Matt Mc_Carthy wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

 MMC> 11 Sep 2004, 20:06, Roy J. Tellason (1:270/615), wrote to WAYNE
 MMC> CHIRNSIDE: 

 MMC> Hi Roy.

 RJT> WAYNE CHIRNSIDE wrote in a message to MATT MC_CARTHY:

 WC>> Bad weather?
 WC>> Whatever do you mean ;-)
 WC>> Wayne, Saint Petersburg Florida

 RJT> Nice to see you're still doing okay...

 RJT> That next one seems like it's headed a bit further to the west,  
 RJT> though.  Watching things with some interest.

 MMC> I'm a more than a little interested in that "bit further to the
 MMC> west" part. :-((

No surprise there,  you being where you are and all.

 MMC> Actually, I hope it keeps heading due west towards Mexico then
 MMC> dies before it gets there.  We haven't had a good one since 1947,
 MMC> then a smaller one followed the same path in 1948.  "Betsy" hit us
 MMC> in 19 sixty-something, but we had no wind damage.  The five weeks
 MMC> of flooding was caused by the City forgetting to close the
 MMC> floodgates on the Intracoastal waterway!

Heh.  Nothing like competence in "official" circles,  eh?   :-)

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