Almost one week and four land falls later Fay is still in Florida

[malaise]

Tropical Storm Fay crossed into the Florida Panhandle on Saturday, becoming the first storm of its kind in recorded history to hit the state four different times.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gW7Ur7I6YEcSo4_KU3maMkK9JQ1wD92O1EG80

Fay's center made landfall around 1 a.m. EDT about 15 miles north-northeast of Apalachicola, according to the National Weather Service's National Hurricane Center.

Fay was expected to finally leave the state on Saturday as it skirted across the Panhandle's coast and reached the coasts of Mississippi and Alabama on Sunday.

Though Fay never materialized into a hurricane, downpours along its zigzagging path have been punishing and deadly.

At least six people in Florida were dead from the storm, state officials said, and two more deaths reported Friday were believed to be Fay-related. The state attributed an additional death, before the storm hit, to hurricane preparedness after a man testing generators died of carbon monoxide poisoning.



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Read elsewhere that deaths are now up to 11.
Here's a grouphug for all Florida DUers - :grouphug:

[XOKCowboy]

1. I've got a good buddy in Ft. Walton Beach

He's an Iraq vet and still in the Army so I've got a feeling he's out in the middle of it right now. Y'all stay safe down there OK?

[angrycarpenter]

2. This storm has been sitting on top of us all day

I hate being stuck in the house worse than anything.

[alfredo]

3. Got a friend in the panhandle. He's sick of Fay

[Elwood P Dowd]

4. I'm in South Alabama, and it's been raining sideways all freaking day.

We've been in a drought though, so the rain is welcome.

[malaise]

5. Stay safe

I'm looking at the floods on TV now - unbelievable.

[Wizard777]

6. The Fundies will tell you this is proof God is angry at Jeb Bush.

[malaise]

7. Hope they tell them Republicans period n/t

[Wizard777]

8. You have a point there. Covering Fla. with water is one way to turn that red state blue.

[malaise]

9. Well I do feel sorry for Floridians because I cannot believe

it's still raining in Florida. Look at this.

[alfredo]

10. And it's going to head straight up alongside the Mississippi. Look out

when the feeders like the Cumberland and Ohio start dumping the runoff into the Mississippi.

[malaise]

11. How many states have had record floods this year?

Can the Mississippi take any more water without overflowing again.

Here's the bad news - a lot more rain is heading our way the via Caribbean sea. I'm hoping it's just rain.

[alfredo]

12. Expect fear and loathing until the hurricane season. The midwest

got socked this year.

A friend of mine says beer helps him ride out the storm. Until last year he lived on Treasure Island Florida.

BTW

[alfredo]

13. TD 7 has arrived.

It appears to be following in the wake of Fay. Keep your eyes and ears open. This could turn ugly within 72 hours.

[bushmeister0]

14. And they call Florida the "Sunshine State."

It seemed to me when I lived down there it was always raining.

Well, as long as we get all this crap out of the way before the Dolphins' season starts. I don't want any stinkin' Jets fans complaining that they got their asses handed to them because the field was wet, like they did in the 1983 AFC championship game.