[Patton@Bastogne]

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Felis_irritable,

BTW, my mother-in-law has a winter place close to Ft. Myers. She thinks it's OK, I think she's in denial. We'll find out in a day or two.


I live in the Tampa-St. Pete area. Yes, it's true that Tampa was the media's focus for three days straight ...

BUT ... EVERY televised Hurricane Charley forecast showed a pretty wide "probable target zone" that extended at least 100 hundred miles EITHER SIDE on the "straight path" to Tampa.


The poor folks (some deceased) in Sanibel, Captiva, Fort Meyers, and points north simply have no excuse for getting caught in the storm. They were just plain IDIOTS.


Previous hurricanes have taught "real" Floridans (as opposed to DAMNED transplanted Chicago and New York liberal Yankees) that hurricanes are quite unpredictable.


"Real Floridians" know how to vote at a ballot box (even if they're democrats), don't call this state "FLA-RAH-DAH", and RESPECT alligators, sharks, and hurricanes.



The "trailer park" town that was wiped out ?

Average age is 70 years old. That says it all. Just a bunch of stupid elderly AARP medicade-junkies living in flimsey house trailers, driving and killing younger folks and familis off the highways during the rest of the year.


BTW. Your mother-in-law's house ? It's history ... Maybe she'll do us all a favor and Stay-Up-North ...


Patton@Bastogne


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[Felis_irritable]

Ahem.

I think I feel your pain (or maybe not).

Mother in law is so conservative, and has been all her life, that she made Goldwater look liberal.

If in fact her house is gone, I doubt she'll replace it. She will most likely keep herself and her disposable income where you want her to.

[Howlin]

Here is a NHC alert that very morning:

ZCZC MIATCPAT3 ALL
TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM
BULLETIN
HURRICANE CHARLEY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 16A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
7 AM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004

...HURRICANE CHARLEY ON TRACK...WIND GUSTS TO 124 MPH IN CUBA...

A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS FROM THE
DRY TORTUGAS TO THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE...AND FOR THE FLORIDA WEST
COAST FROM EAST CAPE SABLE NORTHWARD TO THE STEINHATCHEE RIVER. A
HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
WITHIN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. PREPARATIONS
SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION.

Now, what area emcompasses East Cape Sable northward to Steinhatchee River?

[Gabz]

Have a nasty steak in you, don't you?