Post #113727 by fatuhiva on Fri, Sep 10, 2004 8:22 PM

Not a scratch on the Wall of Tiki I'm happy to report.. 124 mph winds just outside the window and not a swizzle stick rattled.

We're in Melbourne Beach about 1000 feet from the ocean, and we got the gnarly northeast back quadrant of that monster.. the worst part. Needless to say we're gonna have some curvey coconut palms after this one, but the house and the mugs all came through with flying colors. Power even came on right quick.. however, if I have to spend one more minute on this unbearable dialup connection I'm going to throw this computer out the window.

The Tiki Lagoon out back got a serious shearing. It needed the fall-season trim anyway.. that stuff will be back in no time- it grows uncontrollably.

Funny thing was, I took in all the tiki statues and masks except for this one 5 footer which was kinda heavy and way back behind all this plant growth.. Freaking hurricane force winds rip through the yard knocking over like every tree and taking off every leaf as far as the eye can see.. I get back from the evacuation and every plant in that screen enclosure is just leaned over in a heap like a crop formation.. but the tiki.. the tiki is still standing right there like nothing happened.

I got a pic- I'll try and get it up with this horrible 12 baud vic20 modem

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