Sorry for the delay, Charley Evacuation

Been outta commission for a few days as we evacuated for Charley.

After being in Miami for Hurricane Andrew, every time we get a storong wind here- we throw the cats in the car and leave. ( Only kidding) Actually we live in an area of Pinellas County (Saint Petersburg, Florida) that was a mandatory evacuation area.

So at 11pm Thursday night we moved all of our valuables away from the windows, threw some clothes, three people and three cats into a very small car and took off for Orlando. At midnight in Orlando we quickly found no hotel rooms available. Now normally that would be understandable, but this was Orlando, home of Mickey Mouse and the land of a million hotel rooms. Well, they were full. So we got on the FL turnpike and headed south. I have family in West Palm, so we went toward that way. I had no intention of driving 300 miles to West Palm, but many stops and no hotels later, we arrived at my relatives home at 6 am.

We are very blessed that our home and family are all safe, and our prayers are with the people who did get hit in Ft Meyers and the rest of the state. There are no words to accurately describe going through a hurricane and surviving the aftermath.

We returned home to Saint Petersburg this morning, tired and sore from the drive, but no worse for the trip.

Please say a prayer for the people of Southwest Florida and if you have cash to spare, the Red Cross is a great place to put some of it right now. Look around your house and just think how you would feel if suddenly in a flash one day it all disappeared and you no food or clothes or shelter.

Back to politics tomorrow.