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Oh shoot, I know this one... it's right there, I can see it... Argh!

Who knows? I never thought I'd move into it.

Yup. We lost four. http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/weather/h...-home-headlines

Mike, I neither requested nor care for your opinion on how I approached those verses, nor do I accept you as an authority on whether my approach was right, wrong, close, on the mark, off the mark, on the wall, off the wall, 99 bottles of beer on the wall, etc.

Yet.

Sorry, you got the movie first. Your move.

I had no power through the night. It was kind of strange. This all stopped for us as suddenly as it started. As we approached 10 p.m. was the worst of it, and at 10:05, it was over. I was home, in the dark, windows open, trying to get some sleep (because there was nothing else to do). The rain and wind were as bad as anything I've ever seen. And then it just stopped. I figured another band would come through later, but it never happened. What I didn't know, couldn't know, was that the storm had taken a rough turn south. It battered the hell out of Fort Lauderdale, but we were on the northern edge of it. It made landfall south of us, a city called Hallandale (just north of Miami-Dade County). Then it shocked us all by continuing its southward trend. By the time I woke up this morning, the skies were cloudy but otherwise showed no sign of what it had thrown on us the night before. Homestead and Southwest Miami-Dade got battered worse than we did. And did I mention it was the 13th anniversary of Hurricane Andrew? The rest of the track isn't looking good: it's slated to turn north and hit the Panhandle region next week. As if they need it. For me, this is over. For Florida, far from it.

You got the right movie, Tom, but it's: Post Manhole Weighs Strings Two Eyes

DINGDINGDING!!!!

Which? The woman, or the man? ;)--> Definitely not the woman, or the cop. Shame on me, I know.

We've switched offices. Driving on the highway was near-suicidal: not recommended. Sweetpea, Moony: where are you guys? Sounds like the hurricane party is at Sweetpea's!

Mike, You've always done an awful job of reading my mind. Please don't start now.

Irisheyes, I don't really know enough about your original question to answer with any authority. I've long accepted the explanation in Jesus Christ Our Passover as the one that makes the most sense, but I don't lose a lot of sleep over it. But just so you know, this thread got hijacked the moment it was first answered: with a certain poster, all discussions lead to "come back to PFAL, the re-issued Word of God." That's why I put the popcorn pic up early: I knew where this was headed, despite Mike's protestations that he would stick to your original topic.

And yet, somehow I knew you'd get into the discussion and you didn't. Not surprised irisheyes' post slipped by you. Lots of things seem to. Anyway, I'm just watchin'. Have fun.

But Mike! You, you, you said you weren't going to go there... you mean... you... lied? Oh, that can't be it. Must be that you can't help yourself. Well, irisheyes, there you have it. Mike believes PFAL and only PFAL (and the other published works of VPW) can be trusted as the God-breathed word.

WHAM! Wow, this is sudden. We just lost power in our office (computers are on a back-up, but the A/C is gone, as are the lights). Winds and rain picked up very suddenly about 10 minutes ago. No one is brave enough to head out to their cars at the moment. We're in a city called Weston, about 15 miles west of Fort Lauderdale, which is taking the brunt of it at the moment. I believe (based on satellite imagery) that the eye just came on shore. The battery backup won't stay on long, so this is my adieu. Adieu.

Let me post them vertically... There. That's better.

Good luck with this one. If you figure the second and last photos, the rest should make you chuckle...

Running Scared ???

Too easy, but I must admit, I like it. I, Spy

It's official. Katrina is a hurricane.

So much for "hours." It's official: Katrina is a hurricane.

Mike, Uh huh. Yeah. Okay. Right. Okay. Sure...