>>Well, when I lived in Georgia, we had hurricane Earl. A truly redneck name for hurricane if there ever was one.
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>Hmmm ... I don't remember Earl ... I lived in Atlanta for 15 years (but I've been away more for than 5 now).
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>>Now I move to Tampa Bay and I have to put up with a storm named Harvey. Not a suave name like Ophelia (which is this year's "O" storm), no. Harvey. Oh well. Batten the hatches me maties and I'll see you on the other side!
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>My sister lives in Sarasota, so it looks like she's in for a little wet weather too. Darn, now I have to pay attention to the Weather Channel for a few days.
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>Living in CA, we never have to worry about the weather except for a few rainy months in the winter ... the rest of the year it's always the same ... boring, clear skies, no clouds and constantly sunny! But then ... there's those pesky earthquakes < bg >
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Hi Bonnie,

Then you missed Hurricane Opal (how's that for a redneck name?). Roared up from the gulf about 3 or 4 years ago. Still had gusts over 80 mph by the time it got here.