John Kerry's America
Won't his service in Viet Nam be a comfort at a time like this?
FYI.
I am glad to hear it wasn't worse.
Here, please.
God Bless and stay safe!
WOW! What a drag! Sorry, guys. Prayers and thoughts with you.
There goes the price of plywood. Prayers for Florida.
I just read an article about a mobile home park where quite a few people were killed.
I'm in Tampa Bay...they evacuated mobile home parks, etc. on Thursday.
I know the storm wasn't forecast to turn inland until it got to Tampa, but since it was skirting the coast, I was supposing that an evac. notice, at least of level A and mobile homes would have been given in any county with a Hurricane Watch or Warning?
Anybody know...was that the case in Punta Gorda? Was an evacuation notice given in advance of the storm's advance and just ignored by the folks in the mobile home park?
Won't his service in Viet Nam be a comfort at a time like this?
PLEASE--Does anyone have any information on North Port and Venice? My aunt and uncle have a mobile home in North Port (they evacuated) and my mom was supposed to move from Ohio into an apartment in Venice next week. They keep talking about Punta Gorda and Ft. Myers, which is close to these two areas. TIA!
I lived in Boca Raton when Andrew hit. Knowing that hurricanes can change paths on a dime, I evacuated at 4 a.m., headed to Orlando several hours before the order to evacuate was issued. The turnpike was already jammed with people from Miami, with both sides going north. I'll never forget the looks on people's faces as we slowly made our way to safety. Cars were jammed with stuff, little kids with huge frightened eyes staring out of windows. I was busy calculating our speed of 20 mph against the hurricane's speed. If it changed course, would we be able to outrun it? I think that most Floridians are aware of the changing nature of 'canes; the wise get the hell out of the way just in case.
After hearing firsthand reports of damage from friends in Miami who'd lost roofs and boats, and seeing interminable photos on the news, I was still shocked to tears when I drove down a month later. No pictures, no aerial views had prepared me for the incredible extent of the damage. Even two years later, junk was piled up on curbs and median strips awaiting pickup when the landfills and dumps had room for it.
I'd lived in CA, went through both the Northridge and the World Series quakes, and believe me, a hurricane is infinitely worse. Some say that at least you have advance warning of a hurricane, but as we've seen, they are totally unpredicable.
Prayers for the people ravaged by Hurricane Charley.
Veto!
This may be a FReeper:
It's going to be pretty high on the list of major catastrophes by the time they figure it all out...
The images from the helicopter flying over Sanibel is just incredible.
It looks as bad as a tornado.