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August 18th 04, 03:47 PM

From: (Jim=A0Hampton)
(Twistedhed) wrote in message
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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.
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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.
=A0=A0Turns 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.
=A0=A0Of 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
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Hi Jim! My condolences.
Yea, that's right, I forgot your parents live in the Sun City
hub....now,,when are you coming down to visit them again? Glad they were
ok, Jim. I know they were getting some heavier weather than us, as they
were receiving the outer band weather,,,all we got was some clouds and
breeze. The next day and day after was when we got the rains. I killed a
pygmy rattler in my living room and two more in the yard a day after the
heavy rains. Cooter Mae was acting really strange the day after the
rains and kept barking at the sofa. I thought she may have lost a toy or
something under it and when I moved it to see what she was barking
at.... imagine my surprise when I saw the 12 inch little viper. I
usually don't kill snakes, as I prefer them in my yard as opposed to
their favorite food (citrus rats, mice, etc.) but the boot heel came
down on this little fella. I pulled his fangs with pliers and stuck them
in a little plastic jar and put it on the mantle below the mounted
jackalope and 1978 grandaddy hog head. Thanks for the good thoughts.
After seeing what Charlie did to our friends to the south, I'm with Dr.
X. Color me gone when that next one draws a bead on Tampa Bay.