How do I store my ancient coins..... for a hurricane?

Just got another message from my family in the province of Villa Clara. They say the damage in that part of Cuba is catastrophic. The winds are decreasing but over 5 feet of flodding in the town Caibarien (where they live). From what little they can make out from their second story house, the damage around them is immense.

I still don't have any word from my family in Santa Clara, but reports from there are bad too. No flooding, but massive destruction. I'm hoping to hear from them hopefully in the next 48 hours that they are ok. I'm worried as hell though.

 

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All CoinTalkers in Florida, I hope you are either already in a shelter or else fully hunkered down. Please be safe.

 

Is mini Sallent with you or did you manage to ship him out?

 

My wife and I are cooking all the meat and vegatables we have with us in case (when) we lose power tomorrow we will have things to eat. We will hard boil all our eggs. We put 4 big water bottles in the freezer and are filling all containers with drinkable water. Cranking the ac for now...

After the hurricanes of 2004 we lost power for 12 days and could buy no water or food or gas for 4 days. Fun when it is 90 degrees out.

 

Best of luck to all of you.

 

My best wishes to all of you in Florida!
I'll pray for you. Be safe.

 

I hope everyone is doing OK. Here is a coin depicting Noah, that most famous of flood survivors. It is a coin of Apameia. (It is not in my collection, it is in the British Museum.)


The reverse shows a "chest or ark inscribed ΝΩЄ, floating on water and containing two figures, and in front" another "pair, a man and a woman, and, on the top, a raven (?), and above it a dove flying with a branch in her beak. This type is probably copied from some painting in the city delineating the myth which localized the resting-place of Noah’s ark on the mountain behind Apameia." (Barclay Head's description).

 

Looks like the hurricane is finally moving north. I've noticed a large increase in the wind. A steady 35MPH with occasional gusts to at least 45MPH. Took some footage though you can't see much... but you can hear the wind and trees.

Also, my barometric sensor has picked up a noticeable decrease in the last 20 minutes. I think the hurricane might finally be moving north. Not a lot of rain yet, my rain gauge is only recording .67 inches over the last hour.

Saw a transformer blow up a few blocks away. A large blue flash, but we still have power. Just got notified hurricane strengthened to Cat 4 and south Florida is now getting the outer bands. This is it folks. Stay safe!

 

stay safe

 

winds are blowing 70MPH. We have heavy tree damage in the neighborhood. I can hear trees falling down and debris hitting the home, no power, but we are ok

 

Stay safe! Good luck

 

Prayers and best wishes for you and your family, Sallent, both here and in the old country. I've taken some precautions also in case any of the hurricanes come up this way (Baltimore area). We lost our power for over a week when the remnants of a hurricane blew through a few years ago. Batteries, bottled coffee, and Granola Bars are my provisions of choice.

 

A solar oven, rocket stove and a gravity fed water filter are what we have in case of power going out. And enough dry goods to be able to cook them until the power comes back on.

 

All safe here so far. No power though. Winds are pretty crazy right now. Tree in neighbor's backyard right behind my house fell on their house. It didn't go straight through their home fortunately its kind of just resting there on the side, mostly against the patio.

Thank you for keeping those of us affected in your thoughts and prayers.

 

@ValiantKnight : Wish you the best, and the same for all the folks on the west coast of Florida. Here in Orlando it's starting to rain very hard and the wind is picking up even though we're still quite a distance from the storm center itself. It will certainly be a restless night. Hopefully the power stays on ... but I doubt it.

 

It will pass.. Hope the return to normal life won't be long. Bless you all.

 

Best wishes to all of you in Florida!
No words, what a monstrous power!

 

My family is ok. We had very minor roof damage, and lost a few fruit trees in the backyard, but other than that everything is fine. However, the street is blocked by several fallen trees, a tree landed on a house down the neighborhood, and we still have no power. We had 75+MPH winds at the peak, with occasional gusts of 100+MPH.

I took this 2 minute video with a broken cell camera, so quality is spotty, so I apologise but it was all I had handy. This was before things got too intense and before the strongest winds arrived...so things were not too bad yet. However, at the 1:20 minute mark you can still see what 70+MPH gusts look like, and it is impressive. And you can see a fallen tree blocking the road too.

 

Great news.

 

Glad you and your family made it through. I was just thinking about you and the other Floridian CT'ers.