Florida Members Survive Wilma OK?

[Andy C]

Hi all - yup we are OK down here in Fort lauderdale - I cant speak for Jason but I am fine. It was pretty wild - trees down everywhere - we still dont have power - you've got to love the sound of generators to be living down here at the moment.
Cell phone service is still pretty sketchy and my broadband connection has only started working today (Verizon - seems to be working well).
I haven't tried going out for fuel yet - apparently there are lines hours long at any gas station that is open - I am syphoning fuel out of the boat which I luckily filled last week - 350 gallons in there.
The thing that really freaks me out is the eyewall of Wilma was about 60 miles across - pretty big - but on a global scale it would be considered a pinprick. I own 2 properties in the world - one here in Florida and one in Playa Del Carmen Mexico - I wonder what the probability of the same eyewall of the same hurricane are of sitting on top of one property and then traveling 1500 miles and hitting another property owned by the same person (damm I wish we had power so that I could play the lottery this week). I have had some word from Mexico and it is good news though - Playa did not suffer nearly the devestation that was reported in the media - in fact about 75% of the bars and restraunts in town were open for business two days after the storm passed, no waiting around for FEMA to save their asses - there could be a lesson to learn from this somewhere I think.

So things are good down here - though we are losing a colossal amount of business due to the cancellation of the Fort Lauderdale Boat show this weekend - they have rescheduled it for next week - but the logistics of moving a show of this size by one week are a nightmare.