Pietenpol-List: Wilma update
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 7:13 pm
Original Posted By: "Nick Harris"
Hello fellow Pietenpol listers,I am just getting back on line after Wilma visited us.We barely gotscratched. Lost some trees, electricity, water and got a little waterdamage on a part of the ceiling. Otherwise, just plain scary at about 5 AM.We got as close to the eye as you can get without being in it. I would haverather been hit by the eye. At least we would have gotten a break. Thebackside of the hurricane, when combined with the strong cold front, did themost damage. Several aircraft were totaled. I have attached a picture ofmy friend's Cessna 172. The whole hangar ended upside down along with the172 inside it!!! Now for the interesting part - for Pietenpol people atleast. After they took the 172 down my friend asked if they would go backup and see if any of his Pietenpol parts (for one he is restoring) werestill in the hangar. They went up and came down with both struts and allthe tail feathers. Not a scratch on anything. They were just laying onthe ceiling. The wings were in my hangar and the fuselage was home in hisgarage. He still has the whole thing!!!All of my planes (and those in my custody) survived without a scratch. NoPietenpols in SW Florida got injured. I was worried about the predictedstorm surge and when I went to bed the night before I wondered if my yearsof work on my Piet were going to get water soaked in the garage down below.Fortunately they were off by about 8 feet. We got 4" of surge according tomy boat floating at the dock in my back yard. Whew.We have just gotten electricity and enough water pressure to take a hotshower. Traffic lights are out around town. No electricity at the airport,so no hangar doors can be opened. Telephone service is spottyOtherwise, LIFE IS GOOD. Compared to those on the east coast we are justbeing inconvenienced. My daughter came over this afternoon to take a hotshower, buy gas and get chlorine for their pool. None of which areavailablein Ft. Lauderdale.Sorry this ran so long and had little Pietenpol content. It just feels sogood to be able to reach out to friends after this ordeal. Hope to see youall at Brodhead next year.Ted BrousseauNaples FloridaPS A friend invited my to fly to OSH next year in his Citation. I think Iwill turn him down. How can I trade 25 hours in a Pietenpol for 3 hours ina jet? Hands down no comparison.________________________________________________________________________________
Hello fellow Pietenpol listers,I am just getting back on line after Wilma visited us.We barely gotscratched. Lost some trees, electricity, water and got a little waterdamage on a part of the ceiling. Otherwise, just plain scary at about 5 AM.We got as close to the eye as you can get without being in it. I would haverather been hit by the eye. At least we would have gotten a break. Thebackside of the hurricane, when combined with the strong cold front, did themost damage. Several aircraft were totaled. I have attached a picture ofmy friend's Cessna 172. The whole hangar ended upside down along with the172 inside it!!! Now for the interesting part - for Pietenpol people atleast. After they took the 172 down my friend asked if they would go backup and see if any of his Pietenpol parts (for one he is restoring) werestill in the hangar. They went up and came down with both struts and allthe tail feathers. Not a scratch on anything. They were just laying onthe ceiling. The wings were in my hangar and the fuselage was home in hisgarage. He still has the whole thing!!!All of my planes (and those in my custody) survived without a scratch. NoPietenpols in SW Florida got injured. I was worried about the predictedstorm surge and when I went to bed the night before I wondered if my yearsof work on my Piet were going to get water soaked in the garage down below.Fortunately they were off by about 8 feet. We got 4" of surge according tomy boat floating at the dock in my back yard. Whew.We have just gotten electricity and enough water pressure to take a hotshower. Traffic lights are out around town. No electricity at the airport,so no hangar doors can be opened. Telephone service is spottyOtherwise, LIFE IS GOOD. Compared to those on the east coast we are justbeing inconvenienced. My daughter came over this afternoon to take a hotshower, buy gas and get chlorine for their pool. None of which areavailablein Ft. Lauderdale.Sorry this ran so long and had little Pietenpol content. It just feels sogood to be able to reach out to friends after this ordeal. Hope to see youall at Brodhead next year.Ted BrousseauNaples FloridaPS A friend invited my to fly to OSH next year in his Citation. I think Iwill turn him down. How can I trade 25 hours in a Pietenpol for 3 hours ina jet? Hands down no comparison.________________________________________________________________________________