Gator Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 Praying for everyone in the path of Irma and Jose. Please prepare for their arrival, I was an Emergency Manager for 8 years and found most are not convinced these storms are as bad as predicted, they're worse. Hopefully, Irma will turn out to the Atlantic but she looks determined to go ashore. I live in Michigan but you are welcome to come to my home, if needed. For my quilty friends I have plenty of UFOs to work on if you come north! God Bless and be with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primitive1 Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 Thanks for praying for everyone Connie, most of our family lives in FL and the FL Keys, and my stubborn brother in law thinks he can wait until late tonight to leave the keys and is thinking he only has to go to Homestead to be safe....he is such a knucklehead! We are very worried about him and his wife, and now we are hearing that there is no gas to travel with and roads are all backed up with people leaving....my worse worry is that so many who waited so long will spend the storm in their cars stuck in traffic which we all know will be a very bad idea....they were there for Andrew and know very well how bad it can be....please keep praying for them..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue E. Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 My sisters live in Florida - on the west coast - and they won't leave. I have 2 cousins in the Ft. Lauderdale area and they also are staying. I am praying for everyone's safety and hope both of these storms decide to change course and go further east and don't do the massive damage that Irma did to Barbuda, St. Marteen, and other small islands.Vicki, My thoughts and prayers are going out to your brother and his wife. Why are people so stubborn when they know what the consequences could be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaryQuiltsTx Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 Thinking about the folks in the path of Irma. Hoping for the best, fearing the worst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judyday Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 Praying for all in this storms path. safety for all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jameel Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 My thoughts and prayers are with all you folks in Florida... may God protect you and your families, your friends, your pets and homes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagey Posted September 8, 2017 Report Share Posted September 8, 2017 Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. We just finished getting all the hurricane shutters up. We only have to secure one side of the hurricane screens (looks like the trampoline mat that you bounce on) on the front and back doors. Now to help neighbors and family to secure their homes in the next day or two. We are not planning on evacuating now, and besides the roads are starting to look like a parking lots with everyone evacuating from south Florida. Our nephew on the Tampa side of the state decided to evacuate, and they could not find an available hotel room closer than 200 miles north of Atlanta. What normally takes about an hour to drive is taking 3 to 4 hours. Finding gas is becoming difficult. I hope and pray all of the southern APQS forum members ride out Irma and Jose safe and sound, as they evacuate northward. Be safe, and God speed. Cagey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagey Posted September 11, 2017 Report Share Posted September 11, 2017 We appeared to have survived the storm so far, with only minor house damage. Nothing so large to even file an insurance claim at this time. Hopefully the same will hold true for the other FL, GA, AL forum members. Knock on wood we still have power and internet access. It keeps going out every 30 minute or so for a few a seconds up to a minute. When it is out for awhile, you really start to wonder if it is coming back on. Still praying that the rest of you are safe and sound, and have only minor damage if any at all. Take care, and God Bless. Be safe!!!! Cagey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Posted September 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2017 Glad to hear you are ok. Thank you for the report. I'm still waiting to hear from a Tampa friend who evacuated to Orlando. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue E. Posted September 11, 2017 Report Share Posted September 11, 2017 Glad to hear you are okay. I heard from my sisters in Tampa this morning. They stayed home and are okay. Neither house received any damage. I am very thankful that the storm went north and didn't slam into Tampa. I hope everyone else in Irma's path is safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaryQuiltsTx Posted September 11, 2017 Report Share Posted September 11, 2017 Glad to hear of the ones who are safe. Hope others check in when they can. Fingers crossed for everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbams Posted September 12, 2017 Report Share Posted September 12, 2017 Has anyone heard from Dell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnP Posted September 12, 2017 Report Share Posted September 12, 2017 I think God heard our prayers, because the storm was supposed to be worse that it was! Glad you all are safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delores62305 Posted September 13, 2017 Report Share Posted September 13, 2017 We survived Irma with no house damage and minor tree damage. Irma appeared to dissipate when she went over Marion County (Ocala is where I live and it is in Marion County). We were so very fortunate. I also live close to I-75. I can see the interstate at the entrance of our community. I-75 was crazy for a week before Irma and I suspect it will be crazy busy when everyone returns. My daughter lives in Melbourne and she evacuated with her three kids to our house about a week before Irma hit. Her husband is in the Air Force and deployed to Korea so he missed the fun entirely. Her damage consisted of a palm tree on her roof (but no house damage, thank goodness) and her back fence was taken down. Things we can replace; family we cannot. Thanks to everyone for their prayers and thoughts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delores62305 Posted September 13, 2017 Report Share Posted September 13, 2017 Cagey: I thought of you often during Irma and was hoping you made it though her. I was also concerned about The Quilting Place in Rockledge. I rec'd an e-mail today indicating they were now open. Yay!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagey Posted September 14, 2017 Report Share Posted September 14, 2017 Delores; Yes, The Quilt Place, survived the storm, as did we. Many places in the Melbourne/Rockledge/Cocoa area are still without power. We lost both water and power late Saturday night/early Sunday morning. The water came back late Monday, and we only had power restored yesterday evening. Life is rather non-fun living off a generator, balancing the electrical load to run refrigerators, freezers, fans, and other small items, while at the same time providing electricity to our neighbors. I wish I had been like my quilting friend who has been quilting non-stop since last Wednesday. She never lost power, and since she did not evacuate has been staying at home quilting her finger off. Tuesday afternoon was exciting as two individuals in a hit a run accidents with an elderly couple down the road decided to abandon their car, and flee on foot in my neighborhood. The one individual ran north, while the other cut through two houses up from ours. We asked him what he was doing as we knew he did not belong in the area and he was dripping wet from head to toe and drunk. He told us he was running from the cops, as his friend was on probation for murder, but he hadn't done anything. We started locking down the house, since it was wide open to stay cool, and called the police. When we checked on our elderly neighbors, the man was in their house. The wife politely talked him out of the house, and the individual walked out. He then walked up the street. While on the phone with the police, the individual went between a few houses. About 20 police cars arrived, and they started looking for the individuals. We even had a police helicopter flying at house top level searching for them. The police had to search a number of homes as people had left their houses open while they out. The caught the one that ran north hiding in a condo stairwell with a gun just north of our neighborhood, and our neighbor caught the one we spoke with later that night. The neighbors held him at gun point until the police arrived shortly later. For two hours or so, everyone forgot how hot, humid, and challenging live can be without power, cable, or internet. Luckily we only have to boil or water at this point, and sleeping last night was wonderful in a nice cool home. I thank everyone for their thoughts a prayers. The hurricane could have been much worse, and could have caused much more damage than I have seen so far in our area. I'm sure insurance costs will sky rocket next year, but at least we are alive. Take care, and God Bless the rest of the state that is without power and/or suffered much more damage than our are area sustained. Cagey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaryQuiltsTx Posted September 15, 2017 Report Share Posted September 15, 2017 Wow, a real life COPS episode. I am glad no one got hurt by the guy with the gun. Glad you have your water and power back. Hope things return to normal for you soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagey Posted September 16, 2017 Report Share Posted September 16, 2017 Mary; Thank you. Shopping is rather fun still. When we went today to Walmart, no fruit or vegetables in the fresh produce, and almost all of the meat/fish was gone. Still 78,000 without power. Hopefully by the end of next week things will get back to normal. Cagey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delores62305 Posted September 16, 2017 Report Share Posted September 16, 2017 We came down to our daughter's house in Melbourne today to help her clean up and had to bring her some eggs as the grocery supply is still limited to non-existent. I heard on our local news about the couple who held the suspect at gun point. I'm sure it was pretty scary for awhile. We took I75/Florida Turnpike/I95 to her house and the tolls are still suspended. The traffic wasn't near as bad as I thought. I was thinking everyone would be going south to go home. I'm keeping my eye on (and fingers crossed) at Lee. Hopefully he will fizzle out or go back into the ocean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaryQuiltsTx Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 That must be tough. Wish we could send groceries your way. I know a lot of crews are working around the clock on the power. Things are still pretty bad on the Texas coast too. Y'all hang in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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