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Coincidentally, one of my trees is missing a small branch.

Bernie

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, lsf5275@... wrote:
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> I found a small stick in my back yard.
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> In a message dated 8/28/2011 12:26:49 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
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> Well, I've just gotten back online thanks to my emergency generator.
> After five small black outs yesterday afternoon, the power finally went
> down for good all over my neighborhood at around 5:50PM.
> First order of business was to get my wife’s Autocad station back up and
> running off the generator…her back up battery was going fast and didn’t
> seem to want to get the computer on…
> Lots of huge trees are down, laying over power lines and in streets.
> Saw one power pole snapped in half.
> The local Martins grocery is on back up generator.
> They have some aisle lights but it is kinda dark...real third world stuff.
> Only dry and canned goods...all the freezer chilled units are dark, and
> they had to ship everything out.
> A real mess.
> If this is anything like Isabel...people will be w/o electrical power for
> up to two weeks....
> As usual after a hurricane, very nice sunny blue sky day…and HOT ……………
> with no AC.
> And the lovely sound of chain saws floating on a gentle southern breeze
> through my open windows……..
> Jim Richmond
> Virginia
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> From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of fdoddy@...
> Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 12:45 AM
> To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Goodnight Irene
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> Bad storm. NW Jersey. Lightning, torrential rain. The worst should hit
> us mid morning. My dogs don't like it much.
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> From: Ms. Janet Strauss <jandjstrz@...>
> To: newmellotrongroup <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sat, Aug 27, 2011 3:56 pm
> Subject: RE: [newmellotrongroup] Goodnight Irene [1 Attachment]
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> [_Attachment(s)_ (mip://092ac120/default.html#TopText) from Ms. Janet
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> Earthquakes, hurricanes, what next?
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> 3:45PM and the rain is coming down with a blustry roar …. in sheets …
> .sideways!
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> My back backyard is a mess and two small dazed water logged sparrows have
> taken refuge up under the overhang on my back porch…pitiful sight.
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> Power has gone off three times….but forunately it is backon.
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> Several blocks up the first big tree has come down…50/50 chance of hitting
> the house… and this guy was lucky…
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> How are you other east coast guys faring?
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> Jim
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: _newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_
> (mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) [_mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_
> (mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com?) ] On Behalf Of _lsf5275@..._
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> Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 3:29 PM
> To: _newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ (mailto:newme
> llotrongroup@yahoogroups.com)
> Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] How to write..........
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> I'm pretty sure it's Elvis Impersonators.
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> In a message dated 8/27/2011 2:55:37 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> _hammaren@..._ (mailto:hammaren@...) writes:
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> Not sure what type of people in US actually make us look worse. J
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