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Hurricane Michael and the Old timer
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2018 6:25 pm
by OHHS old timer
Well....it's good to be back again! Michael ripped us pretty good but, by the grace of God myself and others lived to tell our stories. The fortress had no damage-still had my adjuster, insurance, and FEMA take a look. Due to my 20 yrs in the USAF, I am a prepper to a certain degree. Ex: a Generac house generator...250 gallons of water...plus other stuff.
Spent 5 days doing search and rescue with state and federal folks. Six of them took residence with me and Winston, my sheppard/lab mix dog. Pls do not ask about what I saw during search/rescue (recovery).
After 10 days...5 hours...and 4 mins without power, my subdivision got it back ( i lost the pool bet by 2 hrs). As always video does not really show what myself and others went through.
I now get one wk off before returning to my normal (?) job working for a civilian contractor...doing my part to keep America safer!
I know I missed out on the survivor pool...oh well...there's always next year. Anyway...just wanted to say hi to eveyone again...I really missed you guys...and gals!
If you have a question about going through a category 4 hurricane...ask away...if I can answer it.
And now....I want to get back into seops!!!!
Re: Hurricane Michael and the Old timer
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2018 6:51 pm
by mattash
wow, really sorry you had to go through all that. Get your picks in anyway
Re: Hurricane Michael and the Old timer
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2018 7:04 pm
by OHHS old timer
No can do boss...not fair to others. I can't use weather as an excuse....it's not me.
Appreciate the offer mattash....I'll just try again next yr.
Re: Hurricane Michael and the Old timer
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2018 7:08 pm
by OHHS old timer
mattash wrote: ↑Thu Oct 25, 2018 6:51 pm
wow, really sorry you had to go through all that. Get your picks in anyway
To be honest...myself and many, many others have been expecting the "big one" to rip us a new one for many years now. Especially after the 2004-05 hurricane seasons...just waaaay too many close calls. I am a much stronger person ( mentally...physically...and spiritually).
Re: Hurricane Michael and the Old timer
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2018 5:26 am
by noreply66
Sounds like you were doing a good job. Hope you get many thanks for what you did.
Re: Hurricane Michael and the Old timer
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2018 10:35 am
by OHHS old timer
noreply66 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 31, 2018 5:26 am
Sounds like you were doing a good job. Hope you get many thanks for what you did.
I appreciate your kind words noreply. I volunteered to do search and rescue a few years ago. Not for thanks but, because the sheriff's office needed folks.Basically just did my part to help. And I'll do it again and again until my body says differently...
Re: Hurricane Michael and the Old timer
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2018 11:49 am
by Flyers58
OHHS old timer wrote: ↑Thu Oct 25, 2018 6:25 pm
Well....it's good to be back again! Michael ripped us pretty good but, by the grace of God myself and others lived to tell our stories. The fortress had no damage-still had my adjuster, insurance, and FEMA take a look. Due to my 20 yrs in the USAF, I am a prepper to a certain degree. Ex: a Generac house generator...250 gallons of water...plus other stuff.
Spent 5 days doing search and rescue with state and federal folks. Six of them took residence with me and Winston, my sheppard/lab mix dog. Pls do not ask about what I saw during search/rescue (recovery).
After 10 days...5 hours...and 4 mins without power, my subdivision got it back ( i lost the pool bet by 2 hrs). As always video does not really show what myself and others went through.
I now get one wk off before returning to my normal (?) job working for a civilian contractor...doing my part to keep America safer!
I know I missed out on the survivor pool...oh well...there's always next year. Anyway...just wanted to say hi to eveyone again...I really missed you guys...and gals!
If you have a question about going through a category 4 hurricane...ask away...if I can answer it.
And now....I want to get back into seops!!!!
OHHS........any question you get that u cant answer maybe I can help u out, I also retired from the USAF and was stationed at Keesler in the late 60s when Hurricane Camille visited the Gulf Coast so I can relate to your experience because it was a about as traumatic as one would want......any time I hear the word hurricane I go into hiding..........by the way, hurricane Camille was a category 5 storm......thanks for your service...........
Re: Hurricane Michael and the Old timer
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2018 6:20 pm
by OHHS old timer
Flyers58 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 31, 2018 11:49 am
OHHS old timer wrote: ↑Thu Oct 25, 2018 6:25 pm
Well....it's good to be back again! Michael ripped us pretty good but, by the grace of God myself and others lived to tell our stories. The fortress had no damage-still had my adjuster, insurance, and FEMA take a look. Due to my 20 yrs in the USAF, I am a prepper to a certain degree. Ex: a Generac house generator...250 gallons of water...plus other stuff.
Spent 5 days doing search and rescue with state and federal folks. Six of them took residence with me and Winston, my sheppard/lab mix dog. Pls do not ask about what I saw during search/rescue (recovery).
After 10 days...5 hours...and 4 mins without power, my subdivision got it back ( i lost the pool bet by 2 hrs). As always video does not really show what myself and others went through.
I now get one wk off before returning to my normal (?) job working for a civilian contractor...doing my part to keep America safer!
I know I missed out on the survivor pool...oh well...there's always next year. Anyway...just wanted to say hi to eveyone again...I really missed you guys...and gals!
If you have a question about going through a category 4 hurricane...ask away...if I can answer it.
And now....I want to get back into seops!!!!
OHHS........any question you get that u cant answer maybe I can help u out, I also retired from the USAF and was stationed at Keesler in the late 60s when Hurricane Camille visited the Gulf Coast so I can relate to your experience because it was a about as traumatic as one would want......any time I hear the word hurricane I go into hiding..........by the way, hurricane Camille was a category 5 storm......thanks for your service...........
Thank you for your service, flyers58. It really not that I cannot answer....some are kinda personal during search and rescue ( and sadly recovery). As a medic, I'm used to it...am also a survivor of the Ramstein Airshow Disaster. Just some things I really don't want to talk about...just seen morw than my share of death....in many forms...that's all.
Re: Hurricane Michael and the Old timer
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2018 8:34 pm
by Omega
Prayers for those who were in the path of that storm and praise for your service.
Re: Hurricane Michael and the Old timer
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2018 8:05 am
by OHHS old timer
Omega wrote: ↑Wed Oct 31, 2018 8:34 pm
Prayers for those who were in the path of that storm and praise for your service.
Thanks Omega....I really appreciate that! We will rebuild this area...better, smarter, stronger! #850STRONG
Re: Hurricane Michael and the Old timer
Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2018 11:39 am
by OHHS old timer
This part of a Jimmy Buffett song really sums things up for me...I kinda put em together
If a hurricane doesn't leave you dead
It will make you strong
Don't try to explain it just bow your head
Breathe in, breathe out, move on
He wrote this song post Katrina....it really hits home for me after hurricane Michael.
Re: Hurricane Michael and the Old timer
Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2018 2:20 pm
by allamericanironman
After Michael flooded an already saturated Carolinas. We took action rented a truck loaded it with donations had a whole pallet of water Clothes toiletries foods. I could not imagine myself having nothing and sleeping in a car and worrying how my baby is going to eat. That stuff is real. I even had to miss some football had a family member playing his last game of the year and didn’t get to see it. I am assuming you are from oak hill I wish you the best.
Re: Hurricane Michael and the Old timer
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2018 12:36 pm
by OHHS old timer
allamericanironman wrote: ↑Mon Nov 19, 2018 2:20 pm
After Michael flooded an already saturated Carolinas. We took action rented a truck loaded it with donations had a whole pallet of water Clothes toiletries foods. I could not imagine myself having nothing and sleeping in a car and worrying how my baby is going to eat. That stuff is real. I even had to miss some football had a family member playing his last game of the year and didn’t get to see it. I am assuming you are from oak hill I wish you the best.
Thanks! I am a '77 grad of the old school on the hill. I had no damage to my house. Still spending time helping those who did lose everything. It's extremely sad...so I try to keep my emotions in check. Very hard to do that. Videos that you may have seen doesn't tell the whole story.