Recent content by Zorak

Thanks! With a survival rate of 8-9% (for my location and stage) hitting five years was a remarkable achievement for me due not so much to me but an incredibly skilled set of oncologists (two in particular…my surgical oncologist and my medical oncologist), nurses, etc., not to mention the grace...

Same type as mine. Apparently very similar symptoms that tipped me off tipped him off too. Intense and incessant itching, discolored urine, jaundiced eyes. Just saw a picture of him from recently where his eyes were remarkably yellow, again much like mine were. He’s undergone the same...

Got back in on Saturday night in time for dinner. 75 was easy from Atlanta to about I-10 in Lake City, at which point we peeled off and went over to Jacksonville and took 95 down the east coast. Bunch of leaves and limbs down in our yard, which I’ve mostly got cleared out already, and some...

Power came back a few hours back after just over 36 hours off. Holding out hope the food in the fridge and freezer somehow stayed cold enough. Heading back to Orlando in the morning and praying for a miracle that the traffic on 75 isn’t backed up from Atlanta to the Turnpike.

Lost power at about 4:30am with 60mph winds and 8 in./hr rainfall. Battery back up on security system stayed on until a few minutes ago, but managed to check front security cam before it died and things looked fine. No downed trees nor major debris. Waiting to hear back from a neighbor to see...

Landfall at Siesta Key near Sarasota just a bit ago at a Cat 3.

whenever we think about coastal living I remind myself of this. Central Florida is great. Hour from the beach, but hurricanes mostly aren’t a big issue by the time they get to us (relatively speaking at least). Hasn’t been bad at our house at all thus far. Still have power and Internet so can...

Made it to Atlanta about an hour ago. Left at 6am and with stops it took nearly 12 hours. That was with going up 95 instead of Turnpike/75 and zig zagging though SE Georgia. Everything was fine until we picked up 75 in Macon, then we went up hitting Atlanta rush hour. Oof Not too far from...

Track keeps wobbling, but most recent (red) looks like it’ll make a pass within 5 miles of my house (which is, of course, essentially a direct hit). Getting out of Dodge in the morning. Also saw it was just upgraded to Cat-5. Likely to weaken, but it looks to still be pretty nasty along the...

oof…

Here we go again... As of now, its forecast to hit Tampa, potentially as a major hurricane, then go right up I-4 through Orlando and out at about Daytona. The center looks to go within a few miles of my house, and we're probably getting out of Dodge on Tuesday afternoon or thereabouts...

Haven’t posted in a while, but wanted do drop in again to share with great excitement that I’m cancer free! After a PET scan this past Monday and a follow up with my oncologist on Friday (yesterday) we’ve decided to pause treatment for the foreseeable future. The best he can tell there are no...

Hell of a ride. Thanks for the memories, coach. Enjoy a long and healthy retirement. You’ve earned it.

Man, losing those two pioneers so close together has been rough for a Space nerd like me. Mattingly played such a big role in getting XIII back and got a mission of his own as CMP before flying on the Shuttle. Borman spent a lot of time in space for his two missions. Two weeks with Jim Lovell...

I was at KSC yesterday without realizing there was a scheduled launch. I was wondering why the parking lot seemed fuller and there was a longer than usual line to enter before it occurred to me there was a scheduled launch. Fortunately it seemed most of the extra folks were already at the...