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Old 08-18-2008   #1 (permalink)
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Default Tropical Storm Fay on the way

Time to batten down, Should not be too bad. All our Florida brothers and sisters, take care. Protect your families and of course, your baby slks! Catch you on the other side of the storm!

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You guys are getting alot of rain... but it looks like it's breaking up. http://radar.weather.gov/Conus/full_loop.php
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give me an earthquake any day... good luck to you right coasters...
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Hope it's just a fair amount of rain and nothing else, i.e., no flooding, etc.
Hope everyone in FL stay dry.
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JBanks, just noticed you live in Valrico, I used to live in Valrico a few years ago, very nice area... I miss going to Ybor and Channelside so much...
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JBanks, just noticed you live in Valrico, I used to live in Valrico a few years ago, very nice area... I miss going to Ybor and Channelside so much...
come on back! you just missed the rain! live across from bloomingdale high school. just traded my 05 slk 350 for the new beast!
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Let's hope for safe passage of the storm.
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Send it our way!!!!
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Send it our way!!!!

2nd that, at least some of it, we're dry as a bone around here.
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Good luck, guys!
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I'm high and dry with no water damage in my house, The news is showing gaters crusing the streets on the eastern side of town
Glad to hear Bill, saw some pics and that's alot of water. I read people are having to dodge the snakes as well.
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Darn good thing that Floridians don't have basements.
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Bill, looking at your signiture picture....how high is the water up your driveway?

Hopefully you are not in a flooding area!

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Darn good thing that Floridians don't have basements.
and we don't know how to vote either!
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Good luck guys - I just made it back to Louisiana today, the leg through Jacksonville was fortunately uneventful!
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Good luck guys - I just made it back to Louisiana today, the leg through Jacksonville was fortunately uneventful!
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