Hurricane Wilma-Central Florida, how are you?

[DawnneOBTS]

Dawnne in Daytona Beach here. So far we have a lot of wind and the rain is incredible. How is it in other parts, since there's a lot of areas that the news channels are not showing. Stay safe, everyone. I know they have a lot of problems in Brevard right now.

[LiberalinNC]

1. Good luck. Just spoke w/ my parents in Boca Raton,

No power and the winds are picking up. Looks as if the eye will pass over W. Palm Beach/Palm Beach Area. I heard the winds on the back side of the storm are worse than front winds.

Good luck to everyone in Wilma's Path!

[OrlandoGator]

2. ~40 MPH wind here in Orlando...my freaking office is OPEN today.

Arg.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. yikes

i hope you offer essential services...


there's no reason to be open today...

[DawnneOBTS]

5. My mother had to go to work today too in DB n/t

[DemocratSinceBirth]

7. That's Crazy...

I used to manage folks before I had my business I would never ask them to come to work today...

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. I'm In Lake Mary...

Just a bit windy and wet...


I'm already bored....

[Poppyseedman]

6. Tampa Bay area

Brandon is doing OK. We are just outside of the real heavy winds

Raining since last night

[trumad]

9. Oviedo area

Yeah---my wife had to go to work as well.... A bunch of her co-workers have kids and no daycare--so they're brining them into work.

crazy

[DemocratSinceBirth]

10. I'm In Lake Mary...

The weather isn't that bad but I wouldn't want to be driving...

[Poppyseedman]

16. Last year during Charlie I was working for an Auto parts retailer

We had to come in to open up the day of the Hurricane. We stayed open for about two hours.

We had ONE FREAKING customer who come in for a gas can which we had none in stock.

For some stupid unknown reason beyond the scope of rational thinking the district manager thought we would be busy.

So we opened up until the idea of no sales that day penetrated his thick skull.

75 MPH winds and you are going to change your cars oil???? yeah, right

[teach1st]

8. St. Petersburg Area

Wet, windy in gusts, but nothing serious, an it looks like clearing. Temperature and dew point dropping rapidly.

[Lancer]

11. I have close friends in Citrus and Marion counties…

anyone know conditions there? Thanks.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

12. Marion Is Supposed To Be Relatively Unaffected

duno about citrus...


go to weather.com and type in the city...

[nickyt]

13. Just talked to sister-in-law in Leesburg - 8" of rain! but no flooding

in her neighborhood...winds just 15-20 mph...

[DemocratSinceBirth]

14. I'm About Thirty Five Miles From Leesburg...

We must have got less than inch so far...

[Dr.Phool]

15. Getting gusts around 50 mph in Tarpon Springs area

Light rain now, but still under tornado watch. Rained all night.

OOOHH, I just saw a flying alligator.

[BlackVelvet04]

17. The Florida Keys

are getting slammed. Key West is flooding. 2-3 feet of water throughout all of Key West.

[rppper]

18. hey dawnne!!!!.....daytona here too(volusia mall/speedway area)......

lots of rain...30-35 mph winds here and a lot of strong gusts...last years 'caines took away most of the limbs that should be snapping right now though!!!..doing alright otherwise..got my daughter here and my girlfriends kids here with me...she had to work today too, but she left 2 boxes of krispy kremes....kids have been munching on them all morning...SUGAR RUSH!!!...send fema fast!!!....hope everyone else is safe and doing OK.....hunker down(couldn't resist saying it!!!!) ya'll!!!

[cureautismnow]

19. Kissimmee - Lots of Rain, Wind up to 45MPH

It's been raining all night long. Wind has gusted up to 45 MPH, which is quite mild compared to Charley's fury last year.

I hope the sucker gets the hell out of the state a.s.a.p. I lived in Boca Raton near the Palm Beach/Broward county line a few years ago. What a gorgeous area. Spare her, Wilma.

Marco Island is a paradisal place, also. I hate to even think about the destruction down there. Please have mercy, Wilma.

Stay safe all. November 30th can't come soon enough!

Still trying to reason with hurricane season ... (with apologies to Jimmy Buffet)

[William769]

20. In fort myers here

They are reporting that Lee county hast been hit by a cat 1. Naples looks really bad.

I can't believe I still have power.

[Fla Dem]

21. East Coast Florida getting hit very hard from Miami north to Palm Beach.

They are on the south and east of the storm, worst weather ot the storm is there.

[Not Me]

22. I just flew into Orlando late last night...

returning from a week in Paris. (Should have stayed a couple extra days, non?)
BUT, was glad to get the phone call that the office was closing for the day.