Orlando Pulse (Check in to let us know you're OK?)

[aintnobuffalo]

(Sorry if I'm double posting, I didn't see a thread on this yet but could have missed it.)

Are our Orlando friends OK? It is so scary to think of a safe place for the community being violated like this. The social media around the event has me feeling all kinds of ways. I'm seeing the good, the bad, and the ugly, but I'm trying to see and focus on the good. I'm hoping our pony friends in the LGBT community and in Orlando are holding up.

Edit: There is a good topic in WYP "Anyone else afraid to attend pride?" if you want to get more deep into the topic beyond checking in, share your feelings, and/or support the OP and posters http://mlparena.com/index.php/topic,379781.15.html . Sorry to get into the gray area of posting on OT; just hoping to check in with people.

[Thrice]

I'm heartbroken. </3

[kaoskat]

Ok guys, this can only stay and not get moved to WYP if it stays exclusively a check in thread. If you want to discuss the event, you need to take it to WYP. (Note: a random "This is awful" or the like is fine, but not a full on rant or lament, ok? OT is our happy place, remember?)

I hope all our arena members and their family and friends are safe as well.

[melodys_angel]

^^ this.

I do hope everyone is ok though <3

[Galactica]

I have a friend in Orlando I was worried about- she checked in so I feel better.

My heart is with the friends and families of the victims and the Orlando gay community.

[northstar3184]

RIP to all the innocent men and women who lost their lives in this senseless tragedy.

[Majesty]

I'm waiting to hear from my Florida friend CuteyStorm.  He moved recently so I don't know what part of Florida he's in now but I'm worried he attended the club.

[lovesbabysquirmy]

Everyone I know is currently safe!   *hugs*

[Princess Lala]

My old home was in Lakeland Florida, which is very very close to Orlando so Im checking up on my fellow Floridean high school and IG friends. I was at a Wendys in Corpus Christi when I heard the news, literally across the Gulf waters from me. Thankfully all my friends back home are alright! So scary this happened along with many other things this month so close to my home, especially since I thought of visiting next month.

My thoughts are to all the innocent people and families effected by this.

[Majesty]

I've been trying to google the hospitalized victims of the shooting but all I get are the poor souls who died.  It said several people were hospitalized but most died in the hospital but are there people who didn't die in the hospital who are in recovery?