Hurricane Matthew in the Florida Gardening forum

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flaflwrgrl

Oct 15, 2016 11:49 AM CST

Name: Ann ~Heat zn 9, Sunset
North Fl. (Zone 8b)

MISSINGROSIE said:With an electric starter

OOPS!

I am a strong believer in the simple fact is that what matters in this life is how we treat others. I think that's what living is all about. Not what I've done in my life but how I've treated others. ~~ Sharon Brown

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Legalily

Oct 15, 2016 12:40 PM CST

Name: Ginny G
Central Iowa (Zone 5a)
Plant Addict!!

MISSINGROSIE said:With an electric starter

Even with an electric starter you can use a lighter (at least I used to be able to)

Be a person that makes others feel special.

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ardesia

Oct 16, 2016 3:50 AM CST

Name: Alice
Flat Rock, NC (Zone 7a)

Yes, lighting a gas range with an elecrtric starter with a match or lighter does work, I tried it once during a power outage. We no longer have a gas range, I use induction now, but we do have a side burner on our grill that comes in handy when the lights go out.

The power is still going on and off here, same with the fiber optic phone and TV. It seems to be the downed tree removal, as they lift out these huge root balls with cranes and back hoes, they are yanking on the underground cables. We had more than 1,000 trees down in the neighborhood so it was inevitable.

Minds are like parachutes; they work better when they are open.

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mjsponies

Oct 16, 2016 6:18 AM CST

Name: mj
Central Florida

Periodic power outages are probably going to happen for a while. Some tree's that may not have come down, or limbs that are weakened but didn't break will be more susceptible to even light winds now.

God gave us wings. He just called them horses

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plantladylin

Oct 16, 2016 8:29 AM CST

Thread OP

Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

Yesterday when I was walking around the yard I noticed an oak tree with a large branch cracked and broken off but it hasn't fallen because it's laying across a living branch. Luckily it's not near any power lines but it's too high for my husband to get up there with his chain saw so we'll probably have to call the tree guy to come out and take it down along with a big maple branch high up in that tree that's dangling.

We were just so very blessed in this area that the storm didn't track farther west! I feel so sad for those who have suffered excessive damage from Matthew.

~ I'm an old gal who still loves playing in the dirt!
~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot!

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sunkissed

Oct 16, 2016 10:16 AM CST

Name: Sherri
Central Florida (Zone 9b)

We were so prepared this time for power outages, prior to storm we went to Motorhome got our lanterns, headlamps, propane stove, filled our propane grill canister, put tons of gallon jugs in freezer and froze them. I'm sure that is why we didn't lose power

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rocklady

Oct 16, 2016 3:30 PM CST

Name: Jean
Hot Springs Vlg, AR, DeLand, F

DH was talking to a neighbor the other day who told him he didn't prepare for the storm (no gas for his generator, no propane, etc.)

Any day you wake up on the sunny side of the grass is a good day.

"The moving hand writes and having writ moves on. Neither all thy piety nor all thy wit can lure it back to cancel half a line nor all thy tears wash out a word of it." The Rubiyat by Omar Khayyam

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ardesia

Oct 16, 2016 3:49 PM CST

Name: Alice
Flat Rock, NC (Zone 7a)