Re: [RC] We survived Hurricane Charley - Truman Prevatt
The 40 miles from me to you makes a big difference. I had one or two
little showers and a period of about 20 minutes of 20 or so mph winds.
The weather has been worse today than yesterday. I want to ride this
morning but got rained out.
The actual error in the forecast was actually small. If it had been
coming straight on perpendicular to the coast it would have been no
more than 20 miles or so. But coming almost parallel to the coast the
small turn to the right ended up being about 150 miles.
The storm did make us clean up a lot of things that needed to be
cleaned up.
We
are back and are cleaning up. Right now we are getting the rogue
storms that come from a hurricane but I rather have a big mess than no
house. My son who is in Afganistan learned of a direct hit to Tampa,
he emailed me several times and was very worried........ I thought it
was cute, he is in Afganistan and he is worried about me. Emailed him
back and told him everyone is ok.
I
spoke to Debbie Parsons last night and this morning. She is fine and
all animals are doing well. Her house is somewhat of a disaster inside
due to move things around for protection. She even cleaned out her
laundry room, washer, dryer and all to keep her young baby and mom in
it. Last heard Debbie was gonna get hit hard after the turn but then I
think she caught the outer walls. We just got rain and normal wind
problems and I suppose Truman got the same. As for my brother and his
family, he has a house on clearwater beach and evacuated to Lakeland to
get out of the hurricane, they were all ready prepared to loose
everything. Little did he know they headed right into the path of the
hurricane. The bad part most people that evacuated went to where the
hurricane was. Truman is right, this is my 2nd and you never move
until you see what happens over Cuba. Now we will be watching to see
what the Tropical Storm #5 is doing out there in the Atlantic. I am
happy to say we will see you all out on the trail again this year.
Hey
Howard. Where are ya bud...........
Teri
Hunter
SE
-- "It is necessary to be noble, and yet take humility as a basis
"It
is necessary to be noble, and yet
take humility as a basis.
It is necessary
to be exalted, and yet take modesty as a foundation."
