To my friends....

RBarkus · 2004-09-07T01:57:16+00:00

Well, apparentyly I made it through TWO major (high dollar) hurricanes in the last three weeks. Must not have made the National news as I did not hear from any of my friends. Not to worry, all is well. I do sort of feel like that third little pig though, you know, the one in the brick house. When Charlie came through, it was quite windy with very little rain, not unlike a very rought thunderstorm (Florida style). I had about zero damage, and did not even lose power (or Dish Network). The same can't be said for people just 22 miles east. Major damage in some of the older but still ritzy places in Orlando. Cow-town (Kissimmee) pretty close to Disney was just about destroyed. A good many of the 70 or 80 year old oaks just could not take the 105 mile an hour sustained wind. It seems when they fell, they either took out the power lines, or part of a house, or both. Many of the older streets in Orlando, and Winter Park (suburb) are lined with these old oaks that had been protected during various construction and development projects. Oak trees in sandy soil don't have a very good root support. At smaller sizes this is not a problem, but when the trees get large...... the roots just can't support this tree when it gets wet and blown around by the wind.Frances came in looking like a really bad, bad storm. It was quite large in physical size also. It looked like this would be the storm that central Florida has anticipated/feared for so long. It has been our destiny, so to speak, to finally get clobbered. To make matters worse, this storm was very, very slow. When Charlie came by, it literally traversed the state in just a few hours. This storm, due to its size and speed (lack thereof) would take in excess of 30 hours to totally pass..... that is until it just plain stopped moving. It sat off of Palm Beach (roughly) for hours and hours, stationary. It was just spinning and spinning. Tossing out feeder band after feeder band. Each one bringing some rain, and really...

To my friends....

Sep 07, 2004 26 Replies

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C.O.Jones 21 years ago

First of all Oh clueless one, that is not what is happening here. We're dealing with fanatical muslim TERRORISTS who think it's OK to kill anyone they feel like. All in the name of Ala. Big difference!

Second, if you want to be petty about this, and I suspect you do, there are very few chunks of dirt in this world that are not occupied by the original owners. Including your little island. So maybe we should give it all back? Or maybe you should simply get over it!

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C.O.Jones 21 years ago

Or they silently approve?

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David Wolper 21 years ago

Fortunately, that is not what happened in Israel.

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Ed Cregger 21 years ago

"C.O.Jones" wrote

Bingo!

How else can one explain so many Muslims in America running outside and jumping with joy in the streets during and immediately after 9/11?

It is going to take a lot of persuading to convince me that the majority of them do not feel this way. I hope and pray that I am wrong. But I doubt it.

Ed Cregger

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Six_O'Clock_High 21 years ago

D.H., Your ignorance never ceases to amaze me. That has ALREADY been done, back in 1836. The religious folks you kowtow to only believe in DEATH. That happens to include yours, you clueless wonder.

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C.O.Jones 21 years ago

I have a similar fear Ed.

Chuck

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Sport_Pilot 21 years ago

Well now that I live in Atlanta hurricanes are just wet and boring. Now I had some excitement in 92. Nothing like the sound of 155 MPH winds ripping your roof off.

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