Not to down play the seriousness of hurricanes or make light of a terrible and devastating situation..... But man... First Charlie - field becomes a mosquito infested lake. And only 2 weeks later we get the bigger, more powerful Frances! I'm not gonna be flying for weeks (hell, maybe even months)! [&o]

Sorry, just had to vent.. In all seriousness - pleasures such as flying definitely take a back seat to the safety and welfare of friends, family and neighbors when faced with such adversity.

We are all a little nervous here in Florida.

Good Luck! Stay safe!

I wish everyone the best of luck in Florida,

currently I am in my house, boarded up and awaiting Frances. I live in Abaco, and am in Frances's path
to Florida, I have just started to fly R/C Planes and now the field I fly at may in fact be destroyed, but as
everyone says, in times like this we have to "ride out the storm" and wait for better weather to get our planes, helis, etc..
up and flying through the air again.


Also again I wish Florida good luck, and I know they wish the same for the Bahamas. I know this storm is gonna tear us up,
because I was here in Hurricane Floyd and, it screwed us royally. Frances is not quite as big as Floyd, but just as strong, but
could be worse. Just hope i'm here afterwards.


Good Luck -
Kristen

Uh oh!
Nassau just got hit, hope you're still there, good luck kristen.
Winds are picking up in miami and garbage is already flying around.
No gas and water availabe in many stores.
just came back from the beach, pics.
This was supposed to be a weekend full of flying.
oh well. good luck everybody.
pat

last big one we got in Louisiana was Andrew keep safe our prayers are with ya'll.

Know what you mean I was in Lafayette for Andrew, Now I live in Virginia. Keep your darn Skeeter and Hurricanes

Terry

I was in Nawlins for Andrew. They evacuated the first three floors of our hotel, and we slept on bedding on fourth floor lobbies and conference rooms for a couple days. Ate mostly tepid hot dogs, crackers and kuke warm coffee.

My sister is just north of Orlando, and I'm wishing her and everyone else in Francis' path my best.
Dennis-

EVERYONE in the path of this storm stay safe. I saw somewhere else that anything with F-R-A-N-C-E in it was not gonna be good. Our prayers are with all of you in the path of this storm. They say we may get the remanants of it up here about the middle of next week.

Larry

Keep your planes dry and yourself safe. GOOD LUCK ALL IN FLORIDA

I wish this thing would come and go. Have boarded the house and made all preperations. Now the dang storm decides to take a break and stall to 4 MPH. I have worked on my planes as a deversion. But I'm tired of waiting. We should see things start to pick up after midnight, but as slow as Frances is moving, it may take as long as 12-18 hours to pass. I have even taken to rereading MAN and Model Aviation. Well, maybe better flying next week.

Well here I sit in the mountains of central PA. It would have to be thermonuclear blast to really hurt the city I live in. We are in a bowl, surrounded by mountains. I am safe. But this storm scares me. I fear for all you guys down south. May God bless you all and keep you safe in his hands. I will pray and worry for you guys. You have more guts than me to stay. I hope all is going to be well with you guys. Please keep safe.

Mark Shuman

Hello everyone,

nice to be back after the storm, had a few leaks in the house, but managed through the storm OK. This is the
first time I've had Internet connection since the storm and still running on backup power.

The electricity company tried to give us power today, but instead a transformer blew up, and we had what looked
to be a "fireworks display" of sparks and flames coming off of the transformer and power lines.

I would also like to add a thank you to all those who took the time to be concerned enough to answer the message that
I posted just before the storm hit, and hope everyone who this storm affected is safe and unhurt. I know alot of people
have had damage to their homes and property, but be thankful that you are still alive to be able to read this message.

My thoughts go out to everyone over in Florida, and again good luck. I will see how bad the storm affected Palm Beach
when I go their tomorrow.

and

As always good luck


- Kristen

Even though hurricanes bring about terrific winds/rain etc., they do move out and Frances came up the east and we had rain all day yesterday, steady. There is flooding here with some areas that got up to almost 8 inches of rain. Canandians, its coming to pay you a visit next!
I have a little water in basement (airplane shop area) but no big deal. The little stream that runs thru the farm here is sorta like a mini Mississippi River.... So, a hurricane not only affects southern states but it will move inland and cause some drenching rains and floods.
BTW, this is in western PA, 60 miles north of Pittsburgh.

Dave...

Apparently the clouds and rain we have today are the "last vestiges" of Frances, before it moves off to the maritimes.

The rain made this morning's commute pretty slow.

It is a more friendly visit than you guys "down south", but it still has me grounded.

Hope "Y'all" fare well through the next set of storms..... eh!


... hope Ivan misses everyone....

gus

All I can say is...here comes Ivan! Two's company....three's a crowd! I live in Land O Lakes, FL, but stayed with my fiance' in Lakeland and we got gusts of between 80-90. Frances was a rainstorm compared to Charley. I flew down to Punta Gorda to do some sight seeing about 4 days after the storm, and it was a wreck down there. PGD was really screwed up, airplanes all over the place, in ditches and laying in taxi ways. The damage was everywhere downthere. Frances, knocked down a few trees and screwed up some trailors, but she was a gentle giant compared to Charley.

We'll see what Ivan has in store!

We wish you all well. I have 2 siblings and my son in West Palm Beach right now, so I can relate.

But this thread is not RC related, and it was asked to be closed down.