Tropically Depressing Ernesto

Posted by mimi on Aug 30, 2006 in dish | 0 comments Central Florida’s suffering through its first bout of hurricane fever this season thanks to a weakling named Ernesto. The tracking maps showed him paying us a visit, so counties all over canceled school for today. Of course, now we have to make up the missed day the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. So much for travel plans.So today we stayed in, and it was…wait for it…rainy....
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Here We Go Again

Posted by mimi on Jun 12, 2006 in dish | 0 comments Alberto is coming! Alberto is coming!And with that, the 2006 hurricane season really begins. It’s pouring outside right now–not that I’m complaining, given the near-drought we’ve been experiencing the past couple of months–but today really felt like Seattle. Gray. Wet. Depressing. At least it’s not 55 degrees, and after Señor Alberto makes landfall,...
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Seattle Weather

Posted by mimi on Nov 29, 2005 in dish | 0 comments I don’t care how cool/trendy/earthy the Pacific Northwest is, I could never live in Seattle. We’ve had two days of gray, drizzly Seattle weather here in usually sunny Central Florida, and I am ready to hurt someone. I’d definitely need meds for Seasonal Affectiveness Disorder if something uprooted Chez mimi to the other end of the country. Plus, I don’t do Starbucks. Hate...
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Hurricanes: Been There, Can’t Fathom That

Posted by mimi on Sep 1, 2005 in dish | 0 comments Hollow.That’s the only feeling I can muster when I watch the news reports from Mississippi and New Orleans. Hollow.Hurricane Charley tore through our neighborhood last year, destroyed a huge tree in our yard, left us without power for nine days in an oppressively hot, humid August. Frances and Jeanne added insult to injury in the form of huge branches through our roof, water damage, and...
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