Now for Frances???

“...but that's later.”

“lol”

“They seem to keep moving the path between The Cape and about 100 miles south of it or so.

Either way it looks like Orlando area will get another dose.”

“I wondering about boarding up my windows now, or not. Jeez this is bad.”

“Crap it's starting to hit the warmer waters of the shelf. Wind speeds are up to 145.

11 more MPH and it's a Cat 5.”

“It was that speed at 0530 when I was driving home. So it hasn't strengthened

I just spoke with someone at Home Depot. If you want to use metal roofing instead of plywood there is no wait to get into the store. If you want plywood 2 or more hour wait!”

“I believe the winds, like 145, are sustained winds of 1-minute. I already heard of some gusts up to 170 mph.”

“They just announced landfall has shifted again to a little more south at West Palm Beach”

“Just peachy. I've been contemplating making my own custom sized window covers out of metal roofing for years now. I mean cripes, I worked in a machine shop for years and still go in on occasion to help out my dad et al. I ave access to all the tools I need. This is just another "shoulda woulda coulda" for me. If it passes, then I'm getting cracking on that little project. As it is, no time now and traffic around here is a b!tch.”

“Dang, I get nervous just reading this thread. I don't know how you Floridians deal with this. Good luck and be safe everybody!”

“My dad likes to say "paradise has a very high pricetag."”

“A good friend and partner in the law firm moved his family and practice to Vero beach a few years ago.

Back in 1999 they must have been threatened with a storm.

This is the storm prep list that I sent him then. He now has 8 children . . .so the faimly is ten altogether.

Things to remember to pick up on the way home:

Case o beer.

100 gal. fresh water

1/5th of Vodka

12 4x6 sheets plywood

5 bags Doritos

Generator

candy bars

gasoline for generator

The Godfather trilogy, Rock I-IV, Star Wars IV-VI and I, Rambo I-XVI,
Twister, Cape Fear

Generator converter for VCR and Fridge

Chainsaw (Get a head start and cut down your trees now. It will save on
clean up later).

Water proof storm cellar

8 sets mask fins snorkels

8 surfing lessons”

“I am watching the weather channel online and they are closing orange co. schools tomorrow.

Batten down the hatches in fla. I send my prayers...”

“It is beautiful here now.

The line for double stuff oreos is not very long. I should be set.”

“I like your list of needed items there Coop..”

“I am back from HD, 1 hour and 25 sheets of v-crimp roofing, I've gotta go and cover at least some of my windows today.

Good luck to all!”

“I can understand consumables flying off the shelves, but radios? Generators? Flashlights? Does a whole new set of people move to Florida after every hurricane or something?”

“I've often wondered that bit!”

“Bit to a certain degree yes. Florida is undergoing huge growth. Especially along the coast.

Construction crews never sit idle here.”

“Hmmm, I heard Florida just got wrecked by a hurricane, let's go live there!

I think I'll go buy a generator, just for fun.”

“seriously, i was thinking FL might be a good place to live, before this hurricane season.

i hope all you people get through the next few days alright!”

“now everyone concentrate and picture the eye moving North, now push push push keep pushing, now you got it, more to the North East PUSHPUSHPUSH keep concentrating and keep Pushing”

“What if we all blow at once.”

“Your ears will pop. :-)”

“livin in florida....?
build not yer treasures upon sand...where moth and rust and hurricane winds doth corrupt. and be prepared to kiss your a$$ goodbye....”

“Live here from Thanksgiving to Easter - the winters are sublime. Steer clear at other times of the year.

Winters in Orlando, Summers in Bangor. Ya know - when I'm rich.”

“Are you encouraging the snowbirds?”

“I assume we will hear from the Florida contingent less and less frequently . .until we just don't hear from them at all . . . and the transmission lines go silent . . .








now now . .don't be so morbid . . .I was just abserving that Tango, for instance, is outside putting up protection on her windows and hardly has the time to deal with the likes of us. And HPM adn Treebiat will have to start getting busy etc etc . . .

And then if they lose power, it may be awhile before we hear from them again .. .”

“Nah, I don't even think we're leaving. Looks like we'll just get a little rattled by wind and rain. Any more southern TTers are all welcome to come to my house!”

“Tango posted during the last one on battery power...”

“Leave our sex life out of this.”

“That what Matt needs to do .. .


Send a generator to each person who signs up for TT so that in the event of catastrophe in their area we'll have uniterrupted TT reprots.”

“I retract my earlier comments:

Florida is a hot, muggy, mosquito ridden peninsula filled with retirees who drive like crap and won't vote for one thin dime of their nest eggs to go to new roads, libraries or schools. The state gets a daily infusion of agressive opportunists who open cell phone stores, or produce infomercials, or start a church or a mortgage insurance company - and then and they won't let you merge into the parking lot we call the interstate. There is a sadness here of lost opportunity. Nothing has been here long enough to be considered a tradition, so towns squares are created from pressed wood and pale yellow paint. One street looks like Vermont, one looks like Ohio, one looks like Savannah. Even the strippers are disillusioned, she still holds on to her future. We are all holding on to our futures. Too afraid to look down at the wet sand dripping through our fingers.

Worst of all, there are no mountains.”

“And every other commercial is for a personal injury lawyer.”

“Coop ---


Did you say strippers??!! I'm there man . ..I'm there.


They made need a shoulder to cry on by Sunday . . .


Although clothes packing can't take to long for them . .”

“I will be running errands tomorrow but will post until the power gets zapped - which right now I estimate to be around 2:00pm on Saturday.”

“Lee if you like cigarette burns, shalimar and c-section scars then you are welcome...

Hmm - exactly what strippers aren't disillusioned?”

“The 16-year-old ones.”

“Allrighty then Bit !!!!

let's hear it for scar and blemish free, optimistic 16 yr old strippers!!!!!


wa -HOOOOOOO!!!”

“Notice I didn't say "the 17-year-old ones".”

“Looks like Lee wants to go hiking on the Orange Blossom Trail.

I'll pass on the TR.
lol.”

“The 5 pm. NOAA map shows a more pronounced westerly course across Florida, into the gulf, and up across the panhandle. Good for me, sucks for a lot of other people.”

“Hmm - now a new batch of people are gonna get a bit more tense.”

“Yep, One of my Aunts is just north of Tally. Looks like it'll go right over her.”

“Heads up Stovestomper.”

“could be nasty if it gets into the gulf.”

“By now Roam Around and Nowslimmer have evacuated.”

“If it restrengthens in the gulf. The predictions I've seen all suggest it will hit the panhandle as a tropical storm.”

“Gee HPM, I wonder if anyone will show up here? Not likely going by the way I've been blathering lately. Skeered 'em off!”