When I woke up this morning, I looked out my window and saw a white world outside! I’m super excited. I was hoping it would snow one last time before I moved to Florida! Last night I was on the phone with Paul and I went outside, and it was snowing. It was so quiet and still… and it just reminded me of all the happy memories I have of us playing in the snow. I’m so excited! Sara thinks…
This is not a good year to live in Florida. * Go to Hurricane Tracker (it might take a while to load)* Click on 2004 storms and click on Ivan* Now click on Charley Now note this link
I was asked how my parents fared with Frances hitting last Saturday.I responded, “Eh, hurricanes. They’re becoming a way of life now.” I feel for the Florida residents who got hit bad by both Charley and Frances. I feel for the residents who were hit by Charley or Frances. My family fared better during Frances than during Charley, but that’s probably because Charley knocked down the unstable stuff. Apparently, we lost some more branches from the tree in the front…
As I have discovered in talking to people, apparently those outside Florida didn’t realize Charley hit us. My favorite response by an anonymous friend I was IMing:Me: we’ve been busy cleaning up our yardFriend: cleaning your yard? what?Friend (after a pause): charley! did you feel the effects of the storm?Me: the storm? did i feel it? yeah, of course!Friend: was it bad? did you get rain and thunder too?Me: it hit orlando directly as a category 2 hurricane!Friend: oh, i…
God knew I needed a distraction this weekend, so He sent a hurricane. Hurrican Charley: Orlando’s first direct hit since Donna 44 years ago. It hit Florida’s southwest coast in Port Charlotte around 2 pm (I think) as a category 4 hurricane, and then was reduced to a category 2 by the time it reached Orlando. This is my second hurricane experience. My first one was Hurricane Hugo, which hit our town of Waxhaw, North Carolina when I was 6….