hurricane approaching

[Cayo Hueso]

No, not Shore Acres, but it looks like it.   I haven't decided yet whether or not I'm leaving.  I'm sending the kids out for this one, but I'm not making a decision until the track is a little more firmed up.  Hopefully the upper level troughs will work in our favor instead of against us.

You leaving Bob??

First management had plans and then strategic plans. Now we have vision, and we're only one small step from hallucination.
-- Ansley Throckmorton upon assuming the presidency of Bangor Theological Seminary in Bangor, Main per Information World 8-4-`97

[Cayo Hueso]

Mike - Oh my God, that is hilarious!!!!!

By 1940 the literacy figure for all states stood at 96 percent for whites. Eighty percent for blacks. Notice for all the disadvantages blacks labored under, four of five were still literate. Six decades later, at the end of the 20th century, the National Adult Literacy Survey and the National Assessment of Educational Progress say 40 percent of blacks and 17 percent of whites can't read at all. Put another way, black illiteracy doubled, white illiteracy quadrupled, despite the fact that we spend three or four times as much real money on schooling as we did 60 years ago.
--Vin Suprynowicz

[whiterabbit]

:rofl:  :rofl:  :rofl:  :rofl:
hysterical!

He, who has nothing, and who himself belongs to another, must be defended by him, whose property he is, and needs no arms. But he, who thinks he is his own master, and has what he can call his own, ought to have arms to defend himself, and what he possesses; else he lives precariously, and at discretion.
http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/a1_8_12s4.html' target='_new'> James Burgh 1774

[animals all of us]

During Hurricane Frances' arrival, some looters got arrested.  What careless idiots.

In the meanwho, it IS a travesty that the hurricanes could do such vile things to the all powerful humans who know better, than to densely populate all the watery peninsulas they can cram and copulate themselves into, in the first place.
(pouts)


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[85 Day Jerk]

Hmmm, one thing I think I will do this weekend is to buy more duct tape and I will definately shore up my east windows.  I am gonna look in the alleys and stuff for a couple of old mattresses to protect my sliding glass doors.  I'm gonna fill water jugs like last time and cook a shitload of chicken wings if it really looks like the big one because last time I bought a bunch of potted meat and ravioli and crap and had to eat it for lunch at work for the next 2 weeks.  At least with chicken wings I can share them with the neighbors if the storm passes and maybe get a marriage proposal out of it (yes, my wings are THAT damn good)even.  If the flooding is really bad, I can load up the kayak at Weedon Island and paddle over to Cayohuesto's house where she will be waiting for me on her rooftop and have lunch.  (Just Kidding)  ::cheers::  :wave: [ This Message was edited by: 85 Day Jerk on 2004-09-09 20:29 ]

[Cayo Hueso]

C'mon by baby.  I just may be here!!!!!  LOL ::ftard::

The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is naive and usually idiotic. He is, more likely, one who likes his country more than the rest of us, and is thus more disturbed than the rest of us when he sees it debauched. He is not a bad citizen turning to crime; he is a good citizen driven to despair.


--H.L. Mencken

[Sophie]

I an in Ocala, just moved here two months ago.  I never heard about the "hurricane season".  I am not thrilled about all of this.  We have been very lucky...haven't lost power or had any flooding at my home.  My office lost thier roof, my mom was out of power and water until today.  I am ready for this to stop...I understand it could be like this until November...is that true?

[Anonymous]

The season runs from July to November.  Welcome to Florida.

[Helena Handbasket]

On 2004-09-09 22:00:00, Sophie wrote:

"I an in Ocala, just moved here two months ago.  I never heard about the "hurricane season".  I am not thrilled about all of this.  We have been very lucky...haven't lost power or had any flooding at my home.  My office lost thier roof, my mom was out of power and water until today.  I am ready for this to stop...I understand it could be like this until November...is that true?"

Yes, it's true, but it's never been like this before.  The last time we got hit twice in succession was near 1950.   If Ivan makes it a three-hitter, this will be a first.

Good luck... be safe!

[Cayo Hueso]

Wicked men obey from fear, good men from love.
--Aristotle

[Cayo Hueso]

All penalties for drug users should be dropped...Making drug abuse a crime is useless and even dangerous...Every year we seize more and more drugs but the quantity available still increases...Police are losing the drug battle worldwide.


--Raymond Kendall ~ Secretary General of Interpol 1994

[kpickle39]

:razz:  :razz:

[85 Day Jerk]

Saturday Afternoon

I went out in the Ranger with my across the way hippy kid neighbor Todd looking for large sheets of cardboard behind local businesses.  We hit paydirt at the very first place I looked.  We even found a decent round mirror for an end table or something and the most bizarre thing of all, a pair of fake leather rope off things like they have in the banks and movie theaters.  They were good quality too!  I cliped them to the sides of my wheel wells and will use them for securing groceries for now.  Its really weird in St. Pete right now.  Some of the businesses are taking this thing really serious and boarding up, while others are just blowing it off.  

I myself have felt like a Calico Cat in a nursing home full of rocking chairs.  I just had to get out and DO something to help blow off the jitters.  The biggest challenge seemed to be in finding some suitable duct tape for the windows and stuff.  All the places I looked, they were out.  I finally broke down and got some at Home Depot, a store I despise because of all the really good mom and pop stores they drove out of business.  They were down to just two pallets left of the stuff and will probably sell out by tomorrow morning.  I also took the time to buy a new lock for the front door just in case the power goes out.  I don't know about the rest of you folks, but I absolutely hate being put in a state of uncertainty and having no control over the situation.  Even though I just did a cheap and bare minimal job of preparing for shoring up the glass in our apartments today, it sure as hell beat sitting at home stuffing my face with beer and Cheeze Curls transfixed to the tube watching some "New Wave" meterologist spinning the latest weather like a DJ at a shitty rave party.  I just hope everything works out for us here in Florida, and I personally will be praying for the folks in Alabama and Lousianna, because that is where I think 'ol Ivan is headed after giving Fidel Castro a new hairstyle.

[Anonymous]

Ivan should forget about giving Fidel a new hairstyle and service Donald Trump first.

[85 Day Jerk]

Well, it looks like we can breathe easy,here is a cool link that shows the aircraft that fly through the eye of the hurricanes and collect information.   I hope no one has any problems linking up to it.    http://tour.tbo.com/tour/stops/noaaplane.htm