Heart breaking !
Were homes intact to return to?
Very little to no damage or flooding in my area. In other areas of my town there was light-to-heavy damage here and there. Violent winds caused a lot of terror to almost all the folks who stuck it out in their digs.
My friend in a low part of town was flooded and then a big arm of an oak tree smashed across and into her roof, and then it rained...and she's lost virtually everything. Lucky she wasn't killed. Freepers who came to my clubhouse and home get-togethers in the past may remember her...Vivian...who is my right arm at these parties.
The ACTUAL root cause of most of the the elderly, the handicaps and the disabled evacuating to shelters is because of loss of power. Without air-conditioning, older and sick people can die alone in their homes and condos from the high heat and humidity we're experiencing here on the central Gulf coast of Florida.
My power was out for almost three days...and wreaked havoc in my freezers, ouch !
Leni