Florida roll calls

[Michele Rushworth]

S.B., do you mean that it must have been like the rejoicing during the Chinese Lantern Festival, when the lights come on?

[ReNae Stueve]

This time, I was in Chicago........I'd left before we got word that it was coming, and my daughter sat out the storm at the shelter at school (Rollins College).

Lost a China Berry this time. We had just gotten the Ear Tree out of the back yard. I've got an inch of standing water (stinky) in the whole yard again, and the shingles MUST be replaced now. Compared to many others we were very lucky again.

That's 3 for me.... If this had not completely destroyed the real estate market, I'd be putting up a for-sale sign. My soul mate is in Northern Illinois, and we turn 50 this year, and have decided, some place like Chattanooga, would be a great change of pace for both of us......

[Allan Rahbek]

Hi Cynthia and you other Floridians that have to live with the weather.

I think that I know how you feel about weaterfronts, because it is a natural part of my primary job, as a thatcher, to be aware of the winds and the rain.

Whenever there is a hurricane brewing in the Atlantic I know that it will touch America somewhere, and thereafter turn right, and hurry on to the coast of Denmark.

Normally it shows up as a well used, second hand autumn storm. But now and then it is still a genuine hurricane, that rip off my tarpaulins and do all kind of tricks to entertain.

So my request, to you in the front line, would be to plant some more Palm Trees, as they seems to be the ones that stand.

This, of cause, is not a serious suggestion, but just a way to say that we have something else, than paint, in common.

Allan