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Post by Waffle on Sept 22, 2017 8:53:21 GMT -5
TheOtherMe - Have you heard anything more from your friend? I was hoping that "I'm done" just meant he was done with living on an island.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Sept 22, 2017 9:32:13 GMT -5
Yes, I have heard from him. His wife is ready to leave ASAP. They rode it out with the people who rescued them during IRMA. Another neighbor provided food for the neighborhood. There is still no mail.
Last night, his wife received a text from the school where she works that there was a mandatory meeting today at 10:30 AM. Curfew isn't lifted until 10 AM. He said she can't get there in 30 minutes and doesn't feel it is safe.
Daughter's school has sent out a test saying they will be charged for September. Really? They haven't had school. He said that is probably the kicker that will get them back to the mainland.
Daughter is having nightmares where mommy and daddy die and she is left alone. She is also acting out a lot. The only structure left in her life is her parents. Home is gone. She hasn't been to school.
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Post by Jaguar on Sept 22, 2017 10:40:55 GMT -5
Okay, now I'm starting to worry about milee. I know you're busy and everything, but CHECK IN, WOMAN!!!! Yes this so much, I'm worried as well. << BIG HUGS >> to milee
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Post by NastyWoman on Sept 26, 2017 20:27:22 GMT -5
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Post by TheOtherMe on Sept 27, 2017 19:44:02 GMT -5
My friend has become ill. He and his family are returning to the mainland as soon as possible.
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Post by Waffle on Sept 27, 2017 19:52:23 GMT -5
Do you know how quickly he'll be able to leave? I hope it's not like Puerto Rico. People there are waiting days in the airport, trying to leave.
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Post by mmhmm on Sept 28, 2017 7:15:24 GMT -5
My friend has become ill. He and his family are returning to the mainland as soon as possible. Oh, dear. I'm so sorry. Hope it's nothing really serious and that your friend can be transported quickly. Please, keep us updated.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Sept 28, 2017 8:28:12 GMT -5
I will as I learn something new. They have been through so much. He was wanting to stay but his wife was wanting to leave. Now he needs to leave.
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Post by Jaguar on Oct 2, 2017 23:35:48 GMT -5
Is anyone on Facebook with Milee, is anyone friends with her ?
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Post by milee on Oct 3, 2017 13:59:32 GMT -5
I'm fine, no need to worry. Just busy. Still very grateful we didn't have more damage. It's just taking time to work through getting things back on track. Nothing permanent or fatal, just a lot of work. I have close friends who had a business (charter boats) destroyed in the BVIs and another close friend whose business in Puerto Rico appears to be toast, so I'm well aware that our area was incredibly lucky. So we're just busy getting things cleaned up and business back on track, but not complaining. One of the things I am struggling with - not complaining, just mentioning - is how to quickly return our house and family life to normalcy for the boys' sake. Their school was closed for over a week (about the same amount of time we were without power here) and both were visibly shaken. The trees being down made things look at lot worse than they were and I think this was a scary experience that they both are still struggling with a little. So I've tried hard to do most of the visible stuff quickly and do a lot of work at night so they don't see it. Younger son is finally settling back in, but older one is still off his game. Bad time for it since he's neck deep in college applications. I'm hoping this doesn't throw him off so much that it impacts his college acceptances.
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Post by mmhmm on Oct 3, 2017 14:10:10 GMT -5
Great to see you back, milee, and I'm sure glad you didn't suffer any more damage than you did. I'm sure you still have your work cut out for you, and will for awhile going forward, and I really feel for the boys. This had to be awfully scary for them.
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Post by Jaguar on Oct 3, 2017 14:24:01 GMT -5
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Post by Waffle on Oct 3, 2017 14:31:25 GMT -5
You're allowed to complain - just because someone else (or many someone else's) have it worse than you, doesn't mean your issues aren't real. I hope your eldest feels better soon.
How's the employee who stayed with you during the storm?
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Post by milee on Oct 3, 2017 15:12:48 GMT -5
How's the employee who stayed with you during the storm? He's really shaken up. Although he had a similar experience with his house as we did - not much damage, just a lot of trees down and power out for a week, this was his first hurricane and he's not from Florida so I think he just wasn't really mentally ready for this. I grew up in Florida, so my take on the whole thing is "OMG, we are sooooo lucky!!! I was expecting things to be totally leveled, so this is nothing! Let's have a lukewarm beer and celebrate our luck!!!" But he (and probably a lot of other people who haven't lived in Florida for a while) are like, "OMG, that was so scary! It sounded like the world was ending, all the leaves are blown off my plants, there's a huge oak tree across my driveway and my car has all sorts of weird scratches and dents in it. The grocery stores are still out of all sorts of things and it's disconcerting to find businesses aren't all really operating. I've been without A/C for a week now and it's been 95 degrees with 90 percent humidity... I don't even have a fan to move the air and I'm dying. And there's another hurricane forming out there right now! WTF are people thinking living in this godforsaken place?!?"
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Post by milee on Oct 3, 2017 18:35:44 GMT -5
Not sure if this belongs in the hurricane update or college planning thread. Might post in both. In a little bit of an ironic twist, several months before there were any hurricanes my oldest son and I had set up two college visits in other states. No big deal, right? Well... Irma hit us in SW Florida on Sunday/Monday. We didn't have any electricity (not fatal, but a little unpleasant with temps and humidity in the upper 90s, no AC and no hot water for showers) for about a week. Meantime, that Friday my oldest son and I had to leave for these college visits, so we took a sponge bath in the dark and headed off to fly... to Houston. Yep, from one disaster to another. Lucky for us, but the hotel we had reservations with in Houston wasn't badly damaged and had electricity. AC and a hot shower was really nice, but I felt guilty knowing our family and friends back in SW FL and many people around Houston were without. The Houston college visit was nice. And then we flew to St Louis, just in time for the recent race riots. At least those had no impact on AC or hot water, we just didn't want to get pepper sprayed. DS is still being a little snarky about the whole thing, calling it our Going from One Disaster To Another Tour. We decided we should just wrap it up and head home before we caused problems in any other geographic areas. You're welcome, people who live in other parts of America.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Oct 3, 2017 19:34:38 GMT -5
I will as I learn something new. They have been through so much. He was wanting to stay but his wife was wanting to leave. Now he needs to leave. He is hoping to get out Thursday. This is totally ridiculous.
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Post by Jaguar on Oct 3, 2017 19:40:16 GMT -5
Okay I'm unsticking this thread and removing the announcement on it.
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