Central Florida Disaster

FYI,

Lots of news coverage, but there were tornadoes that touched down through Central Florida. Mainly (mostly) in Lake and Volusia County. I know a few persons that live in the some of the areas hit (Joe Tegg for one) and I talked to him (he is fine, his property is fine).

I got caught up in traffic this morning, trying to go do a class at Deleon Springs. I never made it there. Just got home. Deland was hard hit and mostly closed off to thru traffic as of a couple hours ago.

There are cave divers in the areas hit. I hope them all the best!

They had this all over CNN news this morning.

Anyone heard from Chip>?

Best Regards to those in dangers way.

Andrew

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Originally Posted by crazyduck

They had this all over CNN news this morning.
Anyone heard from Chip>?
Best Regards to those in dangers way.
Andrew

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Chip lives south of me... he's fine. The bad areas were north of Orlando.

Thanks for checkin in TJ, and my best to all that haven't. I was watching the weather map closely, and talking to Vero Beach while it approached. 5" of rain up by Gainsville?

I also have buddies down in the Lake county area. I am trying to get ahold of them to see if they are also OK...

Jean

Glad to hear all are OK so far.
My buddies down in that area are ALSO OK...
(And their property too...)

Amen!

Jean

Yeah, luckily my wife and I are OK.

The tornado took out a radio/cell tower that was no more then half a mile from my house which was designed to withstand 200mph winds.

Needless to say I am thankful that it was half a mile north of me, but then again, after knowing the desctruction it did to Paisley, it's sad.

I have been living on a generator until late yesterday. My neighbor across the street has a son that was friends with the two teens that died in the trailer that was smashed by a tree.

It is a disaster area there, but one thing was clear. Everyone was helping eachother recover. We may be "rednecks" out here, but when this kind of thing happens, you will find that we all work together to "get the job done".

If you pray, pray for some of the people that had the real loss, the loss of a loved one out here.

Thanks for the thoughts TJ and for calling to check on me. :D

Hey Joe,

From one South Carolina redneck to a Florida redneck...

If I can help just call.

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Originally Posted by Tegg

Thanks for the thoughts TJ and for calling to check on me. :D

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Don't accuse me of being thoughtful!!! I was just worried about that canoe you borrowed from me.... :roll:

Tegg,
I live in Summerfield. If there is anything that you need, be it clothes, car work, place to stay, or help cleaning up, please ask. Cavers stick together...but if anyone you know needs the above, let me know. Travis

My parents, wife and I are fine in New Smyrna Beach, thanks.

Bill

Thanks guys, but God didn't decide it was my time for disaster.

Here is an image to help you understand just how close it was...



http://www.tegg-inc.com/~joe/tornado_path.jpg



The red is obviously the "path" of the tornado (estimated F3). The green circle is where a radio tower built for 200mph winds, used to stand. The green arrow is my house. It was close enough for me...

That sucks. Glad that you are okay. I too recently had a tornado take out part of my neighborhood. It's creepy and well....creepy.

I hope the next few weeks go better for everyone involved in the recovery. Pray for good weather.

Note to all readers:

We need to all do a little something to help those that have lost everything. Imagine it....20 seconds from now everything you owned including your house is splintered and scattered over a 1/2 mi. area; and it's not like you can pick it up and reuse it. Most stuff becomes unusable. Clothes are shredded.

That would shake you tree!

Please answer the call for donations, blankets, blood, etc. Give away the extra clothes and stuff laying around the house to Goodwill. So that what goes around can come around someday. 8)

Thanks for the caring thoughts! I'm glad to hear Joe T. is OK.

Ray E. had a very close call. His apartment complex was hit, although he still has a roof, and both of his vehicles (his and his wife’s) had trees fall on them. His is totally out of commission, but his wife’s is in a little better shape. Now they have to deal with getting them fixed. Things could have been a lot worse. I teased him about our last dive trip, when he had me move branches, so his SUV wouldn't get scratched.

We all have to yield to Mother Nature. I feel bad for everyone who was affected by this tragedy. It all resulted from one super cell, which spawned 3 tornados. Some really nasty damage and lots of lives lost in a short amount of time.

PS: Andrew ... I tried PMing you, but I got an error message (e-mail sent)!