FIRST AND FOREMOST NANCY AND I ARE SAFE IN OUR OWN HOME. SECONDLY THERE IS NOT A BETTER 5 STAR HOTEL RESORT ANYWHERE BETTER THAN CLUB FRED. WHICH IS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF TAMPA. FRED AND GERI WERE HOSTESSES WITH ABSOLUTE MOSTEST. AS HARD AS IT WAS FOR ME TO MAKE THE DECISION TO EVACUATE OUR HOME WHICH WAS DESIGNED BY A BUILDER WELL KNOWN IN FLORIDA BY THE NAME OF DIVOSTA. I KNEW IT WAS THE RIGHT DECISION FOR NANCY AND HER SON JOSH, AND CAT NAMED SPEEDY. FRIDAY AFTERNOON FRED CALLED AND INVITED ME AND THE FAMILY UP TO HIS HOME, I COULD NOT MAKE THE DECISION IMMEDIATELY BUT AFTER JOSH GOT HOME AT 7PM FRIDAY, I SAID LET'S PACK UP AND GET THE HECK OUT OF HERE. THIS WAS BEFORE THEY KNEW THE ACTUAL PATH OF IRMA. FRED IS ALLERGIC TO CATS, BUT HE SAID BRING THE CAT. GERI MADE US ALL FEEL SO WELCOME. NANCY AND I OWE FRED AND GERI BIG TIME. THEY WERE SO KIND AND HELPFUL.
MONDAY MORNING WE HEADED BACK TO FIND OUR DEVELOPEMENT WITH OVER 500 TREES HAD AT LEAST HALF OF THEM BLOWN OVER, THIS INCLUDED MATURE PALMS. THE NEIGHBORS THAT STAYED SAID DURING THE PASSING OF THE EYE OF THE STORM THEY CAME OUT, OUR STREET WAS FLOODED BUT DID NOT QUITE MAKE IT INTO MY GARAGE. THANK YOU GOD. THEY HAVE A BUNCH PICTURES TO SEND ME AND I WILL SHOW SOME OF THEM DOWN THE ROAD. 3 NIGHTS AGO WITH ALL THE TREES DOWN AND LAWN MAINTENANCE PEOPLE HAVING CUT THEM UP CAUSED HUGE AMOUNTS OF LEAVES TO BE STREWN UP AND DOWN THE STREET; CLOGGED UP OUR DRAINAGE SYSTEM. AND AGAIN WE ALMOST GOT FLOODED, SPENT TWO HOURS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT DURING THUNDERSTORMS KEEPING THE DRAINS OPEN. NOW OUR LAKE ADJACENT TO OUR PROPERTY IS AT MAXIMUM AND ANY MORE RAIN WILL CAUSE FLOODING.
NANCY AND I ARE AT OUR WITS END, WE HAVE BEEN SHOPPING FOR GENERATORS. I SEE THAT THERE ARE MORE STORMS OUT IN THE EASTERN ATLANTIC OFF THE COAST OF AFRICA, AND WE JUST DO NOT NEED ANY MORE. PLEASE SEND A SHOUT OUT TO THE BIG GUY, HELP...NO MAS!
NANCY AND I ARE VERY TIRED. THE AIR CONDITION IS SO NICE WHEN IT IS WORKING...
THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE KIND EMAILS, POSTINGS, AND WELL WISHES. FRED AND GERI WERE SO GRACIOUS, THANK YOU AGAIN, AND THANK GOD FOR GETTING US THROUGH THIS ORDEAL...I WILL POST PICTURES SOME TIME LATER.
REGGIE AND NANCY