You know, it was much easier when the folks in harm's way were just
strangers on the news.....

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"Paul Simon" wrote in message
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"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
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Another update:

We have had significant rainfall, but little wind. Southwest of us, there
were tornados touching down. How come the tornados always know where the
unstable buildings are? (Don't answer that.)

Why do you think they call them mobile homes?

Paul

There is an equine center in Palm Beach County that has been virtually
destroyed; the horses are okay. The buildings were apparently not
particularly well built.

The weather radio started hollering around 4AM, when Igor (that's what we
call the mechanical voice) began dooming and glooming. Unnecessarily,
Frank said, "Did you hear that?". So we've been up for a while.

The Vandas are fine; the wind, what there has been of it, is coming out
of the east, and the house mostly blocks it, as the Vandas are on the
west side, and get a southwest exposure for sun all day. Well, not today.

The pool overflowed onto the patio, so the overflow valve is now open
(and flooding the lanai floor). All in all, we're just fine. Power is on
and we haven't lost much TV reception. (We have a dish, and sometimes in
heavy rain we lose the satellite.)

Don't know what's going to happen next with Fay. At the moment it appears
to be swinging from west to east, so the Atlantic states may get a
bashing. But nobody's really certain where it's going to end up.

Oh, and we gave Casper the Wonder Cat a fresh banky for *his* sofa.

Diana

"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
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You're such a supper club animal, Al.......

Diana (Whooosh!)

"Al Pickrel" wrote in message
news:z%mqk.216$UX.7@trnddc03...
Vandas in the wind
swinging sadly
Vandas in the wind
but not to madly
'lest the hurricane
get too badly
out of hand. And...

"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
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We be fine on the east coast. We'll get lots of rain and a little wind
tomorrow. No need to hatchen the batches this time, LOL!

West coast may get more activity. It looks like a Cat 1 for them.
That's still not really such a much in the grand scheme of things. It
all depends on whether it picks up strength overnight. If it gets a
second wind (pun intended), then Tampa will most likely get the worst,
and then the panhandle.

'Course, if it's gets too windy tomorrow I guess I'll have to move
those swinging Vandas out of the open.

Diana

wrote in message
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hattened down your batches i hope?

--j_a