I must say thank you to all who contacted me about my safety during the hurricane. It is Thursday morning and I still have electricity. Yeah! Currently 43,000 people in my county are without power according to the news. I was very lucky. I had over a day of rain and wind, but nothing like poor Sarasota County. They had storm surge of almost 20 feet. Lots of flooding all around the storm’s path. Today the storm continues its path past Orlando to Daytona and then who knows. This morning the wind is like 40 miles an hour in my area and will decrease to normal this afternoon. Then I will open my front door and go into the yard to look around. It really doesn’t matter if limbs or debris are in the yard. I just pray all my neighbors are well. It’s amazing how stir crazy it feels when you know you can’t open the door or go outside. I will only move the sandbags by the front door. There are more tropical storms out there and hurricane season will not be over until November. I’ll celebrate November by moving the sandbags in front of my garage door and side door. I’ll bring them into the garage. Now I have photos to share.
By Tuesday afternoon, I was inside my home which was surrounded with sand bags on all exits. The chairs and table from the porch were all in the garage as well as the garbage cans. My car was parked next to Vickie’s house which is higher ground than mine. As we say in Florida, I was hunkered down. I had plenty of water and finger food. I wasn’t leaving my home until the storm passed. In the early evening as the sun set, I saw beautiful colors in the sky. These photos were take from my new sliding doors in the dining area. Remember I couldn’t open the door without messing up the sandbags. They are placed against a closed door.
The sky changed quickly. I was worried about a hurricane but stopped to enjoy the beautiful sky. Choose joy whenever you can.
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Thank God you are doing OK. I’ve been watching the TV about the hurricane. Naples was a mess and so was just about everyone on the coast. You know Carol, where I live, we never have any bad weather. I guess I;m lucky.
Cruisin Paul
Bad weather comes with living in coastal areas no matter where you live in the world. I must admit Florida gets a lot of it but many areas have natural disasters. There is an area of the plains in the USA known as tornado alley. There are communities built along the Mississippi River that occasionally are heavily flooded. The west coast of the US gets earth quakes. You live in a safer area for sure.
I just love the sun I guess. I’ve been lucky living through multiple storms since I moved to Miami in the 1970’s.
Beauty before the beast was unleashed.
I am glad you are staying safe. I have seen videos online of the storm and it looks quite scary. The sky was beautiful. It really was the calm before the storm. x
Yes the day before hurricanes is often a beautiful day. Today is windy but it’s supposed to stop this afternoon. Down the coast to the south is where there is massive flooding.
Beautiful sky shots, and please continue to stay safe!
It’s hard to believe that it could look so beautiful and then do all the damage it has. I’m so very grateful that you have power and are hanging in there. Hopefully there is minimal or no property damage apart from a lot of wetness but at this point, from what I’ve seen, lucky to be OK. You’re wise to continue to maintain the sandbags. Hang in there!
thanks Jeanie – I hope your weekend is great.
So glad you’re okay, Carol. I only hope your neighbours and others will be too. Lovely photos! ♥
my neighborhood seems to be fine with a few limbs down
Yikes! I am so glad that you have electricity and that you are staying safe. Beautiful photos, such gorgeous and intense colours.
-Soma
thanks Soma
I guess that it is all over now for Florida. I hope you didn’t have too much damage.
one tree limb in the back yard – which is nothing!
Beautiful skies! Stay safe.
Hey friend. I wanted to emial you but realized that I did not have your email address. I was so happy to see this post from you and that you were prepared and okay. Thank you for posting. We are getting the wind and rain today. Threatening flooding but we are inland and I’m praying it won’t be too bad.
Your pictures are pretty and again, thank you so much for posting that you are okay. Hugs.
Hugs back sweetie – stay safe!
Nature always seems to mix danger with beauty, almost like an apology? (Like the beauty of a blizzard). That was one beautiful sunset you saw. I would have felt stir-crazy, too. I’m happy you are safe. Spent part of this morning looking at social media posts and satellite photos taken in Sanibel (where I’ve vacationed twice) and Ft. Myers. Heart breaking. Alana ramblinwitham
take your beauty when and where you can – we all need little gifts from nature
Thanking God that you are safe and have electricity. I choose joy too. Those photographs taken out the sliding glass door are excellent. You are brave.
I consider my escape just plain luck.
Noted on Debbie D’s blog that you had lived in East TN. I moved to L.A. from ET back in the nineties and I’ve love to go back. Beautiful place! My siblings all still live in Maryville.
I don’t envy the hurricane situation, but we in L.A. sure could use some of that rain that fell on Florida. You came out with some nice photos!
Arlee Bird
LA has lots of problems with nature – earthquakes and fires top the list. Sometimes Mother Nature is a feast or famine type of deal. I’d have gladly shared the rain this summer. Take care.
I’m so glad you suffered little if any damage; that’s a blessing. And I hope your neighbors were well. The skies before storms are always beautiful and powerful omens. Your photos do them justice.
thanks – luckily my neighborhood is fine
Very relieved to hear you are well and have survived this horrendous hurricane. From all the news it looked awful! Big hugs from Virginia.
sending you a hug back Denise
I love watching such colorful spectacles in the sky! Beautiful photos, despite all the horror of the situation.
Beautiful skies for sure. So glad to hear that you are fine after all this.
So so relieved that you are safe and well after the storm Carol. Sending big hugs from across the pond here in the UK. xx
I am thankful for my safety and my neighbors. Hurricanes are one of nature’s disasters that destroys communities and lives. Thank you for being my friend. It means so much to my Jayne. God bless!
It’s good to hear that you are safe, it must have been a very scary few days. I hope that you don’t need the sandbags again this year. Take care.
#MMBC
me too Catherine – have a wonderful week
So happy to hear you are safe and well. Wow! Those sure are some clouds and that sunset.
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