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

9/23/03 | FreeTheHostages

[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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[FreeTheHostages]

Yup. Some yuppie parts of Maryland even passed an ordinance prohibiting the electric company from pruning the tree too much. And whenever they do prune, they get complaints.

[MEG33]

Great Idea,Free!Thanks for the Hurricane post!

[FreeTheHostages]

'welcome

[MEG33]

What a story.Glad no one was hurt and hope things get back to normal soon.Great pics!

[MEG33]

God bless you for your volunteer work.((((((Free))))))

[FreeTheHostages]

A new inlet that Hurricane Isabel caused at Cape Hatteras:

[FreeTheHostages]

A good NOAA photo of the Thing.

[MEG33]

This Hurricane did more damage in some areas than had been done in years.Was it the surge that did this ?I am down in Texas but kept up on the Hurricane threads.

[Diver Dave]

Afternoon, Freezy. Great presentation today.

I think your top ten list should be sent to Letterman. Surely CBS will be more than happy to put this out on the airwaves.

[FreeTheHostages]

Now why didn't I think of that? CBS -- of course!!

[FreeTheHostages]

The shore areas were clobbered by a surge pretty much hitting at high tide and the high wins. It was still a Category 2 when it first came ashore, mind you.

Inland areas and tidal Virginia was hurt mostly by flooding.

Here, the winds knocked down trees and caused power outages.

[Billie]

Quick thinking, YourAd. :) I don't think 'they' ever like to hear people actually support President Bush, do they? :)

Hi, Jimmy's Bro. :)

[MEG33]

Zavien Doombringer just got his power back. It's been out since Thursday.

[Billie]

Dutchess! (Waving hello/goodbye as we always seem to be coming and/or going at different times) :)

[Billie]

Saying hello, Finest Guys. Appreciate the daily flyovers and coffee and everthang!

[Billie]

Hi, girlFRiends.

[iceskater]

I hadn't seen that picture of Izzy before. She was huge.

[deadhead]

Great presentation, FreeTheHostages.
Top 10 list, LOL. We fared well here in New York. Some winds, very little rain.
Thoughts are with those who suffered from the wrath of Isabel.

[MeekOneGOP]

You bet. Thank you ! Neat gif there, too ! :O)

[deadhead]

I absolutely LOVE the picture of my Dad. Excellent work, SD. Sending you freepmail.