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On 18 May 2005 20:52:08 GMT, "Miracle Smith" <miracle@spamcop.net>
wrote:
>Smeghead wrote:
>> On 18 May 2005 07:30:05 GMT, "Miracle Smith" <miracle@spamcop.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Smeghead wrote:
>>>> A land-locked sea farer
>>>
>>>
>>> <big sigh> Yeah.
>>
>> Well, I'm -almost- by the sea, if you count the gulf coast...
>>
>> I'm still waiting for a hurricane.
>>
>> Everyone here says I'm insane when I let fly with "Man, I hope we get
>> hit by a hurricane this year."
>
>
> I understand the desire, but you'll have a whole new perspective
>if you get a bad one!
> When I lived in Tampa, we were hit by hurricane Diane*. This was
>somewhere in the 60's- I was in the second grade, I think, so it might
>have been '59 or '60.
> The whole night we heard the huge tree at the corner of the house
>snapping and dropping branches, scared to death it was going to blow
>over on the house.
> It was just a few *inches* from the house's corner, and the trunk
>was at least three feet across.
> Sometime in the wee hours we heard it begin to split- the sound was
>nothing I could describe. As it began to fall, we all ran frantically in circles,
>not sure where a safe spot would be. Sheer terror.
>
> After what seemed an eternity, we heard an enormous *whump!* as
>it lay down *right* alongside the back porch, tearing off most of the tin
>roof as it went.
>
> The aftermath was horrible- gas and water lines had been ripped out
>of the ground so we had no way to cook, and no water. All of the power
>lines were down. We "cooked" on a smudge ball my Aunt Ginny stole
>from a construction site.
>
> I have pictures of my brother and me standing by the fallen tree somewhere
>in the house- if I run across them I'll scan some of them.
>
> *= It might have been hurricane Donna- can't remember exactly.
I'd like to see the pictures of that if you have any!
I love weather. Except the boring stuff. You know, sunshine and light
breeze.
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