florida friends

[TeriB19]

Oh Kerri that's great news!! Thank God!! So relieved for you, my friend. I'll see you a little later on today (dropping off something nice in your mailbox if you're not home).

[JulieCitySlicker]

Thats great news Kerri I'm happy to hear that your grandfather is alright

[Sheila63]

That's awesome news, Kerri!!! I'm so happy to hear he's okay.

I'm sorry his house is trashed but the main thing is that he's safe and sound.

[Dogstar]

Thanks, you guys. You are all the BEST! Teri, I must have missed you, dang it! I had to work today ....Thank you in advance

[whitebird]

Keri, I'm so glad that your Grandfather and his wife are OK. My sister just moved from the area hit a couple of months ago, and I'm so glad that she is safe also. Extending my prayers to those hit by these storms.

There but for the grace of God go "One that I love".

[mushroomy2k]

good morning everyone i would have posted earlier but my hubby was home with the stomach flu since wed,then friday they didn't work cause we thought hurricane charley was headed to tampa bay but it changed course
and caught so many off gaurd because they thought it was coming farther north.
if it had came up the coast another 30/40 miles our town would have been hit too and if it had came into tampa bay we would have taken a direct hit like so many other rural communities did inland.
my prayers are with all who lost loved ones and everything they had.
Teri im 15 minutes from zephyrhills maybe i know your friends.
and kerri im so happy to hear you grandfather and his wife are ok.
Untold thousands are homeless in Punta Gorda and surrounding Charlotte County, where one in three of the 153,000 residents is age 65 or older.
Federal officials declared 25 of Florida's 67 counties disaster zones.
The losses around Punta Gorda in Charlotte were just one corner of a vast swath of Southwest and Central Florida littered by catastrophe. The area is 200 miles long and at least 30 miles wide. Mobile home parks and places near the historic ranching town of Arcadia also were severely struck.
Fort Myers and the rest of Lee County reported $3.3 billion in damage. The Federal Emergency Management Agency said 80 percent of the buildings in Charlotte County - including every mobile home and all three hospitals - sustained damage.
Dead cows wrapped in barbed wire were sprawled beside roads in DeSoto County.
Sanibel, Captiva and Pine islands remained closed to the public as officers conducted searches and rescues. Unconfirmed reports said that as many as 200 people tried to ride out the storm on those vulnerable islands.
we have just been lulled into thinking we can't be hit because we really haven't been hit in tampa bay or some cities south of here in in 30 years or more.
it's really sad that some people tried to ride it out.
my prayers for everyone.
you all have a terrific week.

[Sheila63]

whitebird, I'm very happy to hear your sister made it through the storm safe and sound.

Thanks for all of the info, mushroomy2k. My heart goes out to all of the people there. They are in my thoughts and prayers.

[JulieCitySlicker]

Mushroomy,
I'm so glad that you made it through the storm alright! It is very sad hearing about all of the damage that happened from these storms and seeing the devastation on the news about it Its hard to believe that people would try to ride out a storm like that cuz they are so unpredictable!
My thoughts and prayers are with everyone that has been affected by this

[Vixen_255]

I'm OK if anyone cares! I'm in SC but it was headed right to my town but it turned at the last minute.
I dont ever wanna do this again do you know how hard it is getting your almost 70-80+ pound dog in your truck by yourself & youre a girl????? It aint to fun!

[Dogstar]

Thanks, whitebird and mushroomy2k. I'm glad you are all OK as well...Can't tell you how relieved I was to finally hear they were all right. The devastation is indeed widespread. I have already said lots of prayers for those who lost loved ones and friends and their homes. Mother Nature sure can be harsh.