RE: Hurricane Charley

[Guest guest]

Unfortunately, being a former News Director, the media does make things sound worse than they are.....They do this or otherwise their stories would be dull and unexciting.....I tried never to do this, just for the reason of scaring families who have family in the areas I was working....

Re: Hurricane Charley

We totally lucked out. Originiallly they thought that we'd be in the eye. When it shifted landfall from tampa bay to charlotte it changed the path just a bit. We missed the bad stuff by about 30miles to the east. Our electric (obviously) is still up, all we lost was our satellite tv. We boarded up the windows & all & the closest we got to needing them was a tornado touching down about 14 min away. My dad just called me freaking out because apparently the newscasters up north are saying (he lives in va) that deputies are gauding bodies in piles or some such. I think maybe they might be exagerating since I've only heard of three so far, in puna gorda. I'm not saying there are not more deceased than that but that the news here is not making it sound like some major bloodbath. sure could have been worse here. (Phew!) Now I guess we have to worry about everyone up north when whats left goes through. Christy? YOu ok. Crap, I just heard that there is another strong storm system picking up in Tampa. They say we are under a slash flood warning today. I think I'm gonna go back to bed.

DawnJane Hutchinson wrote:

Just wondering if Dawn and Warwick are going to evacuate the area because of the hurricane. It looks like the storm is really going headed for the Orlando area now (expected to hit there about 9 PM tonight and then later Christy, you are going to be getting some effects also unless it really loses strength quickly. I expect that it is going to continue to dump lots of rain as it travels up the Eastern Seaboard will probably bring more rain to NC where my Mom is...and they had 4-5 inches yesterday from the remnants of hurricane Bonnie or some other

[Guest guest]

Yeah, now the count is up to 15. That is horrible admitedly but when I think "piles of bodies" I think more of the thousands of people who have been euthenized & baried in mass graves, not 15 souls, sad though it is.

Dawn"Pam L." wrote:

Unfortunately, being a former News Director, the media does make things sound worse than they are.....They do this or otherwise their stories would be dull and unexciting.....I tried never to do this, just for the reason of scaring families who have family in the areas I was working....

group, send an email to:autoimmune-ills-unsubscribe

[Guest guest]

Yeah, now the count is up to 15. That is horrible admitedly but when I think "piles of bodies" I think more of the thousands of people who have been euthenized & baried in mass graves, not 15 souls, sad though it is.

Dawn"Pam L." wrote:

Unfortunately, being a former News Director, the media does make things sound worse than they are.....They do this or otherwise their stories would be dull and unexciting.....I tried never to do this, just for the reason of scaring families who have family in the areas I was working....

group, send an email to:autoimmune-ills-unsubscribe

[Guest guest]

They were talking to a woman on the news last night. She was on the beach with her kids, a bunch of other people were, also. They asked her if she was aware that she was putting herself and her kids at risk and she was smiling and saying that she knew it, but they lived in Naples and had never seen a hurricane first hand. I mean....WHAT the F****?

LOL, some people ought not be allowed to breed!

Kathy

Re: Hurricane Charley

Yeah, I hear three confirmed dead so far if its the same place. power lines all over the place & trees too so emt's are having a hard time getting through. Its in Punta Gorda. I can't understand the rationale that lets people stay in mobile home parts when they tell everyone in them to go to the shelters. They had the progression wrong but they new the storms path had changed by yesterday at nine am.

DawnShirley wrote:

Here in Indy we are sending our Task Force and some electric company people to help out. I heard it hit a mobile home park and a lot were killed. They weren't giving out #'s of possilbe killed and infured and ambo's couldn't get to the area.

I hope all on our list are ok!

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ShirleyPlease visit our website at:http://ACES_Autoimmune.tripod.com

[Guest guest]

They were talking to a woman on the news last night. She was on the beach with her kids, a bunch of other people were, also. They asked her if she was aware that she was putting herself and her kids at risk and she was smiling and saying that she knew it, but they lived in Naples and had never seen a hurricane first hand. I mean....WHAT the F****?

LOL, some people ought not be allowed to breed!

Kathy

Re: Hurricane Charley

Yeah, I hear three confirmed dead so far if its the same place. power lines all over the place & trees too so emt's are having a hard time getting through. Its in Punta Gorda. I can't understand the rationale that lets people stay in mobile home parts when they tell everyone in them to go to the shelters. They had the progression wrong but they new the storms path had changed by yesterday at nine am.

DawnShirley wrote:

Here in Indy we are sending our Task Force and some electric company people to help out. I heard it hit a mobile home park and a lot were killed. They weren't giving out #'s of possilbe killed and infured and ambo's couldn't get to the area.

I hope all on our list are ok!

x0x0x0

ShirleyPlease visit our website at:http://ACES_Autoimmune.tripod.com

[Guest guest]

Yeah...when we had that bunch of tornadoes the other week they were exact like that with the areas and the times. Too bad nature isn't totally predictable so they could do that with the long range forecast.

Sorry to hear about your Aunt and Uncle's home, let us know if there is anything we can do.

Kathy

Re: Hurricane Charley

Nope, the dogs were kind of weirded out when we started boarding up windows & taking all our stuff to the basement. Noithing for them to sense other than that....the storm missed us by at least 30 miles. We have some leaves torn up on the lawn & thats about it. Everyone in Tampa is whining about having spent hundreds of dollars to come inland & spend then night hiding in the bathroom...lol. Oh well, weather forecasting is not an exact science. I WAS amazed at how they started using some new type of radar yesterday evening on the storm....they would say & Now Storm band one is going through Tavarres, will be in Blah, blah, blah at 8:05. Sure enough, they'd switch on street cams in whatever town it was & the wind would start whipping at exactly that time! Very neat! I remember that news coverage was nothing like that when we used to have storms in norfolk back in 96. There is not doubt though, if that storm had come in at Tampa we'd be under major destruction right now. Since it came ashor at Fort Myers it had time to dissipate some. Tampa is only an hour & a half drive from here...I think we woulda been toast. My aunt & uncle in Fort myers are pretty sure they lost everything, that their home is under water. they live on that strip of land (sand really) that the news said had a bad surge, west part of fort myers. My aunt Betty over in New Smyrna is ok but has a few trees torn to bits in her front yard. Thankfully none went through the house or anything. They have no power though & no clue when they will get it back & there are water problems too. My uncle brian (which is where the aunt & uncle who lost their home went) has no power but their house was new & very hurricane sturdy. They live in Fort meyers too. Meanwhile there is a nasty storm here right now. Daresay it will pass in a few minutes though.

DawnShirley wrote:

Glad you're ok.

They're saying a mobile home park in Punta Gardna, or whatever it's called, got hit and they aren't saying how many for sure are dead after 3. I heard the same thing your dad did. Actually I saw it online.

But glad you're ok. What did the dogs think of it all? Did they sense it? Hobbes would have! I wouldn't have been able to get out from under the bed...lol

Shirls"D. Dale" wrote:

We totally lucked out. Originiallly they thought that we'd be in the eye. When it shifted landfall from tampa bay to charlotte it changed the path just a bit. We missed the bad stuff by about 30miles to the east. Our electric (obviously) is still up, all we lost was our satellite tv. We boarded up the windows & all & the closest we got to needing them was a tornado touching down about 14 min away. My dad just called me freaking out because apparently the newscasters up north are saying (he lives in va) that deputies are gauding bodies in piles or some such. I think maybe they might be exagerating since I've only heard of three so far, in puna gorda. I'm not saying there are not more deceased than that but that the news here is not making it sound like some major bloodbath. sure could have been worse here. (Phew!) Now I guess we have to worry about everyone up north when whats left goes through. Christy? YOu ok. Crap, I just heard that there is another strong storm system picking up in Tampa. They say we are under a slash flood warning today. I think I'm gonna go back to bed.

DawnJane Hutchinson wrote:

Just wondering if Dawn and Warwick are going to evacuate the area because of the hurricane. It looks like the storm is really going headed for the Orlando area now (expected to hit there about 9 PM tonight and then later Christy, you are going to be getting some effects also unless it really loses strength quickly. I expect that it is going to continue to dump lots of rain as it travels up the Eastern Seaboard will probably bring more rain to NC where my Mom is...and they had 4-5 inches yesterday from the remnants of hurricane Bonnie or some other

[Guest guest]

Yeah...when we had that bunch of tornadoes the other week they were exact like that with the areas and the times. Too bad nature isn't totally predictable so they could do that with the long range forecast.

Sorry to hear about your Aunt and Uncle's home, let us know if there is anything we can do.

Kathy

Re: Hurricane Charley

Nope, the dogs were kind of weirded out when we started boarding up windows & taking all our stuff to the basement. Noithing for them to sense other than that....the storm missed us by at least 30 miles. We have some leaves torn up on the lawn & thats about it. Everyone in Tampa is whining about having spent hundreds of dollars to come inland & spend then night hiding in the bathroom...lol. Oh well, weather forecasting is not an exact science. I WAS amazed at how they started using some new type of radar yesterday evening on the storm....they would say & Now Storm band one is going through Tavarres, will be in Blah, blah, blah at 8:05. Sure enough, they'd switch on street cams in whatever town it was & the wind would start whipping at exactly that time! Very neat! I remember that news coverage was nothing like that when we used to have storms in norfolk back in 96. There is not doubt though, if that storm had come in at Tampa we'd be under major destruction right now. Since it came ashor at Fort Myers it had time to dissipate some. Tampa is only an hour & a half drive from here...I think we woulda been toast. My aunt & uncle in Fort myers are pretty sure they lost everything, that their home is under water. they live on that strip of land (sand really) that the news said had a bad surge, west part of fort myers. My aunt Betty over in New Smyrna is ok but has a few trees torn to bits in her front yard. Thankfully none went through the house or anything. They have no power though & no clue when they will get it back & there are water problems too. My uncle brian (which is where the aunt & uncle who lost their home went) has no power but their house was new & very hurricane sturdy. They live in Fort meyers too. Meanwhile there is a nasty storm here right now. Daresay it will pass in a few minutes though.

DawnShirley wrote:

Glad you're ok.

They're saying a mobile home park in Punta Gardna, or whatever it's called, got hit and they aren't saying how many for sure are dead after 3. I heard the same thing your dad did. Actually I saw it online.

But glad you're ok. What did the dogs think of it all? Did they sense it? Hobbes would have! I wouldn't have been able to get out from under the bed...lol

Shirls"D. Dale" wrote:

We totally lucked out. Originiallly they thought that we'd be in the eye. When it shifted landfall from tampa bay to charlotte it changed the path just a bit. We missed the bad stuff by about 30miles to the east. Our electric (obviously) is still up, all we lost was our satellite tv. We boarded up the windows & all & the closest we got to needing them was a tornado touching down about 14 min away. My dad just called me freaking out because apparently the newscasters up north are saying (he lives in va) that deputies are gauding bodies in piles or some such. I think maybe they might be exagerating since I've only heard of three so far, in puna gorda. I'm not saying there are not more deceased than that but that the news here is not making it sound like some major bloodbath. sure could have been worse here. (Phew!) Now I guess we have to worry about everyone up north when whats left goes through. Christy? YOu ok. Crap, I just heard that there is another strong storm system picking up in Tampa. They say we are under a slash flood warning today. I think I'm gonna go back to bed.

DawnJane Hutchinson wrote:

Just wondering if Dawn and Warwick are going to evacuate the area because of the hurricane. It looks like the storm is really going headed for the Orlando area now (expected to hit there about 9 PM tonight and then later Christy, you are going to be getting some effects also unless it really loses strength quickly. I expect that it is going to continue to dump lots of rain as it travels up the Eastern Seaboard will probably bring more rain to NC where my Mom is...and they had 4-5 inches yesterday from the remnants of hurricane Bonnie or some other

[Guest guest]

Yeah...when we had that bunch of tornadoes the other week they were exact like that with the areas and the times. Too bad nature isn't totally predictable so they could do that with the long range forecast.

Sorry to hear about your Aunt and Uncle's home, let us know if there is anything we can do.

Kathy

Re: Hurricane Charley

Nope, the dogs were kind of weirded out when we started boarding up windows & taking all our stuff to the basement. Noithing for them to sense other than that....the storm missed us by at least 30 miles. We have some leaves torn up on the lawn & thats about it. Everyone in Tampa is whining about having spent hundreds of dollars to come inland & spend then night hiding in the bathroom...lol. Oh well, weather forecasting is not an exact science. I WAS amazed at how they started using some new type of radar yesterday evening on the storm....they would say & Now Storm band one is going through Tavarres, will be in Blah, blah, blah at 8:05. Sure enough, they'd switch on street cams in whatever town it was & the wind would start whipping at exactly that time! Very neat! I remember that news coverage was nothing like that when we used to have storms in norfolk back in 96. There is not doubt though, if that storm had come in at Tampa we'd be under major destruction right now. Since it came ashor at Fort Myers it had time to dissipate some. Tampa is only an hour & a half drive from here...I think we woulda been toast. My aunt & uncle in Fort myers are pretty sure they lost everything, that their home is under water. they live on that strip of land (sand really) that the news said had a bad surge, west part of fort myers. My aunt Betty over in New Smyrna is ok but has a few trees torn to bits in her front yard. Thankfully none went through the house or anything. They have no power though & no clue when they will get it back & there are water problems too. My uncle brian (which is where the aunt & uncle who lost their home went) has no power but their house was new & very hurricane sturdy. They live in Fort meyers too. Meanwhile there is a nasty storm here right now. Daresay it will pass in a few minutes though.

DawnShirley wrote:

Glad you're ok.

They're saying a mobile home park in Punta Gardna, or whatever it's called, got hit and they aren't saying how many for sure are dead after 3. I heard the same thing your dad did. Actually I saw it online.

But glad you're ok. What did the dogs think of it all? Did they sense it? Hobbes would have! I wouldn't have been able to get out from under the bed...lol

Shirls"D. Dale" wrote:

We totally lucked out. Originiallly they thought that we'd be in the eye. When it shifted landfall from tampa bay to charlotte it changed the path just a bit. We missed the bad stuff by about 30miles to the east. Our electric (obviously) is still up, all we lost was our satellite tv. We boarded up the windows & all & the closest we got to needing them was a tornado touching down about 14 min away. My dad just called me freaking out because apparently the newscasters up north are saying (he lives in va) that deputies are gauding bodies in piles or some such. I think maybe they might be exagerating since I've only heard of three so far, in puna gorda. I'm not saying there are not more deceased than that but that the news here is not making it sound like some major bloodbath. sure could have been worse here. (Phew!) Now I guess we have to worry about everyone up north when whats left goes through. Christy? YOu ok. Crap, I just heard that there is another strong storm system picking up in Tampa. They say we are under a slash flood warning today. I think I'm gonna go back to bed.

DawnJane Hutchinson wrote:

Just wondering if Dawn and Warwick are going to evacuate the area because of the hurricane. It looks like the storm is really going headed for the Orlando area now (expected to hit there about 9 PM tonight and then later Christy, you are going to be getting some effects also unless it really loses strength quickly. I expect that it is going to continue to dump lots of rain as it travels up the Eastern Seaboard will probably bring more rain to NC where my Mom is...and they had 4-5 inches yesterday from the remnants of hurricane Bonnie or some other

[Guest guest]

Yeah, I know what you mean.

I haven't had the news on since last night at 6 so I haven't heard an update....last I had heard it was 3 confirmed.

Kathy

Re: Hurricane Charley

Yeah, now the count is up to 15. That is horrible admitedly but when I think "piles of bodies" I think more of the thousands of people who have been euthenized & baried in mass graves, not 15 souls, sad though it is.

Dawn"Pam L." wrote:

Unfortunately, being a former News Director, the media does make things sound worse than they are.....They do this or otherwise their stories would be dull and unexciting.....I tried never to do this, just for the reason of scaring families who have family in the areas I was working....

group, send an email to:autoimmune-ills-unsubscribe

[Guest guest]

Yeah, I know what you mean.

I haven't had the news on since last night at 6 so I haven't heard an update....last I had heard it was 3 confirmed.

Kathy

Re: Hurricane Charley

Yeah, now the count is up to 15. That is horrible admitedly but when I think "piles of bodies" I think more of the thousands of people who have been euthenized & baried in mass graves, not 15 souls, sad though it is.

Dawn"Pam L." wrote:

Unfortunately, being a former News Director, the media does make things sound worse than they are.....They do this or otherwise their stories would be dull and unexciting.....I tried never to do this, just for the reason of scaring families who have family in the areas I was working....

group, send an email to:autoimmune-ills-unsubscribe

[Guest guest]

Yeah, that's what I saw. I'm pretty sure that's the area he's going to....I know he will have been in contact with Walt, though. And he was checking in with Dad from time to time and having Dad check the weather channel. They were driving through really bad storms yesterday. I don't know why they didn't push the trip back a few days, but I'm guessing that with my s-i-l's mental health it isn't wise to change plans.

Kathy

Re: Hurricane Charley

oh man, if he is headed for port charlotte there may be nothing to go TOO! that place was pretty flattened from what i've seen on tv.

dawn

Kathy wrote:

Jane, glad you were mostly missed. I think we're expecting about 5-10 inches of rain with high winds, etc, later this week or something, but of course we know they can't be sure. Heck they predicted that Charley would make landfall at Tampa, LOL....ooops!

My brother and s-i-l are headed to Florida...actually I gues they might be there already, I haven't heard from Mom yet today. Yesterday AM they were in North Carolina somewhere. It think it is Port Charlotte or something like that, where they are headed. They aren't on vacation, a friend of my brother's owns a fire safety company and his business has taken off so much over the last five years that he wants a partner, and one to the fierceness of Mother Nature's storm. Please take care of yourselves.

JanePlease visit our website at:http://ACES_Autoimmune.tripod.com Please visit our website at:http://ACES_Autoimmune.tripod.com Please visit our website at:http://ACES_Autoimmune.tripod.com

[Guest guest]

I wasn't on line since Wednesday evening, so I guess that's why I missed that part.

Kathy

Re: Hurricane Charley

I read the same title he did yesterday on Yahoo news & my gram heard it on her local news station too. I think they were just sensationalizing it all because at that time they had no real idea how many dead they were & the first news that came to light was that mobile home park in punta gorda.

dawnKathy wrote:

I don't know what news your Dad was listening to, but in our area they just said three confirmed dead with possible others as they sift through the debrise (I know that's spell wrong, but I tried several spellings and I'm having one of those days, LOL). They showed one guy talking who found this guy in a wheelchair and his wife dead in the wreck of his mobile home, but mostly the news in our area hasarea now (expected to hit there about 9 PM tonight and then later Christy, you are going to be getting some effects also unless it really loses strength yahoo.com/group/autoimmune-ills/

[Guest guest]

I wasn't on line since Wednesday evening, so I guess that's why I missed that part.

Kathy

Re: Hurricane Charley

I read the same title he did yesterday on Yahoo news & my gram heard it on her local news station too. I think they were just sensationalizing it all because at that time they had no real idea how many dead they were & the first news that came to light was that mobile home park in punta gorda.

dawnKathy wrote:

I don't know what news your Dad was listening to, but in our area they just said three confirmed dead with possible others as they sift through the debrise (I know that's spell wrong, but I tried several spellings and I'm having one of those days, LOL). They showed one guy talking who found this guy in a wheelchair and his wife dead in the wreck of his mobile home, but mostly the news in our area hasarea now (expected to hit there about 9 PM tonight and then later Christy, you are going to be getting some effects also unless it really loses strength yahoo.com/group/autoimmune-ills/

[Guest guest]

What a freaking idiot.

DawnKathy wrote:

They were talking to a woman on the news last night. She was on the beach with her kids, a bunch of other people were, also. They asked her if she was aware that she was putting herself and her kids at risk and she was smiling and saying that she knew it, but they lived in Naples and had never seen a hurricane first hand. I mean....WHAT the F****?

LOL, some people ought not be allowed to breed!

Kathy

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From: D. Dale

To

[Guest guest]

What a freaking idiot.

DawnKathy wrote:

They were talking to a woman on the news last night. She was on the beach with her kids, a bunch of other people were, also. They asked her if she was aware that she was putting herself and her kids at risk and she was smiling and saying that she knew it, but they lived in Naples and had never seen a hurricane first hand. I mean....WHAT the F****?

LOL, some people ought not be allowed to breed!

Kathy

----- Original Message -----

From: D. Dale

To

[Guest guest]

What a freaking idiot.

DawnKathy wrote:

They were talking to a woman on the news last night. She was on the beach with her kids, a bunch of other people were, also. They asked her if she was aware that she was putting herself and her kids at risk and she was smiling and saying that she knew it, but they lived in Naples and had never seen a hurricane first hand. I mean....WHAT the F****?

LOL, some people ought not be allowed to breed!

Kathy

----- Original Message -----

From: D. Dale

To

[Guest guest]

My grammy called & said that someone told my aunt & uncle that they saw the front of the house (they are still not allowing people over the bridge to that area so I guess this must have been a policeman or something) and that it did not look too badly damaged. Hopefully it was just a little bit flooded or something & still salvageable. The house backs up onto a lock/marina thingy.

DawnKathy wrote:

Yeah...when we had that bunch of tornadoes the other week they were exact like that with the areas and the times. Too bad nature isn't totally predictable so they could do that with the long range forecast.

Sorry to hear about your Aunt and Uncle's home, let us know if there is anything we can do.

Kathy

Re: Hurricane Charley

Nope, the dogs were kind of weirded out when we started boarding up windows & taking all our stuff to the basement. Noithing for them to sense other than that....the storm missed us by at least 30 miles. We have some leaves torn up on the lawn & thats about it. Everyone in Tampa is whining about having spent hundreds of dollars to come inland & spend then night hiding in the bathroom...lol. Oh well, weather forecasting is not an exact science. I WAS amazed at how they started using some new type of radar yesterday evening on the storm....they would say & Now Storm band one is going through Tavarres, will be in Blah, blah, blah at 8:05. Sure enough, they'd switch on street cams in whatever town it was & the wind would start whipping at exactly that time! Very neat! I remember that news coverage was nothing like that when we used to have storms in norfolk back in 96. There is not doubt though, if that storm had come in at Tampa we'd be under major

destruction right now. Since it came ashor at Fort Myers it had time to dissipate some. Tampa is only an hour & a half drive from here...I think we woulda been toast. My aunt & uncle in Fort myers are pretty sure they lost everything, that their home is under water. they live on that strip of land (sand really) that the news said had a bad surge, west part of fort myers. My aunt Betty over in New Smyrna is ok but has a few trees torn to bits in her front yard. Thankfully none went through the house or anything. They have no power though & no clue when they will get it back & there are water problems too. My uncle brian (which is where the aunt & uncle who lost their home went) has no power but their house was new & very hurricane sturdy. They live in Fort meyers too. Meanwhile there is a nasty storm here right now. Daresay it will pass in a few minutes though.

DawnShirley wrote:

Glad you're ok.

They're saying a mobile home park in Punta Gardna, or whatever it's called, got hit and they aren't saying how many for sure are dead after 3. I heard the same thing your dad did. Actually I saw it online.

But glad you're ok. What did the dogs think of it all? Did they sense it? Hobbes would have! I wouldn't have been able to get out from under the bed...lol

Shirls"D. Dale" wrote:

We totally lucked out. Originiallly they thought that we'd be in the eye. When it shifted landfall from tampa bay to charlotte it changed the path just a bit. We missed the bad stuff by about 30miles to the east. Our electric (obviously) is still up, all we lost was our satellite tv. We boarded up the windows & all & the closest we got to needing them was a tornado touching down about 14 min away. My dad just called me freaking out because apparently the newscasters up north are saying (he lives in va) that deputies are gauding bodies in piles or some such. I think maybe they might be exagerating since I've only heard of three so far, in puna gorda. I'm not saying there are not more deceased than that but that the news here is not making it sound like some major bloodbath. sure could have been worse here. (Phew!) Now I guess we have to worry about everyone up north when whats left goes through. Christy? YOu ok. Crap, I just heard that there is another strong storm

system picking up in Tampa. They say we are under a slash flood warning today. I think I'm gonna go back to bed.

DawnJane Hutchinson wrote:

Just wondering if Dawn and Warwick are going to evacuate the area because of the hurricane. It looks like the storm is really going headed for the Orlando area now (expected to hit there about 9 PM tonight and then later Christy, you are going to be getting some effects also unless it really loses strength quickly. I expect that it is going to continue to dump lots of rain as it travels up the Eastern Seaboard will probably bring more rain to NC where my Mom is...and they had 4-5 inches yesterday from the remnants of hurricane Bonnie or some other

[Guest guest]

My grammy called & said that someone told my aunt & uncle that they saw the front of the house (they are still not allowing people over the bridge to that area so I guess this must have been a policeman or something) and that it did not look too badly damaged. Hopefully it was just a little bit flooded or something & still salvageable. The house backs up onto a lock/marina thingy.

DawnKathy wrote:

Yeah...when we had that bunch of tornadoes the other week they were exact like that with the areas and the times. Too bad nature isn't totally predictable so they could do that with the long range forecast.

Sorry to hear about your Aunt and Uncle's home, let us know if there is anything we can do.

Kathy

Re: Hurricane Charley

Nope, the dogs were kind of weirded out when we started boarding up windows & taking all our stuff to the basement. Noithing for them to sense other than that....the storm missed us by at least 30 miles. We have some leaves torn up on the lawn & thats about it. Everyone in Tampa is whining about having spent hundreds of dollars to come inland & spend then night hiding in the bathroom...lol. Oh well, weather forecasting is not an exact science. I WAS amazed at how they started using some new type of radar yesterday evening on the storm....they would say & Now Storm band one is going through Tavarres, will be in Blah, blah, blah at 8:05. Sure enough, they'd switch on street cams in whatever town it was & the wind would start whipping at exactly that time! Very neat! I remember that news coverage was nothing like that when we used to have storms in norfolk back in 96. There is not doubt though, if that storm had come in at Tampa we'd be under major

destruction right now. Since it came ashor at Fort Myers it had time to dissipate some. Tampa is only an hour & a half drive from here...I think we woulda been toast. My aunt & uncle in Fort myers are pretty sure they lost everything, that their home is under water. they live on that strip of land (sand really) that the news said had a bad surge, west part of fort myers. My aunt Betty over in New Smyrna is ok but has a few trees torn to bits in her front yard. Thankfully none went through the house or anything. They have no power though & no clue when they will get it back & there are water problems too. My uncle brian (which is where the aunt & uncle who lost their home went) has no power but their house was new & very hurricane sturdy. They live in Fort meyers too. Meanwhile there is a nasty storm here right now. Daresay it will pass in a few minutes though.

DawnShirley wrote:

Glad you're ok.

They're saying a mobile home park in Punta Gardna, or whatever it's called, got hit and they aren't saying how many for sure are dead after 3. I heard the same thing your dad did. Actually I saw it online.

But glad you're ok. What did the dogs think of it all? Did they sense it? Hobbes would have! I wouldn't have been able to get out from under the bed...lol

Shirls"D. Dale" wrote:

We totally lucked out. Originiallly they thought that we'd be in the eye. When it shifted landfall from tampa bay to charlotte it changed the path just a bit. We missed the bad stuff by about 30miles to the east. Our electric (obviously) is still up, all we lost was our satellite tv. We boarded up the windows & all & the closest we got to needing them was a tornado touching down about 14 min away. My dad just called me freaking out because apparently the newscasters up north are saying (he lives in va) that deputies are gauding bodies in piles or some such. I think maybe they might be exagerating since I've only heard of three so far, in puna gorda. I'm not saying there are not more deceased than that but that the news here is not making it sound like some major bloodbath. sure could have been worse here. (Phew!) Now I guess we have to worry about everyone up north when whats left goes through. Christy? YOu ok. Crap, I just heard that there is another strong storm

system picking up in Tampa. They say we are under a slash flood warning today. I think I'm gonna go back to bed.

DawnJane Hutchinson wrote:

Just wondering if Dawn and Warwick are going to evacuate the area because of the hurricane. It looks like the storm is really going headed for the Orlando area now (expected to hit there about 9 PM tonight and then later Christy, you are going to be getting some effects also unless it really loses strength quickly. I expect that it is going to continue to dump lots of rain as it travels up the Eastern Seaboard will probably bring more rain to NC where my Mom is...and they had 4-5 inches yesterday from the remnants of hurricane Bonnie or some other

[Guest guest]

I hope it isn't badly damaged.

Kathy

Re: Hurricane Charley

Nope, the dogs were kind of weirded out when we started boarding up windows & taking all our stuff to the basement. Noithing for them to sense other than that....the storm missed us by at least 30 miles. We have some leaves torn up on the lawn & thats about it. Everyone in Tampa is whining about having spent hundreds of dollars to come inland & spend then night hiding in the bathroom...lol. Oh well, weather forecasting is not an exact science. I WAS amazed at how they started using some new type of radar yesterday evening on the storm....they would say & Now Storm band one is going through Tavarres, will be in Blah, blah, blah at 8:05. Sure enough, they'd switch on street cams in whatever town it was & the wind would start whipping at exactly that time! Very neat! I remember that news coverage was nothing like that when we used to have storms in norfolk back in 96. There is not doubt though, if that storm had come in at Tampa we'd be under major destruction right now. Since it came ashor at Fort Myers it had time to dissipate some. Tampa is only an hour & a half drive from here...I think we woulda been toast. My aunt & uncle in Fort myers are pretty sure they lost everything, that their home is under water. they live on that strip of land (sand really) that the news said had a bad surge, west part of fort myers. My aunt Betty over in New Smyrna is ok but has a few trees torn to bits in her front yard. Thankfully none went through the house or anything. They have no power though & no clue when they will get it back & there are water problems too. My uncle brian (which is where the aunt & uncle who lost their home went) has no power but their house was new & very hurricane sturdy. They live in Fort meyers too. Meanwhile there is a nasty storm here right now. Daresay it will pass in a few minutes though.

DawnShirley wrote:

Glad you're ok.

They're saying a mobile home park in Punta Gardna, or whatever it's called, got hit and they aren't saying how many for sure are dead after 3. I heard the same thing your dad did. Actually I saw it online.

But glad you're ok. What did the dogs think of it all? Did they sense it? Hobbes would have! I wouldn't have been able to get out from under the bed...lol

Shirls"D. Dale" wrote:

We totally lucked out. Originiallly they thought that we'd be in the eye. When it shifted landfall from tampa bay to charlotte it changed the path just a bit. We missed the bad stuff by about 30miles to the east. Our electric (obviously) is still up, all we lost was our satellite tv. We boarded up the windows & all & the closest we got to needing them was a tornado touching down about 14 min away. My dad just called me freaking out because apparently the newscasters up north are saying (he lives in va) that deputies are gauding bodies in piles or some such. I think maybe they might be exagerating since I've only heard of three so far, in puna gorda. I'm not saying there are not more deceased than that but that the news here is not making it sound like some major bloodbath. sure could have been worse here. (Phew!) Now I guess we have to worry about everyone up north when whats left goes through. Christy? YOu ok. Crap, I just heard that there is another strong storm system picking up in Tampa. They say we are under a slash flood warning today. I think I'm gonna go back to bed.

DawnJane Hutchinson wrote:

Just wondering if Dawn and Warwick are going to evacuate the area because of the hurricane. It looks like the storm is really going headed for the Orlando area now (expected to hit there about 9 PM tonight and then later Christy, you are going to be getting some effects also unless it really loses strength quickly. I expect that it is going to continue to dump lots of rain as it travels up the Eastern Seaboard will probably bring more rain to NC where my Mom is...and they had 4-5 inches yesterday from the remnants of hurricane Bonnie or some other

[Guest guest]

I hope it isn't badly damaged.

Kathy

Re: Hurricane Charley

Nope, the dogs were kind of weirded out when we started boarding up windows & taking all our stuff to the basement. Noithing for them to sense other than that....the storm missed us by at least 30 miles. We have some leaves torn up on the lawn & thats about it. Everyone in Tampa is whining about having spent hundreds of dollars to come inland & spend then night hiding in the bathroom...lol. Oh well, weather forecasting is not an exact science. I WAS amazed at how they started using some new type of radar yesterday evening on the storm....they would say & Now Storm band one is going through Tavarres, will be in Blah, blah, blah at 8:05. Sure enough, they'd switch on street cams in whatever town it was & the wind would start whipping at exactly that time! Very neat! I remember that news coverage was nothing like that when we used to have storms in norfolk back in 96. There is not doubt though, if that storm had come in at Tampa we'd be under major destruction right now. Since it came ashor at Fort Myers it had time to dissipate some. Tampa is only an hour & a half drive from here...I think we woulda been toast. My aunt & uncle in Fort myers are pretty sure they lost everything, that their home is under water. they live on that strip of land (sand really) that the news said had a bad surge, west part of fort myers. My aunt Betty over in New Smyrna is ok but has a few trees torn to bits in her front yard. Thankfully none went through the house or anything. They have no power though & no clue when they will get it back & there are water problems too. My uncle brian (which is where the aunt & uncle who lost their home went) has no power but their house was new & very hurricane sturdy. They live in Fort meyers too. Meanwhile there is a nasty storm here right now. Daresay it will pass in a few minutes though.

DawnShirley wrote:

Glad you're ok.

They're saying a mobile home park in Punta Gardna, or whatever it's called, got hit and they aren't saying how many for sure are dead after 3. I heard the same thing your dad did. Actually I saw it online.

But glad you're ok. What did the dogs think of it all? Did they sense it? Hobbes would have! I wouldn't have been able to get out from under the bed...lol

Shirls"D. Dale" wrote:

We totally lucked out. Originiallly they thought that we'd be in the eye. When it shifted landfall from tampa bay to charlotte it changed the path just a bit. We missed the bad stuff by about 30miles to the east. Our electric (obviously) is still up, all we lost was our satellite tv. We boarded up the windows & all & the closest we got to needing them was a tornado touching down about 14 min away. My dad just called me freaking out because apparently the newscasters up north are saying (he lives in va) that deputies are gauding bodies in piles or some such. I think maybe they might be exagerating since I've only heard of three so far, in puna gorda. I'm not saying there are not more deceased than that but that the news here is not making it sound like some major bloodbath. sure could have been worse here. (Phew!) Now I guess we have to worry about everyone up north when whats left goes through. Christy? YOu ok. Crap, I just heard that there is another strong storm system picking up in Tampa. They say we are under a slash flood warning today. I think I'm gonna go back to bed.

DawnJane Hutchinson wrote:

Just wondering if Dawn and Warwick are going to evacuate the area because of the hurricane. It looks like the storm is really going headed for the Orlando area now (expected to hit there about 9 PM tonight and then later Christy, you are going to be getting some effects also unless it really loses strength quickly. I expect that it is going to continue to dump lots of rain as it travels up the Eastern Seaboard will probably bring more rain to NC where my Mom is...and they had 4-5 inches yesterday from the remnants of hurricane Bonnie or some other

[Guest guest]

I hope it isn't badly damaged.

Kathy

Re: Hurricane Charley

Nope, the dogs were kind of weirded out when we started boarding up windows & taking all our stuff to the basement. Noithing for them to sense other than that....the storm missed us by at least 30 miles. We have some leaves torn up on the lawn & thats about it. Everyone in Tampa is whining about having spent hundreds of dollars to come inland & spend then night hiding in the bathroom...lol. Oh well, weather forecasting is not an exact science. I WAS amazed at how they started using some new type of radar yesterday evening on the storm....they would say & Now Storm band one is going through Tavarres, will be in Blah, blah, blah at 8:05. Sure enough, they'd switch on street cams in whatever town it was & the wind would start whipping at exactly that time! Very neat! I remember that news coverage was nothing like that when we used to have storms in norfolk back in 96. There is not doubt though, if that storm had come in at Tampa we'd be under major destruction right now. Since it came ashor at Fort Myers it had time to dissipate some. Tampa is only an hour & a half drive from here...I think we woulda been toast. My aunt & uncle in Fort myers are pretty sure they lost everything, that their home is under water. they live on that strip of land (sand really) that the news said had a bad surge, west part of fort myers. My aunt Betty over in New Smyrna is ok but has a few trees torn to bits in her front yard. Thankfully none went through the house or anything. They have no power though & no clue when they will get it back & there are water problems too. My uncle brian (which is where the aunt & uncle who lost their home went) has no power but their house was new & very hurricane sturdy. They live in Fort meyers too. Meanwhile there is a nasty storm here right now. Daresay it will pass in a few minutes though.

DawnShirley wrote:

Glad you're ok.

They're saying a mobile home park in Punta Gardna, or whatever it's called, got hit and they aren't saying how many for sure are dead after 3. I heard the same thing your dad did. Actually I saw it online.

But glad you're ok. What did the dogs think of it all? Did they sense it? Hobbes would have! I wouldn't have been able to get out from under the bed...lol

Shirls"D. Dale" wrote:

We totally lucked out. Originiallly they thought that we'd be in the eye. When it shifted landfall from tampa bay to charlotte it changed the path just a bit. We missed the bad stuff by about 30miles to the east. Our electric (obviously) is still up, all we lost was our satellite tv. We boarded up the windows & all & the closest we got to needing them was a tornado touching down about 14 min away. My dad just called me freaking out because apparently the newscasters up north are saying (he lives in va) that deputies are gauding bodies in piles or some such. I think maybe they might be exagerating since I've only heard of three so far, in puna gorda. I'm not saying there are not more deceased than that but that the news here is not making it sound like some major bloodbath. sure could have been worse here. (Phew!) Now I guess we have to worry about everyone up north when whats left goes through. Christy? YOu ok. Crap, I just heard that there is another strong storm system picking up in Tampa. They say we are under a slash flood warning today. I think I'm gonna go back to bed.

DawnJane Hutchinson wrote:

Just wondering if Dawn and Warwick are going to evacuate the area because of the hurricane. It looks like the storm is really going headed for the Orlando area now (expected to hit there about 9 PM tonight and then later Christy, you are going to be getting some effects also unless it really loses strength quickly. I expect that it is going to continue to dump lots of rain as it travels up the Eastern Seaboard will probably bring more rain to NC where my Mom is...and they had 4-5 inches yesterday from the remnants of hurricane Bonnie or some other

[Guest guest]

What a freaking idiot.

Yep, thats about like the woman I saw a month or so ago that had a baby carrier strapped to the back of a 4wheeler. Uhhh, can we say past stupid. I tried to get a picture but she turned and was gone.

[Guest guest]

Did you see the picture of the young gal with the baby asleep in the stroller and she was crying because she didn't know where to go to get formula for her baby? For criminy sake, did she not listen to the news...she was just returning from GA....didn't she think about stocking up on formula and diapers and a few things like that before heading back to a hurricane area? That's what I call NO COMMON SENSE!!!

Jane

RE: Hurricane Charley

What a freaking idiot.

Yep, thats about like the woman I saw a month or so ago that had a baby carrier strapped to the back of a 4wheeler. Uhhh, can we say past stupid. I tried to get a picture but she turned and was gone.

Please visit our website at:http://ACES_Autoimmune.tripod.com

[Guest guest]

Did you see the picture of the young gal with the baby asleep in the stroller and she was crying because she didn't know where to go to get formula for her baby? For criminy sake, did she not listen to the news...she was just returning from GA....didn't she think about stocking up on formula and diapers and a few things like that before heading back to a hurricane area? That's what I call NO COMMON SENSE!!!

Jane

RE: Hurricane Charley

What a freaking idiot.

Yep, thats about like the woman I saw a month or so ago that had a baby carrier strapped to the back of a 4wheeler. Uhhh, can we say past stupid. I tried to get a picture but she turned and was gone.

Please visit our website at:http://ACES_Autoimmune.tripod.com

[Guest guest]

Did you see the picture of the young gal with the baby asleep in the stroller and she was crying because she didn't know where to go to get formula for her baby? For criminy sake, did she not listen to the news...she was just returning from GA....didn't she think about stocking up on formula and diapers and a few things like that before heading back to a hurricane area? That's what I call NO COMMON SENSE!!!

Jane

RE: Hurricane Charley

What a freaking idiot.

Yep, thats about like the woman I saw a month or so ago that had a baby carrier strapped to the back of a 4wheeler. Uhhh, can we say past stupid. I tried to get a picture but she turned and was gone.

Please visit our website at:http://ACES_Autoimmune.tripod.com