GatorEye Posted September 5, 2004 Share Posted September 5, 2004 I hope all my fellow Redskin fans will keep me in your thoughts. Hurricane Frances is moving inland right over my house in Jupiter tonight. I was in a mandatory evacuation zone. I had to pack everything of value into two cars with my wife, 18 month old son and dog. I'm in northern Florida now, but I hope I have a home to come back to. Needless to say all my Redskin collectibles, t-shirts, and other items I have acquired over the years have the potential of being wiped out, but honestly they are pretty low on the priority list right now. Things don't look good. Wish us luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade7 Posted September 5, 2004 Share Posted September 5, 2004 I can't do diddly-sqaut to help you but pray. That's cruel for me, but that's cotton candy compared to what you're going through down there. I hope ya'll make it out okay, and intact, alive too. I hope that for all ya'll. Seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanishomelette Posted September 5, 2004 Share Posted September 5, 2004 I'm pullin' for ya'...Hang tight, GatorEye..Good Luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog Posted September 5, 2004 Share Posted September 5, 2004 as long as you and your family are safe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarhog Posted September 5, 2004 Share Posted September 5, 2004 Wish the best for you and yours man. Hopefully, Frances is just a lot of rain and some branches in the yard. Glad you moved north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeSkin Posted September 5, 2004 Share Posted September 5, 2004 Best of luck GatorEye. Hope everything works out for you. I'm praying for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTerps2002 Posted September 5, 2004 Share Posted September 5, 2004 Hope you are safe... Sitting here in North Fort Myers waiting for something.... The weather gets bad and then clears it is definatly a weird storm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCS Posted September 5, 2004 Share Posted September 5, 2004 Thoughts and prayers GatorEye to you and yours during this time. Keep your head up and take care of the family. And to the rest of our Extremesters who may find themselve in the path of this thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJredskins00 Posted September 5, 2004 Share Posted September 5, 2004 Gator Eye for any consolation....many newscrews are outside in West Palm Beach now...If they are outside...doesn't seem any catastrophic damage occuring at this time. Hopefully this remains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVSkinsfan Posted September 5, 2004 Share Posted September 5, 2004 GatorEye,Im pulling for you man it looks bad down there but hopefully your house will survive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted September 5, 2004 Share Posted September 5, 2004 Hang in there man. At least you did the smart thing and got out, unlike the twit on the sailboat Fox news was following earlier today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonnyRules Posted September 5, 2004 Share Posted September 5, 2004 Say'n a prayer for you, your family, and friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG Posted September 5, 2004 Share Posted September 5, 2004 Don't jump the gun and go back too soon dude. It's going to take awhile. Glad you all got out and we'll all be praying that you won't have any major damage... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halter91 Posted September 5, 2004 Share Posted September 5, 2004 Good Luck Gator Eye. As important as the Skins are, not nearly important as some things, like your family. Stay Safe, Godspeed and we'll all be pulling for you and all out other Floridians in Fraces wake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3DaysLatr Posted September 5, 2004 Share Posted September 5, 2004 You and your family are in my prayers, be safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sag Posted September 5, 2004 Share Posted September 5, 2004 Smart move, getting the family out of there. I have friends in Vero Beach that aren't as wise as you. Hope everything is OK when you get back home. My prayers are with you and evryone else dealing with this terrible thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorEye Posted September 9, 2004 Author Share Posted September 9, 2004 Thanks to those who gave their support. It looks like I made out pretty good. A lot of trees, fences, and screens were down or destroyed in my community and a tree landed on a car, but there was no significant structural damage. We didn't have power for 3 days, but we are back up now. I lost some roof tiles and most importantly - some school of fish will probably be enjoying the Redskins on DirecTV's Sunday Ticket since my dish got blown away. Hopefully the Tampa game will be the local game down here, but I'm not sure I can get the dish replaced before the other games start to kick in. Thanks again everyone. Now about Ivan...:mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yonisredskins Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 We're all glad that you and your family are safe and only suffered minor damage to your house. Note to Ivan, GO AWAY!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorEye Posted September 9, 2004 Author Share Posted September 9, 2004 The DirecTV repair guys are so backed up, it could be a month before I get my dish fixed to watch the Skins again. I was so looking forward to watching the Skins crush Tampa in HD. :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCS Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 Glad you made it back GatorEye and that things are overall pretty darned good for you. Now, maybe we just need to do some 'splaining to the DTV people. I mean, we're talking the Redskins here. Certainly they can see the significance of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdsknbill Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 Good luck man. Ivan cometh, and hopefully goes to Texas and collapses TX stadium. (nobody in it of course) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1niksder Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 Originally posted by rdsknbill Good luck man. Ivan cometh, and hopefully goes to Texas and collapses TX stadium. (nobody in it of course) I was hoping that Ivan just died out in the Gulf ...but I like your Idea better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorEye Posted September 10, 2004 Author Share Posted September 10, 2004 rdsknbill - Great cartoon! I just hope it stays far enough away that they don't preempt the coverage of the Skins-Tampa game for hurricane coverage, but it looks like the latest track has it going into the gulf on Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVSkinsfan Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 GatorEye,great to see you came out of that storm with just a little damage.I take it that you went to a shelter? Whats the latest news on IVAN? is he headed your way?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorEye Posted September 10, 2004 Author Share Posted September 10, 2004 Originally posted by WVSkinsfan GatorEye,great to see you came out of that storm with just a little damage.I take it that you went to a shelter? Whats the latest news on IVAN? is he headed your way?. We went to north Florida to ride it out with the folks. Right now Ivan appears that it would go up the west coast of Florida and hit the panhandle. That would spare me any more agravation but make things nervous for our friends on the west coast over in Tampa. I may need to rethink beach life. These things are getting stressful. The Skins are my stress release and now I'm getting more stressed because I may not be able to watch them after I spent all this money on a DirecTV setup to watch them in HD. :mad: I may need to say hello to Geo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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