Series9
Sep 11 2017, 08:14 AM
My shop and all customer assets are safe and intact.
siverson
Sep 11 2017, 08:17 AM
Great, glad to hear it!
ndfrigi
Sep 11 2017, 08:25 AM
Thank you Lord!
Cairo94507
Sep 11 2017, 08:26 AM
Terrific. Thanks for letting us all know. Let's hope everyone comes out of this the same.
sb914
Sep 11 2017, 08:40 AM
Great news! Hope everyone else in the area is safe as well.
Dave_Darling
Sep 11 2017, 09:12 AM
Glad to hear that, Joe!!
--DD
whitetwinturbo
Sep 11 2017, 09:15 AM
rhodyguy
Sep 11 2017, 09:23 AM
Excellent!
76-914
Sep 11 2017, 09:27 AM
Good news. I just posted an SOS for you, along with Joe Sharp, in the Sandbox. Any damage at the airport?
ConeDodger
Sep 11 2017, 09:39 AM
Joe Sharp checked in on Facebook and he's ok. I'll text T.C. And see how he's holding up in a minute here...
ConeDodger
Sep 11 2017, 09:55 AM
No answer from T.C. So far but he's in Tampa and they could have lost power and cell towers both.
ConeDodger
Sep 11 2017, 10:02 AM
Heard from T.C.
Niklas
Sep 11 2017, 12:20 PM
Glad you are ok!!
Mueller
Sep 11 2017, 04:43 PM
Good news to hear!
billh1963
Sep 11 2017, 04:45 PM
Great news!
StratPlayer
Sep 11 2017, 04:49 PM
Congrats Joe, glad no harm was done...
Series9
Sep 11 2017, 05:34 PM
I'm also relieved to say that my home/property survived. It took a while to get someone out there to verify the condition.
Larmo63
Sep 11 2017, 05:45 PM
Thank God. So many got really thrashed and lost a lot.
Glad to hear!!!!!
Series9
Sep 11 2017, 05:56 PM
We just got a short video from our property. Let's just say that the sky is much more visible.
Well, it'll start growing back in the Spring.
Mblizzard
Sep 11 2017, 07:55 PM
Joe,
Your fame and expertise is beyond measure. You sending a few shirts to Okteenerfest started a bit of a trend that continus to this day. Your success means a lot to quite a number of people. So glad to hear things are good.
SKL1
Sep 11 2017, 08:35 PM
My sister used to live in Daytona- glad you all survived there. My BIL lives in Fort Myers and he stayed through it all. The eye went RIGHT over his house- he said it was surreal. Lost some trees and a few roof tiles, otherwise ok.
Don't know yet how some good friends 1 1/2 mile from the beach in Bonita Springs did!
SirAndy
Sep 11 2017, 10:38 PM
QUOTE(Series9 @ Sep 11 2017, 07:14 AM)
My shop and all customer assets are safe and intact.
euro911
Sep 11 2017, 10:45 PM
I sent Sharp a text yesterday when I saw the storm covering the entire state on the news
Glad to hear y'all are OK and didn't sustain much damage
Series9
Sep 12 2017, 07:18 AM
QUOTE(Mblizzard @ Sep 11 2017, 09:55 PM)
Joe,
Your fame and expertise is beyond measure. You sending a few shirts to Okteenerfest started a bit of a trend that continus to this day. Your success means a lot to quite a number of people. So glad to hear things are good.
Those are some extremely nice comments. Thank you.
Looks like I need to head up to Okteenerfest this year....
Series9
Sep 12 2017, 09:10 AM
Thanks!
rhodyguy
Sep 12 2017, 09:17 AM
HA! Hang tough.
Series9
Sep 12 2017, 05:28 PM
It looks like the worst has passed...... in Louisville.
rick 918-S
Sep 12 2017, 05:43 PM
Did you fly there?
mepstein
Sep 12 2017, 06:19 PM
Any word on George / painted man?
poorsche914
Sep 12 2017, 07:03 PM
QUOTE(Series9 @ Sep 12 2017, 09:18 AM)
...Looks like I need to head up to Okteenerfest this year....
mepstein
Sep 13 2017, 06:47 AM
QUOTE(mepstein @ Sep 12 2017, 08:19 PM)
Any word on George / painted man?
George said all is good.
Mark Henry
Sep 13 2017, 08:43 AM
Anyone heard from Shane, Jetsetsurfshop?
He's on Marco Island.
Series9
Sep 13 2017, 08:26 PM
We just arrived in Locust Grove, GA (a bit south of Atlanta) to stay for the night.
It's unreal to see actual hurricane damage in North GA. It's not bad, but it's very visible to a Floridian.
I've been told to expect an emotional experience as I progress southward toward my home.
The interstate is so congested, that we have decided to go all back-roads to Central FL from here. It's going to take a bit of fuel management on the way to make sure we don't run low as we get closer, so I'll be making lots of stops after we cross the FL line when I see fuel available.
I'm expecting tears from my wife as we approach, even though we know our house is still standing.
We'll take pictures.
Standby.
Series9
Sep 13 2017, 08:33 PM
My dad has lived in Central FL since 1960 and he claims this is the strongest storm to hit that area in his 57 years there.
His words today: "That storm beat the shit out of Orlando".
Orlando is quite a bit larger than most people realize and it represents a large portion of the FL tax base from tourism.
Series9
Sep 15 2017, 08:21 AM
We are safely home. We had to set up the generator for one night, but the power is back on now.
Everything is fine, we just have a LOT of raking to do.
jd74914
Sep 15 2017, 08:54 AM
QUOTE(Series9 @ Sep 13 2017, 09:33 PM)
My dad has lived in Central FL since 1960 and he claims this is the strongest storm to hit that area in his 57 years there.
Wow. That's incredible.
Yeah, I've been wondering about the tourism tax base. In places like Orlando that's pretty much the total source of income, right?
Good to hear that your house is ok! Hopefully everyone else in the board is so lucky.
Jetsetsurfshop
Sep 15 2017, 10:32 AM
QUOTE(Mark Henry @ Sep 13 2017, 06:43 AM)
Anyone heard from Shane, Jetsetsurfshop?
He's on Marco Island.
My family and I made it. The surge didn't really happen on my end of the island.
Some water intrusion to my store and my home, but all in all, we did good.
ChrisFoley
Sep 15 2017, 11:07 AM
QUOTE(Jetsetsurfshop @ Sep 15 2017, 12:32 PM)
QUOTE(Mark Henry @ Sep 13 2017, 06:43 AM)
Anyone heard from Shane, Jetsetsurfshop?
He's on Marco Island.
My family and I made it. The surge didn't really happen on my end of the island.
Some water intrusion to my store and my home, but all in all, we did good.
So glad to hear the good news.
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