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Location: Florida | Frances bearing down.... due to pass right over my home. I am not afraid for ME so much as dread losing all I have. I feel like a man on death row, knowing that between me and my God is His intermdediary Jesus Christ. Don't mean to get preachy... but at times like this we only have our faith, because all else is lost to wind and waves and rain...and the savage hell that is to fall upon us.
Nearly 600,000 under mandatory evacuation. Perhaps 750,000 by tomorrow.
We are in deep deep deep doo-doo here folks, and quite frankly, I cannt say for sure if I'm gonna come outta this one without losing nearly everything... its that bad.
I will however have my life... that much I can keep. I can also keep my faith in His Saving Grace and Perfect Will. And I think I can keep my cats alive too. All else... I dont expect to be able to save at all.
Best of luck.. to all those in its path.
Remember us please... we're gonna need MONEY (dont send food, clothes or whatever.. give MONEY to the RED CROSS), we'll need your sweat in the form of workers here, and we'll need your blood, almost quite literally your blood for the injured.
God bless you all... |
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Location: NJ | Godspeed, Charlie. |
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Location: Omaha | Our prayers are with you Charlie. You are facing a sobering moment in life. Makes you really think about what matters most. Is there room in the car for family pictures, legal papers, and one or two "irreplacable" guitars?
As you so eloquently stated, God's grace is sufficient for those who trust in him. |
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| Encouraging post, Charlie...my parents also live in south florida (miami lakes) and they are waiting to see what direction this storm will go...I lived in south broward in 1992 and at one time hurricane andrew was headed directly for the dade-broward line, but turned south and came ashore by turkey point....but we still lost our power for 10 days...
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Location: Warrenton, Virginia | Charlie
will pray you make it with everything in tact. Are you in Orlando? I have a close friend down there (Orlando) His name is Jim Joustra. He is District VP of all Wallgreens in the Orlando area.
If you need something Meds, Water, etc. Get in touch with him and tell him you know me. I will email you his phone number.
Will send $ to Red Cross.
Hang in there. I know that's not much consolation....i do know what you're going through. I used to be stationed at Eglin AFB for 4 years. It got pretty dicey at times.......but no way like what's currently coming down the gun barrel
God Speed |
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Location: Yucaipa, California | Here is the Online link to the American Red Cross... just click on the "Donate Now" button to donate $$ online....
American Red Cross |
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | I'm thinking of you Charlie. Will be praying. and a special thanks to my cuz for posting the Red Cross Link. It's a good idea folks.
Charlie, load up your clothes, Ovations, Wife and Cats ..oh yeah, did i mention the Ovations? :rolleyes: Godspeed! |
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Location: Madison, Wisconsin | Sure brings a guy down to earth doesn't it? Good luck Charlie and we'll be sure to say a few prayers for you and yours. I hope the cats stay safe as well. Animals have a way of getting people thru tough times. |
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Location: Lafayette, Louisiana | Charlie, I know how you feel. Living in south Louisiana hurricane season can be a rough time. Two years ago we had hurricane Lilly. It was a catagory 4 hurricane, but right before it came onto the gulf it went down to a catagory 2. What a mess it was. No electricty for a week, and long lines at Home Depot to get a generator. Where I live is a very wooded area, and broken trees were everywhere. We are praying for you Charlie, and keep us informed if you can as to how you are doing. |
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Location: Minnesota | Charlie
We will keep you in our prayers! My sister and her family live in the Fort Lauderdale area. I was down there a week after Homestead was obliterated some years back, seeing the devastation just sucks the life out of a person. Mother nature has a way of reminding us just how fragile we are :(
Up here in the northland, we just have to worry about going out unprepared and freezing to death :eek:
Take care and GOD BLESS! Please stay safe!
You can count on a Red Cross donation from us. |
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Location: Converse, Texas | Charlie:
God is with you! |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | Charlie, our prayers are with you. I'm in IN right now with my wife taking care of her mother while her sister and her husband have vacation in Orlando this week----they are flying back early tomorrow morning, cutting vacation short by two days. But for those of you who live there, there is no "cutting it short" and leaving. God be with you all.
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Location: Omaha | Something tells me Charlie has left the room... :( |
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Location: richwood,ohio | i know i`ll fudge this somewhat but the christians may know what i`m trying to say(and maybe where i can find it in the good book):`what of the birds in the sky?they do not reap,they do not sow.but the lord provides for them.will he not feed you?you who are worth more than they`?anyway,you may lose some material things through this but if you have GOD,your family and self the LORD will provide the rest.will be praying. |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Prepare, as best as you can, and trust in Providence, to see you through. Staying calm, on the inside, is the ticket. Anxiety causes one of three things: Fight, Flight, or Freeze. Make sure you've evaluated your options and resources carefully. Most successful folks make their own luck. We will pray, however. |
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Location: Florida | only have a sec here in prep work...
but thanks for the kind words... we're shuttered up, we're hunkered down... and nearly ready to just ride it out.
Folks... there's 2.5 MILLION people in evac. There are three 30 mile long traffic jams - total standstill goin on ... on I75, Turnpike and I95 (so says WFTL radio). |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | I got a call from my sister-in-law in Orlando an hour ago....the airport is closed and their flight is cancelled....they're aware of the 30-mile backups on the interstates and they're going to wait until morning to try to drive home to Indiana in their rental car....
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | Charlie
We are watching and praying and hoping that the monster will die out before it hits land. Good Luck, Florida is just having no luck at all, maybe this one will peter out in the ocean.
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Location: Central Oregon | Good luck Charlie, hang in there!
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Location: Yucaipa, California | bmychal: i know i`ll fudge this somewhat but the christians may know what i`m trying to say(and maybe where i can find it in the good book):`what of the birds in the sky?they do not reap,they do not sow.but the lord provides for them.will he not feed you?you who are worth more than they`?anyway,you may lose some material things through this but if you have GOD,your family and self the LORD will provide the rest.will be praying.
The text you are looking for is from The Sermon on the Mount and is in Matthew 6:19-34.
God be with you and yours CharlieB! |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Sermon on the mount is good at all times ...
I also know that all of us have had prior disasters, and we will have them in the future. Another good read in times like this, is Kipling's If ... |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | Wishing for the best...may you and yours be safe...and your stuff too.
In our prayers...
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Location: Florida | BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF PRAYER!
Storm has subsided to cat-2 may be cat-1 by sunup. Is forcast to be tropical storm (not bad at all, just a bad rainstorm) by the time it goes inland.
Only one person, sadly, lost their life in the Bahamas. So far, its been ok here... a few bad squalls go by then you get clear sky... then squall... but it looks like we're gonna be spared.
More as it comes..... |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | I believe....
My in-laws were part of the big bug-out from Florida today....they're in Marietta, GA tonight, should be far enough to be OK. Probably home here in Indiana tomorrow night.
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Location: richwood,ohio | thanks tim for setting me straight on the sermon on the mount.wasn`t sure where to find it in `the good book`but hear it at least once a year watching one of my fave movies`JESUS of Nazareth`.enough of my banter.more importantly i`m glad you are doing well Charlie as well as the rest of florida.GOD BLESS! |
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| Jees Charlie I feel for ya man! I have uncles down there and They always ride these out? Best of luck bud, stay dry, and remember as a last resort you can use your ovations for boats! just use the little rubber plugs to fill the sound holes or duct tape! Randy |
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Location: Florida | The storm has stalled, has not moved appreciably since last nite.
Three quarters of Palm Beach (we cant)County is without power.
I have power ... dunno how. Outside, the wind is not too bad. Rain is steady-eddy. We're blustery, but thats it... but it won't cease.
The night is dark. Not a light to be seen. Transformers have stopped exploding. So the next one I hear is likely to be the one behind my house.
They're saying power crews will not go out until Monday at the soonest. |
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Location: Ft. Lauderdale, Florida | Hey Charlie B. down here in Ft. Lauderdale, we lost power sometime around midnight Saturday ... Im just east of I-95 . House is shuttered well and 6 boats at my small marina out back are all fine... Wind sounds like a freight train at times and this is coming to you on my emergency 12v battery -> 110v inverter power system... Pretty cool...
Ever see such as big eye in a hurricane before ??? Francis is slowly moving away I see on the online weather radar sites... So we should get some relief later today or tommorrow...
Stay safe, AB |
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Location: Warrenton, Virginia | Charlie
Hang tough! moreover glad you're safe |
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Meet Frances... hell personified