Not to late to pray for those who were hit by Irma .....

[imanamerican63]

and who are still in the path of this. Downgraded to a cat 3 but still a very dangerous storm!

[Atman]

1. Nowhere close to too late. Close friends are losing everything.

Some very dear friends of ours, who live near us in Connecticut during the summer, have their permanent residence in Naples. They own an inn there. It is their retirement fund, their income, everything. And they're watching it get wiped out live on the tv news. It's heartbreaking. The inn is on the waterfront.

To make matters worse, their CT place is not zoned or weatherized for year-round use, so they will not be able to live there should it turn out their Florida place is gone. The husband and their son left yesterday with supplies (and a 100 gals of gas) to get as close as possible for when they get the all clear to survey the damage, but they're not expecting much.

It's terrible to feel so helpless. We can't do a damned thing for them but offer "prayers" (none of us are religious) and hope.