Re: Re: Jim

Let's hope so - FL needs no more storms this season at least!

Pam Evans
Kemp, TX
zone 8A
----- Original Message -----
From: james singer
Sent: 9/5/2004 1:06:58 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Jim

> I don't know if they've gotten worse, but Florida sure seems to have a 
> surplus of them this year. We've also got Ivan headed this way about 
> two weeks out. Ivan is generally following the track blazed by Charley 
> until Charley pulled an abrupt right turn over Cuba and headed up 
> Florida's west coast. Maybe Ivan will keep on trucking and end up in 
> Belize or the Yucatan.
> 
> On Sunday, September 5, 2004, at 02:14 PM, Kitty wrote:
> 
> > Lord, what a mess.  I read an article this am about a kennel that has 
> > taken
> > in animals for the duration.  They can handle 37 dogs, but they have 
> > taken
> > in 137 animals and have packed them in wherever.  Apparently the 
> > concrete
> > building should withstand the storm, but they've lost power and are 
> > working
> > in the dark.
> >
> > Is it only because I know people (you) down there now that I am more 
> > aware
> > of the hurricanes or have they gotten much worse in recent years?
> >
> > Kitty
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "james singer" <jsinger@igc.org>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2004 12:37 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Jim
> >
> >
> >> I'm here, Scottie, but thanks for asking.
> >>
> >> We [Beans and I; Ms. Fatma's in New Hampshire] are entering our second
> >> 24 hours of sporadic rain and gusty wind. No anemometer, but I'd guess
> >> they're in the 25 to 35 MPH range. The real problem is that Frances is
> >> moving so slowly--9 or 10 MPH--so it's taking what seems like forever
> >> to get out of here.
> >>
> >> Right now it appears to be crossing Charley's path. Those poor people.
> >> Apparently many of those communities had piled up the debris from
> >> Charley but hadn't had time to dispose of it, and now
> >> Frances has scattered it all over hell again.
> >>
> >> Just saw a graphic on the tube. Frances has a diameter of 366 miles, 
> >> so
> >> while it's parked over the state, a considerable amount of her hangs
> >> off both sides.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sunday, September 5, 2004, at 01:08 PM, Scottie wrote:
> >>
> >>> Has anybody heard from Jim since yesterday?
> >>>
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> >> Island Jim
> >> Southwest Florida
> >> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> >> Zone 10a
> >> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
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> Island Jim
> Southwest Florida
> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> Zone 10a
> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
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