I agree. Bite me Ivan!!!

We have officially broken our most rain in a day record - 5+ inches. People are worried now about the rivers cresting, luckily most everyone is out of downtown at this point.

Dani, stay safe, let the doggies pee on the rug if they need to :)

Seriously, people, safety first! As of 6pm, there had been 7" of rain since midnight. We lost power for a little, but we have our disaster kits ready.

What a horrible years for storms!!

My MS Gulf Coast neighborhood got brushed. No damage to our house, but a huge, gorgeous oak tree that belong to our neighbors was uprooted and thrown into the street. Luckily, not on anyone's house!

And there was virtually no damage in New Orleans. Guess I have to go back to school Monday. :)

What the hell is it with the weather? El Nino? Global Warming?

Rain in Kansas, when it rains it pours, not normal for this time of year. Flooding 3 times this summer or was it four? Last year no grass cutting after June.

Washington, DC a Tornado for crying out loud.:(

Hurricans tearing the hell out of Florida and other States.

Thinking someone is getting pissed with us!:eek:

DC itself didn't have any tornadoes, but its suburbs sure did. This is what one did to a neighborhood in Chantilly, VA (about 25 miles from DC):

http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-d...2255-2004Sep18

Plus, there was an F3 in Fauquier County, VA (about 60 miles from DC)! :eek: That's a STRONG one for this area, since we're not used to having ANY tornadoes!

I was still on vacation when the storm rolled through, but I was watching the news and wasn't happy to hear about all the tornadoes in Northern VA, especially since quite a few of them were not far from my house. I haven't personally seen any damage, though, since coming home.

I sincerely hope that Jeanne stays out at sea!

One of the Uncles Munch lives not too far from there. Last my parents spoke to him, he was still without power. My parents, on the other hand, who live about 25 miles from P-Cola and have a big-ass oak resting on the roof, have power.

This storm stuff is madness.

My parents live in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, and dad works for the city. The damage he has seen is UNBELIEVABLE! The pix on the tv are minor compared to what he has had to work with. There was a small barge in the middle of downtown Fort Walton Beach. Lots of docks were destroyed. My parents were quite lucky...they only had the back fence blown off and they lost a storage shed with the items blown about. The storage shed landed two yards over, and the items all over the neighborhood. Interestingly, the lawnmower and metal chairs that sis put in the shed were in the exact same place. Some roof damage--will know about that more later. We in Birmingham had mixed results..some people are still without power, some had flooding. Hubby and I were lucky..only a few power flickerings here and there.

Tempted to look for six other signs...

my aunt and cousins live in Fort Walton Beach. i hope everything is okay:(

Pittsburgh got the most rain ever in one day on Friday. I just got my internet back after being down since Friday night. Didn't have water most of yesterday, and no cable tv until last night.

I am SO thankful that I left work early on Friday. If I hadn't I would've been stranded and probably would've lost my car, as it was parked in Carnegie, which was one of the hardest hit areas around here. 100% of the businesses there had damage or lost everything. Hundreds of people have lost everything.... very sad

Omigosh!!

One of the women who worked for us quit to help her husband build up his business - when he moved it to downtown Carnegie last summer.

We haven't been able to reach them, either at home or at the store. I could cry for them...

My brother & his wife helped a family from their church today - they said there's a line about 6' up on the wall where the water was. They're going to try to salvage the furniture, but Calvin said it's a lost cause. :( I have this feeling that the extra sofa that my mom has downstairs is about to find a new home.

well apparently Ivan's leftover made a u turn and has hit Florida with disgusting weather. it is in the low 60s which i know isnt that cold, but mixed with this freezing ( or at least ridiculously cold) rain, it is miserable here. and i did not bring a sweater with me to school, so i am so cold right now. at least i am at home now and i can bundle up.
also, it seems that Ivan has a hand in pushing Jeanne out of the way, so i guess i should thank Ivan now?? i don't know. with all of this weird weather, i would not be surprised if the temp drops to the single digits this winter here in FL. it is not uncommon for the temp to be in the 20s, but i think we are going to set a record this year.

It's been awful here today. A high of only 81 degrees. It's still warm but not the norm for this time of year in Central Florida. It's usually in the high 80s/low 90s. It's been rainy and windy all day. Like smiley said, at least this is keeping Jeanne away from us and it doesn't look like Karl or Lisa will be coming anywhere near the US so that's great too.

My boyfriend is in Atlanta and called this morning to tell me how cold he was. It was about 50-something degrees outside which, once again, not the norm for any Southeastern city this time of year.

I ready for it to be winter so that I don't have to worry about hurricanes anymore but I'm dreading the possible freezing weather we may get here. The reason I refuse to move out of the South is so I don't have to deal with cold weather!!!! :)

I don't know if I'm ready for the winter or not. It seems like every Fall/Winter I always end up blowing a bunch of money on the girl I'm with at the moment. The new miss cashmoney, I can already tell, is one of those I'm going to have to wine and dine all the time.

well you have a very high standard of taste for your S.O. which of course is not bad. but you always are seriously dating the high maintenace types. am i wrong? i have never met any of them, but from what you say- this seems to be the case. :)

A-

You're totally right on the standard thing...but I don't know if I'd call her high maintenance. We're both attention whores and we completely get off on the attention both of us give each other. Some people would say thats high maintenance but I don't. Besides, she's an awesome lady and a DG. ;)




BTW, do you know a Tri-Delt at JU named Jackie C.? She's got light blonde hair and really pretty blue eyes. Drives a black Pathfinder with a Tri-Delt tag on the back. I know JU is a small school so I figured you'd know her.