I'm assuming maybe a power surge or something as the storm was coming in, but I don't have a clue. Our whole AC system was replaced 3 years ago so it's not old. The blower fan in the air handler stopped working, so it's still circulating coldness through the ac lines, just not blowing any air across the condenser to actually cool the house.

Things are getting a lot better here. Work reopened. We got a couple window AC units working so it's been bearable the last few days. They're getting traffic lights back up and working for the most part. My fish even survived 6 days of no power.https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...cc3438c61e.jpg
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​​​​​​​I am not sure if real fish, or a screen shot from Finding Nemo.

We have power on my island. AC unit was trashed, though. Still hot. But I can see at night.

Good to hear you got power back, sorry about the AC though. We just got our AC fixed today, wish we were closer so I could lend my window unit. They're hard to come by here, I'm sure it's damn near impossible to find one down there.

Just can't catch a break right now. RIP.

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uberorbust

My Frontier was actually off the road for a week because of water damage to the distributor. I almost used Uber as a last resort.

Damn man, sorry to see that. What's the story on the viper is it really done for?

Submerged in salt water.

The actual cause of death was wind-driven rain (adjusters love saying this). I parked the viper, my truck, my dad's diesel and my roommate's truck at the middle school on Upper Sugarloaf. It's 13-ish feet above sea level so it was plenty high. I stayed for the storm so right after I got a ride down to check on the cars. The viper cranked first try and when I moved it out of the fire lane I heard audible water sloshing in the passenger footwell and the rear hatch. There was standing water in the car about 2-3" deep and the dash was pouring water when it went uphill. After we got the garage semi-clean I went back to pick up the viper and the mold was so bad I had to wear a mask. Car cranked and ran fine until the brakes locked up. Used an adjustable wrench to bleed the calipers on the side of the road to get it home. At this time there still weren't any emergency services or cops back on the islands so I just went 100-120 the rest of the way. That was kinda cool.

USAA came to survey the cars two weeks later and when the guy opened the door he said, "yeah no..fuck that" because of the mold. The car was so wet on the inside that nearly all electronic systems started failing including the doors which are electronic. Paint bubbles started showing up, brakes rusted, windows stopped working, excessive mold, blower motor/ac stopped working completely. The car was a mess. The payout was stellar, however. I was really on the fence about buying it back and finishing buying the car from my dad, but it's just so much fucking work and we couldn't wash the car for 3 weeks since we didn't have running water so the corrosion was already showing heavily. Tracking down parts for a car like that and chasing down electrical problems in hopes of maybe being able to save it...decided to just let it go. When the tow truck came for it last week water was still coming out of the dash and out of places I find before. Fucking sad.

I took 4 vehicles to the middle school and only 1 made it out....my piece of shit frontier. In fact, my frontier ran so well after the storm that I rented it to my neighbors for $60 a day when I didn't need it. Eventually, the distributor went out, but I had internet at that point so I was able to get it fixed in about a week.

Fun fact: My dad's diesel, the viper and my roommate's truck were all parked at the same angle at the school. The diesel and viper both had their windows pushed in and flooded from rain/salt water. My roommates truck had his driver's side mirror ripped off and smashed the passenger window and flooded from rain...same angle. My truck was the only car parked at a different angle. No water inside.

That's rough, it sucks worse to get your hopes up and then have it go to shit rather than just being wrecked in the first place. At least insurance seems to have taken care of you.

I took an uber in savannah.

the girl showed up in a 1990s impala that looked like shit. and smelled like shit.

when I opened the door, I was shocked to find someone already in the car...


...and a baby in the front seat (derp mode).


we were really confused at first, but thought it was like family members or something so we got in.

turns out, they were also customers GOING TO THE FUCKING HOSPITAL cause the 2mo baby was sick. Then the driver made the comment that she'd guess she'd drop us off first cause we were closer... smfh.

had we known what was going on we'd have never got in, but to top is all off, she took a side road to our destination that traveled directly through each square in Savannah -- it took three times as long to get there when all she had to do was get over one block and take a street, with no lights or intersections that went parallel.

1 star.


don't believe me?

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all the ubers in savannah were pieces of shit and the driver's were morons.

How long ago was this? Uber requires cars to be less than 15 years old at the oldest.

I have had uber drivers show up in cars different than what they were registered with uber. They send you a text before they get there describing their actual car.

The psychological part is the worst, as you would imagine. USAA did us well. I'm talking 15k over what we were asking last year when I tried to sell it.
I've done Uber in Atlanta, Miami, and Miami International and have had nothing but great experiences.

It could be 2 days ago or 20 years ago. Doesn't matter. He'll be pissy about it forever.

last week...