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Callmecrazy

(3,065 posts)
Sun Sep 10, 2017, 06:49 AM Sep 2017

Still here... made it through the night. UPDATE.

Last edited Sun Sep 10, 2017, 07:33 PM - Edit history (1)

Just woke up.
The eyewall is about to hit Key West. It's really scary seeing the videos from down there. I think they've been out of power for a while now. Reporting 95 mph gusts.
Miami is getting 66 mph gusts with stinging rain.
Tornado warning in effect until noon with a Tor:Con of 8(80% chance of tornadic activity).

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Still here... made it through the night. UPDATE. (Original Post) Callmecrazy Sep 2017 OP
keep checking in! stay safe! samnsara Sep 2017 #1
PLEASE let us know you're okay. raven mad Sep 2017 #2
My advice from three of these things in the last 12 years is be patient, be kind of others, Dustlawyer Sep 2017 #3
I'm so glad the water is back, and that you are OK! Squinch Sep 2017 #7
It's the aftermath that's the worst.. mountain grammy Sep 2017 #10
Where are you? Freddie Sep 2017 #4
Lost power here in West Broard County HopeAgain Sep 2017 #5
Stay safe. Scarsdale Sep 2017 #6
Keep us posted how you fare. Best to you. Squinch Sep 2017 #8
It is moving farther west than expected jimlup Sep 2017 #9
A friend in Coco Beach says their sea wall has been breached n/t TexasBushwhacker Sep 2017 #11
Update Callmecrazy Sep 2017 #12
Good News! Leith Sep 2017 #13
Wow - so glad to hear you are OK! rurallib Sep 2017 #15
Also just discovered I have no cell signal. Callmecrazy Sep 2017 #14
Good for you! We still have about 12 hrs to go. It's been a long slough. Fla Dem Sep 2017 #16

Dustlawyer

(10,493 posts)
3. My advice from three of these things in the last 12 years is be patient, be kind of others,
Sun Sep 10, 2017, 08:05 AM
Sep 2017

pull together, and know it will be a marathon, not a sprint. Things will return to normal.

We just got water without a boil ban yesterday after Harvey knocked out the cities water supply!

Freddie

(9,231 posts)
4. Where are you?
Sun Sep 10, 2017, 08:09 AM
Sep 2017

My son lives in Lake Worth but is evacuated to Orlando. Wind might be just as bad up there but not as close to ocean.

HopeAgain

(4,407 posts)
5. Lost power here in West Broard County
Sun Sep 10, 2017, 08:29 AM
Sep 2017

Gusts that remind me of Wilma, but not the sustained winds (yet?). My thoughts and prayers for those on West Coast of Florida.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
6. Stay safe.
Sun Sep 10, 2017, 08:29 AM
Sep 2017

I can not imagine how terrifying it must be. The wrath of Mother Nature is banging at the door. So many people in desperate straits. All we can hope for is that it comes to an end sooner than expected. We are all thinking of you.

jimlup

(7,968 posts)
9. It is moving farther west than expected
Sun Sep 10, 2017, 08:52 AM
Sep 2017

I think that is a good thing as long as it doesn't get a chance to strengthen while spinning around in the Eastern Gulf.

Callmecrazy

(3,065 posts)
12. Update
Sun Sep 10, 2017, 07:22 PM
Sep 2017

Made it through the storm just fine. Power blinked out a few times, but for less than a minute. DSL held all day. Dish network went out a few times.
Took a drive around the neighborhood and had to navigate around several tree limbs and palm tree fronds. White caps on the pond blowing spray on the road. Not much in the way of flooding.

Fla Dem

(23,347 posts)
16. Good for you! We still have about 12 hrs to go. It's been a long slough.
Sun Sep 10, 2017, 11:05 PM
Sep 2017

Glad we still have power and when it finally clears NE Fl tomorrow won't have to worry about all the traffic trying to get back.

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