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Lindaloo · #1 Postby **Lindaloo** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 3:08 pm

For all of our members that are in the path of Charley we will keep you in our prayers. Please check in whenever you can. Stay safe!!

#2 Postby **Stephanie** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 3:12 pm

AMEN LINDALOO!!!

GulfBreezer · #3 Postby **GulfBreezer** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 3:25 pm

Since my absence has extended farther than me or my doctor's anticipated, I have missed all of you! My prayers go out to all the members and staff who will be affected by Charley.......please stay safe and know that we are all here for you!!

Sandi

#4 Postby **cycloneye** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 3:30 pm

I second what the above staff ladys said.Be safe and check in when you can.

Rainband · #5 Postby **Rainband** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 3:40 pm

Thanks

#6 Postby **wx247** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 4:05 pm

I agree. Do we know of any members who are in the evac. zones?

Rainband · #7 Postby **Rainband** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 4:29 pm

I am in B zone but we are on the second floor

#8 Postby **bevgo** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 4:38 pm

My thoughts and prayers go out to all in the path of the storm. Take care and stay safe and let us know you are OK. Will continue to hope that charley goes poof. Unlikely but you never know.

Lindaloo · #9 Postby **Lindaloo** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 4:41 pm

Rainband wrote:I am in B zone but we are on the second floor

And your point? You are not safe in an apartment building on the second floor from a CAT 3 cane.

#10 Postby **Pburgh** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 5:04 pm

Prayers being sent from the Burgh. Stay safe.

stormchazer · #11 Postby **stormchazer** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 5:04 pm

I am about 20 miles inland. I think I will be good.

southerngale · #12 Postby **southerngale** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 5:18 pm

20 miles inland isn't very far inland.

Johnathan, you need to leave there. My prayers are with all of you!!!

soonertwister · #13 Postby **soonertwister** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 5:43 pm

Rainband, are you going to get out when the mandatory evacuation order for your zone goes into effect at 6 am tomorrow?

I realize that you are on the second floor, but strange things can happen in a cane.

http://pascocountyfl.net/oem/sitrep5.pdf

southerngale · #14 Postby **southerngale** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 6:09 pm

sooner...I got a red x with that link.

#15 Postby **hurricanemike** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 6:27 pm

Im standing by in the Jacksonville,FL area. I will be at work from 1 pm to 9 pm tomorrow then I will be up all night in my apartment @ the Jax Beaches area (Atlantic Beach).

Current Weather @ KNRB (Naval Station Mayport)
http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/KNRB.html

soonertwister · #16 Postby **soonertwister** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 6:32 pm

southerngale wrote:sooner...I got a red x with that link.

I'm guessing that you don't have a web browser plug-in to view Adobe pdf files...

KayFL · #17 Postby **KayFL** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 6:34 pm

I am in evacuation zone A and we have been given a mandatory evac by 6am tomorrow. I think we are staying. We are about a mile and a half from Tampa Bay. Our house was built in 1995 and has many hurricane upgrades so I think it will be okay. My only worry is flooding. They are predicting a 14 ft surge within Tampa Bay.

I have a question - if I live 1 1/2 miles from the bay and the bay at our location has a 14 foot tide surge, how much of that surge will reach me if most of the area in between is 0 to 8 ft above sea level and my neighborhood is 10-12 ft.?
Thanks,
KayFL

southerngale · #18 Postby **southerngale** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 6:40 pm

soonertwister wrote:
southerngale wrote:sooner...I got a red x with that link.

I'm guessing that you don't have a web browser plug-in to view Adobe pdf files...

Well, I did. I'm not surprised though...the idiot who custom-built my computer made me a piece of crap and then sold his business and took off to the Philippines. Every time I send it back to get it worked on, (they're supposedly "honoring" the warranty) it comes back with something else not working right. I don't even have JAVA on here anymore and it won't let me download it. I don't know how to fix any of it. Ugh...lesson learned and a lot of money lost.

soonertwister · #19 Postby **soonertwister** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 7:03 pm

southerngale wrote:
soonertwister wrote:
southerngale wrote:sooner...I got a red x with that link.

I'm guessing that you don't have a web browser plug-in to view Adobe pdf files...

Well, I did. I'm not surprised though...the idiot who custom-built my computer made me a piece of crap and then sold his business and took off to the Philippines. Every time I send it back to get it worked on, (they're supposedly "honoring" the warranty) it comes back with something else not working right. I don't even have JAVA on here anymore and it won't let me download it. I don't know how to fix any of it. Ugh...lesson learned and a lot of money lost.

Find yourself a computer geek to be a friend. Ask people you know about who they know that is a wizard with computers. Meet that person and offer a small payment in return for their help, like a free barbecue or something, with trimmings.

You'd be surprised how many people out there are quite capable and more than willing to help.

soonertwister · #20 Postby **soonertwister** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 7:17 pm

KayFL wrote:I am in evacuation zone A and we have been given a mandatory evac by 6am tomorrow. I think we are staying. We are about a mile and a half from Tampa Bay. Our house was built in 1995 and has many hurricane upgrades so I think it will be okay. My only worry is flooding. They are predicting a 14 ft surge within Tampa Bay.

I have a question - if I live 1 1/2 miles from the bay and the bay at our location has a 14 foot tide surge, how much of that surge will reach me if most of the area in between is 0 to 8 ft above sea level and my neighborhood is 10-12 ft.?
Thanks,
KayFL

Kay, since no one has responded I'm going to offer my own .02.

You are in an "A" evacuation zone, and at 6:00 am tomorrow if I understand correctly, everyone who is in an A or B zone will be under a mandatory evacuation order. I personally think it would be VERY foolish to stay where you are.

Have you made alternate plans? I would be next to impossible at this late time to find hotel accommodations anywhere near the Tampa area. If you have any family or friends a little ways inland I would suggest that you start by asking those folks to put you up for a short time. Don't risk being a statistic with this storm, it's just too much risk.

Storm surge into bays on the right side of a strong hurricane can be difficult to exactly predict ahead of time, and the evacuation zones are based upon probability. Based upon the probability zone that you are in, if you stay, you'd better be lucky or you'd better be a very good swimmer.

I'm not kidding, get your butt out of there, away from the coast and on higher ground. Your life may not depend on it, but it very well could. There's no reason for you to take that risk.

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