Tammi's World

Update

They just shifted the track slightly south of what has been plotted once Jeanne came inland. That is not good news for me.

As Jeanne continues on a more westerly direction I will end up on the NE side of the eye wall. They refer to that as the "bad side". Big T's galore. They are saying we'll see 100mph winds.

I felt better when the eye was passing over.

What it means to those just south of me is even worse. Lake Wales, Haines City, Sebring took severe hits with Charley. I mean severe. Then came Frances. Not as bad, but bad enough. My heart just bleeds for these people. This is not a rich area. Last time I drove down that way to visit my customers you saw blue tarps every where. Debris every where. So much has been lost.

And the really scary thing is that many have not gone to shelters. There a many older homes, not built to the code my home is. State EOC is hoping that people made the short drive to shelters, as that wouldn't show up in traffic numbers. Last I heard, there were only 700 people in Polk County shelters. When Frances hit, there were 3000+.

So.....it's going to be very interesting to watch if this monster takes a northern turn or just keeps heading west.

Watch out Tampa. You might wake up to a bit of a surprise.

Posted by Tammi at September 25, 2004 10:50 PM | TrackBack