I'm ok here! Dodged a bullet as it was heading straight for my road in Orlando, curved under me.

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No electricity. But otherwise okay.

When Charley hit us, we were without power for 3+ weeks. I think SWF upgraded their infrastructure after that so hopefully, it won't last as long this time around.

Doing fine. Tampa seems to get lucky even when facing catastrophic weather.

Glad to hear it.

Tampa was definitely lucky.

Still got it down south of me

We all should enjoy these moments because next year is going to be worse.

Yeah. :\ Most likely.

Was Charlie the one that made landfall four times?

I don't know if that's the case but I can tell you that Charley kicked our ass in. We were without power for over three weeks.

I know Hurricane Gloria did that when I was a kid, and Hurricane Ike did Texas for two weeks.

I'm further south then where it hit and we had some really bad weather the day before it made landfall. We had flooding and some twisters but all in all we faired well down here.

I'm good as is my family. Thanks for checking in on us!

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They hyped it up and everyone panicked. My area just got cool weather and a pleasant breeze.

Better to hype it and have people be more careful than they need to be. It's nothing to fuck with. The situation is at least somewhat unpredictable and can change quickly.

This is a huge storm, and is doing historic damage. People who didn't heed the warnings will be found to have died.

I have a friend in FL who is telling me this is way worse than Charley. He's saying there are bridges out, boats in people's roofs, and bodies in the river.

This is one of the five worst storms to ever hit the US, from what I've heard, and it's not done yet. It's out at sea gathering strength right now before it hits again farther North. There's a causeway to a couple of the barrier islands that's toast. Anyone who didn't heed the warning to get out of there is in deep doodoo.

Yikes. :\ Damn.

Managed to avoid the worst of it- pretty decent winds and rain. ;v;

My best to our Floridian friends.

One more reason I wouldn't want to live there. My good friend who owns a house in West Palm was visiting his girlfriend in Iowa. His daughter is going to fly down to check out the condition of her inheritance.

Ooftah.

we're good here...

Vix

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My inlaws and friends are all okay!

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Yeah so... I recently got a home in Fort Myers, spent a lot on remodeling, and then this happens. Silver lining is that I was traveling up north when it hit, but I haven't been able to get a flight back down to see if anything's left standing. I've also heard insurance carriers in South FL love to underpay/deny hurricane claims and drag you through court before finally settling. So I guess October is going be fun this year.

Oof. Damn. :\ I'm sorry to hear that.

Hurricanes are the pits.

Most recent here was Harvey. Prior to that Ike :| So I know what you're dealing with.

Folks who don't live near the oceans don't understand the anxiety that comes with the late Summer months. As this silly sh*t spins off West Africa, you start watching its track to see if it's going to go above or below Cuba. You also start looking at High / Low pressure systems and / or the timing of cold fronts.

Those of you that endured this one have all my sympathies.

I'm in Maryland but I know   tazel has family down in Lee County. Shi hasn't been able to reach them. We're reaching out to the Cajun Navy to check on them. I'm helping hir out as shi's going through a terrible time w/o news if they made it.

Damn. Sorry to hear that. :\

Update on this: TAZEL'S MOM IS SAFE AND SOUND!

That's good news!

Never lost power. Internet is out. Have cellular failover on my network tho. Woo!

That's fortunate. I have a friend who says everything south of Fort Meyers is basically foobar'd. :\