NOTICE: FLORIDA WILDFIRES
skepticalcynic
10-05-2007 12:06:37
Due to the spreading wildfires, residents of a county less than 30 miles from where I live were evacuated 3 nights ago. As the fires from Georgia continue to push south and west into Florida, there is growing concern here.
For the time being it seems that we are okay, but I wanted to post this notice just in case.
If we receive an evacuation order, I will not have the opportunity to post a "going away" notice. So, if I should "disappear" for longer than a couple of days, it is because I have been forced to leave.
I will post here again once the danger has passed.
Thank you all for your understanding.
melissa
Denise07
10-05-2007 12:20:10
Wow, hope you don't have to leave your home. Be Safe!!! D
gmario
10-05-2007 12:23:18
No way?? I haven't been watching the news but it's been getting really bad my car was cover in ashes last night (
egyptianruin
10-05-2007 12:27:34
Sorry for all that have to go through this (
manOFice
10-05-2007 13:07:35
Fire sucks ( thats what i'm the man of ice ;)
hope you are OK
skepticalcynic
10-05-2007 13:33:32
Thanks everyone - like I said, for now we're fine - but I wanted to post "just in case". We've got a wind advisory now, which is not good when there are wildfires, but we shall see...
tinkerjenn
10-05-2007 13:39:44
NOAA says a storm system is heading your way. should help )
skepticalcynic
10-05-2007 14:41:19
I sure hope so Jenn - as I was driving home I could see the heavy blanket of smoke to the east and the highway that my street turns off of disappeared into thick yellowy-gray smoke up about 5 or 6 miles. You can smell it and you can see a haze everywhere. It burns my eyes. You can bet I'm praying for rain!! In the meantime, we're getting our 6-day emergency kits together...
On the upside - there's been no power interruption and nothing on the local radio station - so hopefully everyone is just on edge for nothing.
I'll keep y'all posted )
maksmom
10-05-2007 14:59:24
Gosh! Good luck...hope everything's ok. That kind of stuff's scary!
skepticalcynic
10-05-2007 16:18:28
Ash has started to fall from the sky.
But no call to evacuate yet, so it's just an annoyance at this point.
Kind of exciting in a twisted sort of way...
Jenne1975
10-05-2007 16:28:42
Wow! I would be staring out the window all day! HEHE but thats me the big wimpy scardy pants...
Hope everything is going alright!! I will go do alittle rain dance for ya wink wink [/colorf50a4b7a10]
ldybug1752
10-05-2007 16:38:55
Keep us updated!! I hope everything is alright - I will also do a raindance for ya lol )
skepticalcynic
10-05-2007 16:39:44
lol
...rain dance...
lol
It is kinda cool to watch - it reminds me of living in Cleveland watching the snow fall - except it's not cold and miserable lol
...course the snow can't burn my house down... P
skepticalcynic
11-05-2007 12:41:28
Well, the ash continued to fall throughout the night and this morning the smake was very thick. The one thing that kept running through my mind was the special on the history channel about the eruption of mount vesuvius where they did the dramatization of what the people in pompeii went through - falling ash, the sun darkened by the smoke...
But the sky last night was black and there was a deer in the neighbor's yard, so I don't think we're in imminent danger.
But my husband and I are going out of town anyway for the weekend to get away from the smoke and to just take a little break. So I won't be online tomorrow at all and probably very little tonight and Sunday...
manOFice
11-05-2007 13:39:04
Yeah my parents live in FL and said the air is very smoky
ricopet
11-05-2007 15:05:23
Well, have a great weekend with your hubby and when you come back hopefully it will all be under control.
sandra habina
11-05-2007 17:38:29
BE SAFE DEAR - ENJOY THE WEEKEND. You are in my prayers.
gator1002
13-05-2007 09:42:38
Take care. A fire is nothing to take chances with. Hope it all works out for you. Ill also say a prayer to all out friends in flo. (Fred)
KeithA
13-05-2007 09:48:12
What about the goats?
gator1002
13-05-2007 10:11:24
yep. goats to.
skepticalcynic
13-05-2007 14:37:08
The goats can live for a day and a half - as a matter of fact all the animals were fine and are now super-happy to have us back D
And we had a wonderful weekend hanging out in Clearwater... Now it's back to the grind (
patrick_7412
13-05-2007 15:38:17
Hopefully it's all cleared up soon, I couldn't stand living in those conditions (
Ready2GetPaid
14-05-2007 18:08:15
What part of Florida are you from? Im from Cape Coral and theres fires about 20 minutes from here in Lehigh Acres
skepticalcynic
14-05-2007 18:30:17
We are in North Florida just west of the junction of I-75 and I-10.
I'm very happy to report that even though the fires are not completely resolved yet, they are supposedly contained and the smoke is clearing more each day - at least for now...
theman2005
14-05-2007 21:26:07
That's awesome to hear that things are alright!
Big War Bird
15-05-2007 02:10:07
Good to hear things are getting better, sorry we georgians exported our fire!
skepticalcynic
15-05-2007 05:26:12
[quote6a4f45e65e="Big War Bird"]Good to hear things are getting better, sorry we georgians exported our fire![/quote6a4f45e65e]
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