On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 21:46:25 GMT, "Diana Kulaga"
wrote:

Wendy I feel so sorry for the folks in central coastal Florida they
have had a decades worth of bad storms in one season so far, we have
had tons of rain and some high wind but NOTHING like Diana and company
have had, this is insane...

Actually, Dave, we are lower than central here in PSL, and this part of the
East Coast got ravaged by Frances but we largely missed the others,
thankfully. The "Return of Ivan the Terrible" dumped about 50 inches of rain
over a week, but we never got the storm itself. Where Frank and I live is
about 10 miles inland and though we live on a canal we are high and dry - no
flooding. All things considered, we and most of our friends are very
fortunate. I know people who lost everything. Sometimes I feel that I
shouldn't joke about all of this, but humor has always kept me sane. No
point in a sour face!

Diana

Exactly Right Diana, it is humor, even gallows humor, which permits us
to cope. Am well familiar with your area, used to live in South
Florida and collect reptiles all the way up and down the coast
including the PSL area. Also my alternate number in Jacksonville
covers all the way to Homestead from JAX on both coasts and the center
of the state, her territory has taken it on the chin damage wise and I
have had crews in the area doing damage restoral to our system. (CSX
Railroad Communications) One of my Tech's mother and dads home in PSL
was heavily damaged to the point they had to board up and move inland
to a relatives house. Good luck to all of you there.

Dave