Hey y'all (I prolly missed some folks).
Charley has just been upgraded to a Category 4. That's hughly series. I think most of our HH FReepers are out of the direct path.
But for comparison sake, Isabel was down to Category 2 when she hit land.
Keep the folks (all of 'em) in the Tampa Bay area in your prayers.
Going home here folks. If the phone lines hold out, I'll be back in later, but the storm may come in just south of Tampa and if it cuts straight across, we Southeast Florida folks will be facing some nasty storms with tornadoes later this afternoon.
Keep everyone in the path in your prayers. This could be Andrew II!! Especially if it hits the Port Charlotte area which has little to no hurricane building codes in place.
My friend Patty (the one in the wheelchair) lives there and she's at her parents' house. She's in tears because she realizes now that her trailer doesn't stand a chance and she will lose everything. She's on disability, so everything she owns is precious to her. Prayers again please!
Love ya! Bye!
My grandparents just moved to that area... hope they evacuated... this is their first hurricane.
Hey guys,
Just checking in before I shut the computer down for a while. We are heading to the in-law's house (1.2 mile away) for a bit.
Charley has changed track a bit and he should pass about 20 or so miles north of us. At least being on this side of the state means that he will have weakened by the time he gets here.
I wouldn't mind some prayers especially for my Josh who is taking all this stuff VEY SERIESLY. So pleace pray that he has peace in the fact that we know God can watch out for us even in the middle of a pretty strong hurricane.
Well, it's starting to rain here and the wind is kicking up just a bit, but the major part of our fun should be well into the night.
I'll check back in later.
Yeah, but we're going to go out for ice and batteries tomorrow anyway. It'll be a depression by the time it gets up here but our area lost power for a week last year when the storm came through. And it was only a tropical depression.
Prayers for all those in harm's way.