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Rain!

me @dfollin (27267) • United States 30 Oct

Yuck It was cloudy yesterday and a little bit of rain. Today it's supposed to be raining till about now! last night it said noon. I was told by a friend yesterday that the rain is being caused by a hurricane in the ocean that...

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After Melisa

kay lar @jaylar (3717) • Kingston, Jamaica 29 Oct

The major problem with the hurricane was false information. We didn't know where or when it would hit. First it was Thursday so schools closed, court houses, businesses, etc. But there was no problem at all. Friday was a...

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Hurricane Update

kay lar @jaylar (3717) • Kingston, Jamaica 27 Oct

It was raining. The Gov figured that it would hit so everywhere was closed. I went out, the wind a bit hard for the umbrella so I got a bit damp. Traffic was really empty. Streets empty. If you didn't know about Melisa...

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Melisa Storm

kay lar @jaylar (3717) • Kingston, Jamaica 23 Oct

we don't know if it will hit us, if it will be a hurricane or just rain. The meteorological service is less accurate than Grandma's bunions. If it hits electricity will go down for weeks... like last year... I was off line for...

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DOT employee rewarded for saving the life of a woman driver in North Carolina

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122151) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 21 Oct

Steve Farrington who is employed by the Department of Transportation (DOT) was clearing fallen trees when Hurricane Helene hit the North Folk area which caused a woman driver was trapped in rising water. Steve took action to...

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Firefighter rewarded for his work of saving the life of a man in North Carolina

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122151) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 4 May 25

I admire the work of Asheville North Carolina Jay Bettencourt who was awarded by his superiors at the Asheville Fire Department at the annual awards ceremony at the Harrah's Cherokee Center in Asheville on Thursday May 1. Jay and...

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Anonymous donor gives a huge amount of money for Habitat For Humanity

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122151) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 22 Dec 24

An anonymous donor who did not want his or her name made public due to privacy reasons donated $1 million dollars to New Orleans Habitat For Humanity on Thursday. The charity does assist homeowners to receive counseling services,...

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An alligator enters a swimming pool of a Florida resident post Hurricane Milton

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122151) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 22 Oct 24

One of the darkest moments related to Hurricane Milton that hit Florida is that an alligator entered a swimming pool in Stuart Florida when the homeowner Emile De Cuba who came back to his home on Friday October 11 after Emile...

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Alligator bites a tire of an auto in highwater in Florida

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122151) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 20 Oct 24

When a major hurricane like Milton floods a city, the streets in Fort Myers were flooded to the point where employees of the North Fort Myers Sanitation Department were driving on a road that was flooded when an alligator came out...

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Police in Florida rescue a family trapped inside of their home

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122151) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 15 Oct 24

A family of four and their two dogs are likely to heed warnings from now on from the authorities when a major hurricane like Milton in approaching and they are told to leave their home, do it to the best of their...

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A couple in Florida find a lost wedding ring due to Hurricane Milton

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122151) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 13 Oct 24

Laura Yorio is happy that a wedding ring that he husband Basil's wedding ring that went missing nine years ago was found in their backyard after Hurricane Milton passed over Siesta Key Florida on Wednesday evening. Basil lost his...

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North Carolina couple donate their wedding food to needy persons hit by a hurricane

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122151) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 12 Oct 24

Jessica Beebe and her partner Will Landacre showed their heart of kindness by donating food that they were scheduled to eat after their wedding in Independence Virginia on Thursday when a hurricane Helene flooded their wedding...

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Hurricane Milton -The Day After Tomorrow storm?

Winterishere @thedevilinme (5216) • Northampton, England 8 Oct 24

The category only goes to 5 but they will be rewriting the scale if this thing keeps getting stronger, 890 millibars center. 882 is the record low. That lifts the ocean up by 15-20 feet at the core and pushes it out to all parts,...

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Surprise Delivary

Kayla Tsukino @kaylachan (84780) • Daytona Beach, Florida 26 Sep 24

Today has been a long day of laundry and placing orders online. We were down to one gallon of milk and I had to search two stores to find some. Needless to say I found some. We also had someone come to the door with a box. The box...

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Monday Monday

TaxiLady @Ghostlady (2358) • United States 23 Sep 24

Should say SORE Monday. Went to Piggly Wiggly and there were no EVs. So I wasn't hurting much, and decided to just go get what I needed. Tom was fixing BBQ Baby Back Ribs..I went to get coleslaw fixins, and 1 big potato. But of...

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Weather Forecasts?

kay lar @jaylar (3717) • Kingston, Jamaica 14 Sep 24

In ancient days, because I was afraid of hurricanes, I joined the Parish Disaster Committee. I had found a site which insured yachts so used it to track storms. Think of it, if a storm damages a yacht that insurance company...

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Careless and Worthless vs Digihel

kay lar @jaylar (3717) • Kingston, Jamaica 21 Aug 24

We have two cell services in Jamaica. Careless and Worthless... Cable and Wireless which operates under the name Flow, and Digihel, which is Digicel. There's a long back story. We used to have the Jamaica Telephone Company...

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Hurricane Beryl

kay lar @jaylar (3717) • Kingston, Jamaica 7 Aug 24

When Beryl hit on July 4 2024 Stress arrived as a falling brick wall. It didn't just destroy that or flood this it took away electricity, water, phone and internet service. Without electricity there is no light, the food in...

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I Prayed About the Rain Today

Kharla Jolly @kobesbuddy (78833) • East Tawas, Michigan 5 Jun 24

We certainly don't need any more rain, in Tawas City. I prayed for all those storm clouds to leave and they did. The storm moved farther south, towards Bay City. Do I have the power to change our weather? No, I don't. But, my...

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Good afternoon.

Kayla Tsukino @kaylachan (84780) • Daytona Beach, Florida 30 Aug 23

It's a warm rainy day. Hurricane Ideal is working its way out of our hair. We're getting the literal tail end of it coming across. Surprisingly, we haven't lost power, which is something to be thankful for. But it's not out of...

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