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- Sep 1, 2003
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Well now, let's see, that makes me a survivor of two CAT 4 hurricanes in my lifetime. Wow, what a storm, 140+ mph winds for 4-6 hours, me and my house are still here one mile north of the FL/AL line in Orange Beach, AL. The last CAT 4 was Frederic in '79 when I was 9 years old, but I didn't remember what kind of damage a CAT 4 could do. Let me tell ya, it looks like someone dropped a nuke on us. I was lucky, every big pine fell and snapped like dominos around my house, but not on top thank goodness. I could hardly believe all I lost was one shingle when every neighbor has 3-4 trees on top of there houses. Let me tell you that close to sea level HIGH GROUND rules! Anyway it was one hell of an adrenaline packed exciting storm, but finally it is great to get back online to see what I missed for the last 3 weeks and at least know what day it is. Wow it is already Oct., bring on new round of blades 
