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To: RosieCotton

Ok...I did it!

I like it that they take Paypal.

Good morning! I had an awful experience last night! Actually a series.

See, last night was the last BA CHEF meetings for the year. So as I was walking out, it was pouring...a thunderstorm with lightening all around. You know the kind...the lightening strikes, then immediately BOOM! So I’m running out of my car and see one of my fellow lady members BACK RIGHT INTO OZ! She just bumped the front bumper but of course I immediately freaked out. She and I were standing in front of the car in this hideous weather assessing the damage. All I could see was a two inch rubbed area of black on my dark gray bumper so we agreed that if I saw anything in better weather I could let her know.

So I got in the car and got about a block away and it began to rain so hard that I couldn’t see and my car was rocking in the wind. I got really nervous so I pulled into a parking lot. The wind was seriously blowing so hard that I was afraid the roof might blow off a building (as you recall, that has happened to me before.) The trees weren’t blowing in the wind, they were bent over and staying bent over in the wind.

Then it started hailing...nickel sized, not too big but it was LOUD and so I pulled over to the lee of the building and avoided most of the wind and hail because everything was blowing sideways from the west and I was on the east side of the building.

The whole time, I’ve got my cell phone and I’m hollering at Steve and he’s telling me it’s almost past. Sure enough about 10-15 minutes later it all passed and I was able to drive home.

I shook for half an hour after that.


606 posted on 05/14/2008 8:32:19 AM PDT by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: 2Jedismom

Good grief. Is Oz okay this morning?

More importantly, are you okay?


607 posted on 05/14/2008 8:45:58 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands (What if Tony Almeida is the 12th Cylon?)
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To: 2Jedismom

Eek...sounds like poor Oz went out of the frying pan into the fire - hope the hail didn’t do damage. Pulling over was a good move! Glad you’re OK!


609 posted on 05/14/2008 8:52:41 AM PDT by RosieCotton
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To: 2Jedismom

I bet you were glad to have the cell phone and Steve on the other end telling you things were almost over!

That does sound scary, glad you’re ok.


610 posted on 05/14/2008 8:55:43 AM PDT by JenB
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To: 2Jedismom
I shook for half an hour after that.

Dang! I guess so! So did Oz come through the experience OK?

629 posted on 05/14/2008 1:36:59 PM PDT by SuziQ
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