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Friday, August 26, 2005

Storm chasers

We're back in Ocala- safe and dry. What was initially Tropical Storm Katrina became an intense Category One hurricane as of two hours ago and reached landfall eight hours ahead of schedule. We literally escaped the eye of the storm.

A picture we took of Miami Beach when we were there yesterday.


How it looked like a couple of hours ago. Courtesy of weather.com.

3 comments:

Cru said...

I was on the beach as the hurricane hit landfall. It was not at all like the picture you posted!
You're lucky you left when you did, but it didn't seem to have too much of an effect on my neck of the woods.

Stan D. said...

Wow, Florida! Miso jealous... even if you do have to wash horses and dodge hurricanes!

Anonymous said...

I have heard of Ocala, but I can't remember why. It could be for some obscure reason involving Al Gore, but I think it's due to my general knowledge about U.S. geography. Glad you got to enjoy the beach for at least a few hours. I guess you could have tried driving to Key West, but you would have needed scuba gear, an underwater tugboat, some random Navy Seals, and a submarine rather than a car.