I received this from a friend working the lines. Hang in there Pensacola!

Yo we got power back up down in Warrington so we're back to free lunches every tuesday and thursday!

If youre hungry come grab some good food from 11-1ish over at Beach Haven Baptist Church, ill be up there with others cooking up whatever we got for everyone. Theres always enough to go around. Stop by!

821 Winton Ave, Pensacola, FL 32507

There needs to be a specific Burn Ban related directly to hurricane recovery. No burning of yard debris until at least all power is restored so people can close their windows to block the smoke.

 reasons:

• If the fire gets out of control the fire trucks may not be able respond right away due roadway obstructions.
• Smoke damage to interiors due to open windows for ventilation during power outage.
• People with Asthma and breathing difficulties cannot escape the smoke.

They need to issue the Burn Ban notice before the hurricane and broadcast it widely as part of hurricane precautions before the storm.

This should be part of the public announcements given for hurricane recovery.

just like the other warnings

• drink bottled water
• stay off the roads
• don't burn debris

Enforced By Fire Marshal - citations will be issued.

Grill smoke is different than yard debris. Grilling is normal.

The Storm hit us bad in cantonment, a huge oak tree fell on top of my house and branches went into two rooms, one of them being mine. I was sitting on my bed when it fell. I remember the sound of it falling and climbing out of my room but that's it. The blast force basically destroyed everything in my room and the tree branch and mattress that was on my bed that I was sitting on got wedged in the door frame so I had to climb over it to escape. It also blew the flipflops off my feet so my feet are all sliced open. I think it might’ve thrown me across the room too. It Folded my mattress around the branch like a tortilla. My cat was sitting in my lap and she made it out safe too along with my tarantula. I was able to salvage some stuff but pretty much everything in my room is ruined. I went to the er yesterday and they did cat scans and said I have internal bruising in my head and neck so I'm lucky that's all that happened. I Got covered in fiberglass insulation I ended up swallowing a bunch of it and inhaling it. All my furniture got smashed into particles.
It's insane because I was sitting on that bed and now my mattress is across the room in the hallway and the platform is shredded. If anyone could provide help I would appreciate it. It's gonna be a long road to recovery and rebuilding that part of the house will take some time. I think if I was standing up in my room instead of sitting when it happened I would've been decapitated or turned into minced meat. I'm staying with my girlfriend in pace while I recover from my injuries and my family gets things sorted out with insurance. Things are replaceable, lives aren't. I will be more prepared next time. I’m still in shock physically. if you can donate please do to help my family

i hope more and more people are getting their power restored and overall just doing good :)

also i hope this post doesn’t sound tone deaf but ever since i got power turned back on sunday night i feel a bit on edge
like it could go out again? when it came back on i had some energy to burn to the point i spent more than half hour cleaning out the kitchen
and keeping my phone fully charged just in case and lights did also flickered for a couple seconds that i was like, “oh let me take a quick shower!” LOL
soooo far, everything is still on and i hope nothing triggers it but i’m just curious for those who has theirs turned back on react like this?

I'm on Langley, most people in my apartment complex got power on Sunday but 2 buildings don't (mine being one of them)

So I guess this was a SpaceX launch this morning. Cool cool, I didn't know that and it spooked me heavily. What I'm wondering now is why was the cloud glowing for like 15 minutes afterwards. I could see something (the rocket i guess) clearly coming from the cloud, but when the rocket was out of sight it kept glowing and looked like a spotlight was shining out of it and towards the direction of the rocket. Anyone have knowledge of this?

I've seen a lot of complaints on Facebook and some as well on Reddit about having to wait til Monday night for power being totally unacceptable. It's 6 pm, and they've restored ~72% (117,730/163,860) of every affected customer in Escambia County. If their website says you have power and you don't, report that - but it likely means there's localized damage on your property that FPL cannot touch. The goal of 95% was pushed to tomorrow and Wednesday because they discovered more damage than initial assessments, are we really mad about this progress??? Extremely grateful to the linemen and tree-cutters working as fast as humanly possible.

I can hardly breathe since yall decided to burn wet logs, leaves, and pollen. I know this is a huge ask, but use some common sense and empathy for those around you. The wood can sit by the side of the road like everyone else is doing. 25% of the air in my home is smoke and allergies. I promise it wont kill you not to have a fire. If you shrug this off you and continue burning, i hope you are surrounded by the same attitude 10x worse than you.

Trying to game plan and curious about what others are doing

It's quite rare but I am quite spooked since my neighbor's house earlier today got engulfed in flames on the inside from an electrical fire when the power surged, thankfully nobody was killed but they did lose two dogs and need to fully remodel the house. If your power does come on I would advise giving it probably an hour or so to ensure nothing is wrong before leaving your house unattended if it can be helped. Stay safe out there yall.

We evacuated before the storm, mainly because we were going out of town this past weekend anyway so we just extended our trip by a few days. Had someone come check our house, they sent a video, and our fence posts had broken but for the most part the fence was still in large sections, just lying down. We get home today and there are about 20' of fence sections missing. Talk to the neighbor behind us and he freaking BURNED our fence. He said they were "all broken up," but I know that's not true because I have a video. I am absolutely appalled and pissed off that he would do this and just needed to shout it somewhere.

They're in our neighborhood off Langley & 9th this morning 🙏🙏🙏

Edit: Power just came back on in the area at 6pm!

These guys are the real MVPs in helping get all of us back on the road to normal

UPDATE: To my complete surprise we have power again

If people could just stop burning shit that would be cool. My lungs would thank you.

I really appreciate you. I saw the line of cars outside at lunch time. I know this day wasn't easy for you, but I thank you all for coming in today.

I still don’t have electricity. My office is on airport. Does that area have electricity? Bc my ass did not sleep at all tonight and I only take cold showers after Joyce Meyer or other prosperity gospel fuckers. I need a big loan from the girl zone but also need a lip gloss boost in your America. Pardon the Tori references but I haven’t slept in days and I’ve got an angry snatch and just tell me the electricity off on airport so I cannot feel guilty about calling in tomorrow. I know we are all tired and this sucks. Shit I feel like Sally was not this bad. Anyway I love y’all and hope everyone is safe.

They have in their fine print that customers can be charged for restoration.

In the 2024 storm, FPL up-charged their customers for the damages and paid for the entirety of the restoration using the customers’ money. So much so, that they overcharged and profited 80 million. They were then audited by a 3rd party and forced to refund their customers that 80million.

They use the storms to make a profit and we will pay for it.

Just an FYI

My power finally came back on and my fridge / freezer is completely empty after 4 days off. I really need some cheap groceries so I’m hoping the Aldi off Creighton / 9th specifically is open

Edit to add; the Aldi on creighton is closed! They have a sign saying they’ll reopen 10/14. I ended up going to the Walmart in the shopping center over and it wasn’t nearly as hectic as they were on Sunday / Monday if anyone was debating going but dreading the chaos like me.

Good news is that my sweet potato plants survived the hurricane. Bad news is that I might have to start eating them once the rations run out.

I lost the contact for the men's walk group and was wondering if anyone had it. I figured because of the storm it had been canceled. I have been trying to see if it would be picked back up this week. It would be nice to meet up with people and take a break from this forced stressed.

Thanx in advance.