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Related: About this forumNiece in Largo FL
Just texted cops going around her area telling ppl they have to leave for safety. She's riding it out in a hotel bc her bf has to work
Walleye
(34,858 posts)The hotel employees are being forced to work
GPV
(72,984 posts)no_hypocrisy
(48,500 posts)My mother told me she couldn't drive b/c her gas tank had a hole.
I left work early and drove in the pre-storm 3+ hours to get there.
And when I arrived, Mom was glad to see me, but not for the reason I had imagined. "You're in time for the hurricane party!" And she was serious. She wasn't going to leave. Everything she had said indicated she was stranded.
I was pissed, really pissed.
I didn't hold back. I told her I was leaving in 30 minutes and I didn't care if she was in the passenger seat.
So, she got in the car and it took us almost 5 hours in the worst rain and wind and traffic imaginable. (Remember it was Long Island and one way to leave.)
She bitched the entire car ride about missing her party.
When we got home, she got a drink and attended the party by phone.
While it still makes me angry, I did the right thing.
XanaDUer2
(13,409 posts)Id be pissed, too
MiniMe
(21,810 posts)I'm geographically challenged, but near Tampa is a bad place to be right now.
Her nursing school is there hopefully it'll be OK and everything else but I'm concerned by what I'm seeing on tv
MiniMe
(21,810 posts)Been worried since you posted this yesterday
Trying to get to her first floor apt ty so much for caring!
MiniMe
(21,810 posts)XanaDUer2
(13,409 posts)But I'm sure there's damage since the cops were out telling her neighborhood to evacuate