Disaster Preparation and ancient coins

My roommate's house is directly in the path of the eye. His family has vacated the area.

 

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Dominus vobiscum!

 

Good luck to all in the Southeast! I live in Charleston, SC, and I am keeping a close eye on the storm as well. It's looking like it is going to turn and avoid us, but I hope everyone stays safe.

 

My brother lives in the area of Florida in the projected hurricane path. Thanks for the info. I'm going to call him as soon as I finish this. I live in the desert Southwest, so hurricanes and rain for that matter are foreign to me. We get 12 inches of precipitation a year!!!. My brother has electric storm shutters for his windows so unless it's a really bad one, they are pretty safe at home (except for the alligators that show up in his front yard).

 

The good news is that the storm spared South Florida...worst we got were gusts of around 40mph. However, it looks like central Florida (Cocoa Beach, Malabar, Cape Canaveral, etc) might be in for a nasty hit. That is terrible, because that area of Florida hardly ever gets hit by a hurricane, much less one this big. While houses here in S. Florida are up to code for major storms, I don't think the town's around the central eastern coast of florida are. I'm praying for them and hoping for the best, because I seriously fear for them at this moment.

 

*phew* => I'm glad to hear that you sun-worshipers are gonna be okay!!

aaarrrggghhh, looks like we're getting more snow for the Canadian Thanksgiving long-weekend ...

=> yup, bacon-wrapped turkey!! (cha-ching!!)



Bring-on the snow!! (Canadian Beer and bacon-wrapped turkey for three days!!)

Hey, I love you guys (and you amazing coin-chicks!!)

This is a fantastic coin-site (it's very comfy, which fosters great coin-spirit and coin participation => and coin good-times!!)

I hope that all of you batten-down and weather the storm, and I also hope that you are able to tilt a glass to your neighbour's holiday!!

=> Ooops, where are my manners? => I'd better slip into my festive avatar, eh?

 

Well @stevex6 ...we are ok in south Florida, but this killer hurricane is on a straight path for Melbourne Beach and Cocoa Beach as a Cat 4. There are tons of little towns and trailer park communities in that area of Florida.

I am extremely familiar with that area of the state and I tell you the houses over there are not built for a monster storm of this type. Mostly wooden construction and trailers. These are small rural communities in marshy low-level areas. I hope to God everyone evacuated that area because if not the loss if life could be great. I am extremely worried for them. I hope to God the local authorities evacuated the people in those vulnerable areas.

Here is hoping for Serapis' divine intervention...after all, us ancient coin folks have our own favorite ancient deity as a good luck charm.

 

Got my brother in law and his family to evacuate Sea Island by promising that if he stayed and survived, I'd drive up there and kill him.

Seriously, it's their first storm and they really can't comprehend the danger until they've been through one.

 

Nice to read you're okay @Sallent !

@stevex6, do you eat the exact same bacon wraped turkey every year ?
Anyway, it looks terrific (yummy !!!), whatever you do to preserve it from one year to the next one

Q

 

Ahaha, Gandalf => hey, it isn't the weekend yet, so that is merely the previous bacon-bird that I cooked (if I cook one this year, I'll try to update my dinner-photos) ... cheeky



=> hey, I wish all the luck/hope in the world to anyone that's still in the hurricane's path ... weather is definitely one of the things that we have zero control over (it's a total wildcard)

 

I live very close to the ocean in central Florida. I just got back home and my house and neighborhood survived with only trees down! I feel very lucky this time. We lucked out here in three ways: the storm weakened 25 mph or more through the eyewall replacement, the eye stayed 30 miles offshore, and it passed us at low tide. I spent all day with the chainsaw trying to clear up the yard. A very large palm tree ended up in my pool.

I feel very bad for people elsewhere who suffered major damage.

When the forecast was for 145 mph right through my town I went to Orlando. I have friends in Homestead who rode out hurricane Andrew. They were still terrified thinking about it 10 years later. Like being in a tornado that lasts 12 hours.

John

 

Looking forward to getting back to playing with coins. This is another FUN show pickup from this year:



ELIS, Olympia. AR Stater. The 103rd Olympiad, 368 BC. 11.89 gm.
Obverse: Head of Hera wearing stephanos .
Reverse: Eagle standing left with wings open and head reverted within wreath.
Seltman 301. BCD.112v. Toned VF. ex Charles Reeve collection, active 1890-1930. Rare issue missing from BCD collection. Ex Pegasi Numismatics, Auction XXIX, Lot 129, 6. November 2013.

John