Hurricane Wilma

I just wanted to do a quick little post. I am watching the weather channel right now. Wilma is right over my home. I hope everything is ok. I was supposed to fly back today. I say supposed to because the airport is closed. I just got off the phone with the airline. The soonest I can fly back is this weekend! So, it looks like I'm in VA for a week. I hope all of you in FL are ok. I'll be thinking about you and calling to check in later on. Be safe!

UPDATE - Monday, 6:48pm
According to my neighbors, we have no power or water. My front window is broken and a lot of trees are down, but that's it. If I had parked in my normal parking spot, my car would have been crushed. I missed out on getting a new car! *smile* I've got someone to go in and try to at least stop the water from coming into the house. I'm so glad that BenTheBald is ok, but I couldn't get a hold of ShellyP. When I tried, I got that "All Circuts are busy message". I just spoke to my boss who updated me on a few of my co-workers. The ones he's gotten ahold of all seem to be ok despite having no power and/or water, but he's getting spotty cell service too. I'll have to try to call again later.

UPDATE - Tuesday, 8:12pm
No word from Shelly yet. Power seems to be down in almost all of Broward county. It's out at work now too, so our email servers are down. Any emails will not go through. I only know one person in South Florida that has power right now. They are saying it could take up to 4 weeks to get power back. I've heard from a few co-workers and they tell me everyone seems to be ok, but no specific word on Shelly. If she weren't ok, I think I would have known by now. Most phone lines are down and lots of cell towers are out so it's hard to reach people. I left Shel a voice mail, so I hope she calls back. But last storm, she didn't call me back either, so, I'm not going to let that worry me. I'll keep you updated on anything I hear.

UPDATE - Wednesday, 10:25am
HEARD FROM SHELLY!!! Ok, indirectly, I heard from her. I spoke to my manager just a minute ago. He said he spoke to Shelly's hubby just this morning. They are all doing fine, just without power like everyone else, and running low on gas and water, like everyone else. Her cell died and they don't have a way to charge it. I'm going to have to get her a car charger for Christmas!! Work still doesn't have power, so we still aren't getting email either. They are thinking we won't be back to work till Monday, so I'm not actually missing that much. According to the local paper down there, 2.8 million homes are still without power. If you want more info from people actually down there, the local paper's website is http://www.sun-sentinel.com.