Paryers and hugs being sent your way, Florida Freepers!
I'm not in Florida but I'm wishing you the best. I can imagine the scars that still exist down there after Andrew. Keeping you in my prayers today...
Good luck. Consider bringing a mattress into the tub with you and putting it over you and your pets to protect you from sharp flying debris.
prayers for you
You got my prayers.
My friends in Cutler Ridge when Andrew came through made it by staying in the enclosed 1/2 bath. I think a closet would be a safe place if you have nothing else.
Good luck...one suggestion..does anyone know where you are, and that you are alone...so that they can check up on you later..
Prayers for our Florida freepers. Is there a friend's house you can go to with an interior room? Do you have a battery operated radio to keep you company if you have to stay alone? I'll be thinking of you!
Prayers, but Charley ain't no Andrew. You'll be fine.
We will be praying for you. You can count on it.
The main threat is directly along the coast from storm surge - and since you're 25 miles inland, you should not be affected in any way from that. This will not be a catastrophic wind event like Andrew - you have a possibility instead of a certainty of suffering severe wind damage. Plus, Charley will approach at a shallow angle, which means there will be less impact inland eastward from landfall.
You and everyone in Charley's path are in our prayers. Take care.
Be sure to cut up and save any of the oak trees that come down. Its makes great firewood for open pit grilling.
We used to live in Tampa and still have friends all along the Gulf Coast, so I am watching this with a sense of what you are feeling.
If you haven't met your neighbors, now is the time to go out and talk to them- find out who else is riding out the storm nearby so you can promise to check on each other. Make sure you have a can opener! Plan to share dinner tomorrow with your neighbors, when this will all be history!
And fill up your car with gas. If your flashlight and radio batteries fail, you can always go out (when its not dangerously windy) and listen to updates on the car radio.
God Bless!
Good luck to you. I have relatives down there and I hope that Charley will lose steam! We're waiting for all his rain up north and believe me we have already had enough rain this year!! God Bless you!!
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Have been through some fairly strong hurricanes over the years. Consider yourself fortunate to have oak trees, rather than wheeping willows. During Hurricane Gloria (Cat 2), some limbs came down but the root structure is deep so the trees remained standing.
As the storm intensifies, you should crack the upper portion of the windows in your house. This will prevent implosion from the buildup of pressure.
Prayers are with you; hang tight.
I am here in Brandon (just east of I-75 and south of i-4 for those of you not from here). It is cloudy and calm now. Charley may be making a slight turn to the northeast. I am in a relatively new house that was designed to withstand a hurricane. I did not get my windows boarded. Most of my neighbors did not board their windows either. It is a little scary. I have moved my grill etc out of the lanai and into the garage. I have plenty of food and water. Prayers for all of us in Tampa Bay are appreciated.
If you have gas plumbed to your house you may consider turning it off outside...and maybe the electricity just before the hurricane hits. Prayers.
Prayers for all in Charley's path.