Archive for September, 2008

Site Visit to the Greenbrier

Posted in ficpa, travel, work with tags , on September 11, 2008 by Ned


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Originally uploaded by Ned Campbell

Here is a photo of the north entrance from the Greenbrier, one of the most wonderful hotels in the United States.

I was lucky enough to visit the Greenbrier on a brief site inspection prior to taking the FICPA membership there in June 2009. The hotel is incredible! With a glorious history and the once dark secret of a bunker to house the US government in case of nuclear war with Russia.

The hotel still sticks to the old south traditions with dressing for dinner and the wonderful “sleepy time” signs throughout the hotel from 8pm to 8 am.

Hurricane Season 2008

Posted in Florida with tags , , on September 5, 2008 by Ned

With Tropical Storm Fay gone after dumping more than 20 inches of rain on the east coast of Florida and along the entire northern part of the state.  Gustav missed Florida altogether.  Now three storms in a row are lined up to potentially impact Florida. 

A view from the International Space Station at Hurricane Ike which is a very powerful storm. 

http://www.cnn.com/video/savp/evp/?loc=dom&vid=/video/weather/2008/09/04/vos.ts.ike.space.cnn