{"id":1960,"date":"2008-08-21T11:29:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-21T15:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=1960"},"modified":"2008-08-21T11:29:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-21T15:29:00","slug":"fay-decided-to-stay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=1960","title":{"rendered":"Fay Decided to Stay"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_aatuWUTj6ic\/SK2J97Lf1GI\/AAAAAAAABjI\/S1C0aLRIFmA\/s1600-h\/z082108fay.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_aatuWUTj6ic\/SK2J97Lf1GI\/AAAAAAAABjI\/S1C0aLRIFmA\/s400\/z082108fay.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236993638652695650\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:100%;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial;\"> <\/span><a style=\"color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/zablozone.blogspot.com\/2008\/08\/fay-is-gonna-smack-us.html\">On Monday we received word that the Daytona Beach area was in the direct path of Tropical Storm Fay<\/a><span style=\"font-family:arial;\">.  At that time, it was <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">projected<\/span> that <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Fay <\/span>would come across the state at <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">tropical storm strength<\/span>, hit our area at about <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">2am Wednesday morning<\/span> and then head out to sea.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Tuesday morning I went in to work to assist in running a special needs shelter<\/span><\/span>.  Schools and many businesses closed in anticipation of the high winds and rain.  <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Tropical Storm Fay<\/span> changed paths.  Because of the storm shift our area didn&#8217;t get near the winds or rain predicted.  Our shelter closed down at <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">2:30pm<\/span> and we were sent home.  Those who had come for shelter had the option to go to another shelter.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/zablozone.blogspot.com\/2008\/08\/fay-just-teased-us-so-far.html\">It was then projected that Fay would cut across the state, head out to sea and then double back slamming into our area at about 8am Wednesday<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">.  <\/span>But that&#8217;s not what happened.<span>  Instead <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Fay<\/span> slowed down and didn&#8217;t move for hours.  She just kept dumping rain and wind.  News reports came in from areas south of us that <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">homes were being flooded<\/span>, <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">streets washed out<\/span> and that people should not go out unless absolutely necessary.  The local news warned to be careful of <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">snakes and alligators<\/span> that could be in newly flooded areas.  Schools and many businesses opted to close down for <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Thursday<\/span>.  At <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">10pm Wednesday<\/span> evening, I received a call that we might have to go back and open up the shelter at midnight.  Fortunately, the call never came [which means the current shelters were able to handle the people in need].<\/p>\n<p>So here it is <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">11:50<\/span> on <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Thursday<\/span> morning.  The prediction is that <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Tropical Storm Fay<\/span> will be out of our area by <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Friday<\/span> morning.  If that&#8217;s the case then things will pretty much back to normal tomorrow.   Since <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Fay<\/span> has yet to follow her projected path and timeline, I&#8217;m not betting on it.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday we received word that the Daytona Beach area was in the direct path of Tropical Storm Fay. 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