Pat, What a great morning for you'al. The storm is downgraded to a 2. I know some will be mad, but hey they could have saved their lives if it remained a 4. I am glad you are safe. Now you can sleep all day. lol. Norma ----- Original Message ----- From: <Tacy413408@aol.com> To: <NJ-MEMORIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 1:50 AM Subject: [NJ-Memories] Re: The Hurricane > Hi, > > It is about 12:45 A.M. and they just said the hurricane is shifting westward > again. It has been quite a day and night. We are getting squalls right now. > > The news crew said that the animals are rushing out of the swamps for higher > ground. They had never seen so much wildlife. Especially deer and my > daughter's friend just said she saw the deer in small groups heading for > higher ground. They are trying to get out before the water rises too much. > > Tonight my kids were watching the birds about twilight. They were very > quiet(unusual) and flocks of them were flying in circles. They would dart one > way and then back the other. It was like they were trying to escape the > storm and didn't know where to go. The large park near my home is a bird > sanctuary. I don't believe these flocks were coming from there. > > The news was supposed to stay on all night, but since the storm just shifted > again they have gone off for a few hours. Once it got past a certain spot > they said it wouldn't swing back as close to us. It kept jogging a little > more towards us earlier. So I guess I can go to bed for awhile. Thanking > everyone for their thoughts and prayers. We appreciate it. > > Pat > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >