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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...

The image only has to suggest the words in question. Is "Tequila" the same thing as "To Kill A"? Besides, in a few hours, it will be moot, because the answer will be yes, it is a hurricane. For now, it's a tropical storm.

That's it! Thank you, Tom. Now I can get back to work.

Not Storm of the Century. Come on guys, you're thinking too hard (or are you just playing with me?).

So far, so good. Tonight's when it's supposed to really get bad (the storm is predicted to make landfall somewhere between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m.). Joy joy joy...

Not a bad guess. Not the one I was looking for, though. Come on, it's easy.

Actually, the laws prohibit offenders from living within 2,500 feet of a school, park, school bus stop or other places where children gather. Most of these laws craft tiny segments of the city where convicted offenders can still live. In some cities, the effect is an outright ban from city limits. Many legal experts expect these laws to get struck down as unconstitutional (you can't just say "move out of my city"). It's going to be up to the state to clean up this constitutional mess.

Well, this should be an easy one...

Hang on, irisheyes. It gets better.

We're okay at the moment. I thought the morning would be far worse than it's actually been.

The rains at the moment are very, very light. By sunrise, we're expecting some serious rain.

It's actually covered in Jesus Christ Our Passover. As for the popcorn... well, I'll explain later.

Oh, correction: I thought that map showed precip: it shows cloud temps. So rain isn't here yet. I apologize for jumping the gun... George, looks like you'll get your wish...

As you can see, we're starting to see a bit of rain from it. I'm about 10-15 miles inland, so we haven't gotten it yet, but it's a matter of minutes, not hours, for us. The rains are already on the shoreline (I live much closer to the shoreline than I work). It begins...

I wasn't sure what kind of bird that was, so I took a stupid guess, which took me close enough to the answer to figure it out... Tequila Hummingbird? OH!!! To Kill A Mockingbird!