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   From: 186282@ud0s4.net   
      
   The Weather Channel people have BIG ONES.   
      
   The eye-wall of Helene just got to Perry Fla, fairly   
   extreme gusts and bits of everything flying around.   
      
   Perry is a 'small-ish' town ... but DO note that these   
   'rural' areas actually have a rather large pop, just   
   kinda spread-out laterally vs a "big city". I had   
   been thru Perry some years back so I know the lay   
   of the land. It's only about 15 shallow miles   
   from the Gulf.   
      
   However the MOST impressive bit I've ever seen   
   on Weather was last year when Jim Cantore kinda   
   stepped out onto a street during Ian - and was   
   literally within an inch of going airborne from   
   the extreme wind. If he hadn't laid down flat ...   
      
   I think it was Cantore also during Katrina,   
   having to go upstairs, and more upstairs, in   
   a building as the storm surge hit Mississippi   
      
   Sorry, but IMAGES of being in a big hurricane   
   do NOT really convey the actual EXPERIENCE.   
   Been there, done that ... hopefully NOT AGAIN.   
      
   Ah ... Perry is now in the eye - everything has   
   gone calm. Won't last.   
      
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