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===URGENT UPDATE: HURRICANE IRMA===
8 years ago
So for those of you who may know me enough, I live in Florida. According to a map, I was placed in section E for evacuation meaning that right now it is not mandatory to evacuate whereas people living in the Keys or at the coast have been told to leave, both tourists and the citizens.
In my current situation it is a tremendous mess. All the gas stations closest to us are out of gas, we can't drive off anywhere to get any sandbags or water bottles because everyone else has gotten a fuckton already. The flashlights are gone, the canned food is nowhere to be found (thankfully we have a bit of soup saved up at home), our dogs have never been through a hurricane and I frankly don't know how they will react, our roof is still in need of some repairs, the fence to the house is beyond repair (it is literally falling over to one side), we can't rely on any family members since they are nowhere near us (my aunt will no longer be living in Florida and my uncle lives in Texas, which has been ravaged by Hurricane Harvey), my plans to move out have been ruined (still not enough money as I will be using some to pitch in so I can at the very least survive, don't have a car, no way of getting a flight out of here to even evacuate [because once again no money]).
Any of the nearby shelters have already been taken up and I don't know what to do other than pick up any items in my house of value to higher ground, take pictures for the insurance to take care of should any damage happen, and save everything that I have saved onto my computers. I'm basically panicking and I'm frankly not too sure if I should even attempt to do a donation stream to raise funds to make sure everything is fine and to cover any expenses in case anything major should happen once Hurricane Irma hits.
In other news, two more storms have been forming as of late. Tropical Storms Jose and Katia, one on the Atlantic, the other in the Gulf of Mexico. Yeah Harvey was already bad enough, Irma is coming in for more damage but I guess now we have to brace ourselves for the other two fucking storms that are coming in to tear our assholes in half or otherwise.
Please please please, if you have any sort of suggestions that you think I could attempt, let me know in the comments. I want to see what you guys can tell me. I'm at a pretty desperate point and I'm pretty sure anyone else living in Florida would also be pretty damn scared because this is the strongest hurricane we have ever faced since Andrew (I haven't faced it but I was made aware of how much damage it inflicted, especially in the Homestead area).
By the end of Friday hunker down the best you can and hold onto something that floats. :/
I'll be praying for your safety and that of your fellow Floridians.
Thank you for the sincere prayers.
I'll be watching the news and hoping for the best.
I'm still monitoring the news myself and at this point putting my items on higher ground. Hoping that we make it through alright!
Sounds like a pretty good plan. Hopefully the water pumps keep the flooding in Florida to a minimum.
I'm unsure if boat motor gasoline is the same or not. If so, maybe someone has some of that near you, or a boat to siphon it from (with permission)?
Otherwise I guess shutter windows, save water, and if you have any plug in power-outage flashlights / crank power ones, gather them for emergency use.
Stay safe!
We have shutters on the windows, we just have to scroll them into place. I think we might have radio/hand crank flashlights in case. We might start filling the tubs up tomorrow. I just have to clean the tubs ASAP.
Thanks a whole bunch!
You're welcome, and best wishes!