HELLO RAMONA AND ALL THE OTHER FRIENDS THERE WE ARE OUT OF THE WARNING STAGE. JUST BEEN LIFTED. HOWEVER THE WARNING IS STILL IN EFFECT 20 MILES NORTH OF US. AS OF NOW, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE, AS OUR TV CABLE IS OUT AND CANT FIND ANYTHING ON RADIO. DO KNOW THE BEACHES GOT HIT BY WAVES AND A LOT OF HOMES WERE FLOODED. ALL THE SHELTERS HERE ARE FULL. THE HIGHWAYS ARE JAMMED. BUMPER TO BUMPER WE STAYED IN OUR HOME. FELT IT WAS SAFER THAN GETTING OUT ON THE ROAD. STILL HAVING GUSTS OF HIGH WINDS AND CAN HEAR NOISES LIKE TREES LIMBS FALLING. EVERYTHING HERE IN STUART, AND WEST PALM BEACH (30 MILES FROM sTUART) WAS CLOSED. STORES , BUSINESS AND EVERYTHING. sT lUCIE cOUNTY , WHICH IS ABOVE US, HAS A CURFEW FROM 7 LAST NIGHT TO NOON TODAY bUT WE HERE, IN MY LITTLE HOME, WE ARE SAFE. NOW WE ARE GOING TO WTCH FOR GERT, SO WE WILL STAY PREPARED TILL WE FIND OUT WHAT SHE IS GOING TO DO THANKS FOR ALL YOUR PRAYERS AND THOUGHTS. IT IS NICE TO KNOW THAT STRANGERS CAN BE VERY GOOD FRIENDS. oUR ELECTRIC HAS BEEN GOING OFF AND ON, SO THOUGHT WHILE THERE IS ELECTRIC NOW, AT 3 IN THE MORNING, I WOULD SEND THIS OFF TO YOU ALL. WILL KEEOP YOU INFORMED IF THE CREEK DONT RISE AND THE BRIDGE DONT FALL. YA ALL COME BACK NOW, YA HEAR aND KEEP THOSE PRAYERS AND GOOD THOUGHTS COMING FOR EVERYONE ON THE UPPER COAST OF FL AND GA AND THE CAROLINAS THIS FLOYD IS A MEAN , OLD MEAN HURRICANE BARBARA