12 September 2017

First we are all okay.  Power came on about two hours ago.  We can feel Gandalf's home cooling off.  Which makes for two happy collies and a Dog Dad.  We appreciate everyone prayers and concerns.  The good will of people is a contrast to many other things going on in the world.

Our House Still Has a Roof

As for our house it still has a roof, which is a good thing.  We are trying to figure out where one of the palm trees disappeared to in the front yard.  We can see the shadow of one but not the other that is in the front yard.  Use the following link to access NOAA imagery of Key West and some of the rest of the lower keys.  https://storms.ngs.noaa.gov/storms/irma/index.html

While we will be sad to loose some things, it is only things.  We have each other, which is the important things.  

We are sure there are a thousand questions, we have them too.  We can see the imagery of our house, but we have no idea what the inside looks like.  Dad expected to see only the foundation, so he was amazed to see the roof.  Dad is unsure of what work will be doing as well.  

We would try to send pawtographs, but Dad can't find the camera thingy that attaches to the puter.  

Dog Speed,

Sherman, Gemini and Dog Dad

11 September 2017

We still have power.  Expect to see things to get worst around 2 AM.   Hopefully we can still post later in the day.  If not we will ask one of Dad's siblings to post on the orange and yellow orange back.

Sherman, Gemini & Dog Dad

10 September 2017

We are expecting a long night.  There will be Herricane winds tonight, so we will probably huddle with Dad during the night.  The entire pack will be tired tomorrow morning.

We appreciate your thoughts and prayers.

Dog Speed,

Sherman, Gemini & Dog Dad

We Are Doing Okay

We'll cyberpaw pals we are hanging in there.  We wish we were further away, but we were worried about being in traffic and getting hit by Irma.  Being in Eustis, don't have to worry about storm surge.

If you want to follow the storm there is post called Orion Rising that Essex and Deacon wrote.  That post will allow you to follow those hurricane weather tracking sites.

Our host is our pal Gandalf, who has stayed with us in Key West.  It has been fun visiting him.  Above are the three of us resting together.

Dog Speed,

Sherman, Gemini & Dog Dad

9 September Update

We are using a friend computer because our mouse has locked up.

There is much debating on what to do.  Will let everypaw know our final decision.  Dad is calm, but we can tell he is worried.  There are no real good decisions as he is worried about getting stuck on the road.

We pray for everyone in Florida and hope all our pals are stay safe.

Dog Speed,

Sherman, Gemini and Dog Dad

Eustice FL

Cyber-Paw pals we arrived in Eustice, Florida early this morning. We are staying with our friend Gandalf and his family.  It was an eleven hour drive with very few stops.  Dad drove the entire night, leaving home at night and getting here in day light.

We will continue to monitor Herricane Irma and try to make informed decisions.  We are not worried about storm surge but worry about the wind.  If we go on the road we worry about gas and getting stuck on the road. 

We are all worried, but trying to put ourselves in the safest position.  What ever happens, we have each other.

Dog Speed,

Sherman, Gemini & Dog Dad

Evacuating For Irma

We have been super busy helping out Dad.  We are evacuating for Irma and praying that we have something to come back to.

The plan is to leave Key West early Thursday morning and arrive at Mount Dora that evening.  Dad was hoping to evacuate to Valdosta, Georgia but all the hotels were sold out.  Dad will take what he values most, his collies.  We will have dog food, human food and water.  He will take some pawtographs he values and hopefully all his important papers.  He figures he will inevitably not take something.  

He is going to use some of his plastic garbage cans and put things he would like to take, but doesn't have room for.  

We will try to post tomorrow, but will intend to post when we get in Mount Dora. 

Dog Speed,

Sherman, Gemini and Dog Dad