[What now]

My thoughts are with you all right now. Hope its all ok afterwards

[FaithWalker]

Praying for everyone.  I have a cousin in Okeechobee that has horses, dogs, cats.  I think she moved about 20 miles away to the horse stable where she works as their stable was more protection for the horses than the barn on their property.

I have a friend in Fort Lauderdale who is hunkered down.  She posted 7 hours ago that the internet was back and that she was safe.

My friend in Port Saint Lucie has been in the bathtub twice for tornado warnings.  She posted about some people saving Manitees that got stranded in the bay at the end of Whitfield.

My friend in Riverview lost power about 10 minutes ago.  It's her son's birthday so they are making the best of it.

My friend in New Port Richey I heard from about 4 hours ago.

My other friend's tried to get out yesterday.  They left Tarpon Springs and after 10 hours stopped in Pensacola.

Meanwhile, there are wild fires on our side of the U.S. so I am also praying for friends here that have had to evacuate as well.   

The air quality here last week was horrible, but it has cleared up a good deal in the last few days. 

Stay safe everyone and update as you can!

[gman242]

Riverview is up the road from me... My back door is facing north and getting some bad weather and is starting to leak a bit.

Could be much worse!! It'll be a cat 1 when it gets here

[Thunder]

My sister said her power went out and very, very bad winds.

[Anjae]

My thoughts are with all of you guys on the hurricane path.

Stay save and update when you can.

[Absolutely Fabulous]

Glad to know you're all right. Still have power? How's the damage? Has the rain stopped where you are yet?

I haven't heard from my OD in 2 days. That's not a good sign. They're in need of water and food where she is. She and her friends stocked up, but many others didn't. The local Marriott has working showers and fresh water. She has some friends staying there, so they're able to shower and take care of basic hygiene. I hope to hear from her today.

Keep the updates coming. Saw that the Red Cross is on the scene. Still praying for you.

[gman242]

We survived with no real damage! The neighbor hood was a mess.. mostly leaves though all over the place. Nobody had any real damage and we're still waiting on stores to open and resupply. I'm off until Friday. It could have been much, much worse! I think the winds petered out around 1am and I went to bed. S was set up in my closet in a little camping fort. It was pretty cute!

AbFab, that's absolutely horrifying! I hope you hear some news, somehow..! She's been on my mind since they started showing pictures of the damage from the islands.. So scary.. ! My thoughts and prayers are with you!

[FaithWalker]

Praying for your D AF!

Glad to hear you are okay Gman.  I hope that the stores can get restocked soon and that you guys have everything that you need!

[Thunder]

Gman,

Are you,or is anyone else, in the path of Alberto?

[20thcenturygirl]

The town where the storm is making landfall is where my H currently keeps his plane.   His boat is docked a couple of miles away.  I think he is there with OW and some of her family this weekend. 
My D has not heard from him, I had a brief birthday text from him on Saturday which I responded to with just a thank-you.

I am wondering if I should check he is ok ?  I assume he and OW are in very close proximity to each other and it is probably a bonding experience for them so I don't want to pursue. 
Is it very  frightening being in this kind of storm? 

I do hope that anyone else impacted by this is safe.