Hurricane Matthew

Category 4 storm going up the east coast of the U.S. after hitting Haiti, Cuba, and the Bahamas. I have two sisters that live in St. Augustine. A mandatory evacuation order has been issued for the entire city. It is one of the oldest cities in the U.S. at 450 years old.  Lots of the city has an elevation between 1 foot to 3 feet above sea level. A storm surge of 8 feet is expected. 

Stay safe everyone. Property can be replaced. Human life cannot be replaced. 

saw on the news.. horrible...

Absolutely awful - I hope your family is safe.

Both sisters safe. They rode out the storm 29 miles away in Palatka, but Palatka lost their electricity. When returning to St. Augustine, I guess there is some TLC that will be needing done. Thank goodness the hurricane eye stayed 40 miles out in the ocean.

Unbelievable.  What an absolute mess.  Glad your sisters were safe.  They reckon up to 900 people have died in Haiti.  It's heartbreaking.

Yes, America has like less than 25 fatalities and places like Haiti lose almost 1000 lives. Big difference between the hurricane brushing a country from 40 miles away vs. a hurricane running right over a country. Like you say, truly a heartbreaker.

Glad to hear that your sisters are fine. 

The numbers of people who have died are really saddening. 

crazy stuff man.. the climate is changing and we are doing nothing to stop it...

Unbelievable. It was really a disaster! I can not believe still. What an absolute mess. Glad your sisters were safe. They reckon up to 900 people have died in Haiti. It's heartbreaking.

You people, what's wrong with countries that side of the world, especially Haiti? I'm almost replacing the word hurricane with Haiti! Now that same part of the world has been hit hard with hurricane Irma. We should really join hands to help the affected people, whether with kiva vouchers or whatever we can.