Posted on 02/02/2007 4:52:07 AM PST by Strategerist
LADY LAKE, Florida (CNN) -- Deadly storms swept across central Florida on Friday morning, damaging homes, toppling trees and sending trucks careening off Interstate 4, police said.
The Lake County Sheriff's Office said there were "several" fatalities in Lady Lake, where at least two mobile home parks were hit. Authorities could not say how many deaths there were.
(Excerpt) Read more at edition.cnn.com ...
Gennie, warning just up ... Barefoot Bay in path. Not good.
Still having storms. As the cold fron slides south across the state the storms are generated.
http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=mlb&product=N0R&overlay=11101111&loop=no
Damn, I just pray that those in the path managed to find safe shelter. Prayers up for the folks there.
Guennie, that is. OK, calm down NVA. Spell check is your friend.
I slept thru the night but see we had strong winds and heavy rain (Ocala). Tree down across the street, lots of branches down. Side note: just got a letter from my insurance carrier that they dropped screen enclosure coverage from the policy.
Yes, I see that! Be alert!
Oh no...Barefoot Bay, another mobile home community!
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
930 AM EST FRI FEB 2 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...GRANT...BAREFOOT BAY NORTHERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ROSELAND...FELLSMERE...BLUE CYPRESS LAKE * UNTIL 1015 AM EST
* AT 925 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF
BLUE CYPRESS LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... FELLSMERE BY 945 AM EST MICCO...BAREFOOT BAY...ROSELAND AND SEBASTIAN INLET RECREATION BY 955 AM EST THE IMMEDIATE DANGER OF A TORNADO IS HIGH. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS DEVELOPING TORNADO ARE URGED TO QUICKLY PREPARE FOR ITS APPROACH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION! ACT NOW AS SECONDS CAN SAVE LIVES! THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STRONG BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR...IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR CLOSET. KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
Wow, CNN reporting that the Lady Lake Church of God that was completely wiped out was rated as a storm shelter.
Gov. Crist, press conference 10AM. I think Jeb can use the break.
Looking at radar (though I'm not quite the severe weather maniac the way I am with tropical wx) it looks like that well could be a "real" tornado.
Oh no!
Prayers for all those in the path of this storm.
Wow - are all tornado warning bulletins like that? If that message doesn't kick your butt into gear to prepare for this, I don't know if anything will.
Good grief... FoxNews had cut to some local station, interviewing some guy on the street. This guy said he'd lived in Florida for years and never seen anything like this. He goes off on "The politicians" and how they need to do something about global warming.
[sigh]
...oh, and he said something about how he was waiting for the government aid to arrive... he'd paid his taxes... time to get something... yadda yadda...
[sigh]
Subject: Weather Bulletin
Denver Post:
This text is from a county emergency manager out in the central part of Colorado after last week's snowstorm.
WEATHER BULLETIN
Up here, in the Northern Plains, we just recovered from a Historic event---may I even say a "Weather Event" of "Biblical Proportions" --- with a historic blizzard of up to 44" inches of snow and winds to 90 MPH that broke trees in half, knocked down utility poles, stranded hundreds of motorists in lethal snow banks, closed ALL roads, isolated scores of communities and cut power to 10's of thousands.
FYI:
George Bush did not come.
FEMA did nothing.
No one howled for the government.
No one blamed the government.
No one even uttered an expletive on TV.
Neither Jesse Jackson (The National ****Stirrer) nor Al Sharpton paid a visit.
Our Mayor did not blame Bush or anyone else.
Our Governor did not blame Bush or anyone else, either.
CNN, ABC, CBS, FOX or NBC did not visit - or report on this category 5 snowstorm. Nobody demanded $2,000 debit cards.
No one asked for a FEMA Trailer House.
No one looted.
Nobody - I mean nobody demanded the government do something.
Nobody expected the government to do anything, either.
No Larry King, No Bill O'Rielly, No Oprah, No Chris Mathews and No Geraldo Rivera.
No Shaun Penn, No Barbara Striesand, No Hollywood types to be found.
Nope, we just melted the snow for water. Sent out caravans of SUV's to pluck people out of snow engulfed cars. The truck drivers pulled people out of snow banks and didn't ask for a penny. Local restaurants made food and the police and fire departments delivered it to the snowbound families. Families took in the stranded people -- total strangers. We fired up wood stoves, broke out coal oil lanterns or Coleman lanterns. We put on extra layers of clothes because up here it is "Work or Die."
We did not wait for some affirmative action government to get us out of a mess created by being immobilized by a welfare program that trades votes for 'sittin at home' checks. Even though a Category "5" blizzard of this scale has never fallen this early, we know it can happen and how to deal with it ourselves.
"In my many travels, I have noticed that once one gets north of about 48 degrees North Latitude, 90% of the world's social problems evaporate." It does seem that way, at least to me.
I hope this gets passed on. Maybe SOME people will get the message. The world does Not owe you a living.
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