Fay.......

[the chi]

Originally Posted by smileyman

I've got 8 inches here in fayetteville...And it aint even raining..Buh Dump Dump crash! thank you I will be here till 5! Be sure and tip the wait staff!

LMAO, thats awesome, and thanks sixxxer, i appareciate the distinction. Thankfully I am not a true floridian, I still have my texas common sense!!

Dont forget nee and neon tho...

[Dave]

oh god, texas? that makes you even worse thought everything was supposed to be bigger over there little bit? :P





























you do know im just teasing right? i dont wanna get into another multi page argument or owe you any more drinks lol

[MikeSP1]

Originally Posted by Sixxxxer

People in Florida are certainly a Special Breed...Minus Rae.

I am so glad that I cant be lumped into that statement to begin with...

[neebelung]

Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

This storm just comfirmed how retarded most people in FL are. Everyone was FREAKING OUT over nothing. Wal-Mart was amazingly fucked up and crazy... Publix was a disaster... Home Depot was a gigantic clusterfuck...

Granted, flooding in some areas was bad (not here in Orlando), but I had numerous people (even managers) calling out of work over a few inches of rain and the threat of 50mph winds. I've been through worse storms in fucking Ohio...

I won't diagree with ya on the CRAZINESS at grocery stores and such. The other problem is HERE, hurricane week coindided with the first week of school for the whole area, which = double the chaos.

We've had storms with 50, even 70 mph gusts (heck, one just two weeks ago) before, but this was literally about 36 hours of SUSTAINED 50+ mph winds. As I suspected when I first started this thread, we hadn't seen the worst of it yet.

In our neighborhood there are about a dozen HUGE old oak trees down. Just MASSIVE trees... it's mind blowing to see them just snapped in half, or uprooted completely. LUCKILY, 1.) we don't have a single tree down, and 2.) in our neighorhood, there's no structural damage that we've seen. All the trees that came down either went across yards/driveways/fences, or between houses. So no one's homes were destroyed (though the bed of a Ram truck up the street has seen better days ).

We did lose power for about 21 hours though. Not the end of the world, but not entirely pleasant in Florida in August either.

Originally Posted by Gas Man

I got a couple of big dog owners getting HAMMER with rain... somin like 20" or fuck

Yeah the "official" rainfall for Melbourne (about 3 hours south) was 22" - but reports are some areas got 32".

We probably got right about 14" here. We drained the pool a foot on Wednesday; by mid morning yesterday, it was within an inch of overflowing. Drained it another 8" or so, and got a few inches more throughout the day.

Originally Posted by azoomm

Making me more and more glad that I flew to Lauderdale rather than ride...

HELL YES!!!

Originally Posted by itgirl

hey nee, me and hubby were just talking about you guys last night. wondering how you were making out with the storm. glad it isn't too bad for ya.

Thanks! Yeah we're fine now.

Originally Posted by Sixxxxer

People in Florida are certainly a Special Breed...Minus Rae.

[the chi]

Originally Posted by Dave

oh god, texas? that makes you even worse thought everything was supposed to be bigger over there little bit? :P

you do know im just teasing right? i dont wanna get into another multi page argument or owe you any more drinks lol

If I had a dollar for everytime i hear that...*sigh* I make up for it with personality!!

N Yes, i know ur teasing...i've had my battle for the month, I'm appeased, for now!