Fires in Orlando?! Everyone Ok?

[WaltD4Me]

CNN is showing a huge brush fire just east of Orlando, their graphic says "FLORIDA BURNING" they said there are some evacuations. Parts of I-95 closed. Hope everyone is ok! :guilty: Please check in if you are in the area.

[miss missy]

I sure hope so, anyone???

[safetymom]

There are a lot of brush fires in Central FL. We need rain.

[FamilyMcCord]

Please Take our rain. I am tired of the rain. Here in Virginia it has rained since like last week. Please take it away so it can put our your fires. I would be so appreciative.

[amyhughes]

I think every May this comes up. I know last year there was a HUGE one that stretched from Georgia southward.

I hope everyone down there is OK!! And I hope you get that much needed rain soon.

[tlterrynva]

I second taking the rain from Virginia to help put out your fires!!! :thumbsup2

[djlexus]

Yea i have fires on both ends of my county its getting crazy. Just to give u an example of how bad it is both i-95 and us1 are closed in one section thats huge alot of land. Basically the only way i can get south or north now is to take 192 to Orlando an go from there. I hope that dosent get a fire then ill be trapped.

[tinkbutt]

you can take MD's rain too!!!

[tspann]

We'll give you some of our ran from Central IL (Peoria) also. It's been so wet the farmers can't get into th fields to plant!

[kimbac3]

We are having too much rain here too! DH is on a water rescue team and they've been evacuating people all day:sad2:

Praying for some rain to head to Florida!

Kim

[DisneyKevin]

Hey Robert (djlexus).....take care over there. We're thinking about you.!!!!

The majority of the fires are on the east coast.

Orlando / Kissimmee is currently ok, but the conditions are right.

[djlexus]

Thank u Kevin im in the middle of both fires so im good but i do live across the street from whickham park which is a huge brush fire hazard will see what happens. I did drive down us1 and i swore i counted like 5 fires. Will see what happens.

[DisneyKevin]

Our local channels have pre-empted everything in order to cover this.

Volusia (Daytona Beach area) and Brevard (Cocoa Beach area) are having some serious and scary problems with fires.

The Governor has delared a state of emergency, so hopefully those folks will see some additional help soon.

People have lost homes in minutes.

Even a fire station has burned to the ground.

We hope and pray for the folks in the line of any danger.

Keep us posted Robert.

[fldisneymommyto2]

I am in Palm Bay and there are basically fires all over our city... it is scary!!!

[calypso*a*go-go]

Very scary!!! Please take care of yourselves. :goodvibes

[DisneyKevin]

Stay safe fldisneymommyto2!!!!

We're thinking about you.

Kevin

[BRobson]

Hope everyone stays safe :hug:

[*NikkiBell*]

Please stay safe and smart everyone! :)

[amyhughes]

Hope all is well, and these things get taken out quickly!!! Stay Safe!

[fldisneymommyto2]

Stay safe fldisneymommyto2!!!!

We're thinking about you.

Kevin

thanks..my dd and I just walked outside and all the way around our house is smoke. We are probably about a mile from the fires, but they are in every direction. Every way there is black smoke going up. They have just said they have lost 8 homes. The strange thing is the fires are not just in one locations. The wind is terrible too.
Our city is divided into 4 quadrants.... and 3 of the 4 are on fire.
They just interviewed 2 people that lost their homes in Malabar (next town) and I knew both of them :sad2: One lady I worked with at Winn Dixie when I was in high school and the other was a teachers assistant at the school I used to teach at. Such a sad day around here!

[djlexus]

Well it looks like I spoke too soon the park across the street is now on fire and I'm starting to get worried. But on a brighter note my bro thinks the whole town smells like rome he wanted me to share that with u. Ill keep u guys posted and good luck to u in palm bay u guys are getting hit hard.

[safetymom]

Stay safe everyone in the fire area.

[kab407]

Stay safe everyone.

Here's hoping the rain we've had all day today heads south.

[fldisneymommyto2]

we are still burning... they just closed the schools for tomorrow.... it is scary!!

[maiziezoe]

My entire family lives in Melbourne (Florida).

My grandparents and one of my uncles lives by the mall off of New Haven in West melbourne. My aunt and my cousins live off of Wickham.

I tried to call my grandma but no one answered.

[safetymom]

My daughter lives in W. Melbourne. She hasn't mentioned any problems in her area.

[fldisneymommyto2]

Ann.. so far the only problems are in Palm Bay. I haven't heard much about Melbourne at all. All the news stations have been covering Palm Bay so I would say there is a great chance that your family is safe.:grouphug:

[djlexus]

I took this picture earlier keep in mind its been a clear day all day so what ur seeing is smoke from the fire. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3250/2487349671_f23c2a70a4.jpg

[maiziezoe]

Thanks fldisneymommyto2 and safetymom.

I just got an email from my cousin... my family is fine and one friend has been evacuated.

:grouphug:

[DisDarling]

Stay safe everyone, I will continue to keep you in my prayers.

Amy

[bcvdreamer]

Stay safe everyone. :grouphug:

[beachwarmer]

Hope everyone is safe this morning.

djlexus - Your photo looked very ominus....but you did take it from the "far end of the parking lot."

My thoughts will be with all of you....and I hope rain is on it's way soon.

[fldisneymommyto2]

My sister just called and told me that her best friend lost her house last night. They are still showing houses burning to the ground this morning.

[prettypixie]

Oh my, I had no idea this was happening. You all please be safe and keep us posted!

[TSWJan78]

Sending you prayers and pixie dust... and a little rain too

[IWISHFORDISNEY]

How scary I hope everyone is safe. We should be living there right now. We had jobs at Holmes Regional and a house picked out in Palm Bay but we couldnt sell our house up here. It is kind of scary to see what is happening to that pretty town. Stay safe and I hope rain comes soon!

[Sooze]

Why haven't I heard about this up here in Indiana? I watch the news faithfully every morning and haven't heard a thing? Weird...

Hope those fires get under control and that everyone is safe...

[calypso*a*go-go]

Any updates? A long shot I know, but I'm hoping no news is good news.

[maiziezoe]

We had jobs at Holmes Regional

That's where I was born!

I hope everyone is safe.

[IWISHFORDISNEY]

That's where I was born!



That is pretty cool it looked like a great place to work. I am so bummed we didnt get to move. I hope everyone in your family stays safe!

[djlexus]

Wow Holmes Regional I was born there too hehe thats actually kinda cool haha . Well as far as an update it seems like the fires are under control now. The one in Palm Bay has torched more then 70 homes and here the bad part it was arsen :sad2: what is this world coming too. U know when I feel like torching something i just go release all that anger on rr haha. Hopefully the fires will be out soon thank u guys for all ur concern and prayers and everything. It dose look like were gonna get some rain so thank good cause im tired of doing a rain dance haha. Well thanks once again :-)!