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Frances!
So here comes Frances right at Charley's heels... I still haven't had the tree
guy or insurance agent to my house yet. If it's still due to hit us on Friday, I'm packing up the kids and taking off for the closest campgrounds away from ground zero. I've experienced two too many hurricanes at close range. Canine Action Dog Trainer http://www.canineaction.com My Kids, My Students, My Life: http://hometown.aol.com/dfrntdrums/m...age/index.html |
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"Leah" -OFF wrote in message
... So here comes Frances right at Charley's heels... I still haven't had the tree guy or insurance agent to my house yet. If it's still due to hit us on Friday, I'm packing up the kids and taking off for the closest campgrounds away from ground zero. I've experienced two too many hurricanes at close range. Leah, if I were you I'd get out of the state altogether. Just don't go to SC because there's no room. It took me a total of 5 hours & 37 phone calls to obtain reservations at pet-friendly hotels for 6 rooms and they're not even at the same hotels. I was lucky in that I was able to get Greenville, still 3.5 hours of non-traffic driving (so it'll probably be about 20 hours if evacuation is ordered) but every large city and those close to large cities in this state are booked. Asheville was also impossible to get into earlier than Sunday. If this trough weakens then Charleston is in the bullseye range. Even if it doesn't hit here but travels up here inland, anything with winds reaching over 50mph will send a great many more trees down due to ground saturation. I would imagine the same applies to Florida. We only got 65mph winds & a ton of rain from Charley but Gaston nailed us hard. I was lucky in that I was only without power for 16 hours but we had a lot of cleanup. Charleston still has about 15,000 residents without power and many homes with trees on or in them. Get as far away as you can and then complain on the ride back if nothing major happened rather than get a little ways away and still be a target. Frances' size right now will completely engulf the state of FL. -- Tara |
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"Leah" -OFF wrote in message
... So here comes Frances right at Charley's heels... I still haven't had the tree guy or insurance agent to my house yet. If it's still due to hit us on Friday, I'm packing up the kids and taking off for the closest campgrounds away from ground zero. I've experienced two too many hurricanes at close range. Leah, if I were you I'd get out of the state altogether. Just don't go to SC because there's no room. It took me a total of 5 hours & 37 phone calls to obtain reservations at pet-friendly hotels for 6 rooms and they're not even at the same hotels. I was lucky in that I was able to get Greenville, still 3.5 hours of non-traffic driving (so it'll probably be about 20 hours if evacuation is ordered) but every large city and those close to large cities in this state are booked. Asheville was also impossible to get into earlier than Sunday. If this trough weakens then Charleston is in the bullseye range. Even if it doesn't hit here but travels up here inland, anything with winds reaching over 50mph will send a great many more trees down due to ground saturation. I would imagine the same applies to Florida. We only got 65mph winds & a ton of rain from Charley but Gaston nailed us hard. I was lucky in that I was only without power for 16 hours but we had a lot of cleanup. Charleston still has about 15,000 residents without power and many homes with trees on or in them. Get as far away as you can and then complain on the ride back if nothing major happened rather than get a little ways away and still be a target. Frances' size right now will completely engulf the state of FL. -- Tara |
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"Leah" -OFF wrote in message
... So here comes Frances right at Charley's heels... I still haven't had the tree guy or insurance agent to my house yet. If it's still due to hit us on Friday, I'm packing up the kids and taking off for the closest campgrounds away from ground zero. I've experienced two too many hurricanes at close range. Leah, if I were you I'd get out of the state altogether. Just don't go to SC because there's no room. It took me a total of 5 hours & 37 phone calls to obtain reservations at pet-friendly hotels for 6 rooms and they're not even at the same hotels. I was lucky in that I was able to get Greenville, still 3.5 hours of non-traffic driving (so it'll probably be about 20 hours if evacuation is ordered) but every large city and those close to large cities in this state are booked. Asheville was also impossible to get into earlier than Sunday. If this trough weakens then Charleston is in the bullseye range. Even if it doesn't hit here but travels up here inland, anything with winds reaching over 50mph will send a great many more trees down due to ground saturation. I would imagine the same applies to Florida. We only got 65mph winds & a ton of rain from Charley but Gaston nailed us hard. I was lucky in that I was only without power for 16 hours but we had a lot of cleanup. Charleston still has about 15,000 residents without power and many homes with trees on or in them. Get as far away as you can and then complain on the ride back if nothing major happened rather than get a little ways away and still be a target. Frances' size right now will completely engulf the state of FL. -- Tara |
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"Leah" -OFF wrote in message
... So here comes Frances right at Charley's heels... I still haven't had the tree guy or insurance agent to my house yet. If it's still due to hit us on Friday, I'm packing up the kids and taking off for the closest campgrounds away from ground zero. I've experienced two too many hurricanes at close range. Leah, if I were you I'd get out of the state altogether. Just don't go to SC because there's no room. It took me a total of 5 hours & 37 phone calls to obtain reservations at pet-friendly hotels for 6 rooms and they're not even at the same hotels. I was lucky in that I was able to get Greenville, still 3.5 hours of non-traffic driving (so it'll probably be about 20 hours if evacuation is ordered) but every large city and those close to large cities in this state are booked. Asheville was also impossible to get into earlier than Sunday. If this trough weakens then Charleston is in the bullseye range. Even if it doesn't hit here but travels up here inland, anything with winds reaching over 50mph will send a great many more trees down due to ground saturation. I would imagine the same applies to Florida. We only got 65mph winds & a ton of rain from Charley but Gaston nailed us hard. I was lucky in that I was only without power for 16 hours but we had a lot of cleanup. Charleston still has about 15,000 residents without power and many homes with trees on or in them. Get as far away as you can and then complain on the ride back if nothing major happened rather than get a little ways away and still be a target. Frances' size right now will completely engulf the state of FL. -- Tara |
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"Leah" -OFF wrote in message
... So here comes Frances right at Charley's heels... I still haven't had the tree guy or insurance agent to my house yet. If it's still due to hit us on Friday, I'm packing up the kids and taking off for the closest campgrounds away from ground zero. I've experienced two too many hurricanes at close range. Leah, if I were you I'd get out of the state altogether. Just don't go to SC because there's no room. It took me a total of 5 hours & 37 phone calls to obtain reservations at pet-friendly hotels for 6 rooms and they're not even at the same hotels. I was lucky in that I was able to get Greenville, still 3.5 hours of non-traffic driving (so it'll probably be about 20 hours if evacuation is ordered) but every large city and those close to large cities in this state are booked. Asheville was also impossible to get into earlier than Sunday. If this trough weakens then Charleston is in the bullseye range. Even if it doesn't hit here but travels up here inland, anything with winds reaching over 50mph will send a great many more trees down due to ground saturation. I would imagine the same applies to Florida. We only got 65mph winds & a ton of rain from Charley but Gaston nailed us hard. I was lucky in that I was only without power for 16 hours but we had a lot of cleanup. Charleston still has about 15,000 residents without power and many homes with trees on or in them. Get as far away as you can and then complain on the ride back if nothing major happened rather than get a little ways away and still be a target. Frances' size right now will completely engulf the state of FL. -- Tara |
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"Leah" -OFF wrote in message
... So here comes Frances right at Charley's heels... I still haven't had the tree guy or insurance agent to my house yet. If it's still due to hit us on Friday, I'm packing up the kids and taking off for the closest campgrounds away from ground zero. I've experienced two too many hurricanes at close range. Leah, if I were you I'd get out of the state altogether. Just don't go to SC because there's no room. It took me a total of 5 hours & 37 phone calls to obtain reservations at pet-friendly hotels for 6 rooms and they're not even at the same hotels. I was lucky in that I was able to get Greenville, still 3.5 hours of non-traffic driving (so it'll probably be about 20 hours if evacuation is ordered) but every large city and those close to large cities in this state are booked. Asheville was also impossible to get into earlier than Sunday. If this trough weakens then Charleston is in the bullseye range. Even if it doesn't hit here but travels up here inland, anything with winds reaching over 50mph will send a great many more trees down due to ground saturation. I would imagine the same applies to Florida. We only got 65mph winds & a ton of rain from Charley but Gaston nailed us hard. I was lucky in that I was only without power for 16 hours but we had a lot of cleanup. Charleston still has about 15,000 residents without power and many homes with trees on or in them. Get as far away as you can and then complain on the ride back if nothing major happened rather than get a little ways away and still be a target. Frances' size right now will completely engulf the state of FL. -- Tara |
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Tee wrote: Frances' size right now will completely engulf the state of FL. I agree with that. I am not sure how far or how long it would take Leah to get to Alabama or Louisiana but those would be the options/ directions I would consider if it were me. Gwen |
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Tee wrote: Frances' size right now will completely engulf the state of FL. I agree with that. I am not sure how far or how long it would take Leah to get to Alabama or Louisiana but those would be the options/ directions I would consider if it were me. Gwen |
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Tee wrote: Frances' size right now will completely engulf the state of FL. I agree with that. I am not sure how far or how long it would take Leah to get to Alabama or Louisiana but those would be the options/ directions I would consider if it were me. Gwen |
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