cshenk > wrote:
> jinx the minx wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>> Ophelia > wrote:
>>> "jinx the minx" wrote in message
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>>> jinx the minx > wrote:
>>>> Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>>>>> On 9/6/2017 11:59 AM, wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you live in Florida, GET THE **** OUT, NOW!!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Latest prediction is for Irma to turn north and skirt up the east
>>>>>> coast of Florida, staying at Cat 3 or greater ALL the way up to
>>>>>> Georgia!!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> My daughter just got a notice they may have to evacuate in the
>> next >>> couple of days but she is right on the Manatee River, a few
>> hundred >>> yards from the bank. They just moved there in June but
>> have flood and >>> hurricane insurance though.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Our other house is on the water near there too, just north of
>> Bradenton. >> By on the water, I mean the bay is our back yard. We
>> are Zone A, with >> "voluntary" evacuation beginning tomorrow morning
>> at 7am. DH is on a >> plane
>>>> right now, heading down to shutter up the house and move furniture
>> higher >> up. I would like him to get the hell out and come home
>> Saturday before it >> hits, but at least he is getting a hotel room
>> further north where there >> won't be flooding for Sat and Sun night.
>> My chest already hurts from >> worrying.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Replying to my own post in order to thank everyone for their
>>> thoughts and prayers. It's been a rough day. They upgraded our
>>> zone to mandatory evacuation by tonight, so now there's nothing
>>> left to do but wait and pray. DH was able to catch a last minute
>>> early flight out of Tampa to Atlanta, and found a hotel room a half
>>> hour outside of the city. Atlanta is sold out everywhere, and car
>>> traffic is backed up throughout all of Florida and up past Atlanta.
>>> He installed a camera inside the house, so we'll be able to see if
>>> the hurricane shutters over the wall of windows on the bay side
>>> hold up, assuming we don't lose power and utilities first.
>>>
>>> jinx the minx
>>>
>>> ==
>>>
>>> Be safe and report back when you can!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Well, it's almost over except the shouting. We were in direct line
>> of the eye when it hit Naples (2 hours south of us), but then it
>> changed course and headed more north and over land, which saved us.
>> If it had continued up the coast past Ft. Myers as projected, it
>> would have been immeasurably bad for us. We know from our camera
>> feed that we lost power about 8:30pm last night, so it was an arduous
>> waiting game through the night and into this morning wondering if the
>> 8-10 ft storm surge tsunami that was expected to hit around 4am
>> happened. Luckily it didn't, or we would have lost the house
>> without a doubt. Our neighbors with a key to the house said the roof
>> is intact and no damage to the house. We lost palm trees and bushes
>> as well as our dock and boat lift, but that's wonderful news
>> considering that as the hurricane got closer and closer, our picture
>> looked bleaker and bleaker. We still don't have power, but hopefully
>> they'll get that repaired soon. I'm happy to have an excuse to
>> clear out everyone else's food taking up space in my freezer, if you
>> know what I mean. Not that I don't appreciate the "kind" gesture
>> from our friends and family that stay there when we are not...
>
> I think the big warning her is they can shift and Florida is a long
> thin state so the only evacuation is 'North'. My the time they called
> it for you, it was probably too late to make it out.
>
> I assume you have a generator.
>
> Grin, yeah I know on the food. Folks with no sense tried to show up
> here to 'store their food in my chest freezer'. As if I would have had
> power to keep it running when their's went off.
>
> Carol
>
We were the very first area called for voluntary evacuation several days
before it was close, which then became mandatory. I think a lot of people
in the state evacuated before they were "asked" to, or used it as an
opportunity to get out of town, which clogged the highways. We don't have
a generator there because it isn't our full time home. I'm definitely
putting one on the shopping list, however, just in case storms like this
happen when we or family are staying there.
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