Irma: Class A jacks up or down?

[ladagobago]

OK so now the storm has passed by you and is you MH still in one piece? or did it float way?? let us know how you are !!!

[StephenW]

Tried to update via cell with no luck.We are fine and so is the RV. No damage or leaks that I can find. Lost a few fence panels, blew out all the Florida room screens, lots of limbs and debris in yard and pool. Decided to leave the jacks up, spreading the wind loads thru a flexible suspension instead of fixed jacks. Also provided a wider footprint than jack spacing. Max reported sustained winds here 63mph with gusts to 75mph and 10-12" of rain. Many large trees down in neighborhood,but nothing like south FL endured. Tornado warnings most of the night were biggest concern. Thanks again for the great advice and kind thoughts. Post-hurricane party tonight!

[StephenW]

FWIW, during the storm's worst four hours, I never saw the RV rocking or leaning. I used a window pane edge as a vertical reference to line up on. Not very scientific, but all at I could think of at 2am.

[ladagobago]

That is a blessing. I saw that Jacksonville had very bad flooding. Our home is down is SW FL englewood. The fact that the storm did not land on us directly as was show early on is just a wonder. We had 90-100 MPH wind and not one single loss. I am in NJ right now but my wonderful neighbors sent me text, email, photo during the night. We also use Zello group walking talky app on our phone so we all can talk to each other as a group party line.

We really dodged the bullet on this one considering we do not have any storm protective covers and not hurricane insurance either.