Do you have water coming into your home?
I watched that thing pound S. Dade for hours and hours. There probably aren't too many farmers left now, but whatever farmland there is has to be lakes. People are boating and jetskiing in the streets there on the video links below.
Would really appreciate knowing more any more news you learn about the damage in the Homestead area .. if you have to chance to find out. I lived there for 25+ years.
She's a Cat. 2, tops winds at 100 mph, and steaming along her treacherous path .. prayers for all in her way. Just kills me to think about it going to the centeral Panhandle .. again. Those poor souls, God bless them all.
I spoke too soon earlier when I posted, lost power this afternoon and got it back about an hour ago. We have water again but are warned not to drink any tap water and to boil it prior to using it to wash dishes. I'm still not exactly sure when we will have drinkable water from the tap.
From what I've seen around town is plenty of flooding, many tree's down, including numerous royal palms on Canal Drive blocking the way. We tried to go down Kings Highway but it's flooded out. I heard from a friend on mine with HPD that most of the area around the hospital is either flooded out of had trees blocking the way. The city was out pretty clearing roads.
Most of the farm land in the Redlands is still there, but obviously flooded along with most of the area.
I too took this storm to be nothing, as we were told the entire time Katrina was heading to the E. Coast. Local news was saying Dade would get little, maybe some heavy rains. Last we really heard was that Katrina would make a direct hit in Palm Beach County. Next time I'll take more precautions.