[jeffers]

I live out where the tanks were yanking cars out of the snowpiles, if you remember that.

Four inches can turn into four feet, overnight, but you can see twisters coming from a looooonnnnnggg way off.

[Miss Marple]

We were in Evansville that year, and you have never seen such incompetence. In a normal year, Evansville gets less than 6 inches of snow all year. They didn't know what to do with 14 inches intwo days.

Meanwhile, my parents, who lived just south of Indianapolis, were without power for four days. The National Guard had to bring electrical power line guys into their area in a half-track. Fortunately my parents had a wood-burning stove and a bunch of canned goods.

I am making sure we are prepared for this winter. I hope some of those who are living through this hurricane will come on those threads and offer advice and sympathy.