Speaking of a 10 year anniversary, I wonder how long I've actually been on this site. I'm pretty sure I was here for the 1998 season, but I can't remember. I'm looking forward to the upgrade though.

>>Well Steve I am going to have to pull even farther E on this one than than you.The

You might be right. I'm pretty non-committal on any landfall areas. It's just too hard to tell yet what's going to happen. Florida *almost* seems like a foregone conclusion, but it isn't yet. And whether or not Jeanne crosses to the west side (or even the Gulf) will make a world of difference for everyone in interior sections of the Peninsula. Trust me, the west side isn't always (= 100%) the weak side of a storm coming from the east, but it usually is. I just caught the west side of Ivan, and to see me cutting my grass drunk (I did a nice job though) vs. what the poor souls faced in Pensacola Beach (home away from home), it was night and day. So if the eyewall stays offshore or maybe just taps the coastline, the farther inland or west someone is, the better it's going to be for them.

Steve