Legion World Forums LEGION OUTPOST Mission Monitor Board Every 10 Years Forum Hurricane Frances Check-In Thread

Thanks for your notes, Vee, and I'm glad you're safe and on line.

As of 6:30 am ET I still haven't heard from my aunt, but I'm going to try reaching her myself later today. If the phone circuits permit, that is.

Local phones run on their own current, so some folks have phone service even if they have no electricity -- but, as you might imagine, the long-distance circuits are heavily booked up.

Grey, as I mentioned in a previous post, it's very likely that she was in a mandatory evacuation zone and ended up going to a shelter. Thousands of people are still housed in shelters at this point, especially in heavily damaged areas (which Mebourne Beach would be.)

Healex? Jorge? Color Kid? Any other Floridians? Hope you guys are doing okay! Be sure to post here when you get a moment to let us know how you are.

Vee

Vee, thanks for the updates. I hope you guys stay safe and the others are doing well too.

Not another coming!?! You know, if I were in Florida, I would be getting pretty fed up with all these hurricanes. So here's more good thoughts and hopes going to our Florida friends.

They're even sending crews from Ontario now to try and get the power back on after Frances.

It looks like the real killer is gonna be Ivan.

All ya'll down north button up, batten the hatches and hang tight. Evacuate please. We don't want any of our friends lost to this because you thought you could "ride out the storm".

Please be sensible.

Hard to believe, isn't it? Ivan is now projected to make landfall on Florida's southwest coast somewhere between Bradenton/Sarasota & Naples/Fort Myers sometime around 2 AM on Tues morning and then make it's way roughly NNE through Florida and on into Georgia. It's followed Charley's path almost identically so it's not very promising right now. He's the nastiest of the Floirda Four (Bonnie, Charley, Frances & Ivan) at this point in their trajectories so it could be VERY ugly.

Not sure how much more we can take down here. To make matters worse, another depression is forming off the African coast even as we watch Ivan approach.

This is freaking CRAZY!!!

According to some stories we are entering another phase with intense hurricane action.

Geez. When Charley hit, I was glad I had moved away from the Naples/Ft.Myers area...now even more-so with Ivan likely to make landfall around the same area Charley did.

Vee and everyone, good luck and be safe! I wish I could be there to help, but at the minute I'm quite glad to be avoiding the triple/quadruple onslaught.

Everyone in GA and SC, stay safe too and good luck with the likely winds and rain heading your way.

Jorge is back! He posted just a bit ago. Hopefully we'll hear from the others soon.

Looks like we may get lucky this time. Ivan seems to be swinging further west but we still have to wait to see what he does after crossing Cuba. Often they make adjustments to their course as they regroup.

If he continues on his current path, they need to be careful up in the Florida panhandle or the other Gulf States.

My son and his family liive in Destin. They got hammered by Ivan but thankfully everyone is OKAY! Surprisingly his trailer wasn't damaged at all, aside from losing it's skirt.

Relief is a collect phone call from a disaster area!

Boy, that is a relief. As nasty as Ivan was (the deadliest hurricane in the US this year) it's amazing that that's all that happened to them in Destin. Glad to hear it!

We got a surprise minor beating here in Atlanta. Alot of downed trees, lost power and flooding. Luckily I live on a hill!