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08/31/2004, 08:54 AM
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keep the windows closed!!! opening them allows the wind in & the roof comes off.
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08/31/2004, 08:54 AM
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I was a near miss with Charley, it hit 20 miles south
 .Learned there are three things you can't get just before and after a hurrican, gas, water, and batteries. We couldn't even get into our local 7/11 before they ran out of gas. That went on for a week after Charley hit. Good luck everybody, Agu
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08/31/2004, 09:03 AM
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08/31/2004, 10:02 AM
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Don't take this the wrong way as I too used to "want" the hurricanes to hit, just for the thrill of it. After having to watch many in my town lose all of their possessions after Floyd I hope to never see another one.
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08/31/2004, 05:28 PM
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- Daffy Duck. Try this. Take a terra cotta pot and break the bottom off of it. Turn it upside down in your tank and set it on the bottom. Then take about a 1200 GPH pump and direct the flow over the top of it.
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08/31/2004, 05:33 PM
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I moved to Raleigh NC from Richmond VA in March of 1996. In September of 96 Fran hit. I had never seen anything like this in my life. There was 1 cashpoint ATM that worked near my house, I bet I saw 300 people lined up at it. When Floyd hit, almost everyone lost power in the eastern part of NC. One grocery store owner packed up his refrigerated truck and drove around the town selling goods for CHEAP, about a week after the storm when the roads became passable again. He was dragged from his vehicle, beaten, and robbed. His truck was sacked, his wallet was stolen . . . . . this is the kind of aftermath a severe hurricaine leaves.
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08/31/2004, 06:46 PM
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08/31/2004, 09:52 PM
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On the subject hurricane-proofing, there's a hurricane-proof house about 20 minutes from my house. It's out in the country and basically looks like a giant cement igloo. It's cool to see, but a little weird I guess since people actually live in it haha. They're safe from hurricanes at least.
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08/31/2004, 10:45 PM
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09/01/2004, 12:26 AM
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true story: please dont hurt me!!
About 10 yrs ago I had a nightmare, woke up in a panic, shaking sweating couldnt breathe the works... Was about a hurricane named Frances, dont have any idea where it hit only that it was very bad. was a very vivid dream. I saw the whole thing happening and the horror that it left. After awhile I forgot about it. When this storm was named, it started to come back to me. Not long after, a family member called me and asked me if I remembered having this dream and what was the name of the storm. Unfortunately it was the same. I now a few days later find myself unemployed due to layoffs in my company. If the storm god forbid does as it did in my nightmare I wonder if the NHC will hire me. Tho I really hope for all our sakes here in FL as well as everyone else in the storms path that it spares us. 
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09/01/2004, 06:09 AM
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This hurricane is a monster still coming right at my house around 8 P.M. Saturday. It's Crazy here. I saw people running into one another with their cars yesterday and fighting over getting gas at the station. Everybody is already sold out of Plywood, gas cans, generators, and stations are running out of gas as it is in half supply right now because of Charlie. Looks pretty grim at this point.
From Florida Today and Patrick Air Force Base in Melbourne. I live about 25 miles South of Patrick. "Hurricane Frances is currently 809 miles southeast of PAFB/CCAFS (Cape Canaveral Air Force Station). It is a Category 4 Hurricane with winds in excess of 120 knots (140 mph). It is moving northwest at 15 knots (17 mph) and in the general direction of the Florida central coast and PAFB/CCAFS. Given this movement, the closest point of approach to PAFB/CCAFS is currently forecast to be 30 miles southwest of PAFB/CCAFS on Saturday, 4 September at 8 PM. At that time, PAFB/CCAFS could experience wind speeds in excess of 100 knots (115 mph), heavy downpours, street flooding, hail, and isolated tornadoes. At landfall, this hurricane could produce a storm surge along the immediate coast in excess of 12 feet above normal tide level." 
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09/01/2004, 06:12 AM
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09/01/2004, 06:27 AM
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All in FL,
I was there the day after Charly. I hope this thing miss you guys. I was with out Gas, Water, even Candle and food for three days in Orlando. Not until Monday was anyone able to get gas. Gas was only given out be ration. God luck. Agu, Round two for you. Maybe I should reconsider. hahaha |
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09/01/2004, 07:18 AM
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09/01/2004, 07:26 AM
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Greenville..
Jamesurq....i was born in Greenville...on an Air Force base(left for Europe @2 mos. so I remember nothing
 ).....you folks get much of this 'cane stuff? I am glad to be in the mountains. As I posted earlier.....I have had my share while living in Tampa......of his and her'canes.....they are naming them after guys......that would make it a hisicane. Just trying to lighten things up, but as I sit here watching Francis bear down......its an uncomfortable feeling as most of my familly is still in FL and Ga(southeastern part....'round the Ga/Fl border) and I am worried. They are still reelin' from Charley........ Steve
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09/01/2004, 07:29 AM
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to dinoman
......good point as we all should pray for the "downsouth" folks....enough is enough......and I complain when my basement leask
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09/01/2004, 07:36 AM
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I certainly hope everyone come out alright.Houses can be rebuilt but lives cant.So if your in a flood plain or in the storm surge please take heed and go somewhere safe.Looks like on nasty momma.
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09/01/2004, 07:37 AM
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Originally posted by Jamesurq
dude - you're in Wyoming... What are you worried about? Tornadoes in the summer 
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09/01/2004, 07:41 AM
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09/01/2004, 08:32 AM
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Be safe. Assessing risk in hindsight is never a good idea. The "woulda, shoulda, coulda" approach might work when dealing with your tank, but not with your life. If you have any question about the damage 140 mile per hour wind can do, look up Hurricane Andrew.
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