Too late to leave. Have to hunker down.

Stay safe, everyone. Please check in.

Pinellas here.

She and her fiance are headed to a friend's place, more inland. She took her wedding dress with her. I'm so worried they will lose their house in a storm surge.

Sancho is close by as well.

Please take care of yourself.

But still in danger zone. Heck, the whole state is and there's no freaking gas to get out.

I can't get my head around it.

Love to you.

Thanks she.

Hope they will be checking in.

But we have each other.

We need you. I am sure your loved ones need you, too.

I feel powerless....

Please stay safe, and let everybody know how you're doing.

And that goes for ALL Florida DUers.

This is just awful.

I have friends who are.

My stepmom hunkered down and stayed. She's near Largo.

vehicles in our area of North GA, and our grocery store shelves are getting bare. I'm glad so many were able to get out. I don't think Irma is a storm to take lightly.

I hope everyone stays safe.

Andrew created a couple dozen and this is much bigger. Should we watch out for F3s in Central Florida?

Andrew was a baby compared to her.

While it is usual to predict the track of a hurricane, the National Hurricane Center stresses that this one is so big, tracking is not as important as it usually is. A lot of people are going to get hit by this storm.

Yes. Andrew was a baby compared to this one.

This a Cat5 and they are saying that there is no safe place to go there.

Be safe

IIRC they use to be one island and a storm caused them to become two

I have to go to work tomorrow at the VA hospital and i'll probably be there until Monday or Tuesday. I'm packing now and trying to move things away from windows, etc.

I'll be in the main "War Room", fielding calls and helping Veterans and their families (even their pets!) if needed. Since we are a new and huge hospital, we are helping Vets from all over Florida. It's been an extremely hectic last few days as we have been getting ready for all this.

All we can do is wait and hope for a turn to the Atlantic - it doesn't look like that will happen, but hurricanes are strange things, they can make a turn at the very last minute.

To everyone in this monster's path - please stay safe and do not take any chances!!!

If you are a Veteran and in need - we are there for you!

Annette in Orlando

You are truly helping people.

If you are in a mandatory evacuation area, some homeowners insurance will cover your accommodations for the duration of the evacuation.

Found that out during the San Diego fires a few years back.

So check your homeowners insurance coverage to see if you're covered.