Hurricane Blog: Wilma hit us
as a number 3 hurricane. We are all well. But our neighborhood got
pretty smashed, here is the blog and the pics:
National
Hurricane Center Map
Saturday, 6:00 pm, woot we
got cable back :-)
Friday, 3:00 pm, all shelves with refrigerated or frozen goods are
still empty at Publix. Many things are missing from other isles.
Thursday, 10:00 pm, the left half of Lincoln Rd Mall is still without
power. So people can only eat at the restaurants on the right hand
side. Gas stations have long lines. Police is guarding them.
Wednesday, 1:00 pm, MGM is still without power so Patricia is having
some meetings at home. Telephone only works sometimes. Cable TV
is still out.
Tuesday, 3:00 pm, we've got the power!!!
Tuesday, 9:00 am, we are still without power. The only news we are
getting are via Germany. Luckily we still have water so things are
not bad. Baby is taking it all very well, having fun with us.
Monday, 9:00 pm, we had a bottle of Sebastiani Cabernet Sauvignon
Sonoma County 2002 (90 points) and went to bed early, as there is
not too much to do if nobody in the area has electricity.
Monday, 7:00 pm, the only thing that is working is our cheap $5
telephone. It doesn't need power. So the only information we are
getting about what happend here, is from people calling us, mainly
from Germany. The bad news are, it can take weeks until power is
back.
Monday, 3:00 pm, we did a little walk. Many people were out, almost
everybody was taking pictures. The damage was extensive. But most
people were in a good mood. Smiling, laughing, being nice to each
other.
Monday, 12:30 am, the worst is behind us. Sky is starting to clear
up, some people are walking in the streets. Damage seems to be extensive.
It will probably take a few days until we get power back and I will
able to upload this blog.
Monday, 10:30 am, we went down to the lobby. Wind was at its peak.
A window of the Ritz Carlton was out. Pearl was taking it all very
well.
Monday, 10am, the roof of the neighboring house came flying towards
us. Pretty scary. Luckily gravity changed its path to a downward
movement.
Monday, 7am, the storm woke us up, hammering against the windows.
We did a quick video conference with Germany until we lost power.
Wilma is worse than Katrina & Rita.
Sunday, 11:30 pm, we didn't have to evacuate. Wilma is now category
3 and we have a 55% strike probability for a direct hit. Going to
sleep now. If we still have power when we wake up I will update
this blog.
Sunday, 1pm, there is a possibilty that we will have to evacuate.
In case of mendatory evacuation our building will cut off the power
to make sure that nobody wants to stay. For insurance reasons they
say.
Saturday, 1am, Wilma is still in Mexico, the projected Miami visit
is now Monday 7pm.
Wednesday, 10am, evacuation of the Keys is starting today at noon.
Wednesday, 8am, Wilma is now category 5 and the strongest hurricane
of all times. The predicted track is still pointing at us. Impact
at 2am Sunday morning.
Tuesday 3pm, Wilma just got upgraded to a Hurricane and even though
it already passed us and is now west of Cuba the latest 5 days forecast
predicts it will do a circle and head straight at us..
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