Hurricane Dennis

[gemini9961]

Are you ready FLORIDA??????? Yes this bad boy is a category 3 now, almost a 4. Good times!!! The Keys are evacuating and us here in the Bay area are getting prepped. How are all my other Floridians doing??? Kay, I know you are not too excited. The good thing is that I might not have to come to work Saturday night, woohoo. Good luck everyone, get out that plywood and rev up the generator.

[Kfamr]

I've been trying not to watch the news at all so I don't get overly excited. I hope Dennis stays away but last I did watch the news he "veered to the right" .. wrong way Dennis!


We live about 5-10 minutes from the Gulf.

[ILoveMyAbbyGirl]

*hugs*

I wish I could kidnap all you Floridians and Southerners and all your furkids up here to Wisconsin. So unfair.

*smooches to the fur/feather/fin/scaled kids*

[Daisy and Delilah]

I'm like Kay, not watching the news so I don't have to hear about it. We may be okay on the coast but we never know. It seems like yesterday when we went through this. My neighbors behind me have had a tree service in their yard all day removing about 5 GIANT pine trees. The sound of those chain saws all day was eerie. Deja vu. I'm glad to see the trees removed though since several were leaning so bad I could see them falling in the first winds. We just got our roof fixed last week and we're still waiting for gutter repair. I'll be praying for all of you in harms way and hope you come through unscathed. My brother will probably be coming in from Tampa. Best of luck to everybody!!

Terry

[BitsyNaceyDog]

Originally posted by Kfamr
I've been trying not to watch the news at all so I don't get overly excited. I hope Dennis stays away but last I did watch the news he "veered to the right" .. wrong way Dennis!

I haven't been watching the news ether, I stress out too much.

Terry- where are you?
Stay safe Amber, Kay and everyone else on the coast.

[petslover]

Stay Safe everyone!

[Kfamr]

There's a state of emergency for my county. And "recommended" evacuations for low-lying areas and mobile homes.

I ****ing hate this state so much. I want to get out of here, for good.

[dukedogsmom]

I'm so glad I'm off this weekend or I would have had to show up for work. I'm already sick of these things and they just started.

[luvofallhorses]

Stay safe everyone!

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

Originally posted by Kfamr
There's a state of emergency for my county. And "recommended" evacuations for low-lying areas and mobile homes.

I ****ing hate this state so much. I want to get out of here, for good.

I understand you very well! I would be so terrified every time....!

Be safe, Florida!!

[Samantha Puppy]

Last I heard, it was still slated to go to the west of Florida and hit the northern coast of the Gulf, along Mississippi and Alabama... Hope it doesn't change track and the state of emergencies are just for precaution...

[Kfamr]

The predicted path is to go just west of us, but the storm is large and could easily cover all of Florida. We're going to get a lot of wind and rain here, which usually tornadoes join in on the fun.

Charley was supposed to do the same thing. Charley ran right across the state, just south of us.

[gemini9961]

This guy has some winds with it. Yikes, he's got 145mph winds attached to him. Yep they are saying he'll stay to the west of us, but.....these things can change paths quickly. Like Kay said about Charley, he decided he wanted to make a sharp turn and hit Port Charlotte/Punta Gorda when he was supposed to come hit the Bay area. These things are still too unpredictable. He still has to get into the warm Gulf waters and then he might change his path big time. As far as I know I am going to work tonight... My work is about 1 mile or less from the Bay and Howard Frankland bridge. This sucks, I swear management has no sense about their employee's safety!!!!

[petslover]

We might even feel this one! Yikes!

It is all over our news today that we might feel it.

[CalliesMom]

I also am tired of this crap. It's due to hit us Sunday evening/Monday morning time frame. UGH>