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Thank God. Rhino, I still think they'll pass 1,000, but I hope they're right and they don't find 10,000.

Thank you so much, Ron. You're a great unhyphenated American. :)-->

Xena, Thanks for understanding what I was trying to say.

Long Gone, I'm surprised anyone remembers that!

You didn't fear your dad? I feared mine. Not the way I fear getting devoured alive by a zombie, but still... What's wrong with fearing your father? That is, realizing and recognizing that he's your dad and you answer to him? I feared my dad, and in fact, I still do. I'm not terrified of him, but I fear him. I don't see what the big deal is (although I admit, it's probably different reactions to the word "fear": it conjures an emotion in your brain, and if the emotion it conjures for you is different from the emotion it conjures for me, we're going to have a different reaction to the word).

I'm going to confess, I'm numb to it. My brain can't process it, except academically. It's too much. Someday soon it will crash in on me all at once, but it hasn't happened yet.

Yup. It's my fault. If I started doing some Pacific cones, they'd start getting hammered. Unfortunately, my interest is strictly on the Atlantic season. So, we're up to O already. It weakened to a tropical storm, but will probably strengthen again. You'll notice that the cone is a circle again: it's not because of doubt now, but because of the strange course this one is projected to take. Notice how it loops and appears to be headed toward South Carolina or Georgia. Being in the cone just means "don't count yourself out."

The newspaper has a bunker-type shelter in Deerfield Beach. I don't know what I'd do in a New Orleans-type situation.

You mean, it was ubiquitously hidden?

You'll also notice, likeaeagle, that Fort Lauderdale IS in the 5 day cone (the larger circle, not the white one). And a circle, again, means forecasters are absurdly unsure of where this is headed.

Awww.... Now, of course, we wanna see the baby! (Trying not to use an Ohio accent while saying that).

Fascinating: The words "Living Epistles Society" turn out to be 1% evil, 99% good. But if I add the word "The," it becomes 50/50. So, that proves it once and for all: THE is evil!

Officially, Fort Lauderdale is not worried. Unofficially, the current track takes the storm away from Florida, then backing up and hitting either North or Central Florida. If either happens, the effects here will be minimal. In any event, we have nothing to worry about down here until at the earliest, NEXT Friday or Saturday.

It's headed for Europe!

Here's one for the Bush haters out there. You have to dislike Bush to get this one. Also, the entire movie can be guessed with the third picture alone, but the first two help.

Pick Shear. I get it. I never would have recognized her, though.

I'm sorry, I have a cold. Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

Start Wreck: The Mow Shin Pick Her

Nine months later, an SUV was born.

Coming up next on The Discovery Channel...

I just get the feeling this one's going to come right for us. I don't know, maybe I'm an optimist. I keep telling everyone here to get their shutters ready. No one wants to believe me.

Sorry it took so long. We're here now.

Correct.

By the way, I just found out what a circular cone means: It means forecasters don't have the slightest idea what will happen. Well, not really, but it does mean the forecast models vary wildly and the path is even more unpredictable than usual.