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17. Hernando County here. My poor Aunt & Uncle just got over losing everything in Ian...

Tue Aug 29, 2023, 10:01 AM

Aug 2023

2 homes, a motor home, both cars, and a large boat. They are elderly and still have PTSD from what they went thru. They are now living in a home they bought in Sarasota, and fortunately it has a second story because flooding is expected again. They are basically losing their shit right now.

I was born and raised in Florida, and have always lived on the coastline, so hurricanes don't really phase me. You basically just spend your life prepared to lose everything. But, I'm still able bodied. I'm sure my outlook will change as I become less agile with age. It's the soul sucking heat and humidity that will be the reason I eventually leave Florida.

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Hurricane thread... [View all] Sancho Aug 2023 OP

Fort Myers here William769 Aug 2023 #1

Be careful, William. murielm99 Aug 2023 #2

Thank you. William769 Aug 2023 #3

No. I am in Illinois. murielm99 Aug 2023 #4

Those things pop up out of nowhere. William769 Aug 2023 #5

My sister and her family are in Sarasota Easterncedar Aug 2023 #6

Staff or student? unc70 Aug 2023 #8

Sister is a fighting prof, her daughter is a student Easterncedar Aug 2023 #9

Good luck to each of them unc70 Aug 2023 #10

Thanks. It's such a sickening, heartbreaking end for a great school Easterncedar Aug 2023 #11

Sun City Center here... not an evacuation or flooding zone. However, lamp_shade Aug 2023 #7

Jacksonville here. There is one silver lining to this Hurricane. Lochloosa Aug 2023 #12

"Once inshore, it's going to track over a lot of pine forest" the first time I rode up that way mitch96 Aug 2023 #19

Holding positive thoughts for your (and everyone's) livetohike Aug 2023 #13

Bradenton here Sailingdiver Aug 2023 #14

SW Florida here to warn North Florida residents that 303squadron Aug 2023 #15

We had friends in Ft. Myers last year - lost the house and boat... Sancho Aug 2023 #16

Hernando County here. My poor Aunt & Uncle just got over losing everything in Ian... Native Aug 2023 #17

We are in the 80 to 90 mph zone in TPA. cachukis Aug 2023 #18

Everyone in Idalia's path, please stay safe. LoisB Aug 2023 #20