Hurricane News

From my son...

308889435_479727397529018_1822434422863811613_n.jpg
 
This legend is known throughout the bay area and many believe it will ward off the storm:


Amid all the science, a local legend has it that blessings from Native Americans who once called the region home have largely protected it from major storms for centuries. Part of that legend is the many mounds built by the Tocobagan tribe in what is now Pinellas County that some believe are meant as guardians against invaders, including hurricanes.

Rui Farias, executive director of the St. Petersburg Museum of History, told the Tampa Bay Times after Hurricane Irma's near miss in 2017 that many people still believe it.

“It’s almost like when a myth becomes history,” Farias said. “As time goes on, it comes true.”

It appears Hurricane Ian will give that legend a test in the coming days.
 
Step daughter Jessica is a school teacher in Tampa. School has been closed since Friday, she and her dad's family have gotten hotel rooms some 30 miles inland. The school she teaches at is in the storm surge area, she may have no job when it passes. Their home is within blocks of the surge zone so the house may go, as well. They are safe inland but could lose everything. Prayers requested.
 
Step daughter Jessica is a school teacher in Tampa. School has been closed since Friday, she and her dad's family have gotten hotel rooms some 30 miles inland. The school she teaches at is in the storm surge area, she may have no job when it passes. Their home is within blocks of the surge zone so the house may go, as well. They are safe inland but could lose everything. Prayers requested.
If the school is destroyed won't the set up a temporary one somewhere?
 
  • Like
Reactions: garnetsilver