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    anyone know how long this hurricano is likely to last? when are we likely to be able to re-establish comms with DS? presumably even when he has (we all hope!) emerged from his shelter, there´ll be no power for a while.

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    apparently there´s 13´000 electric personell<img src=smilies/icon_smile_shock.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> waiting for it to pass to go in and re-establish power along with alot of other rescue personell. so i think it wont be long. but since the eye is passing so damm close to his house, there might be more debri for the workers to get through, or wade through.

    57 out of 67 counties in Florida have some degree of significant power loss. Orlando area was fairly badly hit. More concern now is the amount of water that´s been dumped on the ground. There´s a little town just south of Orlando that is the direct nexus of both Charley´s path and Frances´. Hope all is OK. Death toll was not as great as it could have been. Still a few souls were lost. <img src=smilies/icon_smile_sad.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>

    Ga got a little of the damage as well. Muti thousands out of power and having to pull power crews from other states as well.

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    it´s only going to get worse over the next few years. in the end hardly anyone will be able live there, there´ll be too many vicious storms, and insurance companies will deem it too high a risk to provide cover.

    "for once, i`ll actually tell you what i was thinking; but maybe i won`t have anything to say.."

    <font size=1 face="trebuchet ms"><BLOCKQUOTE><hr size=1 noshade>it´s only going to get worse over the next few years. in the end hardly anyone will be able live there, there´ll be too many vicious storms <hr size=1 noshade></BLOCKQUOTE></font><font face=´trebuchet ms, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica´ size=2> huh? Where did that come from? Is there something you know that the meteorologists don´t?

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    Earlier, it was posted that global warming effects are on the increase. Also, the hurricane paths were projected to point more and more towared the north. Although Ivan seems not to have heard about it...<img src=smilies/icon_smile_tongue.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> Already, many glaciers in the northern latitudes have receded significantly enough to impose changes to Inuit and Eskimo lifestyles. The receding ice also corresponds with a gradual rise in global sea levels. So what Taw is referring to is not born of some kind of &quot;Mufti voodoo&quot; but currently observable global change.

    It´s difficult to tell whether the changes in temperature are directly due to pollution and the greenhouse effect or whether we´re just going through another slight wobble in the earths orbit (the same cause behind the ice ages). Or even if both are making a contribution. If it is just a slight wobble in the Earth´s orbit though, it could start to get colder again in 10 years time?

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    This is true. In the end, they are all &quot;global warming effects.&quot; <img src=smilies/icon_smile_tongue.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>

    Hey everyone we survived...it was such a wussy storm though...but the 10 hours of winds kinds sucked a little. We got our power last night around like 7ish i think and well it is great ot have AC again!!! <img src=smilies/icon_smile_big.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> but thnaks to everyone for caring it shows a lot for TLR...more than just a fan site <img src=smilies/icon_smile_big.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle><img src=smilies/icon_smile_big.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle><img src=smilies/icon_smile_big.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> Well everything is goin well....but S*** here comes that rat Bas**** Ivan!!! oh well i have a feelin he´ll miss my area completely and either go a way north of Orlando or way west... but i doubt he´ll tag us directly but who knows right? The weather is all screwey...hell the entire world is going to hell in a hand basket ya know. thanks again for caring...means a lot <img src=smilies/icon_smile_big.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> &quot;To live is to die....but living is to die slowly..why waste time on trivial things just play as hard as you can&quot;

    "To live is to die....but living is to die slowly..why waste time on trivial things just play as hard as you can"

    i wonder if your luck will be crappy enough to have hurricane zacariah (sp?) come at you. other than that, welcome back!<img src=smilies/icon_smile.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> i think im the first to say that <img src=smilies/icon_smile.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> hope your tiles are intact. 10hours of winds.. ahh, sounds nice. how´s the car and windows? your garden? fresh garden salad?

    everything came through ok...garden salad that cute <img src=smilies/icon_smile_tongue.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>

    "To live is to die....but living is to die slowly..why waste time on trivial things just play as hard as you can"

    Lucky man. I´m glad it turned out ok. if it gets worse in the next few years, and these huge storms become a regular thing, are you going to carry on living there?

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    <A href=´http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/east/latest_eastir.gif´ Target=_Blank>Ivan</a> is expected to make landfall monday night or tuesday morning on the west side of Flordia. At the moment shes a Cat. 4 hurrican but is expected to become a Cat. 5 within the next day or two. Last time i checked winds were somewhere around 145 or 150. I hope that one steer clear of you again DS, I think the said somewhere around Tampa for this one. Edited by - Matt8705 on 9/9/2004 9:39:11 PM

    Damn, man. Florida´s gotta be hating this by now. Two Category 4 hurricanes in a matter of weeks and now an almost Cat-5 hurricane? How much more beating can you Floridians take?

    Good to hear your ok DS. <font size=1 face="trebuchet ms"><BLOCKQUOTE><hr size=1 noshade>and insurance companies will deem it too high a risk to provide cover. <hr size=1 noshade></BLOCKQUOTE></font><font face=´trebuchet ms, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica´ size=2> According to the Insurance Times that i get at work is that damage is expected to be between $3bn and $6bn (£1.7bn &amp; £3.4bn) This is just Frances damage estimates.

    ow thats just too bad<img src=smilies/icon_smile_sad.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> remember to blow real hard<img src=smilies/icon_smile.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>