Community Chat

[smurfff]

Stay safe my friend. My son and his family are right in the storms path as well. I pray for all that this storm takes a turn and goes out to sea!!! He is a Deputy Sheriff and will be out all night and day so prayers are with all first responders as well. Thank you so much for your updates as a Mom they mean so much to hear . Thank you again and I am praying the hardest I have ever for all of you !!!

[BalletBabe]

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@San Antonio Gal wrote:

I thinking of you @BalletBabe .  Thanks for starting a new thread and giving updates.  

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@San Antonio Gal   Thank You!   ((HUG))

[Jersey Born]

@BalletBabe - I have a few friends in FL, and they have relatives also living in FL. I am praying for all of them and everyone else in FL. Another friend's son, a student at the University of Tampa, was told by someone at that university, "Leave if you want to live. Stay if you want to die."  As the son has an apartment right on the beach, it is expected that everything (apartment, and its furnishings, that his parents paid for) will be destroyed by the storm. He evacuated and went back home to his family in Connecticut. 

I am still praying for everyone affected by Hurricane Helene.

[BalletBabe]

Raining pretty hard,  but no wind yet.   It is now a Cat 4.  They just said about 12 to 14 hours to landfall,  but they are saying it is changing so much,  and it could still wobble.

I need to move after this. ABC action weather has the best weather.  

it is moving slow...

[haddon9]

@LTT1 , @lynnie61 ,@SouthernBee ,

Thank you for the well wishes and prayers!  I hope they left to at least go to a shelter.

[shoptilyadropagain]

My prayers are with you, our other Florida posters as well as everybody in the path of this storm.  I have elderly relatives that are inland but I'm still very worried about them.  Stay safe!!!!

[StylishLady2]

 Quiet here in Fort Myers. Looks like we will be spared the worst. Tampa area seems to be the storm's target right now. We. have all our shutters closed anyways.

[Puzzle Piece]

Thanks for keeping us posted and updated.  Take care. 

Stay safe America - we need each other.  

[RescueLover]

Good morning…@Ballet Babe 🤗🤗🤗

I’m Happy to see your post today!! 😊

Holding onto your fur baby for comfort and support will help ease your stress and anxiety to get you through all this. 🥰🥰🥰

Praying that no harm comes your way. ❤️

[haddon9]

I saw a video on people preparing for the storm.  There was one man (in his 60s maybe?) who was disabled and had half a leg but his SS disability payments had stopped so he had very little to live on.

He has a small boat where he lives with all of his worldly possessions and claimed that he was going to try & ride out the storm in the boat.  He said that he could swim even if he couldn't really walk. 

I kept thinking that his boat will probably smashed up and he will drown or be killed by the strong winds and water.

He did have some people concerned about him and were trying to get him to go to a shelter.