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Pete on September 15th, 2004

Via James Spann: Wind Speeds Tomorrow: 6:00am35-40 MPH 9:00am40-50 MPH 12:00pm45-55 MPH 3:00pm50-60 MPH 6:00pm60-70 MPH 12:00am40-50 MPH Good ol’ James (the best damn weatherman period) says that as of right now Ivan’s [...]

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Pete on September 15th, 2004

Driving around earlier, just after The University shut down, there was an unmistakable air of rush, a tinge of worry and panic, and a general sense of urgency to everyone’s actions. Everything seemed to be happening sanely, but everyone was a little on-edge. Underneath all of that, though, there was an overriding calm, as if [...]

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Pete on September 15th, 2004

I’m now stocked to handle a few days without power. I’ve got a few days worth of bread, crackers, peanutbutter, canned stuff, cereal, etc, etc, etc… and plenty of liquid. The next few days are going to be busy, so I’m going to kick back tonight, order some pizza with Amanda and just chill out. Kevin [...]

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Pete on September 15th, 2004

Via Kevin… Surely you remember the End of the World video, right? Well… if you thought THAT was funny, which I know you did… you need to see these new ads for Nike. While you do that, I’ll be moving patio furniture in from the patio… something tells me that we don’t REALLY need deck-chair-missiles flying [...]

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Pete on September 15th, 2004

Plans have changed. City employees, of which I am one, are “on call” for tomorrow through friday afternoon. The city has opened up a shelter at city hall, and city employees will be needed all day tomorrow to help with things. Luckily not EVERYONE will be needed, only five or six. Because I’m the the [...]

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Pete on September 15th, 2004

As most of the nation has undoubtedly heard, Hurricane Ivan is expected to make landfall in the next 24 hours. Weather experts tend to differ as to the Category that he’ll be when he makes landfall, but they’re between strong Cat4 and weak Cat5 (because “weak cat5″ is apparently not an oxymoron… though I’m not [...]

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