Of floridas panhandle with heavy rain nats and forceful winds shortly before making landfall overnight. In Coastal Community of pasco county late last night people tried enjoying the scenebefore the boardwalk was inundated with water. sot felipe reyna fl resident i hope everyone is safe and alright but other than that im here to play sot gov rick scott rfl this is life threatening earlier in the day the states governor warned people to take the storm seriously. As hermine beaches along the gulf coast. In the hardhit town of apalachicola some stocked up on food. sot mos fl resident its pretty nerve wracking. You see the trees bending and the waves blowing up over the rocks others boarded up their businesses and got out sot mos fl businessowner just for the safety of our employees and for the safety of the business as well were going to close up in lowlying areas along the coast hundreds of residents were told to evacuate ahead of the storm. sot dave hughes fl resident valuables out and