A shed near the Southernmost Point Buoy in Key West, Florida has now become internet famous and garnered a name.
“Fred the Shed” as his youtube fans have dubbed him, is a yellow shed situated next to the large, painted buoy that marks the southernmost point in the continental United States. His followers are cheering him on in the hopes that Fred can handle the winds and storm surge from Hurricane Irma as the storm approaches the Keys Saturday night and Sunday morning.
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The feed was lost early Sunday morning likely due to wind damage or power loss but here’s a sample of what 30,000 people were watching Saturday night.
Fred the shed is trying survive from Hurricane Irma and this guy is playing with his life #fredtheshed #HurricaneIrma #Hurricane #Irma pic.twitter.com/0T5n6mJ1j3
— Darren Oatway (@DarrenOatway) September 10, 2017
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Twitter has managed to keep #FredTheShed going:
Had fun with #FredtheShed last night 🙂
— Andy (@Andrealuvws) September 10, 2017
https://twitter.com/britishseabird/status/906948583924142081
#fredtheshed #shedwatch2017 Waiting for news on Fred https://t.co/oSbH0AkMby
— WhiteHorse (@6whitehorse9) September 10, 2017
*Update* If the youtube channel re-streaming SouthernMost Webcam goes dark again here’s the link to the source camera where Fred is standing strong against Irma. https://southernmostpointwebcam.com/
Fred the Shed Update
Fred lives! This verified photo shows the storm damage to the bouey and wall, but Fred .. is still standing.
We did find video of “Louie the Bouey” that shows some damage from the surge and waves.
Southernmost point buoy sustained damage from large waves in #KeyWest #Irma pic.twitter.com/zX3cv9mZ3p
— Mike Theiss (@MikeTheiss) September 11, 2017
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Fred the bad boy concrete shed as i named it & had good banter with most on the channel up until the raciest comments were made on there had no time for that so i came off there.I hope you all make it threw on whats happening now across the pond & my thoughts & prays are with you all good luck and stay safe
SHED DOES NOT JUDGE! SHED IS FOR EVER!
Will it survive ? https://www.strawpoll.me/13897187/r
I was there with 30,000 other #TeamShed Fred the Shed fans. It started as puns and by the end, FredTheShed had become a symbol of hope for humanity. Internet magic at its best as a 30K strong crowd gathered in Kevin’s live stream to root for our shed.
OG Shed-life forever! I never called it fred and neither did any of the Shed-heads calling it Fres is a bunch of SHED! LMFSO
D>E>H>S>S>H>E>D>
SHED IS FOR EVERYONE! SHED IS LOVE!
SHED TO THE PEOPLE! SHED POWER!
I was with the group that night rooting for Shed and have been checking back ever since! Some chucklehead shared a photo of the damaged buoy (sorry Louie the Buoy) but no picture of SHED?! How is shed?
Big prayers to all residents of all of the Keys today. Glad southernmostpoint buoy is still there. HOW IS FRED??
As soon as we can confirm Fred the Shed’s condition, we’ll update this post.
Fred the Shed has a fb page and he did update yesterday. He’s fine, survived Irma. There is a video on his page from a storm chaser and Fred made it!! I was also in the group when Fred rose to fame. The other ‘players’ are Dewey the Buoy, Spence the Fence and branch.
new photo of fred, dewey and spence:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1635489079829683&set=p.1635489079829683&type=3&theater
Updated!