Extreme fire danger for us

[hensylee]

I am in NW Florida. We are under extreme fire danger warning. Our local radio station has sent out via e-news instructions on how/what to prepare. That huge Ga/Fl fire is at I-10 and I-75. They have evacuated people from Lake City and closed part of I-75. My cousin lives about 50 miles east of Tallahassee (he's the one with big heart problems I write about sometimes) and he tells me he has not been able to even open his windows nor step outside his door for quite some time now - a couple of weeks. Today he could not even see across the street because of the smoke. All over Florida we are very, very dry with no rain in sight. Lightning has started many of the Florida fires. Lightning and no rain!

Mother told us that my grandfather, an old Key West fisherman, used to say that once they began encroaching and draining the Everglades that Florida would begin to dry up and there would be fires. Well, guess he was right.

Guess we could use a 'cane right now?

Please keep us in your prayers.

 

[Phyllis]

You are in our prayers. Our daughter and her family just moved to Tampa and it is smoky there as well- also as far south as my sister in Delray. After one week in Tampa, little Harry has had roseola and now it's too smoky to take him out- she said this morning that she expects to hear that next weekend will bring a hurricane. Needless to say, she misses Cambridge!
Keeping you in our thoughts and prayers.

 

[Ross]

Well you better not be out smoking cigs or wacky tobaccy and simply pitching the ends into the forest huh?

 

[Mary]

I am in NW Florida. We are under extreme fire danger warning. Our local radio station has sent out via e-news instructions on how/what to prepare. That huge Ga/Fl fire is at I-10 and I-75. They have evacuated people from Lake City and closed part of I-75. My cousin lives about 50 miles east of Tallahassee (he's the one with big heart problems I write about sometimes) and he tells me he has not been able to even open his windows nor step outside his door for quite some time now - a couple of weeks. Today he could not even see across the street because of the smoke. All over Florida we are very, very dry with no rain in sight. Lightning has started many of the Florida fires. Lightning and no rain!

Mother told us that my grandfather, an old Key West fisherman, used to say that once they began encroaching and draining the Everglades that Florida would begin to dry up and there would be fires. Well, guess he was right.

Guess we could use a 'cane right now?

Please keep us in your prayers.

I've been watching that fire since our daughter and son-in-law returned from Orlando last week. Today's news showed a school dismissing early, and I wondered then if the smoke wasn't going to cause many medical problems for residents.
You're in my prayers, Ann.

 

[Nancy]

When I left Tampa, Florida on May 8, the smoke was pretty bad, even then. Yesterday, my daughter told me that the smoke was even worse. I pray for you all in Florida. I could see some of the fires when in the plane on the return flight home.

 

[EVELYN]

Hi Hens

Here's praying for some rain for ya'll. I heard on the news up here that there are 10 fires all over the Florida area.....not even counting the huge one by you. We have a friend in Spring Hill.....how is it down there? Maybe I'd better call him tomorrow.....scary.

Ev

 

[hensylee]

we live in the woods, so have lots of animal and bird life. Birds nest near the house and we watch the progress as they grow. I noticed last week that we don't have nearly as many birds this year and scratched my head. They showed birds lying dead on the ground somewhere in Florida and I guess that's why we don't have many. The smoke kills them or they become disoriented - 'they' are not sure what is causing it. I figured birds would fly away from danger. We have some birds but not nearly the same in number.

There was lots of lightning last evening - I sat on the porch and watched it until I told myself to stop it. It then moved in closer and was nearly over us - but not a drop of rain with it. They show pictures of Florida on TV and many, many fires are all over the state. There is peat moss in the lower half of Florida (that's very black dirt made up of rotted flora) and it can catch fire right by itself when it's very dry and hot - which we are.

 

[EireCara]

Hope you are all safe and well. Thoughts and prayers coming for you all.