As our Governor has said, since it now looks like it won't arrive until Sunday--the course could change slightly but right now Palm Beach and the areas on the coast near that area look like they are in the most severe danger. I will definitely cross my fingers and pray for the folks in the direct path (those on the coast where the storm makes landfall) and in major flood zones.

Though I am in Florida--I am likely not in its direct path and our house is not in a place that floods (good drainage-we are only in an evacuation zone because our property is an "island" in a minor flood zone--as in the streets we use to exit our property could become temporarily flooded). There is a small chance I could lose electricity for a while (have many times in the past including 5 days once and about 3 days on three other occassions) but that is minor compared to what people in the storm's path and serious flood zones endure.

Hugs to all who are worried. If you don't have the funds to stock up in case of a power/clean water outage--most Florida cities do open shelters when power goes out or is likely to go out or whenever evacuations are ordered in your city. We did evacuate twice when living in another Florida city (they gave us 3 meals a day free) though if you have a pet, most towns only have one shelter for that and obviously, that is hard--you might need a pet cage to use those services which makes it very hard if you have pets and your property is impacted so more prayers to all the pets in Florida in flood zones and in the storm's path.