Hurricane Irma

Flink_Poyd

I'd be worried, very worried. There's been no mention of tea bags in this thread. 
For the love of God please tell me you're OK for a cuppa. 

antifash

Trump said it's not good. And he's in charge. 

chillidoggy

BigBearKris said:

Some pretty scary feed from the satellite.
That one from yesterday.

https://twitter.com/HellerWeather/status/905183190670864386

And this one :

https://twitter.com/NASA_SPoRT/status/905169228000583681

Pffffft.

That vid is clearly a fake if it's come from NASA. Surprised siraxeman hasn't already rubbished it from here to breakfast and back again.

chillidoggy

Flink_Poyd said:

I'd be worried, very worried. There's been no mention of tea bags in this thread. 
For the love of God please tell me you're OK for a cuppa. 

Fear not, I have teabags a plenty! I have been forced to track down some Canadian bacon in an effort to feed the bacon habit, as American bacon appears to consist solely of flavoured fat.

And a visit to the GuitarCenter in Fort Myers this afternoon proved to be a welcome distraction, even if the only thing I got vaguely excited about was a used lemon-burst LP. They did have a Jackson V Randy Rhodes, white with black spots all over it for about $4,000 which for a V aficionado looked hideous. They also had a new V Custom in black, but at $3,800, no doubt plus taxes, I couldn't get excited about it either, and to be honest, the wife was more enthusiastic than me.

Anyway, it's back to the pool and more beers!

rocktron

Cold Chill, Down Your Back
You Feel The Power
I'm Bound To Attack
The Wicked Sky, Screams With Pain
You Hear Its Warnin'
And It Drives You Insane
Gonna Drive You Insane
Well It's A Hurricane Yeah
And It's Comin' Down On You
Well It's A Hurricane Yeah
And It's Comin' Down On You, You, You, You
Fear Strikes, Deep In Side
You're On Your Own With
No Place To Hide
Much Too Late, You Hear That Sound
You're In It's Grasp, Never To Be Found
Well It's A Hurricane Yeah
And It's Comin' Down On You
Well It's A Hurricane Yeah
And It's Comin' Down On You, You, You, You
Oh! Gonna Get Ya!
Cold Chill, Down Your Back
You Feel The Power
I'm Bound To Attack
Gonna Attack!
Well It's A Hurricane Yeah
And It's Comin' Down On You
Well It's A Hurricane Yeah
And It's Comin' Down On You, You, You, You, You, You, You
Gonna Get Ya Baby!

beed84

I dare you to run out in a Superman outfit and make the Yanks believe he actually exists.

jonnyburgo

Carrying a piece of corrugated tin over your head will keep you dry as well as being lightning proof.

joneve

I have family that live on St. Maarten. They are all fine, but everything has been destroyed. 

boogieman

This is a really bad mofo of a storm. Looks like Barbuda is pretty much destroyed too.

All joking aside, be careful out there Mr Chilli. (And yeah Yankee bacon is dire stuff).  

Nitefly

How are you doing. C-Dog?  It looks pretty wild from here...

Fretwired

chillidoggy said:

We're on holiday in Cape Coral on the Gulf Coast of Florida. The Yanks are panic-buying all kinds of stuff like tinned soup and bottled water. In true British and Fretboard style, me and the missus are stocking up on beer, wine and gin, and we've bought a scented candle in case the lights go out. I think we have a packet of peanuts and a bag of crisps somewhere, plus the wife has bought a packet of chocolate digestives.

We just cannot be bothered to panic, so do you reckon we should batten down, or just brazen it out as usual?

I have a friend who lives in Florida along the path of the hurricane - she's with her daughter who has just entered her 37th week of pregnancy so they can't escape. All the food and fuel has gone so she's hunkering down. Hope you find somewhere to hangout while the storm passes ..

LoFi

Friend runs a villa-letting business on St Barts (from the UK). His business partner has just had to climb up a lighthouse to get a phone signal and tell him that they're not expecting power back on the island for 6 weeks, and both the supermarket and petrol station have been destroyed.

danishbacon

Hope you guys are OK, parents just sent me these photos from some family members who live in Miami. 

http://m.imgur.com/MP0Jvgp,hptvytQ,qo6tWqP,bMRdAt5

JezWynd

chillidoggy said:

A bit overcast and odd spot of rain today, so we're not going out on the boat, and the wife has decided we should go shopping instead. Oh, good, I can't wait.

Yeah, I'd leave the boat for the moment -

hotpot

One of my wifes friends has just mentioned on her facebook page that she's arrived in Florida for a two week holiday, My missus asked her if she watches the news! She replied Why! whats up!. LOLOLOL.

TheBlueWolf

Pictures or you weren't there!

On a serious note, I hope you're ok

chillidoggy

Just got back in from a very nice round trip of Estero Island, we anchored off Fort Myers Beach for swimming and sunbathing on the way back. Flat calm sea, blue skies, 32 degrees C, sunshine, and now it's time for us to lounge around in the pool with drinkies before a nice steak din-dins. There's speakers outside so I can connect the hi-fi to Spotify while I'm languishing and listen to some sounds while watching the wife's thrupennies bobbing up and down in the water.

So, we're fine and dandy, thanks for asking. I'd post some photos up to prove it if I could manage to get Flickr to work, but don't hold your breath....

The only downsides so far are that I've just finished the last of the Yuengling beers that I found someone had left in the fridge, the wife managing to insert the H-word every time she opens her gob, and my favourite seafood restaurant, Merricks, has decided to shut from tomorrow as a precaution.

jonnyburgo

Sounds like you can see a heavy front from where you are. 

ICBM

It's the British way of coping with disasters - sit tight somewhere with plenty of the right provisions and stay there until the danger is past.

Richard Branson has apparently survived his island having the eye of the hurricane pass right over it and destroying his house, by taking shelter in the wine cellar.

chillidoggy

And there we have it. British bulldog spirit and resourcefulness at it's finest, eh?

We've just been into the nearest boozer, which happens to be a craft beer brewery. What a total shithole, it was brilliant! The owner is a drummer who's sporting a cracking stutter, and there's a band set-up permanently in place for anyone who feels the urge, drums, amps, guitars, PA, the lot.

He's hellbent on sticking it out, and there's a band night tomorrow, so I think we might just swing by there, and fuck the hurricane. They do have white wine as well as about 20-odd beers, so the wife will be well catered for.