school buses while the
mayor and governor blamed Bush.

Unlike Blanco, Haley doesn't keep her head up her ass.


After seeing her a couple times, the RNC could be looking at a 80%
electoral college sweep with Gov. Haley.

She's been a great governor. but SC has a weak governor system, so she is limited, but she has pushed the "good old boys" as much as she can to get off their asses to do what they should. The SC state house is loaded up with do-nothing dead-assed democrats, so we're saddled with that. I think she has a future ahead of her.