BONNIE AND CHARLEY
At 2004-08-14 on 11:23 p.m.
TO SAY THAT ITS BEEN A FUN FEW DAYS HERE IN FLORIDA WOULD BE ONE BIG LIE!! ITS SOMETHING THAT WE DONT GET USE TO CAUSE EACH STORM IS DIFFERENT AND CAN FOOL YOU JUST LIKE CHARLEY DID...WE SURVIVED CHARLEY WITH LITTLE DAMAGE~THANK GOD~WE DID GET RAIN AND HAD SOME WINDS IN THE 70mph RANGE AND WE LIVE IN NORTHEAST FL. SO WE LUCKED OUT~AGAINNNNNN~BUT ON THURSDAY WE DID GET HIT BY "TS BONNIE" AND SHE DID A NUMBER ON OUR TOWN~A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN A STREET OVER FROM MY AUNT LUCILLE AND UNCLE JOES HOUSE AND QUIET A FEW PEOPLES HOUSE'S WERE COMPLETELY LEVELED!! MY SONS WERE AT FOOTBALL PRACTICE AND THEY COULD OF SWORN THEY SAW A TORNADO IN THE SKY...THEN CAME FRIDAY~CHARLEY WAS SUPPOSE TO COME THRU OUR TOWN AFTER IT WENT THRU TAMPA AND WE WERE SUPPOSE TO GET A LOT OF RAIN AND POSSIABLE MORE TORNADOS SO ALL DAY FRIDAY I GOT THE FLASHLIGHTS ALL LINED UP WITH BATTERIES AND STOCKED THE FRIDGE WITH BOTTLE WATER AND COKES AND FILLED THE TUB AND WASHING MACHINE WITH WATER-IT WASNT SUPPOSE TO HIT OUR AREA TIL 2AM SATURDAY-FRIDAY I WENT TO THE GROCERY STORE WHICH WAS A MAD HOUSE-I ACTUALLY JUST BOUGHT THINGS THAT WE ALREADY NEEDED-BREAD,LUNCH MEAT,MILK,DOG FOOD,SOME CAN GOODS ETC...JUST IN CASE-THEY CLOSED DOWN MOST OFFICES AROUND TOWN AROUND 3PM SO PEOPLE COULD GET HOME AND OFF THE BRIDGES-WE HAVE TONS OF BRIDGES IN THIS CITY-FL.FOR THAT FACT AND ITS NOT FUN BEING ON THEM WHEN ITS SUPER GUSTY!!
BACK TO THURSDAY~
I TALKED TO MY COUSIN CRYSTAL WHO LIVES IN ESTERO FL. WHICH IS IN BETWEEN NAPLES AND FT. MYERS-THEY WERE DOING PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE WERE DOING CAUSE EVERYBODY THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO HIT TAMPA-HER MOM-MY AUNT JEAN LIVES ON MARCO ISLAND ON THE WATER AND THEY HAD MANDATORY EVACUATION SINCE THEY LIVE ON A "ISLAND"-ONE WAY IN-ONE WAY OUT-AND MY AUNT JEAN AND HER HUSBAND DAVID AND SON SAUL SAID THAT THEY WERENT LEAVING-THEY JUST MOVED THERE LAST WEEKEND-WE ALL SAID THEY WERE STUPID!! WELLL CRYSTAL AND HER HUSBAND BOUGHT SOME STORM SHUTTERS TO PUT UP AND THEY DIDNT HAVE TIME TO-THEY HAD TO DROP THEIR POOL LEVEL BY 3FT AND SUNK THEIR PATIO FURNITURE IN THE POOL SO IT WOULDNT FLY AROUND AND GOT THEIR CLOSET READY TO TAKE COVER IF NEED BE ETC...AND LIL DID THEY KNOW IN A COUPLE OF HOURS THEY WOULD HAVE TO USE IT WITH THE KIDS-IT CAME REAL CLOSE TO THEM-THEY ONLY LOST A FEW SHINGLES AND BRANCHES BUT THEIR NEIGHBORS HOUSE SCREENED IN LANIA WAS RIPPED OFF THE POOL AREA-NO WHERE TO BE FOUND...AND THEY LOST THIER POWER AND ALL THIER PHONES ARE CORDLESS SO NONE OF THEM WORKED-I LEARNED THAT LESSON THE HARD WAY TOO SO NOW I HAVE A REGULAR PHONE IN OUR BEDROOM...THEIR CELL PHONES WOULDNT WORK EITHER OR THEY WERE TOO BUSY-THE SIGNELS-THEY WERE TRYING TO GET AHOLD OF HER MOM AND COULDNT-IT TURNED OUT THAT THEY WERE OK AND HAD POWER SO CRYSTAL AND HER FAMILY WENT TO STAY WITH THEM AND ARE STILL THERE UNTIL THEY GET POWER WHENEVER THAT WILL BE-IF YOU SAW ON TV THE PICTURE OF THE POST OFFICE GETTING THE ROOF BLOWN OFF-THAT IS CRYSTALS POST OFFICE THAT SHE USES!!
MY EX SISTER IN LAW-LORRIE-HER MOM IS A NURSE AND HER BOSS CALLED HER TODAY AND GOT ORDERS TO GO DOWN THERE AND HELP OUT SO SHE IS GONE FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS!! LORRIES NEW SISTER IN LAW-LOL-LEFT LAST WEEK TO GO TO FT.MYERES TO VISIT HER IN LAWS AND LORRIE ASKED HER HUSBAND IF HE THOUGHT HIS SISTER WAS STILL DOWN IN FT. MYERS AND HE SAID HE DIDNT THINK SO-SO HE CALLED HER CELL PHONE THIS MORNING AND SURE ENOUGH SHE WAS IN A SHELTER IN FT. MYERS WITH HER LIL BOY AND BABY GIRL AND HER INLAWS...
THE DAMAGE IS JUST HORRIABLE AND ITS SCARY-CRYSTAL SAID SHE NEVER WANTED TO HEAR THOSE SOUNDS AGAIN-AND HOW EERIE EVERYTHING LOOKS-AND NOW WE HAVE "EARL" TAKING THE SAME ROUTE THAT CHARLEY DID...GOD PLEASE LET IT DIE DOWN...AND PLEASE HELP THE ONES WHO ARE EFFECTED BY THIS DISASTER...YOU CAN PREPAIR AND GET READY FOR THESE STORMS BUT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT-ITS ALL UP TO GOD WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU IN THE END-ONE HOUSE CAN BE FINE AND THE HOUSE NEXT TO YOU IS GONE...WHAT CAN YOU DO?? JUST SAY A PRAYER AND TELL YOUR LOVE ONES THAT YOU LOVE THEM AND HAVE INSURANCE!!!
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