Saturday, August 14, 2004
Coffee klatch
Hello kiddies! Now, can anyone tell me what a "klatch" is? Lots of people "klatch," so why not we? Pull up a chair and I'll pour out a tall cup of java while we wait for an answer. Coffee this morning is Gevalia Chocolate Raspberry, music is First Call's album Sacred Journey.
Tropical storm Bonnie has exited the New England States, and Charley is heading northward, albiet a weaker storm now than hit Florida. Daylight will reveal much of the damage, but it is good for some of Florida that the sustained winds that brought it to a Catagory Four rating yesterday morning seemed to diminish fairly rapidly. However, Punta Gorda and other cities in Lee, Charlotte, Manatee and Sarasota counties experienced the full bore hit of Charley. Tragically, a mobile home park produced a large loss of life, with possibly hundreds of people reported missing.
Charley presents a problem for me and M, however. On one map last night, it looked like the center of tropical storm Charley would be right over M's home area at 8 am on Sunday, and we were going to move her later that morning. It would not be a good time to drive a 14-foot UHaul truck up the interstate with tropical force winds and lots of rain. This morning, the map shows Charley possibly passing through at 1 pm on Sunday, but I'm going to suggest that we do this today and beat the storm.
Next week, I won't be blogging alone, as M joins me at the keyboard. 55 days until the wedding! And in an interesting coincidence, my two-year blog anniversary will occur on October 9th, my wedding day! Wow, what a lot of words have traveled out of the blog house since then!
Have a wonderful day!
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Tropical storm Bonnie has exited the New England States, and Charley is heading northward, albiet a weaker storm now than hit Florida. Daylight will reveal much of the damage, but it is good for some of Florida that the sustained winds that brought it to a Catagory Four rating yesterday morning seemed to diminish fairly rapidly. However, Punta Gorda and other cities in Lee, Charlotte, Manatee and Sarasota counties experienced the full bore hit of Charley. Tragically, a mobile home park produced a large loss of life, with possibly hundreds of people reported missing.
Charley presents a problem for me and M, however. On one map last night, it looked like the center of tropical storm Charley would be right over M's home area at 8 am on Sunday, and we were going to move her later that morning. It would not be a good time to drive a 14-foot UHaul truck up the interstate with tropical force winds and lots of rain. This morning, the map shows Charley possibly passing through at 1 pm on Sunday, but I'm going to suggest that we do this today and beat the storm.
Next week, I won't be blogging alone, as M joins me at the keyboard. 55 days until the wedding! And in an interesting coincidence, my two-year blog anniversary will occur on October 9th, my wedding day! Wow, what a lot of words have traveled out of the blog house since then!
Have a wonderful day!
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