Hurricane headed my way
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Thanks, both.
I'm about to get a weather update.
I slept late because I had to Uber RM to the hospital last night. I had to watch him carefully because he was tired enough to be falling asleep there. He has an eye infection.
We have to get a prescription for him at Publix, water and food, and my Ativan prescription that was filled at CVS under DeSantis' executive order about medications being mandated to be filled early when there is an existing refill and he declares a state of emergency in a county as long as they are not Schedule II and are deemed to be necessary for the maintenance of life or necessarily for ongoing therapeutic reasons. I give him credit. This was a smart decision.
We have to secure anything that could become a projectile at our house and at his Mom's house. She and his sister are visiting family in Tennessee so they should be safe.
We will shelter in place after we do our errands.
I keep thinking of Jessye Norman's various live performances of the spiritual- "He's Got the Whole World in his Hands."
Yesterday I felt numb when I saw the the news. Then I briefly felt sad. I'm not feeling any kind of way today. I'm relying on my faith.
RM is sleeping and I want to let him but I'm going to get ready to do our errands.
I'm optimistic that we will be fine.
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Everything that's old is new again.
Another hurricane is headed my way.
This one will be a Category 3 hurricane when it makes landfall in Pinellas County.
They are saying it might be the worst storm to hit the Bay area in 100 years.
This is a euphemism for-- it might be the worst storm since the one that hit Tampa in 1921.
I feel numb.
@Daniel said in Hurricane headed my way:
Everything that's old is new again.
Another hurricane is headed my way.
This one will be a Category 3 hurricane when it makes landfall in Pinellas County.
They are saying it might be the worst storm to hit the Bay area in 100 years.
This is a euphemism for-- it might be the worst storm since the one that hit Tampa in 1921.
I feel numb.
Can you evacuate?
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No.
The way to do that would have been with Jim's Mom driving or his sister picking us up.
You might remember me posting Jim totalled his Mom's car.We would all be going to Pasco to stay with Jim's sister.
Jim's sister drove her car with their Mom to visit relatives in Tennessee a couple weeks ago..
Jim's Mom was sharing the use of her car with him before the accident.
I don't own a car.
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Looking at the numbers for this hurricane, I might consider finding shelter. Some place sturdy - like a shopping mall.
Very few houses will withstand 180MPH wind, never mind the flooding.
Be safe!
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We've decided we have to go
But we haven't figured out where we want to go and how we can do it.It looks like all of Pinellas, most of Hillsborough, most of a Pasco, and all of the I-4 corridor will be a death trap.
I'm going to look up shelters. Those that are single story will be worthless. An mall or airport are probably the only buildings that would work. I don't know if any have been or will be opened. I doubt it but I haven't checked yet.
The airports are closed. I'm going to look up Amtrak and Greyhound but won't be surprised if they aren't running.
Jim's sister didn't go after all but declined to invite Jim or me. To be clear, we didn't ask her to let us go there. She told him we should stay at his Mom's house across the street. His Mom flew to Tennessee. She told me should go to a shelter.
I don't think there is anywhere safe that's not many miles heading north on 75 past the I-4/ 75 interchange.
I'm going to research shelters after taking a 30 or 40 break.
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The Mayor of Tampa (who has been the mayor since I was in HS) was interviewed by CNN.
She said the storm surge might be 12 feet and all of Pinellas County might be under water.
Her message to the residents of Tampa was (I'm quoting)-- "Get out or die."
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Here’s a list of shelters in Pinellas County.
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My plans have fallen apart again. I guess I'll have to die here in 12 feet of water with the wind blolo
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Uber and Lyft have announced that the state is paying them to take people to shelters.
