Posted on 09/08/2004 9:07:28 PM PDT by Aquamarine
Billie made the spitball graphic for me and did such a good job on it. Someone posted that picture of W in the heartland in here a week ago but can't remember who it was. It sure made a good pledge graphic.
Oh, now I see it was you who commented on the pledge graphic. Yeah, that picture of President Bush really captures his good spirit. He seems to really love his country.
Saw where the storm took a toll on SC. We got lucky here, the worst of it went around us and came up the backside of the NC mountains. Looked like Asheville had some serious flooding. Hated to see that in such a pretty part of the country.
About that Welcome graphic. DollyCali has me on her e-mail list and sent some pictures to me a few days ago. I snatched the one of that hat up pronto. It just had that Finest look to it. :)
Oh Aqua, this is the soggiest birthday I can ever remember having and now we've got Ivan coming. I wonder if GOD is telling those liberals in Florida that they had better straighten out their act and reminding us that we shouldn't stoop to the level of the liberals and emmulate them?
Florida has become too overpopulated for a stormy season like this, it's too hard to evacuate everyone at once now. It's a mess.
I know, it's just so strange that on an election year and right before the election Florida suffers so much. I can't remember when they've had so many storms so close together!
Just received a call from my son in Key West. Evacuating the Keys. They have been moving boats out of the water all day. Told him to please leave - he said no, he is staying.
Hell of a birthday call, isn't it? Will be worried until I hear from him again.
He said that South Florida is depleted of everything, only thing in abundance is rain water, sea water and river water.
Your Essay was FANTASTIC, as usual, talented Freeper JohnHuang! Thank you, and thank you, Aqua!
That's not good news Dixie. Hope he changes his mind about that.
We have 
frantically making snap decisions about which 
to employ - Recycle myth Bin # 1 - # 2 - # 3 - etc. ?????
He burst on the scene with this bravado image - 
Then we perceived this one - 
How now, Boston Brown Cow?? 
Does he still believe the Old Polls??!!
Now you/ve done it, JH - brought tears to his eyes - - - ..:))
Hugs,
~ LadyX
Too, too cute. (( LadyX ))
John I hope you're gettin outa there!
Where (how) do you come up with this?! lol!
LOL!
Good to see you!
Know I speak for all of us who come here in saying we truly appreciate your efforts.
JH - your essays are the highlight of our weeks....thank you seems so inadequate for the edification and delight you bring to us...:)))
Steve and Sandy did all right in Ft. Lauderdale, but are pondering whether to evacuate tomorrow morning if Ivan comes to call near South Florida.
Sandy reports the store shelves are already just about bare.
Kevin called this morning to say the West Palm Beach area was without cell phone satellites to communicate until today. Their power is still out for the unforseeable future.
They sustained only some screen damage on their back porch, and with the generator, had limited power - including using a window a/c in their master bedroom for comfort.
When the water was rising in the streets, he and a friend went to the storm drain and unclogged debris, getting it under control.
However, the area's sewer system is rapidly filling up, and *might* soon begin to back up into their bathroom drains - - imagine this is so in many areas.
He had a crisis situation during the storm, their family visiting at a neighbor's. Kevin and Susan's 16-year old son, Christopher, experienced extreme back pain and lost consciousness three times. Kevin was holding him, and he went into mini seizures.
The friend in whose home they were happened to be a physician, but not a neurologist - called 911 and paramedics arrived shortly - taken to ER, and cannot find the cause. Lab t4ests showed nothing; nor x-rays.
(Prayers for my grandson, please?)
If Ivan nears Florida, they now plan to go to her parents' house, since their own house was built a year before Andrew and the roof might be vulnerable in a Cat 4 or 5 hurricane.
Yes, dixie, South Carolina set a record for the number of tornados accompanying a hurricane, at 40, as of yesterday.
I can't imagine your son wanting to remain in Key West, and do pray for his safety. I assume your brother is all right in Ft. Lauderdale?
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