Katie- once went through an expensive afternoon storm:
we were getting some stuff at a small mall in Cocoa Beach, and huge rain with thunder/lightning started. none of us wanted to risk going to the car. wife needed a swimsuit, noticed a sale at a clothing store nearby. so, while we waited for the storm to pass, she looked at clothes ... ... ... hey, it was cool - she got some neat stuff, and doesn't shop a lot for clothes, but it was funny. and one afternoon while we were in the pool at a Holiday Inn, the manager came running out to order everybody out of the pool. San Franciscans in shock (not literally, though) <g>. -Ben > Oh you got that right Ben.... > > I live in Rockledge FL, just 40 miles east of Orlando, > and this time of year you can count on a > thunder/lightning storm every day around 4 PM. Scared > the bejeezus out of me when we first moved here, but > you kinda get used to it. My 4th floor office looks > out over the Indian River, so we have a great view of > the afternoon storms. > > Katie > > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Eri*K*a, > > > > did you know that the Orlando, FL area is the > > thunder/lightning capital of the U.S.? > > > > there was a color-coded map in Natl Geog a while > > back, > > central FL looked like the bulls-eye. > > > > apparently due to the influences of Atlantic and > > Gulf > > weather patterns. > > > > our former neighbors from CA moved there, hadn't > > gotten > > a lightning rod for their house yet, bolt of > > lightning > > blew the telephone connection box off their house > > into > > the neighbor's yard, fried their microwave and tv. > > > > -Ben > > > Well welcome back! Where's my chocolate covered > > macadamia nuts??!! <g> > > > > > > I was thinking of you this morning ... I had the > > TV on the Discovery > > > Channel while I was working, and they were doing a > > documentary on tidal > > > waves and how a town called Hilo, Hawaii is the > > tidal wave capital of > > > the US (http://www.tsunami.org/faq.htm). > > > > > > Fascinating stuff. > > > > > > Anyway, welcome back! You were missed ... And the > > quantity of posts has > > > been down horribly. <grin> I hope you are well > > rested! > > > > > > > > > Erika > > > (with a *K*) > > > > > > "Life... is like a grapefruit. It's orange and > > squishy, > > > and has a few pips in it, and some folks have half > > a one for breakfast." > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > Erika L. Walker-Arnold, VP, RUWebby, LLC > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > Macromedia ColdFusion Alliance Partner > > > Macromedia ColdFusion 5.0 Certified Developer > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > >>| -----Original Message----- > > > >>| From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > >>| Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 4:53 PM > > > >>| To: CF-Community > > > >>| Subject: Aloha > > > >>| > > > >>| > > > >>| Aloha, I'm back! > > > >>| > > > >>| Did everybody behave? > > > >>| > > > >>| OK then, since it's breakfast time on the West > > Coast of > > > >>| the mainland, here's a steaming hot stack of > > banana- > > > >>| macadamia nut pancakes with coconut syrup. > > > >>| > > > >>| :-) > > > >>| > > > >>| -Ben > > > >>| > > > >>| > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
