[Syrupmakers] Flooding

Tue Aug 26 15:56:15 PDT 2008

Dick,

I did not put it in a good mellon, rather I would put it in a mellon they had eaten part of.  They would eat part of it one night and return and eat the rest the following night.  

There are no young one's in our area anyway.  They all know I give the mellons away when they get ripe.  I never have had any problems until this year.

Bill Gunter
Perry, Florida

--- On Mon, 8/25/08, elliot weaver <jellybean_red at yahoo.com> wrote:

From: elliot weaver <jellybean_red at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Syrupmakers] Flooding
To: syrupmakers at syrupmakers.net
Date: Monday, August 25, 2008, 9:59 PM

Please be careful when putting poison in watermelons.  Kids have been known to
slip in a patch at night and sample a few melons.  I for one have done it.
I raised some big watermelons this year, a lot of them thirty pounds and over.
I had charleston grey, blak diamonds, moon and stars, and crimson sweet melons. 
We ate all we could hold and gave the rest away. Sure were good.
My cane was doing real good until that four flusher, Fay came by.  Now it is
laying in all directions.
I live just northwest of Atmore, Al.
Dick Weaver

--- On Mon, 8/25/08, bill gunter <pastmaster123 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: bill gunter <pastmaster123 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Syrupmakers] Flooding
> To: syrupmakers at syrupmakers.net
> Date: Monday, August 25, 2008, 7:40 PM
> I had some big ones but the coyotes and fox ate all but
> about the 12 I had picked and put on my porch.  I tried
> putting rat poison in the Mellon's, but they just ate
> all but the poison.
>  
> Bill Gunter
> Perry, Florida
> 
> --- On Mon, 8/25/08, m griggs
> <jgriggs845 at charter.net> wrote:
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> From: m griggs <jgriggs845 at charter.net>
> Subject: Re: [Syrupmakers] Flooding
> To: syrupmakers at syrupmakers.net, rharrison922 at yahoo.com
> Date: Monday, August 25, 2008, 12:17 PM
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> my water melons was over run by nut grass
> Marshall
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Richard Harrison 
> To: syrupmakers at syrupmakers.net 
> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 9:42 AM
> Subject: Re: [Syrupmakers] Flooding
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> T.C.
>    This morning I learned that Thomasville, GA got
> 27.5" of rainfall from Fay. This morning Fay took a
> more Eastward course (in MS) and brought us more heavy
> rainfall again. West GA is under tornado watch again with
> rain expected again. It's almost like Fay turned around
> and headed back--but not exactly.
>    Florida's death toll is 11 at last report. For a
> small tropical storm it has had surprising effects. It is
> being called "Four-time Fay" now because it made
> landfall 4 times in Florida. One person called it 5-time Fay
> this morning because the rain returned this morning after
> clearing out yesterday afternoon and being sunny!
>    But it COULD have been worse. It COULD have been a
> hurricane instead of a tropical storm.
>

> Richard
> Did you have any 100 lb watermeloms this year?
> 
> --- On Sun, 8/24/08, Richard Harrison
> <rharrison922 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> From: Richard Harrison <rharrison922 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Syrupmakers] Flooding
> To: syrupmakers at syrupmakers.net
> Date: Sunday, August 24, 2008, 6:42 AM
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> T C,
>    Most in Florida don't live on high ground. The
> highest elevation in Florida is 345'(near the Alabama
> border). I am on 220'---considered high for my local
> area. Contrasting, Cocoa Beach, FL is near sea level and
> they got 33" of rain--reportedly more than Atlanta, GA
> got all year!
>    Although the eye of the storm passed over us, more
> flooding occurred in SW Georgia(NE of here). Winds were
> reported to be around 45 mph or so(but I think there MAY
> have been some higher gusts---just looking at the
> sugarcane).
>    We had higher wind than expected here.Two 70 year old
> pecan trees(with weak roots on the North sides) blew over.
> Sugarcane blew over probably worse than I have ever seen it
> for this early in the season. Some sugarcane is still pretty
> straight, a good bit is at at 45 angles and some is on
> the ground, too.
>    Our electric power went off at about 8 p.m. Friday
> night and didn't come back on until about 5 p.m.
> Saturday. This has to be the slowest traveling tropical
> storm that I have ever seen. It hit Key West last Saturday
> and took over a week overland to get out of Florida! 
> Hurricanes are usaully gone in 3 days.
>    6 people die in Florida--attributed to the storm : 3
> drowned, 3 in car accidents. But at least we were spared a
> full-fledged hurricane and there were no tornadoes here.
> Thanks to God.
>

> Richard
> 
> --- On Sun, 8/24/08, G Wilson <glenarchie at webtv.net>
> wrote:
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> From: G Wilson <glenarchie at webtv.net>
> Subject: [Syrupmakers] Flooding
> To: Syrupmakers at syrupmakers.net
> Date: Sunday, August 24, 2008, 6:18 AM
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>      I sure hope all you syrup makers in the southeast
> live on high ground.
> 
> T C Wilson
> Eureka,
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