Having lived in Florida for 10 years, I have experienced many storms....both Tropical (as is Debbie) and Hurricane strength...I lived on the West Coast in Sarasota for 7 years and the storms were much worse there because it is right on the Gulf Coast (1 hour south of Tampa).  In Orlando which is the central part of Florida and landlocked, the storms were much less severe...usually got the outer bands.  When a storm such as Debbie kind of "stops" and just hangs there the amount of rain is incredible.  Saw some film on TV tonight about flooded areas and they will be worse by tomorrow.  Prayers are with everyone who is being affected by the storm ....and, of course, the Tornadoes only add to the havoc.  Ironically, the Hurricane that caused the most damage to any home we have owned in the last 15 years happened right here in New York last fall....in all the storms in Florida neither the home in Sarasota or the home in Orlando were ever damaged.

My grandma lived on the west coast of Florida and experienced some of those storms. The problem is the gulf is considerably warmer than the Atlantic and the storms grow.

More weather news: in my area, we have gone almost 25 days without any measurable rainfall and a lot of 95 degrees days with high humidity. If this keeps up, they will place bans on all fireworks for the 4th. Not as dangerous as a hurricane unless these genius people around here keep flicking cigarette buds out into the dead and dry grass.

We're going to have to do a rain dance for you guys!!!!  There are some horrendous fires going on out west...   The weather has been so extraordinary for the past couple of years...You are not allowed to own fireworks privately here where I live....but of course every town has their town idiot who has to break the law....there is only supposed to be fireworks where there is strict supervision...like there will be a carnival nearby where they will have fireworks around 10 but there will be professional people doing it and firemen there.   I've seen a couple of bad injuries with children whose parents thought they knew better than the law and allowed fireworks in their backyards....I'm very opposed to private individuals using them...the most we have ever let our grandchildren have are the sparklers and they have to be on the driveway which has been watered down. 

Irene was horrendous......lots of devastation in Vermont, my home state.  I moved here to FL just a month or so after Irene.

 

Hoping sleep is all we are going to lose. Several waterspouts visible from the window yesterday. This all while the Wyoming cabin is about 30 miles from a 100-acre blaze. But both Colorado and Florida's Panhandle have it worse.

I have been wondering about Tiger's home and family. I am pretty sure they are safe and all, but damage could still be done. Has anyone heard anything?

GC said Tiger had committed to play in August in Notah Begay's benefit. No date was given.

Do your best, Tiger. We're here for you.

Well I have lived in Alabama on and off for over 30 years...

However I am not on the coast so we don't experience the full effects of a hurricane. We do experience tornadoes, flooding, and severe weather so I do feel for the people directly in the path.

 

 

I'm on the east coast of Florida, about 2 1/2 hours north of Jupiter, where Tiger lives.

We are getting light showers occasionally and sporadic gusts of wind.  Since he is further south, I would expect that TS Debby's effects are even less for him.

Hope you are OK VG. I just saw on MSNBC that I-10 is closed due to flooding. This is really bad. Take care and be safe!

Thanks......more sun and blue skies today but still getting those rainbands and winds.  Weather report says we could still get 2-4 inches of rain (yikes!)..... I-10 is over 100 miles north of here.  I-75 connects with I-10 near the start of the panhandle..... I came through there Sunday late morning returning from Tallahassee.  It was at that junction that I encountered the torrential rains.  So they have been getting soaked for three days now, just like we have....although today they are still getting wammed!

The Miami area (where Tiger lives) has not had the rains we have had and since it's a Gulf storm, his Atlantic view home would not be affected badly.....

Thanks again for your concerns!

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