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Title: Better get a life vest Fredericks!
Post by: Flat1ander on June 26, 2012, 02:35:26 PM
It was pretty funny to have someone disrupt a meeting today with, "does anybody have family in New Port Richey?". Apparently that whole area of Florida is flooded really badly, so in all seriousness I hope you have a rowboat Fredericks!

http://newportrichey.patch.com/articles/evacuation-order-issued-in-west-pasco (http://newportrichey.patch.com/articles/evacuation-order-issued-in-west-pasco)
Title: Re: Better get a life vest Fredericks!
Post by: fonpr on June 26, 2012, 03:41:48 PM
Quote from: Flat1ander on June 26, 2012, 02:35:26 PM
It was pretty funny to have someone disrupt a meeting today with, "does anybody have family in New Port Richey?". Apparently that whole area of Florida is flooded really badly, so in all seriousness I hope you have a rowboat Fredericks!

http://newportrichey.patch.com/articles/evacuation-order-issued-in-west-pasco (http://newportrichey.patch.com/articles/evacuation-order-issued-in-west-pasco)
It is pretty bad.  We have more flooding from Tropical Storm Debby than we did from Hurricane Elana.  We're on relatively high ground.  Many people aren't.

Our lake is really filled up.  The water is usually 18 inches below the base of the dock; now it's 12 inches below the top of the railing.

(http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s479/FredericksOfNPR/IMG_2303.jpg)
Title: Re: Better get a life vest Fredericks!
Post by: not that clay on June 26, 2012, 05:23:40 PM
It's nice to know you live by a lake, but I always picture you as camping by the sinkhole.
Title: Re: Better get a life vest Fredericks!
Post by: fonpr on June 26, 2012, 05:42:42 PM
Quote from: not that clay on June 26, 2012, 05:23:40 PM
It's nice to know you live by a lake, but I always picture you as camping by the sinkhole.
I do do that frequently.
Title: Re: Better get a life vest Fredericks!
Post by: dave from knoxville on June 26, 2012, 06:29:46 PM
I wouldn't sleep on the dock for a couple of days.
Title: Re: Better get a life vest Fredericks!
Post by: fonpr on June 26, 2012, 07:01:23 PM
Quote from: dave from knoxville on June 26, 2012, 06:29:46 PM
I wouldn't sleep on the dock for a couple of days.
I have an inflatable mattress.
Title: Re: Better get a life vest Fredericks!
Post by: Shaggy 2 Grote on June 28, 2012, 10:38:26 AM
Glad you're OK, Fredericks.
Title: Re: Better get a life vest Fredericks!
Post by: fonpr on June 28, 2012, 11:04:27 AM
Quote from: Shaggy 2 Grote on June 28, 2012, 10:38:26 AM
Glad you're OK, Fredericks.
Thanks, Grote.  Mother Nature can sure be humbling.  You realize how small and powerless humans are.

Nothing one can do to stop something that big.  Ya just gotta "Roll With It".

Now, I'm waiting for the sinkholes to start opening up.
Title: Re: Better get a life vest Fredericks!
Post by: BadGuyZero on June 28, 2012, 12:45:54 PM
Sinkhole fun!