Phatdaddy Hurricane pics

Destroyer · #1 10-30-2018, 02:59 AM

Phat emailed these to me so I could post them for everyone to see.

Destroyer · #2 10-30-2018, 03:04 AM

Destroyer · #3 10-30-2018, 03:10 AM

phatdaddy · #4 10-30-2018, 06:04 AM

Thanks D.
Those were taken Thursday morning after storm passed. The top of boat shed held together but when tree hit it ,it shifted 4 ft to the port side and rested on the porch roof. The 4x6 legs all snapped. As far as I can tell all of the weight is on the port side gunnel

When u look at pictures. It just looks like trees down. Hard to capture the destruction. We basically had a 50 mile wide F3 tornado that lasted an hour and a half

Thanks again for posting,D

Blue_Runner · #5 10-30-2018, 08:27 AM

wow that is crazy destruction. I can't imagine. Is your house liveable?

3 Squids · #6 10-30-2018, 09:45 AM

Whoa. Living in Va. we’ve had our share of hurricanes but I’ve never seen anything close to that. That’s heartbreaking. Glad you guys made it through to share with us though. Had to be pretty scary.

oteps · #7 10-30-2018, 06:36 PM

Glad to hear you are ok. Hopefully insurance will help out with $. Be careful removing the roof above the boat.
Were you in the house while all this happened?

phatdaddy · #8 10-30-2018, 07:16 PM

Thanks guys. We stayed in the house. I s a block house built in 1954 with a metal roof 24 ft above sea level, so i felt pretty good about staying. I only had 3 trees in my yard, 2 live oaks and an old water oak. I knew the water oak was going to fall, but it leaned over the street. The live oaks were on the north side of the house, so they would fall away.

That was my plan. I was ready, 2 5000w generators, house wired with a transfer switch, kubota tractor with a front end loader, chain saws, 60 gallons of gas in V, grouper in the freezer, ice machine, deep well, bring it on!!

Well, the first thing was the storm took a jog to the east, which put us on the west side of the eye. Usually a good thing because its the dry side of the storm and diminished winds because of land interaction. Not so in a cat 4/5. So we had north winds which threw all the neighbors trees on me, including my 2 live oaks.

First tree took out the ice machine, knocked the head off and flooded 600 lbs of ice
Second tree buried the generator, so i could not get to it
Third tree broke spigot off house so i could not run deep well
My kubota was in a buddy s shop, roof collapsed and broke exhaust manifold and punctured the radiator
Neighbors tree landed on boat house and collapsed it on boat, pinning the rear access hatches so i could not get to siphon set up

You see how it was going.

Our house had very little damage, mosylt exterior and it is liveable. My daughters hous is mostly the same and liveable. No one was hurt and we all still have jobs

My son was working at the local tv station when the roof on the building next to them came off and landed on them, cutting off the gas line to thier generator. They went off air and he had to ride it out in a soggy damp building

As far as insurance, not much help. I have none on the V and only about $5000 on all outbuildings. I also have a 5% hurricane deductible. Which is about $12000. I almost dropped wind damage about 4 years ago, to save $1000 a year. Glad I didn t.

Destroyer · #9 10-31-2018, 02:33 AM

Phat, you're more than welcome. Posting these was a labor of love. I just wish there was more that I could do, but you're 1600 miles away from the New Jersey crowd.

Pipe_Dream · #10 10-31-2018, 06:57 AM

Phat, that must have been hellish riding out the storm. I still get squeamish every now and then when the wind blows hard and the trees get to moving around. And I haven't been in anything like Michael.

Reading your account should be required for anyone wanting to ride out a storm. The best laid plans...

So glad you and your family are OK.