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August 18th 04, 03:19 AM

(Twistedhed) wrote in message ...
Well I'm glad you were ok, Dr.X. It seems to me that a mobile home is
one of the last places I'd want to be in those circumstances. I've seen
what a tornado does to them..shredded like they went thru a wood
chipper.
Hope Twist is ok.
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Hello Mopar! As Dr. X said, we dodged one hell of a bullet. Crazy thing,
many folks evacuated and went to Orlando and got spanked. Ditto for
those who went south. As for me, I did what I always do on the
weekends,,,I went fishing and had some wet fun, man did it rain and rain
and rain. When they had the eye of the hurricane projected to come
straight into the actual mouth of Tampa Bay (the BAY itself, the actual
body of water), I would have been the first in the country to greet in
when it came ashore, as it would have been at my front door before
anyone elses. An expected 16 to 24 foot surge and I may have been
looking to buy a mobile home after the storm, as my block home would
have been carried off on the crest of a wave.
When they said class IV, I thought this was it.
That last little shift and bobble to the east saved hundreds, if not
thousands of lives. The Tampa Bay area is now the most populated
metropolis in Florida, surpassing the Miami-Metro Dade area. We were
just about to toss the emergency bags and supplies into the truck after
hearing it was a Class IV, when Charlie took a stumble and fall to the
east. Thanks for the good thoughts.

Hello, Twist

My parents live in Sun City Center. They were very happy that the
hurricane struck a different area too. Had a death in the family and
ran into some folks I haven't seen (or heard from either) in 10 years.
Turns out they live in Sun City Center too - but took one of the last
flights out of Tampa to come up for the funeral. They were worried as
to what they would return to, but, of course, had a pleasant surprise.
Of course, many other folks who thought they weren't going to get hit
*did* - and big time too. A few years back we got hit with winds
clocked at 78 MPH and it did tear down some trees - and 78 MPH is a
lot less than the winds that hurricane packed.

Glad you're ok.

73 from Rochester, NY
Jim