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Location: Madison, Wisconsin | Is everyone from the Florida areas OK? Bill, did your winter home make it? |
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Location: Clermont FL | We where really lucky, Charley went east of us and did the nasty on Orlando. Charlotte County got the worst of the storm. Stu |
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Location: Florida | We here in between Ft Lauderdale and West Palm Beach, didn't get a drop, and barely a breeze either. It was actually a pleasant day.
On the other hand, I have friends at Longboat Key, and Punta Gorda. These are no more. Punta Gorda is a complete loss, in many ways worse than Hurricane Andrew, since much of Punta Gorda was mobile homes, and these just do not fare well in a big blow. Longboat Key suffered substancial damage. Friends in Bradenton report minor damage. Friends in Clearwater report no damage, and hardly any rain and wind. I've not had the opportunity to find out anything yet about Sanibel and Captiva islands. These are very low, and contain nearly no substancial buildings. The vast majority of those buildings are wood frame structures, and many are quit old. Inland... I cant say. I have friends out in Myacca City, and I their phones are still out, and cell service for them is also out for some reason. I have a friend in Lake Mary outside of Orlando, no report from her yet.
Local churches and businesses are gathering food and clothing to help the 1000's of homeless in Punta Gorda and out areas. Much of Ft. Meyers area is quite low, built on the banks of river. Nothing has been said of these areas yet.
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Location: Florida | May apologies to those in Longboat Key.. its on my mind (goin there next week). I meant to write Boca Grande... which was in fact pretty hard hit. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Amelia Island got a little rain and some wind, nothing big., We probably got more rain up here from it than we did down there. |
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Location: St. Petersburg, FL USA | I'm sitting in what was supposed to be ground zero, near the mouth of Tampa Bay in St. Petersburg. Four houses back from the intra-costal (the little bay in between the barrier islands of the Gulf of Mexico & the "mainland"), we were pretty nervous. Yes, we were in evacuation Zone A, but decided to wait until 11 AM Friday to make the final call on a bug-out (what with the cats, bird, & all...). The police did a drive-by loudspeaker broadcast message Thursday night about getting the heck out. Pretty spooky stuff. I was ready to leave if the track of the storm put it just north of us (worst-case scenario with huge storm surge that probably would have put our house under water). Thankfully (for us) it didn't. But that's exactly what did happen on Sanibel Is., Fort Meyers, etc.
I've been down by where it hit several times over the years, and it is one of the most intensely beautiful areas of the country I have ever seen. My heart & prayers really go out to anyone affected. It very easily could have been us instead of them. As for St. Petersburg, it didn't even rain here. I couldn't believe it. Now we're watching Earl very closely. |
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Location: Central Florida | Here in Apopka, which is to the immediate northwest of Orlando, the eye of the storm missed us by only four or five miles. My thoughts and prayers are definitely with the folks in the Ft. Meyers / Punta Gorda area. The footage I've seen in the last couple days of all the devastation is hauntingly too familiar, as I was living in Miami in '92 when Andrew hit.
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | Good to hear from you all, I was really concerned, good luck with Earl, we will all be watching and saying a prayer or two. What we are seeing from the Punta Gorda area is a real tragedy.
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Location: Florida | I'm in Sarasota, another potential "ground zero" next county up from Charlotte. Not so much as a branch fallen down here, but I have co-workers homeless, and one of our offices was de-roofed. Thank God no injuries or worse. |
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Location: Vernon, CT | Our hopes and prayers are with all the affected folks in Florida no matter who or where they are. May God bless!
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Location: Upper Left USA | Thoughts and prayer for the medical and relief workers going to assist. Please take a look around your areas and see if there are people taking donations or goods to help out. |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Does any know what Key Largo area got? I haven't seen anything specific on the new about that area. |
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Location: NJ | I'm not positive, but I believe that the Keys for the most part, were spared . . . . . |
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Location: Warrenton, Virginia | hopes & prayers with all floridians. Agree with Woody....if know of place to send donations etc. please post. Have already sent meager donation to red cross earmarked for the recent Florida disaster |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | barrysrq,
Do you know any of the guys from Big Night Out or Carmela and the Transmitters? I'm glad to hear the sarasotans are ok.
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Location: Florida | Rick, don't know players in either band, but I haven't been too active in live music for awhile. |
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