Good morning! Are we all in one piece?
First Frances shows up late for the party, then she overstays her welcome.
I feel so bad for the people who are getting hit twice.
Y'all be sure to check Eye of the Storm for all the latest Frances updates. He's on this hurricane like stink on a hippie, so to speak.
Local gal Suze is also blogging the hurricane.
Here are some pics from today. My neighbor's menacing palms:
It snapped in two. There's another palm directly behind it
It was thoughtful enough to aim for a roof other than mine
UPDATE:
People are coming from out of town to loot.
They've caught 11 of them so far.
Enforcing curfew in Fort Pierce
Looks like God used some extra yeast when He made this deputy's buns
The Mercury-Redstone rocket at the entrance to Cape Kennedy
Please remember the pets put in danger by Hurricane Frances and donate to the Humane Society's Disaster Relief Fund.
UPDATE II:
The National Guard is here and ready to roll:
Activated troops will grow to as many as 6,000, Burnett said. They'll be coming in on up to 300 Humvees, carrying 15,000 gallons of their own diesel fuel with them.
The troops are self-sufficient in other ways. "They don't need a Holiday Inn. They don't get tired until three hours after everybody else. They never look for that silver-wrapped chocolate on their pillow."
Go, Guard!
The best weather broadcast I've seen so far was today when they put Hurricane Ivan up on the chart. The weatherman took his white pencil, slashed a big "X" over Ivan, wrote "GO AWAY!", then scribbled the hurricane symbol out. The crew cheered.
I think they're all giddy from lack of sleep due to continuous hurricane coverage.
Almost Over
Greetings to German blogger Heike who is covering the storm, and to Paper Frog , who has the best list I've seen so far of Floridians blogging the hurricane. Good job.
Well, we're still OK in Orlando, though our power and cable are out (I'm here via. a generator and phone line, which is unacceptable). My web host is down for the count, so I can't post any more pics. But the wind gusts are pretty strong and I can see at least one large tree down a couple of houses down from me.
Everybody stay safe, it ain't over yet.
Posted by: Pious Agnostic at September 5, 2004 02:23 PMI should've told you that's my husband's blog.....
Posted by: suzeisnotfooledbyislam at September 5, 2004 07:01 PMMy daughter had no problems with the storm besides total bordom after the lights went out!
We had no DSL or long distance this morning.(I hate the phone company) No electricity this afternoon. And right now we are just getting POUNDED with wind and rain!
Good idea linking to the Humane Society- I just kicked them a few bucks. Must be awful for critters- I know my old hounds go loopy just in a thunderstorm. (Seems to be the only thing they can hear these days).
Posted by: Paul at September 6, 2004 01:38 AMThanks, Paulie. I always send to them after I saw some picures from that enormous Midwest flood ten years ago or so. They have an emergency response operation, and they had hundreds of people out there in boats getting frightened, exhausted animals down from roofs and whereever else they ended up.
They have a legal partnership with FEMA to assist the animals in disaster areas and nothing's done willy-nilly. Good people.
Glad you are ok! We are still getting storm bands through but the wind is calming down finally.
Posted by: Kathy K at September 6, 2004 07:44 AM