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Florida Only Needs One Fay - Another Intervention Letter

Started by Randy · 10 months ago

First the letter and more after the jump

Dear Tropical Storm Fay,
In the spirit of my ongoing efforts to talk storms out of their paths of destruction I must implore you to be reasonable and head toward the North Atlantic. I have milk, eggs and chicken in the frid ... Continue reading »

17 comments

  • silversurferswave

    10 months ago

    Pleeeese.... can we just pray that she'll gradually lose steam? We're in an extreme drought here in the Carolinas and we've prayed and fasted for rain. : ) I'll lend you my cyber surfboard for the next several days if it will help! You should have been in the Charlotte area when hurricane Hugo swept through in 1989. I couldn't get to my condo for several days. No power for over a week [my wife's parents waited for 4 weeks for power]. Pray that we'll get rain on your end and we'll pray that you'll enjoy uninterrupted power on our end!!! : )
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  • Randy

    10 months ago

    Yeah... I've been through three hurricanes but not ever separated from my house. I have been without power for several days ... several times. I pray you all will get rain soon.
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  • silversurferswave

    10 months ago

    I listened to the extended national weather forecast and update on Fay and it doesn't sound pretty... but we know the One Whom the winds and waves obey! Do you have a couple of lap-top batteries? I just pictured you hunkered down in a dark corner of a room with a flashlight shining down on you, donning an orange life preserver and you're typing furiously away to the sound of 100 mph winds! : ) I always get up fresh apples, bananas, raisins or other dried fruits and nuts. Peanut butter, cereal and instant dry milk and bottled water, canned sardines : ) or other canned meat like turkey or tuna. I hate to admit it, but If we're forecast to have inclement weather I'll iron a couple of shirts and pants (I hate wearing wrinkled clothes!). I started praying last night for you guys and we will continue to do so.
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  • Randy

    10 months ago

    I like that visual. If I had a lifejacket I would try to reproduce the scene for video when/if the power goes off.

    I have a bunch of tuna, peanut butter, raisins, water, batteries for my itty bitty TV ... stuff. No sardines though.

    And dude, that is funny that you iron in advance "just in case." very funny.
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  • silversurferswave

    10 months ago

    Oh, I forgot to mention how much I like the artwork you uploaded with this post! I bought a good how-to-draw/paint book at Borders over the weekend. I haven't painted/drawn anything in over 20 years and I've been aching to make the time.
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  • Randy

    10 months ago

    Thank you. Do it... everyone with a yearning to draw should. I can't wait to see what you produce.
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  • fayola

    10 months ago

    Cute :) Thanks! (I think.)
    I took some drugs so I'm emerging from a post-migraine haze. Glad Fay is still just a storm.
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  • Randy

    10 months ago

    Yikes. I had a migraine last Tuesday. Do you get that post-migraine euphoria? It's not as fun as the feeling of a post brain freeze but it's still pretty calming. They say Fay is probably going to be a cat 1 by landfall. I bet you all are getting a ton of rain right now.
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  • fayola

    10 months ago

    P.S. -- Love the part about my mom.
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  • B.T.Carolus

    10 months ago

    I think I'm glad we only have earthquakes in Cali. They're short, and for the most part you can prepare for them (even if you don't know when they're coming).
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  • Randy

    10 months ago

    Well, and I know this is just personal preference but ... I would rather be blown across land than swallowed up in it. :)
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  • B.T.Carolus

    10 months ago

    You don't get swallowed up in land if there's an earthquake. Maybe if you were a total idiot and built your house right on top of a fault. But nobody does that.

    And hey, we don't have to spend days preparing for earthquakes, hours living through them, and then days cleaning up after them...year after year.
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  • Randy

    10 months ago

    Actually, I just remembered our issues with sink holes. they just open up randomly and swallow cars, horses, houses ... stuff. Yeah... you probably got the better deal.
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  • B.T.Carolus

    10 months ago

    Is that a hurricane thing, or a reclaimed swampland thing?
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  • Randy

    10 months ago

    It's a living on a peninsula of sand and soft stone thing.
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  • Cheryl

    10 months ago

    Will be praying for you, Randy. Thanks for posting an early art piece. It's interesting to see how a person's art changes over time. I like this one.
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  • Randy

    10 months ago

    Thanks!
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