florida

my heart goes out to all those people who were involved in any way with the florida storms today.
living in the uk i have never seen or being involved in a twister of any kind, so i can only imagine the horror they must be going through.

The weather over and around Florida has really become so unstable. I don't think they received any warning. Thankfully, one of my friends there is OK.

EJ

The storms passed over our house about 4:15 this morning but thankfully did not touch down. Just got the thunderstorms and wind. Other lives have been devastated.

Has anyone heard from Sky? I know she's there.

Jan

It didn't go down that far.

Oh good! You're ok, Pet?

Hugs,

Jan

Yes, we are fine.

has anyone heard from anyone else in the Florida areas, do we need to do a Florida Roll Call ?
Angie

I believe Sky is well south of the storm are. Good to know that she is more than likey just fine!

Hi there, everyone. It's so nice of y'all to express your concern. I'm no longer very active here, but I live down in the Southeast part of the state like Skye, and I was as surprised as any of you when I turned on the news this morning and heard about it.

Even though it seems several twisters hit, creating a broader swath of devastation than just one, the damage is still fairly localized, compared with what a hurricane can do. The other thing to keep in mind is that mobile home communities were hit, and many of the older homes were built before hurricane codes were enacted in the early 1990s.

The sad thing is that it's probably much, much harder to lose a little home that represents everything one has ever worked for than walking away from one's demolished mansion after a storm. Someone like Oprah or Donald Trump can just build another big home -- but these people cannot. Plus, many of them are very elderly and cannot simply "start over."

The death toll keeps climbing, too. The last one I heard on CNN is 19.

I hope all PC Florida members have come through this okay.

I'm a little north of Tampa and on one of our local stations they said a total of nine tornadoes touched down. Of course not all were destructive but still...

omg! haven't heard this. News will be on in thirty minutes. I hope everyone is o.k. This is so awful.

Yes, I'm ok. The storms cut a swath across central Florida. The "tail" of the front with those storms is due through here Sat and possibly stall over us for Superbowl. (SURE HOPE NOT!)

My T is out of town (in the storms I think ) so isn't available to help me through a bad storm if it comes... so ya'll keep thinking those good thoughts for me! I appreciate all of you who were concerned.

so glad to hear that you and pet are ok sky.......