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.
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