"Maybe you should have posted your post on one of the Rita threads where FReepers were reporting the damage to their homes and were checking in about where they had evacuated to and the losses they had suffered. I'm sure your making fun and laughing your a$$ off comment would have been greatly appreciated"
"Do you live in a coastal area which could be affected by a hurricane or have relatives or close friends who do?"
My folks-in-law live in Boca Raton, Tampa and Orlando.
I pray for the whole State of Florida when a hurricane approaches!! My folks are kind, patient people who don't complain - they just break out the generator and storm shutters and do all other sensible preparations or they evacuate if need be.
God bless them and all Floridians facing this storm.
I pray for the whole State of Florida when a hurricane approaches!! My folks are kind, patient people who don't complain - they just break out the generator and storm shutters and do all other sensible preparations or they evacuate if need be.
God bless them and all Floridians facing this storm.
My sister and son live in Houston so I pay attention when storms enter the GOM. NN's threads were instrumental in helping me decide where best to send my son. Even though he's on his own and is a native Houstonian, Rita was the first hurricane that could have potentially affected him. Every other time a hurricane or tropical storm has hit the Houston area, we've lived in Dallas or San Antonio. I didn't want him stuck by himself in an apartment if Rita hit Galveston or Surfside. (Possible flooding from rain, possible days without electricity, etc.)
I had a choice of either having my son go to his Dad's in east Texas or to my sister's house in SW Houston. Initially when it looked like Rita was going to hit either Surfside or Galveston I had him going to e. Texas. When Rita made her jog, we changed plans and had him go to my sister's. He was there from Thursday mid-day til Sunday morning when my b-i-l found a gas station with gas.
Since I live in Oklahoma I wasn't getting local forecasts, only the potential affects of the storm if it should come through here as a rain event. I relied heavily on NN's thread for the local forecasts, the amateur and the professional meteorologists on the threads and people's opinions. If he had gone to his Dad's he would have been in potential trouble since e. Texas was in Rita's path and there was quite a bit of damage. As it was, my sister received a few raindrops and a little breeze.
All of this was why I took exception to Steven W for making fun of this thread with his "ROFLAMAO" and comment about being scared about Y2K. His comments were out of line.
Thanks to NN for maintaining the threads and my prayers for Florida during Wilma.