Hey Hook, I'm pleased to hear that both Herm and your brother dodged a bullet.Hook wrote:Yes to both!Hermskii wrote:So many things could be better.
My family and I are blessed that we have dodged this bullet.
My Brother lives in North Port FL.
Irma went right over his area, but he is fine! YAY
He had updated all his Hurricane barriers on his house in the last year or so, so things went well for his house.
This was a great thing to do!
There's no news out of Houston that the reservoirs failed, so I assume that now that it is one week later, the water levels are down.
As you know, your brother is right next door to Pt. Charlotte. My parents rented a house on Dorchester Street in Pt Charlotte from January to May for 8 years in a row. I used to fly down to visit them once a year. The first year in 1988, Pt Charlotte was still pretty much a small town, and North Port was a separate community. By the last year they stayed down there it was all one huge town, with lots of big box stores and a new Walmart that was twice the size of the old one. (With a commensurate increase in traffic!)
I used to fantasize about buying a house there if I won the lotto. I planned to build on an empty lot facing west, so that the evening sun didn't shine on the lanai. I also planned to install hurricane shutters and etc. I guess I would have been glad I did!