I dunno about FL. But with gas prices as crazy as they are in CA, they need to give you something for free!

In MA most gas stations charge for air. Some of the smaller mom and pop places or independent stations, car repair shops, tire shops still have free air from a hose on the side of their garages but they are very few and far between.

I'd normally use an air compressor that plugged into the cigarette lighter or the battery back to top the tires off at home in the driveway when needed. I'm told that keeping your tires properly inflated can eliminate the need for drilling new oil wells and save the earth from global warming and stuff.

I know if'n ya run outa gas (Like we did on I-75 Gator Alley ) last June... Road Ranger brought us a gallon of gas free of charge and said it's another 14 miles to a stattion that was open because the Indian tribes were at War? had to wait an hour and a half for them to show up in 90+ degree heat... the Mrs. was a little Warm!!! LOL

Still not quite raining here yet. Sprinkling, so the ground and the truck is wet... but not full on rain, yet. Not overly windy, either.

That’s the fun with hurricanes. Once you decide you made a mistake and want to leave it is too late and unsafe. Now you just sit and listen to the wind. He’s getting sustained tropical storm winds but not hurricane strength yet.

I saw that the eye wall is 40 miles wide. That 40 miles on the coast where this hits will be leveled like a 40 mile wide bull dozer.

Dude... Sister & BOTL live in Ocoee not far from Robert and they're getting flooded wiith rain... and Now the Waters all sucked outa the Bays & Chit... 155 MPH rains... Your Libal to get hit with a Great White Shark or a Manatee or two... who knows? It looks like it's gunna rain some seafood either way!!! 🇨🇮

Good to -4. Good for 10 months out of the year.

As my good friend Ollie likes to say..." It's gonna rain!"

Maybe you'll get a Sharknado in the aftermath.

In Puerto Rico after Maria destroyed everything there was extremely limited areas of coverage. We had to drive to certain spots just to hopefully get a bar or two of coverage; there were cars all over the side of the road in thos areas. Eventually, they had some floating cell towers to assist, hopefully in the 5 years since the ability to get these out has increased.

https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/hurricane-puerto-rico-balloons-project-loon-google-alphabet/ 

Indian tribes? You can’t say that! Aren’t they called Guardians now? Hold on, going to call the Bureau of Indian Affairs and see if it is ok to say Indian…

My dad is a HAM radio operator. Back in the early 80's we had a few tornadoes that came through town one night (Eau Claire, WI). Knocked out all TV and most of the radio towers. Only service was a small backup tower that didn't get blown over. He worked at the local radio station and kept it up and running along with the HAM radio operators doing transmissions to help the local emergency people coordinate clean up and stuff.

While we were hunkered down in the basement, Dad was outside reporting on his mobile HAM radio on what was happening in our neighborhood then went to the radio station to keep it up and running. My mom was pissed - scolding him to get in the basement for safety. He he had a duty to do to keep communications going in town and help with emergency contacts and clean up.

Nothing ties a town together more than an emergency. Neighbors helping neighbors, people pulling together for a greater cause. It gives you a warm feeling that even with our differences, we can put that aside in times of need.

Call BLM too. The original BLM, not the Tyrone Come Lately.

Sanibel where the eye is crossing is 132 mph.