A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....09-23-03....Isabel

9/23/03 | FreeTheHostages

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Hurricane War Stories

Tell us your Isabel war story here, if indeed you have electricity to do so.

Well, it was not the prettiest radar image for weather.


Having spent the last week staring at loads of NOAA weather graphs, all my block has to show for the event is a tree right across from my house that basically aimed at my house but was too small to hit it. Two of my neighbors helped me saw it away and we opened up our street for business. I'm not certain, but it may well be illegal to clear a downed tree on public ground in this city!

The winds around here never got too bad, their worst in DC was around midnight:



But that was strong enough to leave many homes without power, and I and many other volunteers worked our muscles sore after the storm distributing ice to powerless neighbors. My hurricane relief work will have to constitute my excuse for missing the DC Chapter's meeting Sunday, but rumor has it tgslTakoma was out of electricity and so cooked up a storm of food for the meeting!

Well, that hurricane behaved just like a Democrat, didn't it? Mindlessly destructive and noisy!
Hmm, sounds like a top ten list. Share with us your hurricane war story and I'll share with you my hurricane top ten list.



Top Ten Reasons that Isabel was a Democrat

10. It was an expensive mess.

 9. The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit didn't try to stop it.

 8. It received an inordinate amount of press attention.

 7. It harmed rich and poor alike.

 6. It behaved irrationally.

 5. It favored the East Coast of the U.S.

 4. It gave federal government workers two days off for free.

 3. Its statistics were overblown, inaccurate, and highly misleading.

 2. It was mindlessly noisy.

and the number one reason why Isabel is a Democrat . . . .  1. It thrived on hot air.

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[JustAmy]

LOL .... They are having too much fun.

I'm missing my friends at the Finest!!!

[JustAmy]

[firebrand]

No, no one was injured. It just went clunk, sideways, along the curb.

[mountaineer]

I'm sorry you won't be able to make it! Absolutely, we must do this every few months or so.

[Billie]

Oh my gosh, what an ordeal - what a story you had to tell! Thank goodness your family was not hurt, though I can imagine how scared you must have been when you arrived home to 'see' what had happened.

[Mama_Bear]

Free, this is a great post! I just love how your colorful personality comes through in your backgrounds and borders. You make me smile. :-)

And, your "top ten" are great! Especially this one....
9. The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit didn't try to stop it. LOL.

There is something about a storm, isn't there? Of course, not one that does property damage or takes lives....but, I think there is something exciting about a good rip-roaring storm. Maybe it's just me. I live in an area where we don't get many exciting storms.......we are lucky to get any rain at all between May and the end of October.

But, I know, for those in Isabel's path, the damage was extensive, and I am so very thankful that this hurricane wasn't any worse than she was.

Hello sistahs and FRiends. Hugs all around!

[Billie]

Great job on the graphics. I *love* your style!

I do, too! I get such a kick out of seeing what she's come up with this time! LOL

[Billie]

Hi, Gail - thanks for your comment about the little mouse I posted on Amy's thread. Hard to keep up with that thread and this one, too, and get anything else done!

[Billie]

Hi, Meg - Free comes up with the BEST Top Ten Lists! She's done several Ton Tens on other subjects, and they're all funny! (a heck of a lot funnier than Letterman's!) :)

[Billie]

LOL Dave! That's funny, because I just mentioned Free's "Top Tens" are way funnier than Letterman's EVER are!

[Billie]

Good evening, my friend. :)

[The Mayor]

Good evening Billie

[Billie]

Thanks, Meekie. I forget to use all these cute little gifs stored on my server, and get to thinking I should use more of them and more often! It's easier to just answer a ping or type a comment without them, and I find myself 'not' using the graphics that I'm so fond of!

[Billie]

I'm so sorry you will miss this year's Ohio gathering, Dutchess. Know how much you were looking forward to it again.

[MEG33]

Letterman needs to hire Free!

[deadhead]

Texas Sunset

And a good evening to you too, my friend :-)

[ohioWfan]

BUMMER!!!

We will MISS you, dutchess!! I was SO looking forward to seeing you again!

[Aquamarine]

That looks great! His eye color is brown (light)...looks like you matched it though.

[deadhead]

Aqua, your Dad's photo looks awesome :-) I am so impressed with SD's talent.

[FreeTheHostages]

Thanks. Hurricanes are serious things, so when I say Isabel is like a Democrat -- well, you can make fun of a Democrat but there's no doubt that they can do serious damage. tsglTakoma's war story and photos of that tree are proof of that! So I just hope no one thinks I was making light of the power of the hurricane: believe you me, I didn't even think of going outside while it was going on!