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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Tuesday October 12, 2004
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COLLECTIBLES --- HISTORY --- INFORMATION
ALABAMA GUN COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION FALL SHOW
In Our 50th Year
BJCC North Exhibition Hall
Oct. 23, 2004 from 9:00AM--6:00PM Oct. 24, 2004 from 9:00AM--4:00PM

Civil War, World War I, World War II, Spanish American War, Korean War, Viet
Nam, War, High Grade Rifles & Shotguns, Hunting Guns & Ammo. Also expect to
find target guns, accessories, edged weapons, cowboy items. ATF
representatives are scheduled to be on hand to answer Federal Law questions.

THE FINEST SHOW IN THE SOUTHEAST!
Many Fine Displays For An Historical Venture Into The Past

Tickets are $5 at the door. Under 18 must have parent or guardian accompany
For information: (205) 349-2407 or e-mail at HRBJLB@earthlink.net
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SHARP COOL DOWN AT WEEK'S END: The temperatures we're experiencing now are
quite comfortable, but nights will be a lot chillier starting Thursday night
and into the weekend. At that time, temperatures will be at their lowest
level generally since last spring. We expect low to mid 40s both Friday and
Saturday morning.

But let's revert to the present. We'll still have a chance of some showers
tonight and Wednesday. It will start turning cooler Wednesday. We will have
another cold front coming through on Thursday with windy conditions at times
along with scattered showers and possibly a thunderstorms. We think Friday
and Saturday should be dry.

On some of the ridges around North Alabama, the high temperature on Thursday
may barely reach 60.

TROPICAL WEATHER: A large low pressure area was way out in the Atlantic
moving toward the SW at 10-15 mph. It is not tropical in nature now, but it
may become sub-tropical later when it reaches warmer ocean waters.

TUESDAY TIDBITS: One of our readers sent us some beautiful digital
photographs of autumn foliage in Saranac Lake in Upstate New York. The
colors are at a peak there...so now I'm getting very excited about autumn
color here...still don't know how good it will be...the lowest in the lower
48 this morning was 16 at Hahn's Peak, Colorado...in Alaska, it was minus 4
at Anaktuvuk Pass...on October 12, 1954, Hurricane Hazel lambasted Haiti
with 125 mph winds. Many villages were totaled and 1,000 people
died...interesting thing happened on this date in 1978 when lightning struck
an automobile in Indianapolis. The bolt of lightning blew out all the tires
and destroyed the electrical system, but the driver was not injured.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: An interesting story from Carla McFarland-one
of our subscribers. Please excuse the extra length. Several months ago,
Carla's father obtained two ducks for her children (his grandchildren). He
thought it would be a wonderful experience to see them grow from ducklings
to full size birds. The children named them Aflac and Daisy. When it was
time for the ducks to go to the lake to live, her father and son took them.

The ducks were afraid of the other ducks. Eventually, they got into the
water and were quite happy. Later that day, her father and mother went back
to the lake to check on them. Aflac recognized her dad's truck and came
running and quacking like there was no tomorrow. Her dad started calling
Daisy. Each time he said her name, Aflac got louder, apparently alarmed. Her
dad followed Aflac and saw Daisy trying to get to him. When he picked her
up, she had a broken leg. It appeared that Aflac was happy as a lark that he
got help for Daisy and went back into the lake. Daisy rode home as happy as
could be. Six weeks after Daisy broke her leg, she sleeps in the doghouse
with the dogs and she follows Carla's dad everywhere he goes. If the windows
are rolled down, "he" will jump up in the truck and hope to go for a ride.
You see, Daisy turned out to be a drake. Her dad got so attached to Day Z.
Her parents go back to the lake several times a week to see Aflac. He now
has 40-50 ducks at the lake who are his friends and they all come running
and quacking at feeding time for a big picnic. Bottom line, having two ducks
for pets has been a wonderful experience for the entire family. Makes me
think of the time that I raised a 4-H Club pig and cried when it was time
for him to go to market. Life goes on.

J. B. Elliott
jbelliott@charter.net

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TONIGHT
Variable cloudiness with a chance of a shower.
Morning Low 57
WIND: W 4-8

WEDNESDAY
Mostly cloudy, breezy and cooler with scattered showers.
Morning Low 57 Afternoon High 66
WIND: W 8-16

THURSDAY
Cool with scattered showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Windy at times.
Morning Low 51 Afternoon High 63
WIND: W 10-20

FRIDAY
Partly sunny and breezy. A cold morning, especially for mid-October.
Morning Low 44 Afternoon High 63
WIND: NW 10-16

SATURDAY
Partly sunny.
Morning Low 47 Afternoon High 69
WIND: W 7-14

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