Tim,

K>we dodged the bullet brother.. the first few track projections showed the eye
K>coming right up through our area, but when it dissapated to a category 2 arou
K>ft meyers and once made land fall I beleive it weakened it so much that the
K>system already in place just pushed it around and KO'd it.. all we have up he
K>is empty gas stations, empty grocery stores, motels, campgrounds, and horse
K>stables full of Floridians, about a half inch of rain and the wind never made
K>it over about 15-20 mph gusts.. That was a strange Hurricane.. the way it
K>hugged the coastline of every landmass it went to, I presume thats why all
K>their bays and beaches temporarily were drew back..

  The Florida Keys were just devastated...just like Antigua and Barbuda.
In the latter case, I think 90% of the structures on the island were
destroyed.

K>There was a lot of good hospitality here.. a couple motels lodged people free
K>as did most the campgrounds. our animal shelters are full of evacuees.. and
K>there are a few shelters open in different counties up here.. I'm about 65m N
K>of Atlanta and they faired a bit differently down there, Was listening to the
K>radio and heard a few streets were shut down because falling debris off
K>buildings.. It's weird how only a few miles can make the difference.

  There was a lot of that in Miami...a skyscraper under construction was
"raining glass shards"...and, they had to close the streets.

K>What was left of it turned into alabama, we only received I presume the very
K>edge of it, or whatever it pushed this way.. :)

  We got some rain here yesterday...maybe 1/4 of an inch, but that was
it. It was in the 60's here all day.

  With the cool summer (Little Rock never hit 100 degrees for an actual
temperature, although it did with the heat index several times), folks
are starting to wonder if we'll have a cold winter.

  The National Weather Service in Little Rock put out a very interesting
article on that, located at:

  http://www.weather.gov/lzk/coolsummer17.htm

  I'm going to have to check with the Wooly Worms, for their
prognostication. Punxatawney Phil is in hiberation until February. 

Daryl

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