We received notice yesterday that a planned visit with our friends Ed and Eileen will not take place as planned this next week. They are heading back to their home in Florida to be near their home in the Orlando area as quickly as possible. Ed is the one who helped me install our new hot water heater in our RV when we arrived here in May. They went to Alaska for the summer and had planned to stop here on the way home next week. We also have friends that live in the Miami area and have friends and family that live in the Ft Meyers area, among others. It is a very trying time for all of those folks that have ties to Florida. Suddenly, our efforts at the visitor center here are not so important.
The hurricane is expected to hit with full force over the weekend and the areas where we spent a lot of time - namely Big Pine Key and the Orlando, Ft Meyers and Tampa areas - are expected to receive the brunt of the storm. All of our friends in those areas have evacuated, but their homes are still in the path. Many of the people from Miami evacuated to Tampa to escape the major force of the storm and now, with the new tracking of the storm, will be in even more danger.
Our thoughts and prayers are with all those in Florida and hope that the loss of lives is minimal. Of course, property can be replaced, but lives cannot...
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