Life-threatening storm surge, winds, and heavy rains continue,
You live down here, you run the risk of losing everything to a bad storm,
If I lose that, I don’t have anything,
This is the first time we've actually come to a shelter, because of the complexities of the storm and the uncertainties,
I feel like a lot of us know what to do now,
When Floridians wake up tomorrow morning, we're going to be waking up to a state where very likely there's been additional loss of life, and certainly there's going to be loss of property,
In areas predicted to be hit hardest hit [sic], we will preemptively close restaurants with a goal of reopening them as soon it is safe to do so, to serve communities that have been there for us over the years,
If a Waffle House can serve a full menu, they’ve likely got power (or are running on a generator),
With the extreme destruction across our area, resources from the state are going to be stretched very thin for a while, since unfortunately there are areas that have been hit harder than us."
We’re fearing the worst when the sun comes up,
Helene continues to produce catastrophic winds that are now pushing into southern Georgia,
When we wake up tomorrow morning, the chances are there will likely have been more fatalities,
The current forecast for Hurricane Helene suggests this storm will impact every part of our state,
We're under orders, but I'm going to stay right here at the house,
A really unsurvivable scenario is going to play out
You’re going to have people who are going to lose their homes because of this storm,
A National Ocean Service tide gauge at Cedar Key is reporting a water level 8.68 feet above mean higher high water, which is an approximation of inundation in that area,
A storm of this magnitude, it leaves a lot of damage in its wake,
I urge everyone in and near the path of Helene to listen to local officials and follow evacuation warnings,
That’s up to the top of a second-storey building. Again, a really unsurvivable scenario is going to play out here in this portion of the Florida coastline,