Thanks Abby!
My brother and sister and me are in Ormond Beach in Daytona.
As I told you, it just skirted us.
Harry & Izzy Smith are gonna be okay. It's going north of them.
Binx is fine. They're in Orlando, just nasty weather but nothing major.
Your friend,
:) Bow

WELL, its coming tonight here, I know Pando, Bow, and Scribbles got hit yesterday, I don't know about Harry and Izzy, and Binx!!!! I will let you know what happens here though!!! We are in the panhandle!!!:D:D:D

Glad you are okay Bow. We know some people in New Smyrna Beach. That is close and good to hear they will probably be okay too.

Goodness Sissy. Be careful. We heard there were alligators in the floodwaters. We saw the radar of the panhandle and it looks really stormy there. Best to hunker down, like we do in a snow storm.

Hi Abby! We have had so much rain this week that there are floods all over and they have closed schools and all of our colleges here twice this week! This is our very first Tropical storm and WOW!! Everyone says it is a record breaker, we are very thankful it didn't turn out to be our very first Hurricane though! We are good here where we are in Orlando, but it can not stop pouring rain soon enough for us! Hope all is well with everyone! :) Binx and Susan

Thanks for your concern, Abby! You're so sweet. We live in a lower lying area, but thankfully no flooding so far! I've had enough of the rain, though.

Good to hear from you Binx. What a Birthday week you are having! We have never been in a tropical storm and hope you are not afraid of thunder. Abby loves storms. Longest one on record for us was an intense 3.5 hrs., then most of the night off and on. Does your power go out a lot. Ours does up north. Hope it stops raining for you so you can get out and about. Pretty wild stuff down there. We are not expecting any rain here and it is hot, hot, hot and beyond hot here.

Good to hear from you Neary. Hope that it does not get flooded where you are. Up North we get floods too but mostly in the late winter and early spring. Be careful in all that water.

Hi Abby! Thanks for asking. Izzy and I are fine. It made landfall way south of Tampa, went across the state and we were spared. We got some rain and wind today from the feeder bands, but nothing too bad. It's heading towards Sissy now. Stay safe Sissy!

Yes Sissy said it was heading their way. Hope to hear from them in the morning. Looks like they are going to get hit hard.

We are fine, outer bands are suppose to be hitting us late tonight early tomorrow morning. We will be safe!!! Seems like everyone else is fine too, GOOD! Any power outages?:D:D:D

Abby...what a great thing to start! Mom and I we're wondering and worrying about everyone and trying to figure out how to contact all...I'm so glad to hear all my friends are okay!!! :) :) :) Hope you have a raincoat and galoshes (sp?)handy, Sissy. :) Izzy, Harry, Neary, Bow and Binx...glad you are okay

I don't I just sit inside and SLEEP, what FUNNNNN!!! I like sleeping when it is raining!!! I hate getting my paws wet in the grass, mommy has to make me go! Its the only time I get to go, still waiting for it to let up some!! It is just getting to us!:D:D:D

Hi Abby and everyone! Well, it is Saturday and still raining on and off! Oh brother, will it ever stop!! As for the thunder, actually today was the first time during the whole storm time that we got thunder and lightning, and boy did it scare Binx! He was ok though because I acted like it was no big deal and so he stayed snuggled by me and took a nap! I am glad to know that everyone that has been in the path is ok! Hope that tomorrow is finally a nice day here for all of us in the area that has been dealing with this very wet weather! :) Binx and Susan

Hi Abby- this weather is crazy! Daddy got all excited last night at 3 in the morning 'cause there was a tornado up the street, I'm not real sure what that is, but it sure kept him up.Clara & I just went back to sleep- it's nice & quiet in the house now that they put in those "hurricane windows". We had lots of thunder today,too,but Clara & I aren't scared of it-we just want to play in the puddles from the rain! :} Charlie

Hi Binx. We are still waiting for it to cool off up here. The cold front never arrived and it is so hot and humid. Our grass is crunchy when you walk on it and it tickles your toes. Yuk!

Hi Charlie, Wow a tornado. My mommy has been in a few, one oddly enough was in Florida years ago. We had 3 up North 2 years ago and they flattened miles and miles of forest. It was very sad to look at the destruction. We lost a few trees ourselves as it went by and we were very lucky because our house was not built yet. Hope no one was hurt in your neighbourhood. Cheer up soon you can play in the storm puddles that is a lot of fun. :) :)

Thanks Abby, We are all fine, but our neighbor's big old oak tree went ka-splewie! It did't hit anything but the ground, it sure is messy,though. Today is sunny, so Clara & I have been having fun outside again. (Yup, I'm chasding lizards!) Crunchy grass does'nt sound very fun -maybe we could send you some rain. ;) Charlie

Hi Abby, WooHoo, my computer is finally up and running again and better than ever! I know that is has taken longer than normal for Binx and I to reply to our friends! So sorry to all! Anyway, we were supposed to get a bunch of rain this afternoon and still nothing though. I think that it is a good thing since there is still so much water and flooding in these areas. We drove around to go to the store today and there are brand new "ponds" all over here and they are pretty big ones! I hope that it cools off here some soon also, it is so hot! Hope that you get some rain to make your grass nice again! :)

I know what you mean Binx, we have been waiting, the sun is shining real nice day out, suppose to get slammed with rain soon! :D:D:D

Our grass is crunchy, too. It feels so funny to walk on and sometimes it pokes our feet which makes us jump like something 'got' us. We could use some rain, just not as much as you guys are getting. Keep staying safe everyone. :) :)

OH MY DOGG!!!
There is another one out there within one day it became a tropical storm. ALREADY, from nothing to that! Suppose to be a hurricane by tomorrow morning. Dear lord, who knows how big this one is gonna be, here is a great site for all this stuff::: wunderground.com :D:D:D

Tink, (may we call you Tink). We are lucky that we do not live in Florida even if we have crunchy grass. Yikes Sissy informs another one is on the way.

Sissy we just looked at the projected path. Looks like it could head thru the Gulf and towards dare I say New Orleans. We sincerely hope not. There was so much damage the last time and gosh wasn't it about the same time of year last time. Seems to me we were watching it on CNN at our old cottage on labour day weekend. Hope not. Please be safe and keep an eye on this one.

Hey Binx. Sorry you are having computer problems. We ditched our PC laptop last year for a brand new iMAC. My mommy works on Macs all the time at work and "secretly" hates PC's because of all the problems. We get a good laugh every time we see the Hi I'm a Mac commercials on TV. :) :) cause we can really relate. We posted a video of the creek up North were the deer sleep. Check it out. We need to get a video recorder though cause the camera is not that great.

Yeah, it hit on the 29th I be lieve! Where we lived in Mississippi we had power outages, we lived up near Jackson, it was a big one. They aren't sure where it is going to hit, that is what I was thinking too though, hopefully not here though, we are due for another big one, its been a while for a big hurricane in our area been about 4 or so years, we didn't live here for the last one though... thank gosh... :D:D:D

Hi Abby and family! This is mom's first laptop and with all her school it is easier for her back with it, when it works that is! Boy did she get mad when she had to take it back the very next day!!! She started slapping it, really, she did! Anyway, we have been watching the weather here and can not believe it! There is still a lot of flooded places here in Orlando and the surrounding counties! I sure hope that it isn't our very first hurricane since we have been in FLorida this time! Yikes! And I sure am going to go and check out your video, can't wait to see it! Everyone in the path for what is left of the rain of Fay and the storm coming up, please stay safe! We sure can't wait for the end of this season that is for sure! :)

im in orlando in the middle of theme park land and we're okay. no real flooding or anything here. just a lot of thunder and some scary lightining. im just wondering where gustav is gonna go?

You can absolutely call me Tink, Abby. Everyone does :) :) I hope everyone is still staying safe. No rain yet, here. Figured some of it would eventually head this way. Is it still as hot down there with all this rain? Hope the thunder stays away, Binx. Stay dry, Sissy. I refuse to potty outside when it's raining, too. Has anyone heard from Bow, Harry or Izzy?

Bow and Pando have been good, they moved.:D:D:D