From Jackson we proceeded to Gulfport, MS; then eastward. We pulled into the Alabama welcome center along side of Don & Iris Lucke, fellow members of the Renegade club. They winter in Florida.
He was having trouble with MS Outlook on his computer. I attempted to assist him and soon discovered that I had the same problem. Since I don’t use Outlook, it has never been a problem. The suggestion was that Mozilla Firefox changes a “dll” file to suit it’s own purpose. I also use Firefox.
The first signs we saw of hurricane damage were east of Mobile, AL. Some trees had blown down or broken off. The roadsides were lined with tall spindly pine trees, about the size of telephone poles. Apparently they had recently (in the past 20 or 30 years) planted the entire roadside, much like a tree farm. We didn’t stop in Pensacola. I don’t think we were near the worst hit areas. I 10 runs about 10 to 20 miles from the coast. The eastbound lane of I 10 has been temporarily repaired with steel grating, and is presently limited to one lane at 40 MPH. The roadway had been knocked off it’s pilings by the storm surge. I’m impressed with the cleanup work that has been done. There is still a lot more to be done.
We didn’t see much damage to buildings. Most of the damage that we noticed was shingles had blown off the roofs. A lot of roofs had blue tarps covering the part(s) that had been damaged. Some only were blue along the peak. Some highway light poles were blown down, and numerous signs. Also a lot of the shelters above the gas station pumps, which probably acted light big sails.
The thing I was most surprised was how the damage was limited. Where one tree was damaged, other trees nearby survived unscathed. Houses fared the same. Where one house lost it’s roofing while another house next door appeared undamaged. I don’t mean to discount what happened. We definitely didn’t see the worst. Besides they have had a few months for cleanup. Sunday’s Pensacola newspaper has an entire section devoted to the impact of Ivan.
From a Menu in Ace’s Filling Station restaurant in Milton, FL: “Take two Biscuits, add Sausage, Breakfast Fries, two Scrambled Eggs and Cover with White Gravy! Makes you just want to slap somebody!”
Sunday: we ascended all the way to the top of “Britton Hill”, Florida’s highpoint at 345 feet located about 60 miles east of Pensacola. We drove to within about 50 feet of the marker.
We have been able to connect to the Internet at our friend’s houses, at Flying J’s (a large chain of truck stops) and at some Internet coffee houses. The last few times The connection at Flying J would not work. I think they were changing something within their system. They probably installed new “complicator” software from Microsoft. I spent a lot of time and many cell phone calls to tech support until support also cried uncle. Support even offered a free day of connect time for my troubles – providing we ever get connected again. I am exploring options using Sprint.
Monday: we toured the state Capitol at Tallahassee. It is a modern 22 story building. An observation platform is on the 22nd floor. The historic old Capitol, which was as it was in 1904 is located on the same grounds.
He was having trouble with MS Outlook on his computer. I attempted to assist him and soon discovered that I had the same problem. Since I don’t use Outlook, it has never been a problem. The suggestion was that Mozilla Firefox changes a “dll” file to suit it’s own purpose. I also use Firefox.
The first signs we saw of hurricane damage were east of Mobile, AL. Some trees had blown down or broken off. The roadsides were lined with tall spindly pine trees, about the size of telephone poles. Apparently they had recently (in the past 20 or 30 years) planted the entire roadside, much like a tree farm. We didn’t stop in Pensacola. I don’t think we were near the worst hit areas. I 10 runs about 10 to 20 miles from the coast. The eastbound lane of I 10 has been temporarily repaired with steel grating, and is presently limited to one lane at 40 MPH. The roadway had been knocked off it’s pilings by the storm surge. I’m impressed with the cleanup work that has been done. There is still a lot more to be done.
We didn’t see much damage to buildings. Most of the damage that we noticed was shingles had blown off the roofs. A lot of roofs had blue tarps covering the part(s) that had been damaged. Some only were blue along the peak. Some highway light poles were blown down, and numerous signs. Also a lot of the shelters above the gas station pumps, which probably acted light big sails.
The thing I was most surprised was how the damage was limited. Where one tree was damaged, other trees nearby survived unscathed. Houses fared the same. Where one house lost it’s roofing while another house next door appeared undamaged. I don’t mean to discount what happened. We definitely didn’t see the worst. Besides they have had a few months for cleanup. Sunday’s Pensacola newspaper has an entire section devoted to the impact of Ivan.
From a Menu in Ace’s Filling Station restaurant in Milton, FL: “Take two Biscuits, add Sausage, Breakfast Fries, two Scrambled Eggs and Cover with White Gravy! Makes you just want to slap somebody!”
Sunday: we ascended all the way to the top of “Britton Hill”, Florida’s highpoint at 345 feet located about 60 miles east of Pensacola. We drove to within about 50 feet of the marker.
We have been able to connect to the Internet at our friend’s houses, at Flying J’s (a large chain of truck stops) and at some Internet coffee houses. The last few times The connection at Flying J would not work. I think they were changing something within their system. They probably installed new “complicator” software from Microsoft. I spent a lot of time and many cell phone calls to tech support until support also cried uncle. Support even offered a free day of connect time for my troubles – providing we ever get connected again. I am exploring options using Sprint.
Monday: we toured the state Capitol at Tallahassee. It is a modern 22 story building. An observation platform is on the 22nd floor. The historic old Capitol, which was as it was in 1904 is located on the same grounds.
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