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Thread: Has anybody heard from the Rotormonkey?
straightrepu


Redlining
Posts: 232
posted August 23, 2004 04:45 PM

Has anybody heard from the Rotormonkey?

I sent Martin an email the day before Charlie tore up florida but haven`t heard from him yet.
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klaus42


Rotorhead
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posted August 23, 2004 04:51 PM

Good point !

Perhaps unrelated: I just noticed he was listed as 'rotormunky II' under the 'featured member' of the moment revolving feature, here... (?)

Sure hope everything's OK!

       
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nwaco


Redlining
Posts: 407
posted August 23, 2004 08:54 PM

Perhaps its more a power issue than a safety issue....

since restoration of power lines is a bit slower when thousands of lines and poles went down. I suspect if he's not heard from, its probably because he needs electricity to conduct online business and communication.

I hope for the best, and I trust we'll hear from him soon.

Maybe a rescue REPU convoy full of supplies should be dispatched?

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hunter


Hauling
Posts: 178
posted August 24, 2004 06:57 AM

Martin in Orlando

Just talked with him, he is fine.
The eye of the hurricane passed right over his house.
Fortunately winds were only about 100mph when it got there.
He was without power for awhile but now is just without cable. Said his RX-7 suffered a few dents from flying debris. He said to say thanks to everyone for the concern and he will be back in the mix asap.

Bruce Toski

       
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rotormunky


Redlining
Orlando, Florida
Posts: 424
posted August 26, 2004 11:51 PM

Hey guys. Everything is fine here, sorry I haven't had time to check in. I did talk to Bruce and thanks to everyone for your thinking of us over here in Florida.

THe storm did pass right over the south side of Orlando where I live, there was a 10-15 minute span where everything just stopped and it was just sort of misty and very breezy and then it picked back up from the other direction. THat and looking at the reports after the storm passed it appears as tho the center of the storm went straight thru, then travelled NE thru the state.

There are still a several thousand ppl w/o power in this area and my biggest problem after getting power was cable :) No real damage tho the aluminum hood on the RX-7 picked up a couple new dings from flying shingles.

We got extraordinarily lucky though, there are ppl in adjoining neighbourhoods that suffered sever structural damage. I'm thankful. The winds were sustained at about 100mph by the time it got here.

The people who really got pasted were in Punta Gorda where it made landfall. If you've got any prayers/well-wishes left in you, those are the people who could really use them.

I'm supposed to have cable back this weekend, in the meanwhile I'm trying to get time at work to catch up w/ everyone.

Thanks again for thinking about us here,
-Martin
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klaus42


Rotorhead
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posted September 01, 2004 08:51 AM

Look Out Floridians!

Looks like there's another one headed your way... (!)
Batten the hatches, and find some high ground...

       
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rotormunky


Redlining
Orlando, Florida
Posts: 424
posted September 02, 2004 02:01 AM

Yep.

Can't say I'm too happy to see this one.

Bruce needs to watch out too, this one is going to brush by his neck of the woods.

At least my truck is down in Naples, should be safe this time. Hope I can say the same for the roof on my place. Stood up well to Charley but I don't know how many storms one should expect to get thru without major damage.


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rotormunky


Redlining
Orlando, Florida
Posts: 424
posted September 09, 2004 06:47 AM

Well that's hurricane no. 2 with no major damage but at least one more on the way.

Lets hope third time lucky.


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Hunter


Hauling
Posts: 178
posted September 09, 2004 03:56 PM

Ivan the Terrible

Yep, seems we had about 100mph gusts here in Fort Liquordale but no major damage. Just lost power for a few days. Curious to hear anyone's experiences with generators. I bought a Troy Bilt 7550 watt unit and sold it already. Too damn noisy, and would not throttle down with a reduced load, thus ate too much gas.
Honda sounds good but more $$$ for sure. How about Yamaha?

Bruce Toski

       
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gdw3138


1st Gear
Posts: 39
posted September 11, 2004 11:49 AM

generator

I recently purchased a Yamaha YG2800i. It is an inverter generator. I use it for powering my travel trailer. I can run the 13.5 BTU air conditioner along with the rest of the trailer, but not the microwave and air conditioner at the same time. It is probably a little louder than the Honda 2k inverter generator, but not by much and with a little more power. One Honda 2K will not start the air coniditioner. It only cost a little more than the Honda and one person can still carry it, ~70 lbs. It get good gas run time and will run at the load it detects, not flat out. I have a loud larger generator to run my home when I loose power that will run the entire house. I believe that the Yamaha is the best value for the price considering noise, power and weight. There are larger inverter/generator Hondas and Yamahas, but they cost much more and are heavier. Good Luck

       
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Hunter


Hauling
Posts: 178
posted September 11, 2004 12:11 PM

generators

Thanks for the feedback.
Any experience with the LP / propane gas units ?
Hooking up the transfer switch ?

Bruce Toski

       
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gdw3138


1st Gear
Posts: 39
posted September 11, 2004 09:59 PM

Although I've read in the RV forums about people getting their generators rejeted to run propane/natural gas, I have no direct knowledge. What I understand is the the jets are available from the vendors and should not be too hard.
I have install a transfer switch. As long as you have access to run the BX cable from the transfer switch to a knock out on the main panel, it is fairly straight forward. You will need a new breaker for the transfer switch in the main. Just beware of the connection that is needed from the generator to the transfer switch. The cables are expensive and you may have to make your own, depending of the plug configuration on both ends (but the entire cable will probably be cheaper that a premade.)
Best of luck

       
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Hunter


Hauling
Posts: 178
posted September 12, 2004 02:19 AM

gen power

Thanks again.
I was considering the purchase of a ready to run LP gas unit, not rejetting one. These are not available in the smaller sizes as far as I can tell ...
Glad to hear you were able to install the transfer switch yourself. Congratulations !
BT


       
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rotormunky


Redlining
Orlando, Florida
Posts: 424
posted September 12, 2004 06:41 AM

Well things are looking good for folks on the east coast, and I know I'm breathering easier her in central Florida, but I know my folks on the west coast are still giving this thing a hard hard look.

Folks in Pcola should be shitting their britches hopefully. Its amazing how many people don't take these things seriously. Must be the influx of ppl every year who consider themselves native after 9 months of golf and Sunday brunches at the club.

We haven't had a cycle of storms like this in my lifetime, but my folks were in Everglades city during Donna in the 60's. River rose right up and lifted the old house right off its foundation.


Anyway I'm curious about the benefit of natural gas over petrol generators? Are the more effecient or something? I could see it in a travel-trailer or something but I would tend to think you'd want a petrol unit for emergencies. I'm thinking if your town's been beaten up pretty good its going to be easier to find gasoline than propane. Heck places around here run out of propane on three day holidays. I can siphon gas out of one of my cars or use the lawnmower stash if I have to.


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'91 Cabrio (Battered and bruised, but she's still my baby.)

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rotormunky


Redlining
Orlando, Florida
Posts: 424
posted October 01, 2004 04:50 AM

Shit

Hey guys,

Looks like third time lucky for me afterall.

http://themonkeyhouse.org/jeanne/index.html

Right now I’ve got my dresser, my desk, a nightstand and some plastic shelves. Everything else is gone. Internet access will be a little while in coming as I only have access at work. Tonight was my first night back actually. I can’t afford to miss any more time. I pulled down the entire ceiling (what was left of it) and cleaned out all the old drywall and insulation, ripped up the floors, etc. I’m waiting on the contractor to come replace the drywall then I’m responsible for replacing my floors, cabinetry, counters, appliances, furniture, clothing and personal effects.

All this happened because roofers ripped all my shingles off a week before Jeanne and just left tar paper up there for the storm. Attic filled with water, saturated ceiling and collapsed on my place.

They are paying for the drywall work but nothing else. Nothing. Needless to say I am looking for a good lawyer.


I'm gutting the place to make it possible to camp out in the structure while I await news on repairs.

So I won't be around quite as much as usual but I'll check in every couple days.



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Orlando, Florida

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'91 Cabrio (Battered and bruised, but she's still my baby.)

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straightrepu


Redlining
Posts: 232
posted October 01, 2004 05:41 PM

I had that happen to me once

Watched a big bubble form on the ceiling and finally burst, we were at an apartment back then and it was getting a new roof. The crew stopped work on friday and all there was tar paper when they left, it rained saturday, early sunday morning I watched the ceiling cave while moving furniture out of danger.

Not as bad as your situation, anything I can do to help? Blankets, bedding or a clean pair of jammies? We have loads of extra stuff. It sucks to lose practically everything, hope you didn`t lose anything irreplaceable like family stuff. Hang in there, we`ll be saying some prayers for you over here.

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nwaco


Redlining
Posts: 407
posted October 01, 2004 08:28 PM

Geez Martin, That really sucks......

that with all that you made it through, you had to suffer such damage on (hopefully) the last hurricane. My best wishes are for you and your loved ones. Do your best to not let the situation get the best of you. Hopefully you can work it out with the insurance companies. It looks like a condo? Did you share a roof with others? What responsibilities do the roofers have? I can imagine that as of now, every contractor, insurance agent, lawyer, and scam artist are all on overtime down there with a monthlong trio of hurricanes gone by. Just getting on the waiting list has to be agonizing.

Hang in there Buddy, let us on the forum know what we might do to help, and get with the feds's FEMA crowd. News reports said some 7 billion $ is headed to Florida. Someones got to get that money, might as well be you.

Just remember, its just stuff(repu excluded), and as long as you made it through safely, the stuff can be replaced. You can not.


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rotormunky


Redlining
Orlando, Florida
Posts: 424
posted October 03, 2004 09:50 PM

Thanks guys.

I've managed to wash most of the nasty smelling water out of 99% of my clothes so I've got clothes which is a relief.

THe place is now completely gutted except for drywall on walls which I'll let the contractor remove when he puts up the new stuff.

My friend Chris brought up a futon he had in his spare room so I am camping out. Its sort of weird but I'm feeling good about this finally. Well maybe not good, but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel and I'm feeling optimistic about fixing up my place.

The first three nights I spent in a crappy motel and got about 5 hours of sleep collectively over the three nights. My dad was up all week helping me tear stuff out and started camping out Friday night. Its not much more than a cave right now with concrete floors but its still my cave.

Fema came thru with about $600 of emergency relief which served as just that. That paid for the hotel bill, and ice for the cooler and the fridge I had to buy to replace the old one. The FEMA guy raised his eyebrow at me for spending it on a fridge but I tried to explain that if I'm going to camp out here I need to be able to keep food here. Strange.

FEMA will likely recommend me for a low-interest loan, not a grant or other free money (though that $600 seemed like winning the lottery at the time). People with good credit (I knew this would bite me in the ass one day) don't usually get free money just loans.

I'm looking for remnant tile/carpet/cabinets at the moment and as soon as the drywall is in I'll start on the kitchen. Need new stove/oven and cabinets and I'll just tile over the counters to keep costs down.

THe REPU was stored safe and sound in Naples though so its not all bad :)

I haven't really been moping too much, I guess I've just been too busy, I'm more concerned with getting the place safe and livable as a shelter, organising things legally (I believe the roofers are liable but only the courts will say for sure)and of course the physical rebuilding.

Thanks again for the well-wishes, gonna make it better than before I hope.


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Orlando, Florida

http://www.themonkeyhouse.org/REPU

'77 REPU (Some assembly required :)
'91 Cabrio (Battered and bruised, but she's still my baby.)

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