| Hurricane Michael survival report [message #338073] |
Mon, 22 October 2018 18:31  |
caspar dioge
Messages: 7
Registered: July 2013
Location: Richmond, KY
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Hi Folks:
Since Ken Henderson checked in as safe, I wanted to let folks know we and the coach weathered the storm well, if curiously.
As the storms predicted intensity rose, I had a number of offers to park the coach in more protected spaces. A friend offered me his shed. Another his paved driveway. Another, a parking place on some land adjacent to the old Panama City, Florida airport.
In the end, I ran out of time as the Storm intensified and we bugged out, north to Anniston in a car. I left the coach parked right in front of the house, exposed to the weather. Needless to say, I was quite concerned as I watched the aftermath of the storm, returning Panama City and the adjacent area to near third world conditions,
Amazingly, while trees fell over over our yard and the wind wiped out the adjacent forest, tore roofs off houses, etc., the coach just stood there in the 150 mph wind, pretty much unscathed. The Zio-Dee awning heads got ripped off somehow, but that was the only damage to the coach. The awning deployed and probably protected the coach from the 10 inches of rain that fell ... judging from the dry interior.
Had I parked the coach in the offered "dry"; shed, it would still be under the pile of bricks and twisted sheet metal. In the driveway, it would have been crushed under the trees. By the airport, it would have been a pile of metal and plastic,
And, of course, when I got back, we used it to somewhat normalize life without power or running water. Matt Colie coached me in bringing the Generator back to life. Turns out, the fuel house from the drawer swivel to the fuel pump needs to be replaced every 40 years or so ...
Highly recommend everyone check and replace that hose if you can't remember replacing it.
All in all, the coach survived well. Due to the massive clean up in my back yard from fallen trees, I won't be able to make the Chattanooga rally.
See you guys at another rally soon. Thank you for everything, folks.
Frank Sundram
77 Palm Beach with MSD Fuel injection and a working generator,
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