I have cable!!!

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I have cable!!!
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Tue, 09-28-2004 - 6:09pm

I am so excited to finally have cable (Internet and TV) as of about an hr. ago! It's been out since the night Hurricane Jeanne hit. Actually, we fared much better on this side of town than with Frances, but west of the St. John's River and even around Downtown had some heavy flooding. I'm including some pictures. Can't find the one of the car in water up to its windows!



The new Jacksonville Beach pier takes the fury of the Atlantic Ocean driven by the winds and storm surge created by Hurricane Jeanne.
- Photo by Bob Mack/Staff


BEACH BUBBLES







Scene at the Beaches as Hurricane Jeanne crosses Florida near Tampa and continues into the area.
- Photo by Bob Mack/Staff


DEVOTED JOGGERS!







Scene at the Beaches as Hurricane Jeanne crosses Florida near Tampa and continues into the area. Morning joggers run on Beach Boulevard in Atlantic Beach as the winds whip the palms along the road.
- Photo by Bob Mack/Staff


LESS THAN 2 MILES FROM MY HOUSE BY CLARK'S FISH CAMP (The restaurant we like so much).







Jim Dixon and his daughter, 10-year-old Savannah Dixon, ride their bikes through the waters of Julington Creek which covered part of Hood Landing Road near the Boat Ramp at Clarks Fish Camp in Mandarin late Sunday morning.
- Photo by Bob Self/Staff


INNOVATIVE MAILMAN



I'll be catching up on posts and trying to reply as much as I can. Tonight is the 2nd part of O'Reilly's interview with Pres. Bush, so I'm REALLY excited to be able to see that after missing the first part. I did get to see Dr. Phil's wife interview Cher, which was pretty neat. We could get the few local stations without cable. Which reminds me, Wed. night Dr. Phil and his wife are going to interview Pres. Bush and Laura about their parents and on being parents. It all ties in with Dr. Phil's new book.

Rhonda


Time invested in improving ourselves cuts down on time disapproving of others.

       ~~Rhonda~~


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Registered: 02-08-2001
In reply to: rsmurray
Tue, 09-28-2004 - 7:52pm
Rhonda,

Glad to see you up and waving at us too! So happy to hear that you didn't suffer any bad effects of the storm. Pictures were incredible. I do like the one of the mailman-I guess the mail really does get there no matter what!

Susan

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Registered: 03-26-2003
In reply to: rsmurray
Tue, 09-28-2004 - 9:37pm

Thanks, Susan! I think Frances had taken out most of the weak wood around my house, but a few neighbors had trees go down, and up the street a large one took the cable wire out. I saw 6 electrical trucks in one spot near here this morning and what looked like a convoy of tree cutting trucks heading south on I-95. Fortunately, other states are sending help. Ice is coming in from all over the country even.


Our power was off-and-on several times Sunday night into early Monday morning, but not enough to thaw food or make the house hot, so we can't complain. We could even watch non-cable TV.


Many counties had schools closed. Rob's was closed yesterday and today, but he goes back tomorrow. There're thousands of tons of debris that still need to be picked up. They hadn't even gotten it all up from Frances when Jeanne hit.


My heart goes out to the people farther south and west who've had life changing effects from these storms. Now you know one of the main reasons I love NORTHEAST Florida. ;-)

Rhonda


Time invested in improving ourselves cuts down on time disapproving of others.

       ~~Rhonda~~


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Registered: 03-26-2003
In reply to: rsmurray
Tue, 09-28-2004 - 11:14pm
Remember when NOT having cable was no big deal??? Welcome back to the brave new world and glad to hear you got through another one safely. Pics are amazing. Isn't that Clark's Fish Camp a favorite restaurant of yours?

Donna



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Registered: 03-26-2003
In reply to: rsmurray
Wed, 09-29-2004 - 12:17am

Thanks, Donna! Yes, Clark's is 1.9 miles from my house. We didn't have nearly that kind of water here though. I shudder to think how many gators came ashore. There was a 4' one in one of the TV station parking lots here by the river downtown!!!


Hard to imagine having to be without cable all the time. The main thing was I got to see part 2 of the Bush interview. I think he's such a neat person.


How are you feeling? Sure hope your cold is better.

Rhonda


Time invested in improving ourselves cuts down on time disapproving of others.

       ~~Rhonda~~


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Registered: 04-06-2003
In reply to: rsmurray
Wed, 09-29-2004 - 6:11am
Rhonda, glad to hear from you and know you survived yet another wicked storm. I hope everyone down there recovers. Those pics are something else. We are getting hit with the rain from Jean and it started yesterday moring and its still coming down.

Deb

Debbie

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Registered: 03-26-2003
In reply to: rsmurray
Wed, 09-29-2004 - 6:15am

Thanks, Deb! I hope you don't get any flooding.


I forgot to mention that the innovative mailman in the picture was using black plastic trash bags as boots. :-)

Rhonda


Time invested in improving ourselves cuts down on time disapproving of others.

       ~~Rhonda~~


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Registered: 04-08-2004
In reply to: rsmurray
Wed, 09-29-2004 - 9:00am
Welcome back to civilization!

Lori

"Remember, I'm pullin' for ya.  We're all in this together." --Red Green

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Registered: 01-03-2001
In reply to: rsmurray
Thu, 09-30-2004 - 9:55pm
Glad you're back!!Incredible pictures, thanks for posting.

Miss P




 

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In reply to: rsmurray
Fri, 10-01-2004 - 9:41am
Good to hear things are slowly returning to normal.

Egads on the pictures - the one of the postal worker up to his knees in water while collecting the mail is really stark. Neither wind nor rain nor snow.... Some folks are bound to have some waterlogged mail!












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Fri, 10-01-2004 - 7:09pm
So glad you're back and your cable is working...not having internet, ouch LOL..what would I do?
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