Fay Updates on the DIS

[WebmasterJohn]

Hey Gang

I just want to make sure you are aware that we will be keeping everyone updated on the progress of Fay both in our blog (http://www.disunplugged.com/)and on our homepage (http://www.wdwinfo.com/).

Thanks
John

[Mouse Skywalker]

Stay safe John, Kevin, Pete, Walter, Corey, Julie, Will, and everyone else in the Florida area. Hunker down with lots of ice cream...

[PrincessKsMom]

Thank you for doing this. I'm scheduled to arrive next Saturday, 8/23 and I'm really anxious. So nice of you to do this! :woohoo:

[BRobson]

Hope you guys keep safe :hug:

[Annette_VA]

Thanks, John. Y'all stay safe! My fingers are crossed that FL doesn't get hit too badly.

[Cyrano]

As I commented on the blog hope everyone is safe and hunkered down :goodvibes

[CinderellasSister]

Thanks for the updates. Stay safe everyone!!:grouphug:

[bcvdreamer]

Stay safe. :grouphug:

[mjperry]

Looks like you are going to be on the east side of is you should be ok, but if I hear anyone say Honker down anywhere the next few days i'm going to go insane. And when it's over if everything is ok You will have as the news people say dodged a bullet just wait you will hear that one. I hope you are safe so get you water and things ready. Your know what to do you live in Florida. I was hoping in turn just a little more west to give us a little rain.
Gang remember keep a weathered eye open there be ruff weather ahead there be.

[experiment_627]

Just wanted to add my stay safe as well. :grouphug:

[safetymom]

I topped off my hurricane supplies this afternoon. Now to just keep an eye on the weather.

[IWISHFORDISNEY]

Thanks for the update. Stay safe.

[cocowum]

Stay safe everyone. :goodvibes

[DVCsince02]

Thinking of you and your families. Stay safe!

[WebmasterJohn]

We went food shopping, filled the cars with gas and got some cash (in case power/ATM's go out) today.

We already have plenty of flashlights and batteries in the house at all times so that's not a problem.

This is all just part of the common sense precautions we take when we hear there might be a hurricane.

Now we just wait and see what happens.

Current projections put it over central Florida as a weaker storm - but it's still way too early to tell what will happen.

[safetymom]

But John you know shortly we will see those people on the news that didn't prepare and they are complaining. :(

I did the same thing here. That way I am prepared if anything should develop.

[poohbear2]

Thank-you and be safe!

[Mouse Skywalker]

Didn't Pete say he was going to record a show during the hurricane if it went over? ;) Seriously, stay safe all.

[Minnie Lor]

Thinking of all of you in the potential path of Fay. Stay safe!!!

[aGoofyMom]

I haven't been checking in much lately - really busy. But this storm did catch my attention. Stay safe everyone....Corey - put Julie in a bunker!

[MenashaCorp]

Now we just wait and see what happens.

Current projections put it over central Florida as a weaker storm - but it's still way too early to tell what will happen.


Stay safe, guys. Oh, and if you do get on TV afterwards describing the storm, make sure your teeth are in and your shirt is on. ;)

[disneym2m]

My prayers are with you and all in the Storm's path to be safe and get through this without any problems.

[DisneyKevin]

Stay safe, guys. Oh, and if you do get on TV afterwards describing the storm, make sure your teeth are in and your shirt is on. ;)

Y'all want to to see one of us with that yellow rain slicker pasted to the side of our face while we clutch a tree to keep from being blown away, doncha?

[clombardi]

Y'all want to to see one of us with that yellow rain slicker pasted to the side of our face while we clutch a tree to keep from being blown away, doncha?

I know I do!

[adsrtw]

Take care down there! Hopefully, it will lose alot of steam before reaching your area.

[jamieT]

Y'all want to to see one of us with that yellow rain slicker pasted to the side of our face while we clutch a tree to keep from being blown away, doncha?

Wow..it's like you read my mind!:rotfl:

[nenner1]

Y'all want to to see one of us with that yellow rain slicker pasted to the side of our face while we clutch a tree to keep from being blown away, doncha?

With a microphone and a camera telling us just how windy and rainy it isout there!;)

They say this one is "Comin' right for us".....I would say they say that all the time but the last time they said that was Charley...which, of course did NOT come right for us.

This will be no Charley, I think. Even so...Publix is nuts...Wal Mart looks like a war zone...I'm not even going near a Home Depot...:sad2: It could be yucky here, coming from the south might push the storm surge into the bay.

Not only should Pete record a show,I think there should be a Hurricane Podcast Cruise Giveaway Blowout! (please don't hurt me John!)

Everyone in Fay's path....take care.....

[tinkbutt]

Y'all want to to see one of us with that yellow rain slicker pasted to the side of our face while we clutch a tree to keep from being blown away, doncha?

NO!! not a yellow rain slicker we EXPECT you to be wearing your Yellow Mickey poncho!!!! well we know with Julie it will be a Trash bag/poncho!!:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:


stay safe guys!!!!!

[Mouse Skywalker]

So my brother in law just called last night reminding us that he and his family are scheduled to arrive at WDW on Tuesday. I forgot, and I had been helping them plan their trip for months. They are all panicked about the storm. I told them to be prepared for lots of rain. Hopefully they'll be OK, and hopefully their flights on Tuesday will be fine.

[WDWBetsy]

For those in Fay's path: stay safe. You're all in my thoughts! :grouphug:

[kab407]

Stay safe!

[MenashaCorp]

Y'all want to to see one of us with that yellow rain slicker pasted to the side of our face while we clutch a tree to keep from being blown away, doncha?


Only if it's at Stormstruck at Interventions...

[bannermouse]

All of you, stay safe!

bannermouse

[IWISHFORDISNEY]

Kevin you are a hoot. I cant see it now.

PODCAST WEATHER LIVE

From Kevin Klose at the Disney World Resort.

All official like on the weather channel. I guess you have to have my mental image like that crazy guy who is always outside in the rain being blown down the street.

Just stay safe. Keep us updated.

[crazydisneyman]

Kevin and John,

You know if a TV crew comes by that you will have curlers in your hair while wearing an old housecoat: "It was PANDEMONIUM! The trailer started shaking and I was scared toothless!" :lmao:

My bro lives nearby so I get hourly reports about the impending hurricane. All of you take care and know that we would be right there on TV with you.

[mjperry]

That's funny news reporters always know who will get on camera, and from my experience in the news business there are a certain type of folks who really don't care of bad they look, and will always get on TV, but it makes our job easy because some people like myself have pride and would never get on TV with rollers in my hair ( Pete I know why would I have rollers in my hair just work with me here I'm making a point) are if my dentures had been blow away in the storm not getting on national TV toothless. Yes it's that breed of folks that I see on TV after one comes through Florida that help me know MS. is not the home to the rednecks, but that they make there home in every state of the union even the Sunshine State.

Good Lucy I will pray for you.

[tinkbutt]

Kevin you are a hoot. I cant see it now.

PODCAST WEATHER LIVE

From Kevin Klose at the Disney World Resort.
................
"Kevin" Thank you IWISHFORDISNEY, we are here in WDW resort and I am in awe, I never realized till now just how realistic Twister at Universal Studios really is !" as a plastic shinny cow flies by on a string!
:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[LilGMom]

Looks like you are going to be on the east side of is you should be ok

The east side is actually usually the worst side to be on. But if it goes on land at the southern tip of FL but the time it reaches the Orlando area it should have lost a lot of its steam.

[DebºoºS]

But John you know shortly we will see those people on the news that didn't prepare and they are complaining. :(

I did the same thing here. That way I am prepared if anything should develop.

True, every storm there are those who wait till the last possible moment to run out and get batteries and supplies. Then they complain when they can't find what they need or they're ill prepared.

So glad you're all hunkered down safely.

Hope your hurricane party turns into a pudding party. After the storm blows over and you're left with gallons of emergency milk. You make pudding and have another party.

Thank you for keeping us posted. You're in our thoughts and prayers.

[luke]

off topic, but does Fay mean that a big storm/hurricane is more or less or equally likely again thisyear?
Have got visions of our October 28th wedding being stormed out!!!

:goodvibes

[TXYankee]

Stay safe.

[LilGMom]

off topic, but does Fay mean that a big storm/hurricane is more or less or equally likely again thisyear?
Have got visions of our October 28th wedding being stormed out!!!

:goodvibes

Just means that Fay is making landfall. :) Late October isn't that popular with hurricanes. Aug/Sept. tend to be the most popular months except for during 2005 but that was an odd year for hurricanes and one that hopefully won't be repeated any time soon.

[luke]

fingers crossed, we're getting married there to avoid the inclement weather!!

Hope everyone in Florida stays safe, and doesn't eat their hurricane snack supply too early ;)

:goodvibes

[aspen37]

Y'all want to to see one of us with that yellow rain slicker pasted to the side of our face while we clutch a tree to keep from being blown away, doncha?

Oh you know we do Kevin!:rotfl: :rotfl: Please stay safe, and hang on tight to that tree. :lmao:
For real please stay safe!!!

[CDolacki2003]

Y'all want to to see one of us with that yellow rain slicker pasted to the side of our face while we clutch a tree to keep from being blown away, doncha?

Yes, but you had better be recording a podcast show while you are doing it, I mean you only need one arm to hold on to the tree, use the other one to hold the mic:rotfl2:

Just kiddin, please stay safe and we will be thinking of you all.

[Jacklynn]

haha while I would like to hunker down with Ice Cream it is likely we will lose power and then you just have sugary milk :(

[mjperry]

http://www.southwest.com/content/travel_center/travel_advisory_0037.html?ref=wthr

[IWISHFORDISNEY]

http://www.southwest.com/content/travel_center/travel_advisory_0037.html?ref=wthr

Oh no. Good luck everyone!!! Although I would love to be stuck in Disney.

[firemanx]

How is everyone doing up in central and west florida? Down here in sol fla we only got some heavy rains and winds. Nothing serious.

[cocowum]

How is everyone doing up in central and west florida? Down here in sol fla we only got some heavy rains and winds. Nothing serious.


That's good to hear. :goodvibes Thanks for keeping us posted. :thumbsup2

[Kaler131]

Stay safe everyone! Our thoughts are with you.:grouphug:

[safetymom]

The heavy rains aren't here yet. The wind is picking up. I am glad to hear those in South FL are ok.

[DisneyKevin]

We have been told repeatedly throughout the night that our biggest threat was not wind and/or rain, but the tornadoes within the outer bands.

We were under a tornado watch from 8pm until 8am.

Thankfully, we've gotten through that without incident.

[Mouse Skywalker]

We have been told repeatedly throughout the night that our biggest threat was not wind and/or rain, but the tornadoes within the outer bands.

We were under a tornado watch from 8pm until 8am.

Thankfully, we've gotten through that without incident.Glad to hear you all are safe so far. Hopefully, you will not get any tornados.

[VanMickey]

No tornados is good.

Stay safe and good luck.

[djlexus]

We have been getting hit hard all day we had a tornado down the street from us. Its pretty windy here and been raining hard all day. Im on the east coast btw.

[cdfl30]

The 5:00 advisory has it hitting us here in Jacksonville as a Hurricane on Thursday :scared1: I hope it doesn't get too bad! Everyone in its path stay safe and stockpile lots of chocolate :)

[Metro West]

There hasn't been a lot of activity west of I-4 as of yet. It's windy and we're getting some sprinkles here and there but other than that...nothing. I hope the trend continues.

[princesskelz]

Hope all FL Disers are ok and i am praying for you guys!:angel:

[DebºoºS]

Y'all want to to see one of us with that yellow rain slicker pasted to the side of our face while we clutch a tree to keep from being blown away, doncha?

Oh but of course! While recording the podcast so we can have a live update with pics:lmao:
But really yellow slickers? Yesterday I found the hurricane fashion statement! Camouflage rain poncho. I just had to buy one! Much more extreme look while plastered to your face clutching trees in a hurricane.

[jen3003]

Keeping everyone in my thoughts. I hope you all stay safe and Fay blows through quickly.

[Metro West]

According to the 9PM news update...the storm has STOPPED! It's not moving at all right now.

[firemanx]

did they close the parks or are they still open?

[Metro West]

did they close the parks or are they still open?The parks rarely close unless a major hurricane is coming. All locals parks are open on regular schedules.

[drakethib]

Hang in there all.

Our thoughts and prayers are with you in the midst of that thing.

[catycatcat4]

me and like 12 kids *all like younger than me* where running around like crazy in the storm today it was so fun

My bro made a"kite" out of a plastic bag and string and 20 min later there was 10 kids with plastic bag and string kites they went prety hight lol.

[ArielRae]

Has anyone heard from the podcast team since the storm moved more north? I just woke up from a bad dream about them and the hurricane and came to see if they had posted since I went to bed and they haven't. I'm so worried for them.

[safetymom]

It really hasn't been that bad here in the Orlando area. I am sure they will check in.

[Racey]

I really hope so too. It's horrible when they dont update something for some time because your mind starts working overtime, i'm sure they are just very busy tho (the last update post was quite some time ago now)

Im sure Julie is busy keeping baby-boy safe and warm:thumbsup2

Im sending my best wishes to everyone threatented by this storm and hope you suffer minimal damage if you have to suffer at all

[Jacklynn]

Yeah here about 20 miles west of Orlando, we've gotten nothing. A SMALL amount of wind last night and a little rain, right now it is cloudy and breezy. I think we missed it, now it is heading back out to sea then hitting Jacksonville. Glad we didn't get any terrible weather, but kinda boring with no excitement! haha

[Jacklynn]

Has anyone heard from the podcast team since the storm moved more north? I just woke up from a bad dream about them and the hurricane and came to see if they had posted since I went to bed and they haven't. I'm so worried for them.

I don't even think anyone in the Orlando area (except maybe east Orlando) has lost power, seriously it has missed us. I'm sure they are fine :) Maybe just hunkering down with their food even though it isn't a hunkering down storm for at least my part of Florida

[Metro West]

Yeah here about 20 miles west of Orlando, we've gotten nothing. A SMALL amount of wind last night and a little rain, right now it is cloudy and breezy. I think we missed it, now it is heading back out to sea then hitting Jacksonville. Glad we didn't get any terrible weather, but kinda boring with no excitement! hahaThat's about what I got last night but the winds are much stronger downtown today than yesterday. I wonder why Orange County didn't close school today? Everyone else did...I imagine some parents are going to be ticked off!

[Jacklynn]

That's about what I got last night but the winds are much stronger downtown today than yesterday. I wonder why Orange County didn't close school today? Everyone else did...I imagine some parents are going to be ticked off!

Lake Co. which is where I am, closed all schools tuesday and wednesday (I work at a private college prep boarding school though and we don't even start until this upcoming tuesday anyways).

Thanks for the warning that winds are stronger today there, I'm sure it will move this direction. haha of course since Sunday they have said, oh it is going to hit Monday evening, oh nope, Tuesday morning, oh Tuesday afternoon, and we still haven't gotten much so it makes it hard to believe them :)

[a1tinkfans]

JACKLYNN,

Would you mind telling us HOW WEATHER IS BY YOU THIS AM???????

[safetymom]

I live 12 miles from the parks. Our school district was supposed to be closed today but decided to open them.

It just looks like a rainy day. Winds are not that bad. It's the coast that is getting hammered.

[Jacklynn]

JACKLYNN,

Would you mind telling us HOW WEATHER IS BY YOU THIS AM???????

I'm about 17 miles north of Downtown Disney...

It is cloudy and breezy here, but that is about it. I would say the winds are about 15-20mph, which isn't too windy. I believe its in the upper 70's to lower 80's out.

But keep in mind in 20 mins it could be pouring and more windy, you never know.... or we could get nothing but a bunch of talk from the storm.

[djlexus]

It seems to have kinda stalled in our area Brevard county. A lot of the roads are flooded and they say were gonna get another 6 inches of rain. So that totals to a foot of rain maybe more. It looks like alot of our roads are closed due to flooding.

[WebmasterJohn]

The weather here isn’t that bad right now - light rain, light gusts of wind.

Last night we saw the worst of what we were supposed to get – high winds, a lot of rain – but we never lost power and while we had our eyes and ears open for a tornado none were reported in our area.

All WDW theme parks are open and operating as usual today.

We are keeping an eye on what this storm will do next as some models have it making a left and coming back over us (others say it will go out to see than come back into Georgia).

DJ - stay safe - you guys got the worst of this one for sure.

[djlexus]

Well guys its that time its that time i wish i had a canoe. The water in our neighborhood has gotten to a point were we cant get out. There is a big pond in front of my neighborhood and it has overflowed. Weve had to drain our pool at least 3 times now. Its not looking good there already evacuating ppl in my area national guard are here at the entrance to our neighborhood. Ill keep u guys updated as much as i can. I know that im talking about it being bad in my neighborhood but its bad all over i heard some places got 25" of rain. I just saw a canoe go right in front of my house. O my :scared:

[BRobson]

Well guys its that time its that time i wish i had a canoe. The water in our neighborhood has gotten to a point were we cant get out. There is a big pond in front of my neighborhood and it has overflowed. Weve had to drain our pool at least 3 times now. Its not looking good there already evacuating ppl in my area national guard are here at the entrance to our neighborhood. Ill keep u guys updated as much as i can. I know that im talking about it being bad in my neighborhood but its bad all over i heard some places got 25" of rain. I just saw a canoe go right in front of my house. O my :scared:

Sorry to hear that - stay safe :hug:

[safetymom]

I am sorry to hear that. I was just watching the news with all the stories of the water in the neighborhoods.

Stay safe and take care.

[PrincessKsMom]

My prayers for everyone affected by this horrible storm. You have all put my worrying about my trip in perspective -- I have no right to worry about a trip when people are dealing with such loss of property (and hopefully NOT lives). Please everyone stay safe and I pray this moves along quickly and lets some sunshine and dry weather back in your lives.

[iwynlea]

I'm in Melbourne. To say it's raining is an understatement. We live in a second story apartment so no fear of flooding, but when DH takes the dogs out to walk (because they don't understand and won't go in the apartment) they practically have to swim to get to the little patch of high ground around...and DH goes out in his swim trunks!

Just heard on the news that we have received more rain from Fay than all 3 hurricanes in 2004 and in the last 36 hours have gotten more than half of our annual average rainfall! Yikes!

Erica

[firemanx]

DJLEXUS hope everyone is staying safe. Keeping all the central and northern FL disers in our prayers.

[cdfl30]

Wow, that's not good news about the flooding! I hope all of you affected are safe. It looks as though its almost our turn here in Jacksonville to get the storm. Its been so gloomy here today, I want my Florida sunshine back!!

[Minnie Lor]

Sending prayers and pixiedust your way.:grouphug:

[Jacklynn]

All of you stay safe in Melbourne! I'm watching the news and seeing all of the rain!! Silly people still trying to get into the ocean, rip currents are so dangerous especially now! There were apparently some kinds swept away (in a street not the ocean) and they are still looking for one of them. WESH channel 2 is saying they think its going to come back and hitting right right north of Orlando (Orlando included) so hopefully we don't get all that rain that you have gotten.

[Tonya2426]

We have started getting some feeder bands of rain and gusts up in Hilton Head but nothing to worry about - we are thankfully out of the "cone". (And just in time because my emergency cake is almost gone!!!) :eek:

[dizducktape]

cuba got hit bad. 4 deaths.