Disasters every week lately

@ramapo17 (30441)

Melbourne, Florida

September 29, 2017 10:45pm CST

Tonight I was watching tv and my husband was already in bed and all of a sudden I got an alert on my cell phone. A tornado was headed to our area. How can so many things keep happening, it is the craziest year I have ever seen. I put the weather station on tv and there were warnings all over the news there. There were actual maps on the screen showing where the tornado was. To close for me that is for sure. I woke my husband as the warnings were to take cover and stay put. Once again we lucked out but the tornado when right alongside our area. It was actually a few blocks down and we were there this afternoon. Supposedly it did hit a town about 45 minutes from us that we use to live in and my niece and nephew are still there. I tried to get in touch with them but no answer. I just hope they were sleeping.

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@jstory07 (134752)

• Roseburg, Oregon

30 Sep 17

I hope everyone in your family will be safe and the tornado is now gone.

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@ramapo17 (30441)

• Melbourne, Florida

30 Sep 17

This is the craziest year I have ever seen. So much destruction all around the world lately.

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@ramapo17 (30441)

• Melbourne, Florida

30 Sep 17

I can't wait to go out tomorrow and see what some areas look like. I hope it is not to bad. We were right on the road where the thing hit today.

Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (58197)

• Centralia, Washington

30 Sep 17

I bet you are all nerves. I hope all is well with your family.

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@ramapo17 (30441)

• Melbourne, Florida

30 Sep 17

It is never ending this year. Thank you for your kind words.

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@ramapo17 (30441)

• Melbourne, Florida

30 Sep 17

Thank you.

@moffittjc (118642)

• Gainesville, Florida

1 Oct 17

Are you in Melbourne right now? Is that where the tornado was? It's been raining cats and dogs here in Gainesville for the past day as that tropical disturbance moves over Florida. We're already getting flood warnings as our lakes and rivers are already bursting at the seems from all the water we received from Irma.

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@moffittjc (118642)

• Gainesville, Florida

5 Oct 17

@ramapo17 I have a huge lake behind my house right now, where no lake has ever been! haha. It actually looks beautiful, but it's suppose to be an open field. Right now I feel like I probably could go fishing and catch something! haha Here we are almost three weeks past the hurricane, and a 2-mile stretch of highway 441 is still closed just south of Gainesville because it is underwater. They say the water levels are still rising, and now they are concerned that I-75 (which runs parallel to 441) may have some flooding issues as well soon.

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@ramapo17 (30441)

• Melbourne, Florida

7 Oct 17

@moffittjc It is so weird this year and people would not believe all the water here.

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@ramapo17 (30441)

• Melbourne, Florida

4 Oct 17

We got phone calls to warn us about the rain and to tell everyone not to use a lot of water as the grounds as so wet. I have a lot of ponds all over the property. It would be nice if I wanted them but I really don't. We have a big lake here in the community and the one deck we have that has beach chairs on it is totally covered.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (307744)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

1 Oct 17

Too close for comfort. I'm glad you're all right and hope your niece and nephew are too.

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@ramapo17 (30441)

• Melbourne, Florida

4 Oct 17

They are alright, thank goodness. I think they do not evacuate because they have 2 small dogs and cannot take them many places. They are older but not really trained.

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@ramapo17 (30441)

• Melbourne, Florida

5 Oct 17

@just4him Thank you.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (307744)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

4 Oct 17

@ramapo17 I'm glad they're okay.

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@Courtlynn (66918)

• United States

30 Sep 17

I hope they're okay!

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@ramapo17 (30441)

• Melbourne, Florida

30 Sep 17

Thank you. I am sure I will hear about it tomorrow morning.

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@ramapo17 (30441)

• Melbourne, Florida

30 Sep 17

Thank you. I am sure if anything happened I would know by now. This is the craziest weather year I have ever seen.

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@YrNemo (20261)

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30 Sep 17

Hope the tornado decides to head somewhere else. Take care.

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@ramapo17 (30441)

• Melbourne, Florida

30 Sep 17

Luckily we did not get it and I don't even know where it went. Sometimes the tv news stations get people more worked up than necessary.

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@ramapo17 (30441)

• Melbourne, Florida

1 Oct 17

@YrNemo It is funny that it was not covered on our local station much. I guess after all the disasters lately that seemed like nothing. I was nervous as I have never experienced a tornado and didn't know what to expect.

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@YrNemo (20261)

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1 Oct 17

@ramapo17 Glad to hear that it has gone somewhere else

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@AmbiePam (85742)

• United States

1 Oct 17

The power frequently goes out when a tornado is near me. Even if we aren't hit sometimes people have a hard time contacting anyone. I hope they are okay. I can't believe the crazy weather this year either. You think it cannot get worse, and then it does.

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@ramapo17 (30441)

• Melbourne, Florida

4 Oct 17

I know exactly what you mean.

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@m_audrey6788 (58482)

• Germany

30 Sep 17

I hope everything is ok there! Wish for your safety too my friend

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@ramapo17 (30441)

• Melbourne, Florida

30 Sep 17

Thank you so much. Everything is okay here. That was a very good warning that got everyone paying attention and there was nothing posted about any casualties, thank goodness.

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@m_audrey6788 (58482)

• Germany

2 Oct 17

@ramapo17 That`s good

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@bunnybon7 (50973)

• Holiday, Florida

2 Oct 17

are they alright now? i am so sick of Florida and no place else to go and no way to get any where either. uuuggg!

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@bunnybon7 (50973)

• Holiday, Florida

4 Oct 17

@ramapo17 lucky you. wish i could still do that

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@ramapo17 (30441)

• Melbourne, Florida

4 Oct 17

We go up north when we know bad weather is coming.

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changjiangzhibin89

@changjiangzhibin89 (16548)

• China

30 Sep 17

It was a good thing you had a weather alert on your cell phone and you could brace yourselves for tornado and the like.

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@ramapo17 (30441)

• Melbourne, Florida

30 Sep 17

It is very convenient.

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@garymarsh6 (23393)

• United Kingdom

30 Sep 17

It is great you have a warning system that alerts you on your phone!

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@ramapo17 (30441)

• Melbourne, Florida

30 Sep 17

It is great. I get a lot of amber alerts which is good as some people do not listen to the radio or have their tv on.

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@shubhu3 (36464)

• New Delhi, India

30 Sep 17

Stay as much safe as you can.

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@ramapo17 (30441)

• Melbourne, Florida

30 Sep 17

Thank you, we are ok.

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@acelawrites (19273)

• Philippines

2 Oct 17

So many disasters indeed. I hope you are safe!

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@ramapo17 (30441)

• Melbourne, Florida

4 Oct 17

Thanks @acelawrites.

@dramagirl26 (3259)

• Ringgold, Virginia

12 Oct 17

I hope you and your family are okay. Tornadoes are scary.

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@ramapo17 (30441)

• Melbourne, Florida

15 Oct 17

I have never been in one as we never had them in New Jersey or Pennsylvania.

@toniganzon (72279)

• Philippines

30 Sep 17

Wow you were really lucky!

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@silvermist (19702)

• India

30 Sep 17

Hope all of your family there are safe.

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@ramapo17 (30441)

• Melbourne, Florida

30 Sep 17

Everyone is okay. Thanks for your concern.

@Dena91 (15929)

• United States

30 Sep 17

Glad that you are safe, hope that your niece and nephew are as well

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