My Fellow North East Floridians.. Active reading.

[eingeist]

While its not too often that we realize what we take for granted, now is one of those times.
With that said, here is a posting via my Blackberry, before the battery dies..

My electricity has been off for 2 days now. I live very far away from even a gas station. I note several downed lines on the way home, and not one JEA truck. Flooding is pretty bad, the yards are a mess, trees in the road, on the fence, resting against loose powerlines, well, the ones that aren't snapped and laying in the aforementioned flood puddles. I live just West of Little Talbot, so were getting beaten here. The rains let up, but I wish it hadn't almost. If nothing else because itd feel like a makeshift shower. Ah, a shower... I haven't had one in two days. I think I brushed my teeth this morning with some water left in the pipes that may or may not have been a little too stagnant and left my stomach cramping and churning all day.

Heat.
The heat is horrendous but its past the point of really noticing. I haven't had a good nights sleep in two days. The heat, and sweat makes it difficult to fall asleep, or stay asleep. Its giving me a headache. My gas tanks low and so is the bank account, so no sittin' in the truck or checking into a hotel.

No TV, no cards. The AC is shut off at work, so no relief there today either.

Oh yeah, all my clothes are dirty. A lot of you westerners have gas powered washers and dryers. Yall are just too clever. :)
I've got no books to read, or light to read them by.

My "friends" are too busy out with their girlfriends/boyfriends. I wonder if movie theatres are open today?

I live on the marsh, which is actually now, the water. I see no more marsh. I would kayak out there to kill some time but the wind is strong, I am weak, and an 8 foot alligator was spotted a couple hours ago out there.

In a way its cool to think I feel like Bear Grills or Survivorman, but then I realize that their job must suck!

Lest we forget the withdrawl pangs of nicotine.

End of that subject.

List of things I want: (in no particular order)

Cold beer
Running water for a shower
A/C
Xbox 360
computer
television with 200+ channels
Real food
Tums
Gatorade
Clean clothes.

If anyone has any of the above, feel free to share the love!

Its crazy. 2 days of primative lifestyle and I feel like I'm gonna die!


How are yall faring out there?

Yes I'm this bored :rofl:

[TylerDurden]

Go out and kill that alligator!

Seriously, best of luck to you.

[Big A]

What side of town are you on?

[eingeist]

North side. Like Pumpkin Hill at nassau. WAY northside.

And alligator tail does sound good. :supergrin:

[Big A]

Is it still raining on that side of town? I live in mandarin and it's not that bad out here, We were with out power for about 6 hours yesterday but it's been back on since about 9last night. Sorry JEA hasn't gotten thier sorry butts out to your neck of the woods and fixed your electricity.

[eingeist]

Yeah it used to be Okeefenokee out here before JEA took over.. Now its all messed up. Were last on the list.

[rmc85]

I guess I lucked out....I only lost power for about 16 hours and after the first 4 I saw a guy riding down my dirt road shining all the power lines trying to see where the problem was.

I said the same thing as you...man it sucks without cold beer, A/C, and a computer.

I was wondering how long it would take for the power to be restored since I live out in the sticks but Clay Electric did a good job....now I'm just waiting for a real hurricane to come through.

I hope you get your power back soon!

[Generalcarry]

Except for the "no real food", it sounds like growing up in the 40's and 50's!:rofl::rofl::rofl:

[dox1842]

Would you recomend me driving from savannah to jacksonville either today or tomorrow? I would go down there but I heard all the roads were flooded.

[eingeist]

Except for the "no real food", it sounds like growing up in the 40's and 50's!:rofl::rofl::rofl:

I knew thered be a couple of you "back when I was growing up...." Guys in here... :supergrin:

[eingeist]

Do you need to come down dox? Its not TOO bad, I mean its not like the place is quarantied.. Us east siders have it worse than others.

If you just wanna sightsee you can get around. Tomorrow should be much lighter anyway and I'd imagine things will be back to normal road-wise. Powerwise, it'll still be out. At least out here

[m2hmghb]

I would suggest you boil any water in the pipes for a minimum of 10 mins before using it. Treat all water as contaminated before drinking.

[dox1842]

yeah i have to take my advancement exam at NAS. I wish I could friggen do it in savannah. I hate the reserves.

[Rick C]

http://glocktalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=912126 :supergrin:

Kind of curious about the no water situation. I've been as long as 12 days w/o electric after a hurricane and always had running water.

Good luck.