I wonder if this is the same trampoline:
Posted on 10/24/2005 2:18:01 AM PDT by NautiNurse
Hey, I'll take laughter over the other choices any day. Something cleansing and invigorating just "happens" when you laugh! I'll be praying for your friend, his wife and MIL! Meanwhile, you help keep him laughing!
Prayers that you and all your family are safe, NN.
God bless...
FL State press conference is on now.
Jeb Bush coming up shortly ... Jeb, the anti-Blanco.
Just coaxed the dogs outside...it's chilly!!!! (at least by Florida standards, LOL)
oh no. My backyard neighbors have a trampoline set up. I'm not home.
Went to the folks. In a couple hours I'm going back to see what happened.
Sarasota - it's cold out - weird
Thank you, FRiend. All is fine here.
http://stormedition.naplesnews.com/news/2005/oct/24/commissioner_relieved_lack_damage/
Commissioner relieved at lack of damage
By Larry Hannan (Contact)
Monday, October 24, 2005
Fred Coyle never thought he'd be relieved while a Category 3 hurricane was within Collier County.
But when Coyle, the Collier commission chairman, left the safety of the county's Emergency Operations Center to survey the damage within the city of Naples he was relieved to find the damage from Hurricane Wilma wasn't as bad as he feared.
Coyle found flooding wasn't that bad and no structures had been seriously damaged. That cheered Coyle up even after his car stalled due to the flooding and he had to be rescued by another county vehicle.
Most of the downtown area has 2 to 3 feet of water in the roads and swalls, but that isn't coming from storm surge. It's coming from the rain, Coyle said.
"The power is out and we have a lot of debris in the streets," Coyle said. "This is as good as can be expected."
Coyle said observed more damage when he was driving around Naples. He saw downed power lines around the Gordon River bridge that had not been knocked down when he first left the EOC.
The commissionerÂ’s car stalled at Ninth Street South and Ninth Avenue South. That was an area with particularly deep water, he said.
Coyle expressed frustration that the back part of the storm was so powerful.
"We had hoped once the eye had passed we would get a break," Coyle said. "That doesn't seem to be happening." At 8:30 a.m. a 120 mile per hour gust of wind was recorded at the EOC, which is at the intersection of Airport Road and U.S. 41.
Speaking at 7 a.m. from the Collier Emergency Operations Center, Emergency Management Director Dan Summers said early reports indicated minimal storm surge in East Naples, North Naples and the city of Naples.
Marco did get some surge. Summers said there are reports that Collier Boulevard is under water on the southern part of the island near Caxambas Pass.
The county has no reports on Everglades City, and that is the area of most concern now, Summers said.
"All the reports are still sketchy," Summers said. "But the news appears to be good so far."
The speed of the hurricane may have limited storm surge, Summers said.
County officials hope Wilma passes by noon. The eye of the storm passed over Cape Romano earlier in the day.
urges people to remain hunkered down. Don't be fooled by the lull in the eye. Wait until storm has completely passed. West side will be as strong or stronger. Sugnificant flloding in the Keys. Onshore winds will remain so will take a while to subside. Threat of tornadoes will continue until 11 AM same for east coast flood warning. Residents of Keys should continue to shelter in place. Day after the storm is when many people tragically lose their lofe. Saty off roads, keep open for emergency vehicles. Fla NG on the move 3000 mobilized another 3K on alert. (paraphrasing) ...
Just ran a forecast error analysis and by a huge margin the UKMET has been the top model for Wilma so far.
The two worst, and both disastrously bad, have been the Canadian (CMC) and LBAR...both have managed to be worse than XTRP (simple straight line extrapolation of current motion.)
WHAT AN AMAZING DIFFERENCE TO WHAT WE SAW ON THE TUBE DURING KATRINA
The water on the other side of FL is still warm enough to be a problem. I just hope she doesn't strengthen and swing westward some.
Jeb now reporting in Spanish
I wonder if this is the same trampoline:
From the looks of the Miami radar, the western edge of the storm is just now crossing the west coast of Florida and no precipitation is seen to the west. Don't know about the winds, but can you folks on the west coast see sunshine yet?
I called him a few moments ago, and I was joking with him, trying to get him to open the door and stick his phone out, so I could hear the wind.
So..he said..."Hold on"
And he turned on the vaccuum cleaner.
"Did you hear that?"
As I said, he's a funny guy.
Hunkered in the bathroom with his four huge Weimereiner dogs, and every ten or fifteen minutes he ventures down the hall to peek out the slit in the window.
Has his TV turned on really loud so he can hear it in the bathroom, and dragged his lap top in there too.
He's drinking a lot of Scotch today, as you can imagine.
I was just listening to Governor Jeb. We really wound up with the smarter Bush down here, didn't we? ;-)
No offense to folks, but I'm a libertarian and I think Gov Jeb is OK. I have lefty friends who think he's OK. Naturally, my GOP friends think he hung the moon for the most part.
Really not too bad, as politicians go.
I'm in Pinellas. Just looked out the window...blue sky behind the clouds is peaking through.
Still windy and cold!
Current Tampa conditions
current temp: 62°F
real feel: 51°F
relative humidity: 93%
barometer: 29.46 inches
wind speed: 29 mph
direction: N
visibility: 5 miles
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