Sociopathic governor DeSantis has refused to meet with President Biden when he tours the destruction from the hurricane in North Florida. Insecurity is a sad trait.
So our power was out for two days after #Idalia barely touched us. #Xfinity supplies us with #Broadband because #Monopoly. They unplugged their neighborhood infrastructure from commercial power and into a #HarborFreight generator this morning. This evening, power was restored (#ThanksUtilityHeros) and the Harbor Freight generator ran out of fuel. What kinds of laws am I breaking if I get a ladder and plug Comcast back into the grid?
Just had a large water oak fall down behind my house. The top of the tree (in the photo) hit the house and window but I don’t think that there is any major damage. #HurricaneCoverage#Idalia#LuckyUs
We are in the western (less intense) edge of the hurricane. When I fell asleep last night it was heading directly toward us. We have been very lucky. #HurricaneCoverage#Idalia
Sitting out the storm on my north Florida porch. The power transformers along the road exploded about an hour ago. Waiting for the storm to pass before we hook up the generators. #HurricaneCoverage#Idalia
Hopefully only small branches. Not ideal. Those rivers are going to be a problem next week. Ugh. So much crap is going to wash into the ocean.
I'm fairly far inland in NC (Sandhills). We don't have to deal with them on quite the scale as in FL, but we do know the drill. Enough -literal- hog shit washed out of this area after Matthew (?) that the water off the coast of NC was a big brown cloud on satellite views for like... eight weeks.
CityofTLH: Hurricane Idalia continues to strengthen. The National Weather Service predicts it will be the strongest storm to hit Tallahassee. Talgov.com/Storm
It could be the worst storm ever to hit #NorthFlorida or a total nothing burger. Eyes glued to the weather feeds for as long as we have connectivity. #NotMyFirstRodeo.