Hurricane Irma track change! (for the worse!)

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gorcorps

aka Brandon
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You're hosting your family, eh? so," evacuees" as you can now call them. You're such a noble soul! You think any of them are evacuating up here to Maryland? Or am I supposed to run down there and buy up some property to host them? What is it that you require of me to be as noble as you are, letting your family stay with you?

LoL, keep threatening "to call me out!" through PM, bro. You started a petty little poo-flinging contest on here in a thread that doesn't need it, and for no reason. The evil media will survive despite your phantom windmills, and real people will continue to work through their actual real life troubles despite your assessment of their phantom troubles.

At this point I'm pretty sure he's just being an anal bead on purpose, I don't think we have to keep giving him attention
 

Darwin333

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I used a bead of caulk under the tarp but now I see where you're right, I should have brought it over the top of the truss. Luckily the main truss was undamaged (I'm not sure about where it lays against the one side though). It appears the porch helped break the fall a small amount. Yea, as for the tree I'd think the route to go would be to cut it where it's resting and let it roll off from there, the porch is already totaled so no issues in that regard. i was quoted $1,000 for the tree and I think that's actually pretty fair.

That seems very reasonable, if you can afford it then I'd go ahead and schedule them right now. Just make sure you take lots of pictures, hell I'd even measure the tree.

And I'm a roofer bud, you definitely want to bring that tarp up and over the ridge or else water WILL find a way in. You can simply add another piece of tarp that goes over the ridge and overlaps the existing one by a few feet as long as it covers the full width of the existing tarp. Put a dab of caulk down where you will be driving the nails through the existing tarp (caulk goes under the nail).
 

Darwin333

Lifer
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According to Zillow it's worth a lot, but I wouldn't put so much stock in that. The house is a money pit IMO. It basically is about 12k/yr liability just to keep it running year round, and that's if it doesn't get hit with any hurricanes. I'm not sure how much it will be worth when I sell it... perhaps nothing. It's main value is that you are not legally allowed to develop any new land in the Keys so the lots that have been allocated now are all the development that can ever occur. And since they made all the new building codes it costs a good amount to rebuild a house here. Every few years a hurricane rolls through and knocks out maybe 20% of the trailers, and those people either get condemned by FEMA or have to rebuild at very high costs. Often they just leave and never come back.

I would think that would make their lot quite a bit more valuable, no?
 

Darwin333

Lifer
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The views you expressed were quite ignorant and insensitive because you appear to consider trailer people as "not real people". I may have 'dissed' my neighbors but I didn't say they weren't humans or were fake. That's why people are on your case. They are "real"... as real as you or I. They're just poor.

I could be very wrong so take this with a grain of salt but I think his point was that the media was basically ONLY showing the destroyed trailer parks instead of the entire picture.
 

Darwin333

Lifer
Dec 11, 2006
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Scrap metal.

That is just idiotic, is that steel or aluminum? Either way it isn't worth THAT much and they'd have to seriously cut the shit out of it for the scrap yard to even consider taking it. You'd think if they were going to loot they'd at least be going after things like outboard engines from washed up boats that from the pictures look like they are in pretty good condition or something that has real value and doesn't require an assload of work AND hauling around a big ass "please arrest me" sign.
 

highland145

Lifer
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That is just idiotic, is that steel or aluminum? Either way it isn't worth THAT much and they'd have to seriously cut the shit out of it for the scrap yard to even consider taking it. You'd think if they were going to loot they'd at least be going after things like outboard engines from washed up boats that from the pictures look like they are in pretty good condition or something that has real value and doesn't require an assload of work AND hauling around a big ass "please arrest me" sign.
Criminal master minds....
 

[DHT]Osiris

Lifer
Dec 15, 2015
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That is just idiotic, is that steel or aluminum? Either way it isn't worth THAT much and they'd have to seriously cut the shit out of it for the scrap yard to even consider taking it. You'd think if they were going to loot they'd at least be going after things like outboard engines from washed up boats that from the pictures look like they are in pretty good condition or something that has real value and doesn't require an assload of work AND hauling around a big ass "please arrest me" sign.
People are morons. I've seen fiber cable ripped out for 'scrap'. A lot of people will expend a LOT of effort for peanuts.

You'd think they'd just roll around and rip AC coils out of units if they're going to be this haphazard about it. At least they could feign that they were scrapping from cleanup crews in a week or three or something. Why you'd steal a 40' steel pole is beyond me.
 

Darwin333

Lifer
Dec 11, 2006
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People are morons. I've seen fiber cable ripped out for 'scrap'. A lot of people will expend a LOT of effort for peanuts.

You'd think they'd just roll around and rip AC coils out of units if they're going to be this haphazard about it. At least they could feign that they were scrapping from cleanup crews in a week or three or something. Why you'd steal a 40' steel pole is beyond me.

The irony is a few AC coils is probably worth what that entire pole is!
 

[DHT]Osiris

Lifer
Dec 15, 2015
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The irony is a few AC coils is probably worth what that entire pole is!
Exactly my point, at least be aware of what you're stealing.

Shame HV lines tend to be a one-time grab, every time I hear about copper thieves hedge-trimming their way into a 440 circuit it makes me giggle inside (and outside).
 

IronWing

No Lifer
Jul 20, 2001
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Looks like Florida's gonna need a pole vault.



I only made this post as an opening for someone to post that pic one more time. It never gets old.
 

Svnla

Lifer
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How the heck those guys expect to sell that metal pole? I know a few people that run recycling/scrap plant and you have to show valid ID for any transaction. Unless you only have a few aluminum cans in a grocery plastic bag.
 
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