Wilma the Hurricane get us???

“yuk, when ya have to, thats one thing, but when you've got options......”

“thank you!”

“hey so barometric pressure is caused by heat and humidity, correct?

(again, i should have paid more attention in earth science class,,,,,)”

“I know it's to early to really know where this hurricane is going, but if any of you FL TTers need a place to evacuate to...
my house on the MS Gulf Coast is still messed up but I have an empty 22' camping trailer with A/C and plently of plywood floor space in my house.
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“this is your chance SS-

make a floridian bring you a cat. call it a rental fee.”

“I may have to return after the storm for some of those free meals. I received 50 of those dinners last year. Most of them were good.

If my place goes, I wonder if I can get a rebate on some pre-paid lot rent. When Irene crossed the state a few years ago, it remained surprisingly strong.

"Live description of Irene going past"
http://www.thebackpacker.com/trailtalk/thread/32641,-1.php
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“Paul, stay in the Smokies a while longer! ;-)”

“thanks for the invite stovie, my mom turns 80 tomorrow and my dad has dementia. we may go to my cousins in ocala but most likely will stay put. daughter will probably be called in, son works for winn dixie so he will be called in until the close the bridges and the hubby is still a reserve officer and not sure what will happen with him. we have between surfergirl and us 3 cats, 1 dog, a rabbitt and a turtle. my folks are about 5 miles inland but will see what happens.”

“Good luck, folks. I'm headed for some backpacking, but I probably won't sleep too well the next few nights.”

“Cheese! That pressure is an estimated value. From the National Hurricane Center's 11 a.m. bulletin:

"ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 882 MB...26.05 INCHES."”

“Ft McClellan Alabama was closed by the last round of the BRAC, but FEMA opened up the Barracks to people who needed to relocate, with space for 1200...there are FOUR people there now......

These are 2 man rooms that share a common bath between, built in the late 1970's, remodeled twice since, but very modern for their age.......(They may be full before this is over...).”

“Here in Alabama, the state parks have sent a lot of the trailers that FEMA shipped them for Katrina refugees back to a central holding location near Dothan. Looks like they might have been just in time.”

“The path is heading towards Venice, FL, that's where my parents live. They're about 2-3 miles from the coast.”

“My parents live along that path too, northeast in Kissimmee. Hopefully it will turn northwest towards New Orleans.”

“no offence to orleans, but if it's gotta hit somewhere, wouldn't it be better to hit there right now?

city's still mostly evacuated and destroyed already right?

better for the storm to hit piles of rubbish than existing homes.

and for the record - no, i didn't just agree with sarge.”

“Fair is fair, Sacco. It's someone else's turn. ;-)”

“sacco - That is what I was saying. I'm glad we agree.

People need to give up their dreams of rebuilding on a bullseye.”

“Well, I may be stuck at the power plant on hurricane coverage. I guess they'll make that decision late Thurs early Fri.



Stay safe everyone.”

“had two looming over the house trees felled today ...just in case.... so there went my million dollars for gas money to get out of dodge....
there is plastic i guess...

wilma!! its october for petes sake....
at least, enjoying the full moon and cooler nights until saturday.......”

“Dayum, I get back from the Smokies in time for this???”

“Down from 175!


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“Hee Hee Hee”

“I knew I liked Betty better!!!”

“Betty IS the HOT one. ;-)”

“My thoughts and prayers are with everyone within reach of this one.”

“Thanks alot Pedxing. We need all we can get. But those poor people in the Yucatan. The new forecast is for it to hang out down there for about 36 hours.”

“Better to laugh than to cry.”

“my most used camping gear after Katrina = my coleman stove....
...good luck.....and check in...I'll worry until it's over.....”

“keeping an eye on this storm.......looks like we lucked out here in Alabama....best wishes and good luck to our Florida TTers....check in with us and you will be in my prayers!!!!”

“doesn't look like its going to get me either, but i'm talking to my sister in law in the fort myers area and they are under evacuation orders. but they are staying, they have a generator, and hurricane shutters.”

“My Mom has friends visiting who have a place in Mi. and a place near Naples. They were supposed to leave this morning but are hanging around for another day or two.”

“I am stuck at work until at least Tuesday morning! (I am at work now and don't know my Halloween name password)”

“Hope you brought a change or two of clothes.”

“and hopefully she brought a sleeping bag. i know the hubby did that last year when we had all the hurricanes. he just found out he doesn't even have to go to work tommorrow, one good thing about not being a police officer!!”

“My gramps is also in Ft Myers area. He's got his place boarded up and, as of this morning, was still there. But, was going to head to a cousins place if necessary. I'm hoping he did...”

“Looks like to Keys and the Glades will get the worst of this one.
Thank goodness it has weakened greatly from the Cat 5 it was.

Stay safe, cyndeee!”

“Good Luck South Florida.

The weather channel just reported it to be a Cat 3 storm with a 50 mile wide eye!”

“I know it's gonna hit my parents in Boca. I just don't know at what category it will. They didn't evacuate, either. This one is coming from the Gulf side but I am still worried because they say it will speed up once it hits land. Guess we will all know soon enough, huh?”

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Treebait and Cyndee, thanks we knew we were staying so I have all essentials.

Stay safe everyone!”

“checking is to let all know things are fine here. talked with my sister in law in cape coral(ft myers)andy they were have 80 mph winds at 830am. nice thing is the temperature has dropped into the 60's!!!!!!!!! winter is here!!!!!!!!!”

“My youngest daughter was to fly into Miami today from the Rep. of Panama and my daughter in Melbourne was to drive to meet her at the airport and bring her back to Melbourne. Wish I knew what was happening.”

“According to the FAA, Miami International is closed, and the time for reopen is unknown. You might want to find the website for the airline she was traveling on and check on her specific flight.”

“Wolfie, that means the center will move over land faster. The faster the center moves, the less time for those 100 mph winds to beat on their house.
It's a good thing.”

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CNN caption for this photo: "Wilma knocked out several windows on this building in Fort Lauderdale."

... and a few more for good measure, it looks like!”

“Must have not been built to Code.
That's a lot of windows.”

“I wonder how my grandmothers trailer made out.”

“My parents' friends have a trailer down there on the gulf coast; their neighbor called and said there's nothing but a little standing water and they now have someone else's garbage cans. They got lucky.”

“The hurricanes moving well offshore now.
Man, that b***h was moving FAST, 25 mph.
Things should be quieting down in FL.
I'm sure lots of power and phones out so it might be a while till we learn the real damage.”