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marcusluvsvols said:
Saying the hurricane is coming straight at Charlotte lmao...supposed to just be windy wirh heavy rains here tho. In 1988 or 89 we had just moved to Charlotte. My aunt and her family lived in Wilmington NC on the coast...they evacuated Wilmington because the eye of the storm was supposed to hit there after passing thru Charleston. They drove about 220 miles inland to Charlotte to come stay with us for 3 or 4 days til the storm passed.... the eye hit Charleston and wrecked it....then the hurricane made a Beeline directly for Charlotte proper. Winds were still 110 to 120Mph when it hit our neighborhood about midnight maybe? I remember the eye passing over the house...TV, power etc was knocked out...but it got almost completely quiet for maybe 10 or 15 minutes? Then back to 110 plus... we always rag my Aunt about bringing that hurricane with her, and all the damage it did. We were out of school for 2 weeks!!! Didnt have power for over a week despite living less than 10 miles from Catawba nuclear station. Couldn't drive anywhere....couldn't buy gas for chainsaws etc bc the pumps were down or there wasnt a path to drive to gas station without trees blocking the road. It was awesome to a 12yo me lol. Everybodies food in their freezers was gonna go bad if we didnt cook it...so there were block parties every night til that stuff was mostly gone. We had a natural gas grill on our back patio in working order so we let anyone who wanted to come over and grill out their chicken, steaks, burgers etc. It was a really good time. Hope this storm is just rain this time. Too old for the drama...
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Looks like Ian didn't care much for FL (in and out in a hurry) and really wants to avoid GA, so he's taking the sea route in your direction according to the prognosticators. Still if they are right you've got a lot of SC to calm him down before he gets to you.
 
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AM64 said:
Looks like Ian didn't care much for FL (in and out in a hurry) and really wants to avoid GA, so he's taking the sea route in your direction according to the prognosticators. Still if they are right you've got a lot of SC to calm him down before he gets to you.
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Even a hurricane thinks GA isn't worth visiting.
 
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hog88 said:
Savannah has more of a SC low country vibe than a GA.
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Savannah is one of those places you'd love to spend time exploring - minus all the tourist crap. There's definitely a lot of history there. My first time there was a business trip back in the early 70s. The strip along the river was completely different as I recall - dusty warehouses that looked like they didn't really see much business - not at all what it is today. I like the old and quieter version better - maybe I just don't like people - or more to the point a bunch of them at one time.

And speaking of hurricanes, my wife just got home in a foul mood, and my trip to the other house today or tomorrow is off. She has to go help her dad with some stuff. Of course, if we were living in the other house, she could be at her dad's in about 30 minutes.
 
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AM64 said:
Savannah is one of those places you'd love to spend time exploring - minus all the tourist crap. There's definitely a lot of history there. My first time there was a business trip back in the early 70s. The strip along the river was completely different as I recall - dusty warehouses that looked like they didn't really see much business - not at all what it is today. I like the old and quieter version better - maybe I just don't like people - or more to the point a bunch of them at one time.

And speaking of hurricanes, my wife just got home in a foul mood, and my trip to the other house today or tomorrow is off. She has to go help her dad with some stuff. Of course, if we were living in the other house, she could be at her dad's in about 30 minutes.
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Forgive me for asking but how old is your wife's dad?
 
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volfanhill said:
Had a great surprise this morning l. Had to have my appendix removed
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brings back memories when you say that...hope you weren't going septic by the time they got it out of there (as I was)....almost the same day, too...I had mine removed on the morning of the 30th of September in 2000 and refused pain meds so I would not fall asleep during the TV broadcast of the game at Baton Rouge that night
 
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GordonC said:
brings back memories when you say that...hope you weren't going septic by the time they got it out of there (as I was)....almost the same day, too...I had mine removed on the morning of the 30th of September in 2000 and refused pain meds so I would not fall asleep during the TV broadcast of the game at Baton Rouge that night
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Luckily came in at a good time. It had bothered all night. At 8:00 this morning I took my temperature and had a fever. Had my wife take me then. The doctor and surgeon both said that it looked like it had just started to swell on the CT scan. After the surgeon took it out he told my wife it was close to rupturing and was covered in pus. Thank god they got it when they did.
 
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