It looks like all of Florida will be impacted. I75 from South of Tampa to Gainesville was packed at 2:30 am when I woke up and checked. We have a lot of emergency preps done, and have checked in with neighbors.
I will have a disabled husband and mother in law to care for. I spent all day yesterday shoring up our preps.
I had gone grocery shopping early Saturday and had no problem getting supplies and filling up the car with gas. Last evening I went for supplies for an elderly neighbor. The grocery store had water, lots of canned food, milk and fresh fruit and vegetables. Of all things toilet paper shelves were clear, bread selection was low, but the deli and in store bakery were still well stocked.
Every container I could freeze water in is in the freezer. Today I will cook some food. Generally we don’t keep a lot in the freezer anyway,
we have lots of water plus two five gallon jugs. All my pots, outdoor furniture etc are in the house or garage.
last minute preps: pick up a transport wheelchair as our wheel chair is too heavy for me to get in an out of the car. Start filling all our glasses, pots and pans etc this evening. I’ll put plastic wrap over them so the cats won’t drink out of them. Take pictures of contents of each room for insurance purposes. Check for any documents to add to what is in safety deposit box. Ours happens to be near the top row. My kids have copies of all our accounts, documents and so on. Coleman stove with extra gas cans in garage. A bucket of water in each bathroom to flush toilets. Hot tub unplugged and will be source to flush toilets too. Battery/solar/crank radio working. Everything charged up and will stay on chargers. Battery packs charged.
I don’t think I have forgotten anything.
I cannot imagine what Tampa and Fort Myers will be like. They are trying to gat debris from last storm out of the streets.
expectation here are 50-75 mph gusts and lots of rain. Flooding should be widespread across the state. We are lucky to have flood insurance. Wish all of the state luck because this has potential to cause widespread destruction and loss of life.
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