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From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 29 May 2010 19:06
On Fri, 28 May 2010 19:25:11 -0400, Hachiroku ハチロク wrote:

> There was a reason I was gone for >2 days.
>
> We got hit HARD. Power came back on today at 6PM, 43 hours.
>
> Now, for the GOOD news!
>
> I was out for a ride in the Supra, since it was HOT and cruising around
> with the top off seemed like a good idea. I didn't watch the evening news,
> and was listening to XM in the car...
>
> About 10:30 there were some awful BIG drops of rain so I decided it would
> probably be a good idea to put the roof on. As soon as I stopped the car
> and opened the trunk (<5 minutes...) the wind came up. I put the roof on
> the car, reached into the console to get the tool to tighten it up and
> <WHOOSH>!!!!! My roof is GONE!!!! A quick search said it was out of sight,
> so with branches blown from trees beating against the side of the car I
> decided being parked under a stand of Pines and Oaks was NOT a good place
> to be, so into the now near-hurricane wind and rain I drove off, no roof,
> getting soaked to the skin. There was a gas station with a canopy two
> miles down the road. About 1/2 mile down the road a @%#$*&!$! *PORTABLE
> GARAGE* PROVED it was portable and smashed into the side of the Supra
> before continuing it's journey across the road.
>
> I made it to the gas station but the canopy was of little help since the
> wind was blowing the rain sideways. Attemps at putting up plastic over the
> roof opening were futile, so I went in the convenience store and had a cup
> of coffee till the storm blew over, a total of 15 minutes.
>
> On the way home I encountered a pine tree across the road and since I was
> 1 mile from home said "screw it!", drove over the skinniest part of the
> tree and dragged it 3/4 of the way home. I took the Camry out of the
> garage and put the Supra in, but by now the worst was over.
>
> I went back to the scene of the crime, and as I was looking for the errant
> roof panel a cop came by and asked what was up. I said, "You aren't going
> to believe this one..." He said, "Tonight I'd believe anything". I told
> him the tale and he said for insurance I should notify the police, "But,
> not tonight!"
>
> I spent 20 minutes walking up and down with a flashlight and figured the
> wind must have lifted it over the pine trees and was thankful on that side
> of the road there wasn't anyone it could kill, so as I was packing up and
> trying to decide how to tell the insurance company *this* one, I saw a
> glint about 7 feet behind my car...
>
> A 15 minute storm knocked out power to 25,000 homes, and the power started
> coming on block by block last night ~8PM. People to the north, south and
> west of us had power, but my block and 2/3 of the town were out until
> today.
>
> Today I took the Supra out of the garage to asses the damage. When the
> roof blew off the car it hit the top of the driver's 1/4 panel near the
> hatch, but the wind must have been holding it up because all there was
> were a couple scratches in the paint. The Flying Garage hit the
> passenger's side mirror, put a magnificent crack in it and blew the glass
> out. Surprisingly, that was the ONLY damage from the hit! We were going to
> redo the body next year anyway, so there isn't much more to do than was
> originally planned. Too bad it didn't hit the windshield since I need a
> new one...
>
> The roof is a bit scratched and has a couple gouges but is otherwise none
> the worse. A bit of fiberglass and a quick spray should have that alright,
> but when I placed it in the opening it didn't want to fit in as easily as
> before...
>
> Wow...I am getting a "weather app" for my Palm phone...!



Looking around where the Flying Garage hit my car, I spotted a piece of
trim it ripped off...


From: in2dadark on 1 Jun 2010 13:53
On May 28, 7:25 pm, Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B <Tru...(a)e86.GTS> wrote:
> There was a reason I was gone for >2 days.
>
> We got hit HARD. Power came back on today at 6PM, 43 hours.
>
> Now, for the GOOD news!
>
> I was out for a ride in the Supra, since it was HOT and cruising around
> with the top off seemed like a good idea. I didn't watch the evening news,
> and was listening to XM in the car...
>
> About 10:30 there were some awful BIG drops of rain so I decided it would
> probably be a good idea to put the roof on. As soon as I stopped the car
> and opened the trunk (<5 minutes...) the wind came up. I put the roof on
> the car, reached into the console to get the tool to tighten it up and
> <WHOOSH>!!!!! My roof is GONE!!!! A quick search said it was out of sight,
> so with branches blown from trees beating against the side of the car I
> decided being parked under a stand of Pines and Oaks was NOT a good place
> to be, so into the now near-hurricane wind and rain I drove off, no roof,
> getting soaked to the skin. There was a gas station with a canopy two
> miles down the road. About 1/2 mile down the road a @%#$*&!$! *PORTABLE
> GARAGE* PROVED it was portable and smashed into the side of the Supra
> before continuing it's journey across the road.
>
> I made it to the gas station but the canopy was of little help since the
> wind was blowing the rain sideways. Attemps at putting up plastic over the
> roof opening were futile, so I went in the convenience store and had a
> cup of coffee till the storm blew over, a total of 15 minutes.
>
> On the way home I encountered a pine tree across the road and since I was
> 1 mile from home said "screw it!", drove over the skinniest part of the
> tree and dragged it 3/4 of the way home. I took the Camry out of the
> garage and put the Supra in, but by now the worst was over.
>
> I went back to the scene of the crime, and as I was looking for the errant
> roof panel a cop came by and asked what was up. I said, "You aren't going
> to believe this one..." He said, "Tonight I'd believe anything". I told
> him the tale and he said for insurance I should notify the police, "But,
> not tonight!"
>
> I spent 20 minutes walking up and down with a flashlight and figured the
> wind must have lifted it over the pine trees and was thankful on that side
> of the road there wasn't anyone it could kill, so as I was packing up and
> trying to decide how to tell the insurance company *this* one, I saw a
> glint about 7 feet behind my car...
>
> A 15 minute storm knocked out power to 25,000 homes, and the power started
> coming on block by block last night ~8PM. People to the north, south and
> west of us had power, but my block and 2/3 of the town were out until
> today.
>
> Today I took the Supra out of the garage to asses the damage. When the
> roof blew off the car it hit the top of the driver's 1/4 panel near the
> hatch, but the wind must have been holding it up because all there was
> were a couple scratches in the paint. The Flying Garage hit the
> passenger's side mirror, put a magnificent crack in it and blew the glass
> out. Surprisingly, that was the ONLY damage from the hit! We were going to
> redo the body next year anyway, so there isn't much more to do than was
> originally planned. Too bad it didn't hit the windshield since I need a
> new one...
>
> The roof is a bit scratched and has a couple gouges but is otherwise none
> the worse. A bit of fiberglass and a quick spray should have that alright,
> but when I placed it in the opening it didn't want to fit in as easily as
> before...
>
> Wow...I am getting a "weather app" for my Palm phone...!

Hurricane (Ivan I believe it was) ripped my entire patio off of my
home. And that was just a year after I repaired it from the last
hurricane. Finally said to the insurance co. to forget it, I'm not
replacing it. You can lower my bill because it is no longer going to
be there. And that was just one of the many things damaged over 4
hurricanes in 3 years.

Looks like this year will be another one where I have to call them.
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 2 Jun 2010 01:11
On Tue, 01 Jun 2010 10:53:01 -0700, in2dadark wrote:

> On May 28, 7:25 pm, Hachiroku ハチロク <Tru...(a)e86.GTS> wrote:
>> There was a reason I was gone for >2 days.
>>
>> We got hit HARD. Power came back on today at 6PM, 43 hours.
>>
>> Now, for the GOOD news!
>>
>> I was out for a ride in the Supra, since it was HOT and cruising around
>> with the top off seemed like a good idea. I didn't watch the evening
>> news, and was listening to XM in the car...
>>
>> About 10:30 there were some awful BIG drops of rain so I decided it
>> would probably be a good idea to put the roof on. As soon as I stopped
>> the car and opened the trunk (<5 minutes...) the wind came up. I put the
>> roof on the car, reached into the console to get the tool to tighten it
>> up and <WHOOSH>!!!!! My roof is GONE!!!! A quick search said it was out
>> of sight, so with branches blown from trees beating against the side of
>> the car I decided being parked under a stand of Pines and Oaks was NOT a
>> good place to be, so into the now near-hurricane wind and rain I drove
>> off, no roof, getting soaked to the skin. There was a gas station with a
>> canopy two miles down the road. About 1/2 mile down the road a @%#$*&!$!
>> *PORTABLE GARAGE* PROVED it was portable and smashed into the side of
>> the Supra before continuing it's journey across the road.
>>
>> I made it to the gas station but the canopy was of little help since the
>> wind was blowing the rain sideways. Attemps at putting up plastic over
>> the roof opening were futile, so I went in the convenience store and had
>> a cup of coffee till the storm blew over, a total of 15 minutes.
>>
>> On the way home I encountered a pine tree across the road and since I
>> was 1 mile from home said "screw it!", drove over the skinniest part of
>> the tree and dragged it 3/4 of the way home. I took the Camry out of the
>> garage and put the Supra in, but by now the worst was over.
>>
>> I went back to the scene of the crime, and as I was looking for the
>> errant roof panel a cop came by and asked what was up. I said, "You
>> aren't going to believe this one..." He said, "Tonight I'd believe
>> anything". I told him the tale and he said for insurance I should notify
>> the police, "But, not tonight!"
>>
>> I spent 20 minutes walking up and down with a flashlight and figured the
>> wind must have lifted it over the pine trees and was thankful on that
>> side of the road there wasn't anyone it could kill, so as I was packing
>> up and trying to decide how to tell the insurance company *this* one, I
>> saw a glint about 7 feet behind my car...
>>
>> A 15 minute storm knocked out power to 25,000 homes, and the power
>> started coming on block by block last night ~8PM. People to the north,
>> south and west of us had power, but my block and 2/3 of the town were
>> out until today.
>>
>> Today I took the Supra out of the garage to asses the damage. When the
>> roof blew off the car it hit the top of the driver's 1/4 panel near the
>> hatch, but the wind must have been holding it up because all there was
>> were a couple scratches in the paint. The Flying Garage hit the
>> passenger's side mirror, put a magnificent crack in it and blew the
>> glass out. Surprisingly, that was the ONLY damage from the hit! We were
>> going to redo the body next year anyway, so there isn't much more to do
>> than was originally planned. Too bad it didn't hit the windshield since
>> I need a new one...
>>
>> The roof is a bit scratched and has a couple gouges but is otherwise
>> none the worse. A bit of fiberglass and a quick spray should have that
>> alright, but when I placed it in the opening it didn't want to fit in as
>> easily as before...
>>
>> Wow...I am getting a "weather app" for my Palm phone...!
>
> Hurricane (Ivan I believe it was) ripped my entire patio off of my home.
> And that was just a year after I repaired it from the last hurricane.
> Finally said to the insurance co. to forget it, I'm not replacing it. You
> can lower my bill because it is no longer going to be there. And that
> was just one of the many things damaged over 4 hurricanes in 3 years.
>
> Looks like this year will be another one where I have to call them.


Wow. At least I got my roof back!

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