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"Dan Luke" wrote:

"Steve Chalfin" wrote:
Mobile is far enough away to add a couple of days warning time. In the
unlikely event that the storm should head toward Mobile, you could
always reposition again. These storm fly-aways are usually a
logisitical balancing act: far enough to be safe, yet close enough to
get back relatively easily.

Well, today it looks like they picked a good place to park. Now they
need to decide whether they should stay a while longer.

I am glad that we decided to ride it out, as we ahd a windoe that
required sevceral towels to soak up the water tyhat flowed through it
and an atrium that saturated its drain. Fortunately, we never lost power
(other than a few flickers), so a 15-gallon shop vac was able to drain
the atrium (about 250 gallons). According to the weather service radar
integrators, we got about 12-14 inches of raIn here. There waqs a lot
of tree debris around the property this morning; a couple of friends
lost a lot of shingles.

We certainly feel for those in the direct path of Frances -- especially
those in modular or manufactured homes. Some of them really took a hit.

I just came aback from a party at a hurricane survivors' neighbor's
housel, where we all ramarked at hoe=w fortunate we all are, so, guys,
all give a bit of thanks out there.