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To: meyer

Flooding in Pinellas county, just north of Tampa. Tarpon Springs area,
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Bye bye Innisbrook 😭 I was hoping to play a few rounds there this coming March or April. Four wonderful golf courses that may be ruined by too much sea water and exceedingly high winds.


2,076 posted on 10/09/2024 5:43:36 PM PDT by LittleLinda
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To: LittleLinda

Innisbrook will be fine.


2,082 posted on 10/09/2024 5:53:08 PM PDT by numberonepal (WWG1WGA)
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To: LittleLinda

Innisbrook - My dad, in his later years, attended 4 or 5 gatherings of the 86th infantry division, US Army, from WW2. He never spoke of the war with us kids, probably not with too many people. Such is the thing when you are put in a situation where killing is kind of the norm. I’m sure there were scars.

But as he got older, he took up the offer and went to the conferences. Not to relive, but maybe to just meet with people that had been through similar. Maybe to heal a bit even.

We knew he saw action, but we never really knew much about it.

I did find out, from my mother, that dad had jumped off a troop truck with his trusty BAR and managed to take out several German infantry that had attempted to ambush his group. Somewhat of a hero, but he never talked about it. It was in Innisbrook that his action was noted again.

I know that it is also a great golf club, a very nice course. Private club of sorts. Hopefully, the saltwater won’t get to it. I will say that being on the “good” side of the hurricane, most of the flooding in that area will be freshwater rather than saltwater.


2,088 posted on 10/09/2024 6:05:40 PM PDT by meyer ("When, in the course of human events,....")
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