So this view is pretty crazy to me, I already knew from the drone shots, but it cannot be emphasized enough, what you would normally see here is just the first in a literal 4 or 5 layer deep rows of restaurants... all made of at least brick. these were pretty sturdy buildings. completely vaporized. the only clue there were buildings at this location was I could see 3 or 4 broken support pylons of what used to be the Dairy Queen, pictured center-left on the horizon. ...... https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/253601352192753664/1025596318871199744/IMG_5412.jpg
This plot of sand was one of my neighbors across the street. This was a two story bungalow of appreciable size. The conspicuously bare piece of sand in center of frame was roughly the center of the building. There is little evidence the house existed other than the 3 pieces of PVC pipe sticking up from the ground left center which connected the house to the city water/sewer. You can also see the lip of a concrete driveway. Other than that its entirely gone. We don't know for sure but we believe at least one person was in this house during the storm. ... https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/253601352192753664/1025596266215911444/IMG_5416.jpg
A neighbors house under construction... I was going to say I have no idea how this thing survived but actually I do... this is built to the modern code. So even a half done building to code is stronger than a complete one to the old codes. Right of fame you can see a tree that was completely debarked on all sides before being knocked over. You could see entirely debarked trees as far as 2 miles inland. .... https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/253601352192753664/1025596265750347836/IMG_5421.jpg
My aunts car which was parked about 15 feet from the house. It was picked up and smashed against the front facade of the building with enough force to produce the damage shown. I didn't get a picture but there's a large gash on the facade marking the impact several feet up in the air. ... actually I can't post this photos because it has the license plate in it. Imagine a smashed up toyota camry. RIP toyota.
The interior of the garage of my home. There was a large amount of stuff in here. This was used as storage for not only the entire family but also friends of the family. It was very full. There was hardly anything left in it. The sand on the floor was literally ice slick. My neighbor wiped out hard and sprained his knee. The drywall of the ceiling was mostly stripped away, indicative of the water level .... https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/253601352192753664/1025596265016336424/IMG_5434.jpg
My car... I was really hoping this thing punched a hole through the wall and had its viking funeral, but unfortunately it was so small and light that I don't think it could get enough momentum to break through. I left the doors closed so something popped it open. Considering how much stuff was surrounding this thing there was shockingly few dents on it. But I'm pretty sure it cannot be salvaged. RIP F. .... https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/253601352192753664/1025596264563363901/IMG_5442.jpg
Views from my balcony door, sandblasted and smudged. Not an incredible shot but I didn't feel like testing the structural integrity of my balcony. Roughly behind the pillar is the now empty site of a vacation rental. You can get an idea of the debris field in the canal. The water was slicked with gas and oil. From this point you could hear the sound of dozens of fire alarms going off from every direction, it was ringing in my ears for hours after I left. In one of the photos, the house across the canal, beige color, boarded up windows, I believe this man stayed and rode out the storm. Judging by the condition of his house I think he survived, one of the very few wooden houses I saw that looked structurally sound .... https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/253601352192753664/1025596264232001556/IMG_5452.jpghttps://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/253601352192753664/1025596263883870218/IMG_5458.jpg
One last parting shot of the garage. What you would have normally seen here other than my car is just furniture... family and friends depositing their furniture here for storage, you couldn't see the back wall at all... it all found a way to worm its way through that back door and out to sea. ... https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/253601352192753664/1025596263544148008/IMG_5470.jpg
Walking back, you could see deep sea shrimping boats, some nearly the size of victorian frigates, picked up out of the water and brought a few hundred feet inland. There were large 100+ foot yachts and fishing boats washed up onto land and the roads for nearly a mile inland. ... https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/253601352192753664/1025596263154073641/IMG_5483.jpg
post hurricane updates. the photo of the piece of sand that used to have a house on it, we thought the guy stayed. he didn't stay. apparently he had mild dementia (i didn't know this or else I would have done something) but his caretaker got to the island late after we had already evaced and got him out.
another neighbor who we weren't aware was even there... WAS there... he did stay.. his house was wiped away... he escaped his home, and swam to the under construction house with the broken scaffolding in the photo and clung to that scaffolding for the duration of the storm. after the water receded he came into my house and slept in one of the spare bedrooms overnight and walked off the island the next morning. we didn't hear from him for 5 or 6 days, presumed dead, but he had lost his phone so contact was hard. very alive.
i was curious about what could have hit my car door so hard it popped it open: answer, nothing. a rescue worker searched the car for victims and left the door open so they could tell from the street the car had already been searched. a piece of tape was left elsewhere on the car with a case number (im not sure why they do that, but neat!)
my house passed engineering review today so it in theory can receive electricity. water is probably still weeks away. the storm drains are pure sand now so even mild rain causes the entire island to flood again like a soup bowl
FEMA... whatever their methodology is I think they just work in order of what they come to, so there hasn't been a single FEMA employee on the island yet to say nothing of major debris cleanup so every street is a 10 foot high pile of rubble on each side
although the utilities are going to be back way before anyone expected, the desperate state of the environment ensures it will be largely uninhabitable for many months to come.... all the utilities do is make it more comfortable for me to eventually go back and pack up all our clothes and stuff (which will not be as moldy and gross since they may at some point be air conditioned!)
folks let me tell you.. I already considered the ocean to be pretty gross and rarely put more than my feet in it despite it being in my back yard.... but man... once that water washes up and whatever biological processes that make the ocean not a complete disaster start breaking down and ceasing function... it is the nastiest shit ever. you can't imagine the smell....
There's not much difference between fall and winter in Seattle, but until we get some rain we're fully locked into smoke season because of the way they're letting the big fire in the North Cascades burn. I'll miss the 70 degree temps when they finally go away, but it needs to get wet soon so I can breathe
Alright SoCal, pack it up. We got our one stormy weekend and autumn is over. Return to your regularly scheduled summer.
I am confused, you posted a picture of central California? (San Diegan joke, LA is central, San Francisco is northern, there's nothing worth talking about north of there).
hey we have things north of SF
like... uh... sacramento
and a volcano
and trees, if it hasn't burned down recently
The fact that Sacramento is North of San Francisco is something I know to be true but my brain refuses to accept.
It's north geographically, but not emotionally.
Also after two days of unseasonably warm weather, I had to head down to the San Jose area for a conference and (since that's always hotter than the inner east bay) figured it would be more annoying than not to take a jacket.
Course the weather decided to swing back to normal and I spent most of the day being various levels of cold. *shakes fist*
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Good morning, it’s raining to beat the band here in Inglewood and there’s quite a bit of lightning too, an odd October surprise.
post hurricane updates. the photo of the piece of sand that used to have a house on it, we thought the guy stayed. he didn't stay. apparently he had mild dementia (i didn't know this or else I would have done something) but his caretaker got to the island late after we had already evaced and got him out.
another neighbor who we weren't aware was even there... WAS there... he did stay.. his house was wiped away... he escaped his home, and swam to the under construction house with the broken scaffolding in the photo and clung to that scaffolding for the duration of the storm. after the water receded he came into my house and slept in one of the spare bedrooms overnight and walked off the island the next morning. we didn't hear from him for 5 or 6 days, presumed dead, but he had lost his phone so contact was hard. very alive.
i was curious about what could have hit my car door so hard it popped it open: answer, nothing. a rescue worker searched the car for victims and left the door open so they could tell from the street the car had already been searched. a piece of tape was left elsewhere on the car with a case number (im not sure why they do that, but neat!)
my house passed engineering review today so it in theory can receive electricity. water is probably still weeks away. the storm drains are pure sand now so even mild rain causes the entire island to flood again like a soup bowl
FEMA... whatever their methodology is I think they just work in order of what they come to, so there hasn't been a single FEMA employee on the island yet to say nothing of major debris cleanup so every street is a 10 foot high pile of rubble on each side
although the utilities are going to be back way before anyone expected, the desperate state of the environment ensures it will be largely uninhabitable for many months to come.... all the utilities do is make it more comfortable for me to eventually go back and pack up all our clothes and stuff (which will not be as moldy and gross since they may at some point be air conditioned!)
folks let me tell you.. I already considered the ocean to be pretty gross and rarely put more than my feet in it despite it being in my back yard.... but man... once that water washes up and whatever biological processes that make the ocean not a complete disaster start breaking down and ceasing function... it is the nastiest shit ever. you can't imagine the smell....
weather! not even once....
not just on spring break
Don't worry we'll hit summer again by December
Global warming is a dick
Alright SoCal, pack it up. We got our one stormy weekend and autumn is over. Return to your regularly scheduled summer.
Bring the rain!
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I am confused, you posted a picture of central California? (San Diegan joke, LA is central, San Francisco is northern, there's nothing worth talking about north of there).
like... uh... sacramento
and a volcano
and trees, if it hasn't burned down recently
right up by Shasta, almost 3k people in it
:rotate:
The fact that Sacramento is North of San Francisco is something I know to be true but my brain refuses to accept.
stop it, you're encouraging the State of Jefferson nutjobs
It's north geographically, but not emotionally.
Also after two days of unseasonably warm weather, I had to head down to the San Jose area for a conference and (since that's always hotter than the inner east bay) figured it would be more annoying than not to take a jacket.
Course the weather decided to swing back to normal and I spent most of the day being various levels of cold. *shakes fist*
You take 80 to get there!
It's also north.
80 is... DIAGONAL?!?!?!
no time to brace myself, winter just abruptly arrived after an extra month of summer
it's rough (but i like cold weather)
complete madness to me