Gulf Storm

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Re: Gulf Storm

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Downgraded to a Cat 2 and it's still moving quickly.. Hopefully it'll continue to move quickly out of there ....
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Re: Gulf Storm

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stay save toad.. keep us posted on how your doing if you keep power.
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Re: Gulf Storm

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Not sure that any storm like this is not bad given a cat 1 or cat 2.


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Re: Gulf Storm

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It's back down to TS Gustav. But he's sticking around for a while.
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Re: Gulf Storm

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dafrogtoad wrote:go west young storm..go west!!

Hoping all is well with you.That if you are out of power,it gets back on A.S.A.P.
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Re: Gulf Storm

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All good here,little wind and no rain. Had a chance to unpack garage boxes and get things a little better organized in the shop.

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Re: Gulf Storm

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POOF!
Power and cable back at noon..no damage, just a LOT of wind and rain...very tired..gonna go crash!!!
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Re: Gulf Storm

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dafrogtoad wrote:POOF!
Power and cable back at noon..no damage, just a LOT of wind and rain...very tired..gonna go crash!!!

That is great news.
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Re: Gulf Storm

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very glad to hear it frogtoad. i had the tv on cnn regularlly checking on how it was doing and thinkin about you sticking it out
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Re: Gulf Storm

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How you do that Crash??.Pot's quote and no post from him. #-o
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Re: Gulf Storm

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gary, i quoted pots from another thread. pasted in my signature.
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99 Astro LS Sept 08 ASV VOM
94 Astro LT
93 Astro LT
96 Astro LT AWD * parts van*
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