Reply #83: I live in Highland Beach and we have lights, water, cable...

[ocean girl]

My father lives in West Palm Beach and he has none of the above. Coincidence? I'd rather he have it - he's 81 and quite ill but his compassionate neighbor, who has power, ran an extension cord across his yard to give him power to his refrigerator. Since he's a WWII Battle of the Bulge veteran, he's too tough to leave his blistering hot house and bunk with me in my condo!

BTW, I've been all over Palm Beach County since Frances and I've only seen ONE National Guard truck and almost all of the traffic lights are OFF. It's actually quite dangerous to drive around, but since most of the gas stations have no gas, there's not much driving to do.

We can pretty much forget fleeing from Ivan because there's little gas to drive out of the state with.

As a native Floridian since 1950, this weather ain't normal!

Anyone in Palm Beach County that needs ice or water, PM me and I'll get some to you.

PEACE.