Greetings to everyone from Florida. Thank you guys for the kind words and prayers. God was merciful. No damage at my house. yard flooded. About got my patrol car stuck when I returned home. My family and myself was quartered at the fire department. While the family was there I was out in the rain and wind. Lots and I mean lots of flooding but nothing like Texas. No fatalities in my jurisdiction. We did have a gentleman get burned real bad and loose his home due to a fire. He was refilling his generator and it flashed over. face, arms upper torso 3rd degree burns and his home a complete loss. the generator was on the porch. The flooding has been drying up real fast. did have some apartments at a complex have some flooding about a foot of water in there home.
On a funny note I caused a vehicle crash today. Florida Law and I assume most states, it is requires that when the traffic signals at a intersection is out then the intersection is to be treated as a 4 way stop. on u.s. 301 which is a major road had the lights out, no one was stopping. I being in a marked patrol car and not wanting to have complaints coming in did stop. the pick up on my left in the inside lane decided oh crap I better do the same since there is a cop beside me so he slammed on his breaks. The semi behind him couldn't stop so, well you know. Thankfully no one was hurt. Again thanks for the thoughts and prayers. We are busy and haven't had a chance to check in until now. Going to sleep and will be back at it tomorrow. We have had more fights and domestic issues during the storm, guess everyone shut in, no electricity has been taking its toll and keeping us busy. P.S. Glad all is well with everyone. Prayers to the folks in Texas.
