Members in Florida?

So how many of us are in Florida, and how many of us are making storm preparations today? I'm just south of Jacksonville, so pretty much directly in the line of fire for Charley. Right now I'm doing laundry so that if I'm out of electricity, at least we'll have clean clothes to wear. Everything that isn't in the wash is in Rubbermaid containers so if we get wind damage or trees down, at least stuff will still be dry...unless it blows away. :rolleyes: When my son gets out of school and my husband gets off work, I'm going to my parents house...they only live about 45 minutes from us, and are still in the direct line of the storm, but at least we'll all be together and know that we're all okay.

Anyone else affected?

i was in panama city a few days ago, and they were putting support boards on the palm trees, **** like that..

Good Luck Deb (and everyone in the storms path), hope everything ends safely for you.

Cheers:

Screw the trees, I'm more worried about my house blowing over, not the trees. ;)

Seriously...the part of Florida I live in is more Live oak trees and pine trees, so that's a big part of the reason I'm leaving my house. We are surrounded by trees, which is great for keeping the house cooler in the summer time, but when you have lots of rain like we're going to have, sandy soil like I have, and large trees, 75 mph winds aren't going to have a good affect. I just don't want to get stuck in my house cause there's a tree on top of me. :p

We got hammered with rain almost a month ago (8 inches in a few hours) and people are still cleaning up. Hopefully you don't get hit.

I'm originally from St. Simon's Island. My dad and the rest of that side of my family still live in Brunswick, GA. Hopefully my grandmother and uncles and aunts will be allright.

Wow, I've never actually met someone who was from St. Simons!

I was born at the hospital in glynn county because they don't have a hospital on St. Simons Island. Spent the first half of my life their and plan to go back to see my family soon. Haven't seen them in 9 years.

Heh, if I was from St. Simons, I don't think you'd be able to drag me away with a team of wild horses. It's so beautiful.

Good luck to all in those extreme weather conditions ...

Let's face it, Mother Nature owns us all big time ....

My two daughters live in Florida near the gulf Newport Richie they all ready start the evacuation. My daughters lives a few blocks from the Gulf of mexico i'm just praying they will be ok.

Wow..it's a category 4 storm now. :( cd, if your daughters aren't out by now, they're going to have serious problems, cause the cops are about to take cover on the gulf coast, and they strongly discourage anyone from leaving after that time.

Oy, I was looking for a storm, but not quite this much of a storm.

Deb good luck dear, cdkj, you too ...

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My two daughters live in Florida near the gulf Newport Richie they all ready start the evacuation. My daughters lives a few blocks from the Gulf of mexico i'm just praying they will be ok.

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I have a **** load of friends all over Florida, New Port Richie would be where a few live, and now I'm kind of scared. Not that I'm un-caring about Deb either, so please don't take it that way, but I'm very close to a few people there, who are like Brothers and Sisters to me, and they all live in the line of fire.

Deb, have you ever thought of moving? I try getting a few of my friends down there to live up here, and have succeeded in one of them coming here, and then all you have to worry about to this Magnitude is a Blizzard. Anyone in South east Michigan has seen one. I've had snow over my 6'1 head and temps -20 Degrees F. But it's nice!

I think you should move.






Heh, I just thought of something. Anyone down there that was in Vietnam? I just feel bad for them, they will be running around screaming "Charlie's all around us!!!! Take cover!".

OK so that was rude but come on, someone will laugh.

Welp, good luck with all that. I have family in Florida. They once lost thier home because of a bad storm but they got through it. Come to Interz0ne next year, deb. As always, there is going to be good drugs and booz there.

Hummm.... so I guess it will once agian rain tomarrow. :rolleyes:

i hear its making landfall now....i pray no harm comes to you deb...or anybody for that matter.

unless you trees are diseased or their roots cut buy putting sidewalks in you should be all right. pines have tap roots and can bend with the high winds and oaks are pretty tough...its the flying palms you have to look out for

Charley landfall at 3:50 pm with winds at 145 mph i haven't heard anything yet from my daughters but when i do i let everybody know

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Charley landfall at 3:50 pm with winds at 145 mph i haven't heard anything yet from my daughters but when i do i let everybody know

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They will be fine. Try not to worry.

cdkj you should give them a spanking for making you worry.

So if I make some girls worry, will they Bestrafe Mich?

Just got word my daughters are ok and i'm thankful that i didn't get details yet. My daughters and their father had video tape it and their going to send a copy of it to me.

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cdkj you should give them a spanking for making you worry.

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Yeah i know. Goes to show no matter how old they are or how far they live you still worried about them.

Hrmm, that storm sounds crazy. I'm hoping nothing happens to deb or anybody who has family/friends/loved ones there atm.

And gore: Don't worry -- despite it's coldheartedness I laughed :p

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And gore: Don't worry -- despite it's coldheartedness I laughed :p

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My work here is done Sir!

CDKJ... How old are your Daughters anyway?

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CDKJ... How old are your Daughters anyway

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Debbie's 24 and Kelly's 18

im glad they're ok cdkj! were lucky to live in a land where most structures stand against these storms. in china 115 people died and the winds were 100 mph.

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Debbie's 24 and Kelly's 18

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and you let them run off like that...their just babbies ;-)


this storm appears to be taking an unexpected course and i havn't been able to find updated info on it. its in the atlantic now. a pretty huge depression. bonnie a pretty hugh low pressure area itself has now stalled below NC. humm. hope the dont decide they like each other.

this is turning into one hell-atious hurricane season. three tropical storms all turning into hurricanes with a forth having formed off africa and expected to also become a hurricane when it reaches the carribian.

If it was up to me they would be grounded until their 30. one lives with her dad and the other is on her own.

The last i heard about the storm it's heading up my way as a tropical storm with 50mph winds

and it's surpose to hit tomorrow

Well, according to this -> http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ftp/graphics...F/141458W5.gif Tropical Depression Five should be here Tuesday at 8am, one day after the new president goes into office. By the time it gets here I suppose it'll be a tropical storm so shouldn't be anything bad. We'll just have to wait and see.

seems it made land fall again in SC with winds of 85 MPH and according to the national weather service map says it will park on my roof shortly before 8 am sun morning about an hour or so after it says hi to you cdkj.

this is really a nasty storm. a bunch of people in a trailer park near punta gorda ignored the warning and now a bunch of them are dead. some guy killed a young girl by being stupid enough to be driving a truck in it and a man was hit by a passing tree and killed while stepping out for a smoke ?!?

guess we can expect somemore senate hearings.

This one just missed me in NC, it went into SC We're still cleaning up from ALEX and last year it was Isabel. And looking down at the other low's and and TS's, guess I'll be busy again. Only been here for a little over a year, and already 2 direct hits and Charley was close. Price I pay for living on the beach I guess. It's getting old real quite though. Good luck to all in SC.

cheers

Charley hitting the philadelphia county between 3:00 and 5:00 pm that's 2hrs away We are under severe weather watch.

http://www.nbc10.com/severeweather/1300082/detail.html

It's going to be a fun day for me. :( I got to entertain kids and that ain't so easy to do when it's raining hard.

Deb I hope everything is well over there and I hope it doesn't hit you too hard cdkj. Same for everyone else :).

/me prays.

I've just been watching the news.
Damn, but the weather takes no prisoners over your side of the pond.
145 mph winds, hitting land south of where expected.........


I hope that you, and your families, all made it safely through..........

Just heard a friend of the family over the phone and they said everything was cool, it got pretty damn close to where they were staying at & it looks like they and alot of other people just got some bad rain and a bunch of trash and puddles in their yard.

Phew...turns out that the massive intensification it did yesterday afternoon saved my butt. We got lots of wind and rain, my road is still under water (but it's a dirt road, and not all that uncommon to be underwater) and we had a lot to clean up today, trees and limbs and stuff, and were out of electricity and phone service most of the day. However, it could have been so much worse for us. When it intensified, it took a hard right too, and we missed the brunt of it. Very thankful for what could have happened but didn't.

Thanks for all the well-wishes, and cd, I'm glad your girls are okay. There are a lot of people who aren't. There were at last count I heard, 15 confirmed dead, and lots more feared dead.

they restored your services pretty quickly deb didn't expect to here from you until sunday or monday. just glad you made it threw ok.

They canceled the severe weather watch it seems Charley is losing his punch,but we will still get heavy rains and wind but not as strong as suspected it's raining heavy now i'm just glad thats all it is doing

Deb i'm glad you made it threw safely

I actually just saw this thread. Is is kinda late but I figured I'd chime in.

Its kind of crazy that 6 years ago I moved up to Jax with my parents who have lived in FL for 26 years (without a direct hit from a Category 1 or above storm). 2 months ago they moved back to my hometown, Ft. Myers. Their house is about 9 miles from the gulf, and 0.5 from the river (right on the McGregor corridor for anybody who knows the area). They sustained some shingles being torn off, a few trees in their pool, a few more in their front yard, and a whole lot of random **** laying around their property. It is a wild scene down there apparently. Check out < a href="http://www.news-press.com">the local paper</a> for some pics of the area.

My thoughts are with those who have been impacted. :)

-Jonesy