Hurricane Irma

monothingie

monothingie

Nakatomi Plaza Christmas Eve 1988. Never Forget.
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wdwmagic said:
That one looks like it has a hinge system. Has it just been lowered for the storm?
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MUTCD Breakaway signs. They didn't function as anticipated. See attached. While they are "hinged" its not a mechanical hinge, rather a cut in the I beam which creates a weak point. It will need to be replaced.

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21stamps

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bclane said:
Very true. I know that we had an almost desparate need last night to know what was going on with the storm, especially in areas where we have family, all while we were waiting for it to hit us. Such an odd feeling. We tried to watch movies with the kids too but it was hard to turn off the news. I did appreciate some of the coverage of Harvey were they were using their news crews to actually rescue people.
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This is how my parents felt about me during Wilma. My mom called the Red Cross and asked if they knew about my area, because most of the mainstream media was still covering Katrina and not much coverage on Wilma.

It's very scary when loved ones are in the path of a storm and you have no idea if they are ok.
 
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plutofan15

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During the first week of school, my daughter (9 years old) and two of her friends were learning about Hurricane Harvey and decided to hold a bake sale with the proceeds going to the victims. They raised nearly $700 during the four hour sale and with my wife's company matching any donations, they raised almost $1400 - pretty good for three fourth graders!
On a related note - before we were married, my wife worked in Freeport, TX as part of her training rotation. She still has some friends in the area so this storm hit home a bit.
Maybe another bake sale is in the future - the house sure smelled good prepping the goodies.
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cosmicgirl

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This is a late response but I'm catching up.

xdan0920 said:
Don't you dare complain about Animal Kingdom losing some foliage. How dare you bring this up? Honestly. Some people. Priorities.
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With all due respect, I do not understand why you're making @donsullivan look bad here, and I certainly don't understand why so many people are liking your response. Unless I missed a previous interaction elsewhere, @donsullivan was merely stating that AK was a mess in 2004 after the foliage took a bad hit, and it opened up a day later than the other parks as a result. There isn't a single complaint in there, so there's no need to shame anyone.

Jordanaous said:
Whenever there's heavy rain Epcot's Future World becomes a pond. There seems to be a major issue with drainage at that park... Of course this time it's a little more understandable, but there have been many times I've seen quite deep puddles round the back of Club Cool near Journey Into Imagination...
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Agreed... in May of last year we were hiding from a downpour inside Mouse Gear and there must've been 20-30cm/8-12" of standing water outside the store. A poor CM had to run out into the rain every few minutes to try to free up the drain with water halfway up to his knees, while trying to duck from guests who were running through the "pond" with strollers like crazy people.
 
21stamps

21stamps

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plutofan15 said:
During the first week of school, my daughter (9 years old) and two of her friends were learning about Hurricane Harvey and decided to hold a bake sale with the proceeds going to the victims. They raised nearly $700 during the four hour sale and with my wife's company matching any donations, they raised almost $1400 - pretty good for three fourth graders!
On a related note - before we were married, my wife worked for BASF in Freeport, TX as part of her training rotation. She still has some friends in the area so this storm hit home a bit.
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Oh my gosh, this is so awesome!!!
Your daughter sounds like an amazing 4th grader :)
 
Kristamouse

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AEfx said:
So since it has uniforms I take it this is a private school where kids have families that can afford to keep bringing $5 a day so they aren't ostracized by their classmates for not being able to participate and can fulfill the 100% participation expected?
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I can only speak for the school my children attend and you are way, way off. 1/2 are on some sort of scholarship and on the free lunch program. The other 1/2 have very hardworking parents who's paycheck goes toward tuition and life not much else.
So the $1,700 we raised through our our of uniform week was money those families needed but sent to Texas because they needed it more...
 
LukeS7

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cosmicgirl said:
This is a late response but I'm catching up.


With all due respect, I do not understand why you're making @donsullivan look bad here, and I certainly don't understand why so many people are liking your response. Unless I missed a previous interaction elsewhere, @donsullivan was merely stating that AK was a mess in 2004 after the foliage took a bad hit, and it opened up a day later than the other parks as a result. There isn't a single complaint in there, so there's no need to shame anyone.
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I'm pretty sure they were joking and poking fun at the people who are jumping on top of any comment that's about anything lesser than people losing their homes.
 
larryz

larryz

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cosmicgirl said:
With all due respect, I do not understand why you're making @donsullivan look bad here, and I certainly don't understand why so many people are liking your response. Unless I missed a previous interaction elsewhere, @donsullivan was merely stating that AK was a mess in 2004 after the foliage took a bad hit, and it opened up a day later than the other parks as a result. There isn't a single complaint in there, so there's no need to shame anyone.
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@xdan0920 didn't use the /sarc tag. You missed an earlier exchange that is probably gone by now.
 
myhappyplace

myhappyplace

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biggy H said:
I'm currently at the Boardwalk and looking at SpaceShip Earth there appears to be a couple of dark patches that look like some sort of damage facing out towards world showcase. I don't have a good enough camera with me to zoom in and verify what it actually is, damage or dirt of some sort.
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These spots?
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Edit: LOL not my husband and me, but there are dark areas on SSE above us. These were there Saturday, and someone else who traveled in August saw them.
 
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Jordanaous

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cosmicgirl said:
Agreed... in May of last year we were hiding from a downpour inside Mouse Gear and there must've been 20-30cm/8-12" of standing water outside the store. A poor CM had to run out into the rain every few minutes to try to free up the drain with water halfway up to his knees, while trying to duck from guests who were running through the "pond" with strollers like crazy people.
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Yup. It's crazy how bad the water gets. This was September 4 last year, granted this was around the time of Hermine, but not the first time I've experienced this.

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Rteetz

Rteetz

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All four parks and Disney Springs will be open as scheduled tomorrow. The Swan had an outdoor awning destroyed in the storm. Beach Club had some siding damage and some light poles had some damage. I haven't heard of any other major noticeable damage to buildings at the resorts at this time.
 
Jordanaous

Jordanaous

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Disney opening confirmed.

Park hours for tomorrow are as follows:

Magic Kingdom
  • Extra Magic Hours 8AM-9AM
  • Park Hours 9AM-7PM
  • Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party 7PM-12AM
Epcot
  • Park Hours 9AM-9PM
  • Extra Magic Hours 9PM-11PM
Disney’s Hollywood Studios
  • Park Hours 9AM-9PM
Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park
  • Park Hours 9AM-9PM
Disney Springs
  • Hours 10AM-12AM
Blizzard Beach and Typhoon Lagoon Water Parks will remain closed until further notice.

Guess the damage wasn't bad enough to warrant a late opening/closure.
 

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