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Two hurricanes in three weeks. Whassup wid dat?

-Jeff

"Any way you look at it, is bad for Zathras."

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Still Alive?

How's it hanging?

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Wind is just starting to pick up, and a bit of rain. Major bands are about to roll in, but movement had stalled for a while, which is bad. The slower it moves, the more water it dumps on us!

-Jeff

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Tons of wind overnight, and a lot of rain. The power is still on, but the cable is out, so no high speed. Sad

Phones are still working, so I'm on dial-up. The folks south of me aren't so lucky, though! We're going to be pounded all day, so I'll check in later if I can.

-Jeff

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Just got power and phones back!

-Jeff

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Must suck not having power..... I can't imagine going on without an Internet connection.....

More reason to move out this way Jeff!

-R

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Two hurricanes in three weeks is a first in recorded weather history. Some historical events are best viewed from a distance.

The area here is pretty torn up, but I escaped with no damage again. The whole county was without power for a while. Everything bounces back pretty quick, though.

-Jeff

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Looks like things are stablizing again. Got the render machine humming, and the connection to the net is stable.

The town here is a mess, as is most of Florida, but we're digging out and life is returning to normal. A lot of areas are still without power, and to the south, quite a few homes were severely damaged and lost. We had four people killed in a town near us riding on motorcycles the morning after the storm when they hit a tree in the road. Two hurricanes in three weeks is not a whole lot of fun, and now Ivan is out there and could possibly head toward Florida.

Here's my backyard with about 10" of water during the storm when there was a little pause in the winds (my house is elevated with a crawlspace below, so no water inside) -

Believe me, I've thought of moving! Don't you guys have earthquakes, mudslides and fires, though? Very Happy

-Jeff

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Heh - I just started watching some WWE again, and I just realized I haven't seen the Hurricane in a bit. Is he still around, or did they shuffle him off?

Looks like Ivan is moving to the west. Good riddance.

-Jeff

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Yep. He's a comics fan, from what I read.

Ivan may have passed me by, but now we have Jeanne to worry about!

Dang.

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Personally, I think they should do something where Rosey gets a good whack on the head, goes crazy, and becomes a super-villain. That angle has money written all over it!

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Well, I've seen him wear Dr. Strange t-shirts as well. He also has a Starman tatoo on his shoulder...

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Dammit, now I'm going to get hit by Hurricane Jeanne. It's still two days out, but the current landfall prediction is right over my house. It'll probably change, but our battered power grid is pretty fragile right now, so I'm expecting more days without power again. This is really starting to suck.

-Jeff Crying or Very sad

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This kinda reminds me of that movie Day After Tomorrow, that I saw recently... Smile

I mean its not the same as what the movie talks about... anyway.

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Don't know how many of you guys check out Big-Boys.com, but they have this clip of Hurricane Charlie ripping apart a gas station. Not exactly sure how the camera or tape surrvived though.

http://67.19.220.106/Files1/hurricane.wmv

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Most of it is just dumb luck. There's the constant horizontal wind, which is bad enough, but those massive gusts are what tear the hell out of things. Anything aluminum is a prime target, but most damage is caused by trees falling on houses and through roofs. I didn't have any damage at all, but neighbors just a few houses down lost roofs. If you're unlucky enough to get a few big gusts, then you're in for an ass-whooping.

-Jeff

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Wind and rain starting to come in now. It looks like the eye is going to be a bit to the west and south of me, but we'll still have 70-90 mph winds after midnight tonight. Shocked

Hmmm. Maybe Hex Kitten's real name could be Jeanne Francis...

More updates, electricity permitting!

-Jeff

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When I got up this morning, I had hoped it would have made more progres across the state, but it looks like we have all day to go. Haven't lost power yet, but there's a long way to go.

Lots of wind and rain right now, but it's not too bad here on the mainland. It's supposed to get worse as it moves north.

-Jeff

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id probly shit myself if i saw a herricane out my window

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at least it is warm. the blizzards here have 140 kpm(about 70mph) wind, 50mm(about 2.5 inches) an hour snow. -50 c(about -55 f) . no power for days.can shatter windows and freeze cars into icecubes literitly.i'm not kidding.my car was a popsicle.covered in 2 inches of ice.(damn water mains).wouldn't work for weeks. you are lucky in my eyes.