I thought you might be interested in where some of our Joe's Pond members have homes in Florida.  Unfortunately, the biggest concentration is on the West Coast.  The locations of the "X's" I placed on the map are not exact, but serve to give us an idea of how devastating this could be on many of our friends.  

If anyone has news of family or friends who are in the area already, we'd like to post here any information about what they are doing to prepare, whether they've evacuated, etc.  You can e-mail me at janebrown@joespondvermont.com.  We will be thinking of all the people in Florida who will be impacted by this huge storm.  Click on the map to make it larger.

As the storm moves inland, there are a few others in southern states such as South Carolina who may be affected, but probably not as severely as those along the Florida coasts.