FLfinfan it's time for you to check in.

Bayou Titan · 08-28-2006, 07:13 PM

Try to keep us posted. We are concerned about your safety.

lee955i · 08-28-2006, 11:57 PM

Baaah, I still plan on playing some golf this weekend

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Cheers, Lee S.

cassio · 08-29-2006, 08:52 AM

let's see... from my office window @ my house i can see the Bay, looks pretty calm..... wish my friend's were off so I could go wakeboarding....

i love the calm before the storm...

FLfinfan · 08-29-2006, 10:28 AM

Unless it pulls a Charley (from a Cat 1 to a Cat 3 or 4 overnight), we should be alright. I worry more about tornados dropping out of the sky with these small canes. This could only be a Cat 1 or even a tropical storm. Regardless, shutters started going up yesterday. Got fuel, food, water etc.... No school tomorrow. Whatever it is, it will come right over the top of us weds/thurs.

**konigfritz** · 08-29-2006, 10:30 AM

yeah it looks like it's heading to my neck of the woods just as a cold front is supposed to move through, we could have tornados, I hate that!

FLfinfan · 08-30-2006, 04:53 AM

1st rain band woke me up about 6:30 this morning. Wind is not bad, right now, not expected to get bad either. Between 40 and 50 mph tops, probably lower. It is gonna go right over the top of us.
Gonna get lots of rain though. "Fortress FinFan" is buttoned up, but there was probably no need this time. Just could not wait till it was on top of us to start the hunker down procedures. You just never know, so it's better to be prepped than to be caught off guard. They say it could still spin off tornadic activity, so I guess it's ok to put the shutters up.
Missing a day or two of football practice though. That stinks.

NoDakota · 08-30-2006, 05:55 AM

FinFan, just curious - where are you in SOFLA, I just moved to Ocala from Lauderdale last Dec. One of the reasons was I was sick and tired of the shutter drill.

cassio · 08-30-2006, 11:15 AM

what school do you attend? college i am assuming....

i will be at the UF game this weekend and maybe the UCF v. UF game next sat for my b-day hangin out in the club boxes.

although i attended USF my GF's mom get's me hooked up in her friend's clubhouse box.

Helinut1970 · 08-30-2006, 11:21 AM

I think this storm moved the leaves on my tree out front. Better go check! Just an overcast day here. Kind of like MI winters without the cold!

lee955i · 08-30-2006, 12:32 PM

Ya, just rain here, and not heavy yet.
Cheers, Lee S.

cassio · 08-30-2006, 12:38 PM

last night was crazy out on the boat @ lake tarpon... we were out late ~820 and the eastern sky was ablaze with lightning.... a little heavy rain yesterday for ~20 min. but today is like mentioned above a dark northern winter day.

FLfinfan · 08-30-2006, 01:12 PM

"The heavy stuff is not suppossed to come down for awhile" (Bill Murray - Caddie Shack), I guess after dark. But all in all, I've seen worse afternoon thunder showers than this.
I put my shutters up yesterday and had them down by 2:30 pm today. The storm degraded that bad and that fast. Heck I went to the mall today. Would not have done that the last 2 years. This storm was a cupcake.

FLfinfan · 08-30-2006, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by NoDakota

FinFan, just curious - where are you in SOFLA, I just moved to Ocala from Lauderdale last Dec. One of the reasons was I was sick and tired of the shutter drill.

East coast, Central Florida, can watch shuttle launches from my front yard.

FLfinfan · 08-30-2006, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by cassio

what school do you attend? college i am assuming....

i will be at the UF game this weekend and maybe the UCF v. UF game next sat for my b-day hangin out in the club boxes.

although i attended USF my GF's mom get's me hooked up in her friend's clubhouse box.

I'm a high school coach.

lee955i · 08-30-2006, 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by FLfinfan

East coast, Central Florida, can watch shuttle launches from my front yard.

Cool, I (meaning, the wife) has relatives in T-Ville

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Cheers, Lee S.