Hurricane Frances

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update: They just said that Frances is supposed to be 5X as destructive as Charley.

Good luck!!!

Here we go again. They have been sending us (from Lakeland PD) to the area Charley hit for the past two weeks. Today they said they think they can handle it by themselves......now here comes Frances. We were lucky in Lakeland. There was damage, but nothing like there is just 20 miles east. I don't wish bad luck on anyone else...but central Florida has not gotten back on it's feet yet.

I'm praying for you guys and all of FL.... So horrible to be hit twice in a row like that. I hope it dies out...

I'm praying for you guys too! I never like to see people get hurt by the forces of mother nature.

On the other hand, I'm hoping Frances swings a little more north and just hangs out at sea....she'll send great waves my way (I'm a surfer) and won't cause any damage...it'd be the best of both worlds.

Hey trigurl123:

Greetings from what's left of Port Charlotte Florida... just an update based upon the 11 am projection looks like land fall at 5am in Stuart w/ anticipated sustained winds of 145 mi/hr and gust up to 185 mi/hr. The path takes the actual Hurricane directly at Orlando, once again. Tropical storm force winds are expected as far away as 180 miles from the eye wall.

Having just gone through a catagory 4, my advice is don't stick around. Your stuff is just stuff. Board up and head for...somewhere.

And to COP2TRI I just wanted to extend a thank you from all of the citizens in Charlotte county, we couldn't have gotten through this without the generosity and profesionalism of the recovery workers and law enforcement from throughout the U.S.

And again to anyone who reads this please, please donate to the American Red Cross Florida Hurricane relief fund!!!!

Trigurl 123 Good luck, I'll be praying for you. Stay safe, maybe I'll see you at Disney in September or the Boca Bop in October.

ASA22

"The ox is slow, but the Earth is patient."

Lucked out this time have a race in asheville, nc  this weekend am leaving thursday morning!!

Good luck to everyone down in florida. Hope that you stay safe and healthy in the next week. You all are in my prayers!

Well it looks like Oviedo and Orlando will just barely miss the initial eye of the storm...only getting "hurricane force" winds...at least that's what I think...too many opinions from different stations! Thanks for everybody keeping us in ur prayers! I love this forum...it's been keeping me calm while everybody is going crazy w/ nervous energy! Take care everybody in Florida!

This is nothing in comparison to you guys whos homes and lives are being affect by this, but I'm supposed to go to Pensacola for a week on the beach tomorrow. I've been looking forward to it and planning it for a couple of months...now mother nature says I need to stay home and train.

Good luck!! Stay safe and dry.

Our prayers are with you!

Spoke on the phone with my mom in Miami a couple of hours ago. She says that this one is even worse than Andrew!

Good luck and be safe.

Hey, Amy, hope you made it through OK. I don't know your situation - hope you didn't have to sit through it by yourself. We just got our power back on - and we are all weary of being inside for so many days waiting and listening to the wind howl. If ever we needed some motivation to resume training.....

Wonder if we'll have the upcoming races at Lake Lousia and in Clermont? I heard Lake County got it 2x now. And we have one more storm on the way!!

Well here in Oviedo we fared quite well! We only got hit w/ the "feeder bands" (sp?) so there is only mild flooding in low line areas. I have no idea if any tri's are cancelled...I hope not! I hope everybody else in Florida did ok!