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! 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!!!

 

[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

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.

 

[DisneyKevin]

Stay safe fldisneymommyto2!!!!

We're thinking about you.

Kevin

 

[BRobson]

Hope everyone stays safe

 

[*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 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!