Ivan slammed into the coast between Mobile, Alabama, and Pensacola, Florida. That's well over 300 miles from where I live, so very little effect out this way except for a steady breeze and some fast-moving clouds. Ocala, I'm sure, was even less affected, which is a good thing because they're still cleaning up from Hurricane Frances. If you are planning on visiting Florida from the west anytime soon and are going to drive, better plan an alternate route than I-10 past Pensacola because Ivan took a major bridge out.
If any of you work for one of the many power companies that have been sending help this way or have a relative who does, please accept heartfelt thanks from Florida. Those folks have been absolutely terrific -- they've been putting in 15-hour days to get the trees clared away and the power lines back up.
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Glad to hear you are safe... I will be heading to Miami but letting Delta do the driving...
I have a client in Foley AL and they are not back at work yet, I used to drive that I-10 bridge in Pensacola at least once a month when I worked down there.
Hurricanes are part of why I left Florida, just as earthquakes are part of why I don't care for California -- but everywhere has something, I guess.
I have a client in Foley AL and they are not back at work yet, I used to drive that I-10 bridge in Pensacola at least once a month when I worked down there.
Hurricanes are part of why I left Florida, just as earthquakes are part of why I don't care for California -- but everywhere has something, I guess.
New Mexico seems to be pretty much a safe haven from everything.
No hurricanes.
No earthquakes.
Tornadoes are almost non-existant.
Haven't had a live volcano in some 30,000 years.
And we have about 354 days of sunshine annually. But we sure could use a little of that extra RAIN falling in the east and northwest right about now!
No hurricanes.
No earthquakes.
Tornadoes are almost non-existant.
Haven't had a live volcano in some 30,000 years.
And we have about 354 days of sunshine annually. But we sure could use a little of that extra RAIN falling in the east and northwest right about now!
So many pedigrees...so little time. (C)
My cousin in Sanford, FL passed this along:
Top Ten Reasons Hurricane Season Is Like Christmas:
10) Decorating the house (OK, boarding up windows)
9) Dragging out boxes that haven't been used since last season
Last minute shopping in crowded stores
7) Regular TV shows pre-empted for specials
6) Family coming to stay with you
5) Family and friends from out of state calling
4) Buying food you don't normally buy...and in large quantities
3) Days off from work
2) Candles
And the number one reason hurricane season is like Christmas -- at some point, you're going to have a tree in the house!
Top Ten Reasons Hurricane Season Is Like Christmas:
10) Decorating the house (OK, boarding up windows)
9) Dragging out boxes that haven't been used since last season
Last minute shopping in crowded stores
7) Regular TV shows pre-empted for specials
6) Family coming to stay with you
5) Family and friends from out of state calling
4) Buying food you don't normally buy...and in large quantities
3) Days off from work
2) Candles
And the number one reason hurricane season is like Christmas -- at some point, you're going to have a tree in the house!
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This is from a insurance adjuster in Tampa. 
You might be a Floridian if:
You exhibit a slight twitch when introduced to anyone with the first names of Charley, Frances or Ivan.
Your freezer never has more than $20 worth of food in it any given time
You're looking at paint swatches for the plywood on your windows, to accent the house color.
You think of your hall closet/saferoom as "cozy"
Your pool is more accurately described as "framed in" than "screened in"
Your freezer in the garage now only has homemade ice in it
You no longer worry about relatives visiting during the summer months
You too haven't heard back from the insurance adjuster
You now understand what that little "2% hurricane deductible" phrase really means
You're putting a collage together on your driveway of roof shingles from your neighborhood
You were once proud of your 16" electric chain saw
Your Street has more than 3 "NO WAKE" signs posted
You now own 5 large ice chests
Your parrot can now say" hammered, pounded and hunker down"
You recognize people in line at the free ice, gas and plywood locations
You stop what you're doing and clap and wave when you see a convoy of power company trucks come down your street
You're depressed when they don't stop
You have the personal cell phone numbers of the managers for: plywood, roofing supplies and generators at Home Depot on your speed dialer
You've spent more than $20 on "Tall white kitchen bags" to make your own sand bags
You're considering upgrading your 16" to a 20" chainsaw
You know what "Bar chain oil" is
You're thinking of getting your wife the hardhat with the ear protector and face shield for Christmas
You now think the $6000 whole house generator seems reasonable
You look forward to discussions about the merits of "cubed, block and dry ice"
Your therapist refers to your condition as "generator envy"
You fight the urge to put on your winter coat and wool cap and parade around in front of your picture window, when you finally get power and your neighbor across the street, with the noisy generator doesn't get electric
And finally, you might be a Floridian if
You ask your friend up north to start saving the Sunday Real Estate classifieds!
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You might be a Floridian if:
You exhibit a slight twitch when introduced to anyone with the first names of Charley, Frances or Ivan.
Your freezer never has more than $20 worth of food in it any given time
You're looking at paint swatches for the plywood on your windows, to accent the house color.
You think of your hall closet/saferoom as "cozy"
Your pool is more accurately described as "framed in" than "screened in"
Your freezer in the garage now only has homemade ice in it
You no longer worry about relatives visiting during the summer months
You too haven't heard back from the insurance adjuster
You now understand what that little "2% hurricane deductible" phrase really means
You're putting a collage together on your driveway of roof shingles from your neighborhood
You were once proud of your 16" electric chain saw
Your Street has more than 3 "NO WAKE" signs posted
You now own 5 large ice chests
Your parrot can now say" hammered, pounded and hunker down"
You recognize people in line at the free ice, gas and plywood locations
You stop what you're doing and clap and wave when you see a convoy of power company trucks come down your street
You're depressed when they don't stop
You have the personal cell phone numbers of the managers for: plywood, roofing supplies and generators at Home Depot on your speed dialer
You've spent more than $20 on "Tall white kitchen bags" to make your own sand bags
You're considering upgrading your 16" to a 20" chainsaw
You know what "Bar chain oil" is
You're thinking of getting your wife the hardhat with the ear protector and face shield for Christmas
You now think the $6000 whole house generator seems reasonable
You look forward to discussions about the merits of "cubed, block and dry ice"
Your therapist refers to your condition as "generator envy"
You fight the urge to put on your winter coat and wool cap and parade around in front of your picture window, when you finally get power and your neighbor across the street, with the noisy generator doesn't get electric
And finally, you might be a Floridian if
You ask your friend up north to start saving the Sunday Real Estate classifieds!
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Laissez les bon temps rouller!
Chiggins...no, not really that many nasty bugs here (not counting my spider mascot "Natasha" LOL). We're pretty high here...about 6800', so only the occasional rattlesnake or black widow. We don't really get all the creepy crawlers like they do down on the desert floor (centipedes, scorpions, tarantulas, gila monsters, coral snakes, etc.)
Laurie
Laurie
So many pedigrees...so little time. (C)
Well, guess this is what I get for being smug about being "safe" in New Mexico and asking you all to send some rain this way...LOL
The remnants of hurricane Javiar out of the Gulf of Mexico swept over us last night and man, did we get rain. Not anywhere near the scale that the east coast is getting, but our sandy soil out here just can't absorb all this water, so we're getting flash floods and a lot of ponding. We sure needed the moisture, but...UNCLE!
The remnants of hurricane Javiar out of the Gulf of Mexico swept over us last night and man, did we get rain. Not anywhere near the scale that the east coast is getting, but our sandy soil out here just can't absorb all this water, so we're getting flash floods and a lot of ponding. We sure needed the moisture, but...UNCLE!
So many pedigrees...so little time. (C)
It's not nice to fool with Mother Nature! 
(And if you hear a little voice saying, "Parkay," you're showing your age!)
(And if you hear a little voice saying, "Parkay," you're showing your age!)"A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher...You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse." C. S. Lewis