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Pete on September 16th, 2004

I’m happy to report, after a trip to campus, that it’s still there. In other news, Bryant-Denny is well-lit, and ready for football on Saturday. There’s an occasional limb down, a few blocks without power, but, by and large, the campus is powered and the roads are obstruction free… but it’s a little wet. Those of you [...]

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Pete on September 16th, 2004

Well… I’m seeing lots and lots of really nasty pictures on TV, but I’ll tell you what, at least in this neighborhood, this wasn’t any worse than thunderstorms back home. More than 800,000 without power, but I haven’t lost it for more than a few seconds yet… and that was only twice. It was a [...]

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Pete on September 16th, 2004

Though more than three-quarters of a million homes are without power here in Alabama (more than half of Alabama Power’s customers), we only had about a five or ten minute spell where the power flickered. It’s been on pretty much all day, Ivan was finally down-graded to a “Tropical Storm” and it is, apparently, still [...]

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Eric S. on September 16th, 2004

I just got off the phone with pete. So far it seems that the shift to the east made all the difference. According to pete “Everything is Fine. Even the ducks are still here.” With light winds, little rain Mr. Holiday was quoted as saying “…The good stuff all went to [...]

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Pete on September 16th, 2004

I’m back home. Overnight the storm picked up a little speed, so around 8:30 the City Administrator sent all non-emergency personnel home. A short while later the mayor called City Hall to tell us that the Civic Center was probably not a good shelter, so about three people stayed there and everyone else was sent [...]

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Pete on September 16th, 2004

Raining all night… winds picking up now. I’m getting ready to head to work, and I’m going to shut down the the computer so I can take my hard drives with me… just in case. I don’t know what I’d do if I lost all the stuff on this computer. Right now the news is reporting [...]

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