Hit landfall at 1 mile an hour less than a Category 5 hurricane -- which is what hit my town in 2004 - Hurricane Charley. So, praying hard for all of them. We were without water from August 4 until December, and without power for a couple of months, as we live outside the "city" in the county, and all the work was first bringing up the city.
So, I feel for them, and hope there are not too many injuries, and that most people were smart enough to go inland when they were told to. You know how stubborn I am, so the day Charley hit, I stayed at home until about an hour before the storm, took my parents to a shelter, and then took my Lab and myself to my friend's house who had a block home, and we stood outside taking pictures of the neighborhood being demolished! My dog hunkered down in the bathroom with the 2 grandchildren and their mother, but us "adults" acted like fools.
Prayers going out to all concerned!
