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BillyV
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Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985
      Mon Sep 13 2004 08:34 PM

We lived in Gautier when Elena came and i was only 11 at the time. But i remember the event very well. My father was the local Kmart manager and so we stayed at the store instead of leaving town. Actually we did leave, the first time they said it was coming, but this time we didnt. My mother's strongest recollection is of Mike Reader sounding panicky when he was telling people about the approaching storm. It was frightening to me then (now I would be more interested in what was going on outside) and I remember hearing winds tear off part of the store roof. The damage ended up being minimal compared to some of the other shopping centers near ours. Our biggest fear was the mobile home park we lived in then. Needless to say many homes were destroyed when we went back to the park. Thankfully our worst damage was a gash torn in the front of the home. Of course our porch and shed were thrashed, but it could have been much worse. My brothers and I made plenty of discoveries in the days to come around our yard.

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* Hurricane Elena, 1985 James88 Mon Sep 13 2004 08:34 PM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 flynorm   Mon Sep 08 2008 08:55 PM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 Andi   Tue Sep 02 2008 09:27 PM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 FlaPenny   Wed Sep 03 2008 10:40 AM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 brooksville girl   Tue Sep 02 2008 09:25 PM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 CJ1   Mon Sep 01 2008 05:12 PM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 CPALabLover   Fri Sep 17 2004 04:09 PM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 rufusfrog   Wed Sep 15 2004 12:27 AM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 James88   Wed Sep 15 2004 01:15 PM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 natb1   Tue Sep 14 2004 11:00 PM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 msgatorslayer   Tue Sep 14 2004 06:42 PM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 vci_guy   Fri Sep 17 2004 02:31 AM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 gulftrade   Tue Sep 14 2004 12:28 PM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 dfwguy   Sat Sep 11 2004 12:28 PM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 Redbird   Sat Sep 11 2004 02:22 PM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 BillyV   Mon Sep 13 2004 08:34 PM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 Redbird   Tue Sep 14 2004 08:06 PM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 LisaJ   Mon Sep 13 2004 11:51 PM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 TampaDon   Tue Sep 14 2004 12:43 PM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 LI Phil   Wed Jul 07 2004 07:52 PM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 Timbo   Wed Sep 15 2004 03:32 PM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 MichaelA   Sat Jun 25 2011 07:44 AM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 Goula Girl   Fri Jul 09 2004 04:49 PM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 LI Phil   Fri Jul 09 2004 07:35 PM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 Goula Girl   Sat Jul 10 2004 12:41 AM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 LI Phil   Sat Jul 10 2004 11:51 AM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 hurricane_run   Fri Aug 06 2004 03:08 PM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 James88   Fri Jul 09 2004 04:53 PM

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