We are now accepting new volunteers to serve on the MIR Team from December 2023 - March 2024
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There's a certain someone keeping us on our toes. I lost count on just how many there were today.
God willing & the creek don't rise which is a distinct possibility here in the next couple of days. 
Are you okay? 
El Niño will be on full display this week as a low-pressure system works its way from the Gulf of Mexico across the Sunshine State.
Heavy rains and high winds are expected, with forecasts calling for tropical storm force winds over the Lee-Collier area.
“A front that went through a couple of days ago is stalled across the Florida Straits, and we have high pressure in the mid-Atlantic region,” said Jenn Hubbard, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Ruskin. “The pressure gradient is really tight, and that causes winds to increase.”
Winds are expected to be heavy for the next several days, with conditions peaking between Thursday night and Friday for Southwest Florida. Those gusts could reach 40 mph.
https://www.news-press.com/story/news/local/2023/12/13/stormy-weather-swfl-to-see-gusts-of-up-to-40-mph-high-chance-of-rain/71905538007/
So much for mild winters.
Weatherman said lots of rain for Florida. Lived right on a creek and it got scary every 2/3 years,
when we moved into town we checked elevations and we're now 28 ft higher, one less thing to
worry about. 
the North bound lanes on the edison bridge are closed coming into North Fort myers due to flooding but the south bound lanes are open. That means I can go to downtown Fort Myers, I just won't be able to get back to North Fort Myers. Where I live on the Caloosahatchee river across from downtown Fort Myers, the river is about a mile wide. Hurricane season ought to be a lot of fun.
MIRT.
Mahalo 
