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Maui Nick 08-21-2008 08:49 PM

Tropical Storm Fay ...
 
... has been sitting on top of my house for three months. :mad:

Hmmm ... may have overstated that just a bit. More like two days. It just seems like three months since I've seen the sun and haven't listened to the weather radio beeping madly every few hours with a new alert.

Could be worse, I suppose ... folks about 50 miles (80km) south of me are dealing with major flash-flooding, backed-up sewers, ruined houses and snakes and alligators swimming through the streets. Where I live, we've actually been in the eye of this wanna-be hurricane for 24 hours or so, thus avoiding the worst of the rain.

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The worst part has been my mother buzzing my cell phone every three hours wanting to know if I'd heard anything about power outages in her area. (No, Mom, I haven't. If your power is still on, then the power in your area isn't out. :neutral: )

The National Hurricane Center swears this storm is moving off but it sure doesn't feel that way. Local TV says it's moving out to the west-northwest at a whopping 2 mph. I'd actually welcome back the winds and heavy rains; that would mean the thing is moving off finally.

morethanpretty 08-21-2008 10:28 PM

I'm sorry, I have alot of family out that way too. My heart is w/ all of ya'll.

Sundae 08-22-2008 05:02 AM

Does that mean I can see your house from here?

Sorry to hear you are living with that kind of threat over you.
Hope you and yours remain safe and is passes off peaceably.

Maui Nick 08-22-2008 09:06 AM

It's slo-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-owly sliding away to the Northwest. And I think and hope that perhaps the house will not float quite that far.

Lots of flooding throughout Central Florida ... we got lucky here; spending all that time in the eye (where there is no rain) kept the water levels fairly low.

Lots of video to be seen via The Weather Channel.

xoxoxoBruce 08-22-2008 10:24 AM

26 inches of rain! Damn! :eek:

TheMercenary 08-23-2008 10:23 AM

Yea, we got drenced as well. Not as much as in Fl but we got our share as the NE end of the storm went right over us for about 24 hours. Bunch of tornado warnings and possible radar sitings but thankfully no damage.

xiphos 08-23-2008 11:48 AM

I'm on the east coast of Florida, so I didn't get that much rain.

TheMercenary 08-23-2008 11:52 AM

:D

Maui Nick 08-23-2008 03:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xiphos (Post 477759)
I'm on the east coast of Florida, so I didn't get that much rain.

Depends on where you are, exactly. Try telling that to the residents of Brevard or Volusia counties, for example.

TheMercenary 08-23-2008 03:56 PM

I think it was a joke.


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