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    I am still waiting on my developer to finish up on the Classifieds Control Panel so I can use it to encourage members into becoming paying members. Google Adsense has become a real burden on the viewing of this site, but honestly it is the ONLY source of income now that keeps it afloat. I tried offering disabling the ads being viewed by paying members, but apparently that is not enough incentive. Quite frankly, Google Adsense has dropped down to where it barely brings in enough daily to match even a single paid member per day. But it still gets the bills paid. But at what cost?

    So even without the classifieds control panel being complete, I believe I am going to have to disable those Google ads completely and likely disable some options here that have been free since going to the new platform. Like classified ad bumping, member name changes, and anything else I can use to encourage this site to be supported by the members instead of the Google Adsense ads.

    But there is risk involved. I will not pay out of pocket for very long during this last ditch experimental effort. If I find that the membership does not want to support this site with memberships, then I cannot support your being able to post your classified ads here for free. No, I am not intending to start charging for your posting ads here. I will just shut the site down and that will be it. I will be done with FaunaClassifieds. I certainly don't need this, and can live the rest of my life just fine without it. If I see that no one else really wants it to survive neither, then so be it. It goes away and you all can just go elsewhere to advertise your animals and merchandise.

    Not sure when this will take place, and I don't intend to give any further warning concerning the disabling of the Google Adsense. Just as there probably won't be any warning if I decide to close down this site. You will just come here and there will be some sort of message that the site is gone, and you have a nice day.

    I have been trying to make a go of this site for a very long time. And quite frankly, I am just tired of trying. I had hoped that enough people would be willing to help me help you all have a free outlet to offer your stuff for sale. But every year I see less and less people coming to this site, much less supporting it financially. That is fine. I tried. I retired the SerpenCo business about 14 years ago, so retiring out of this business completely is not that big if a step for me, nor will it be especially painful to do. When I was in Thailand, I did not check in here for three weeks. I didn't miss it even a little bit. So if you all want it to remain, it will be in your hands. I really don't care either way.

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    Some people have indicated that finding the method to contribute is rather difficult. And I have to admit, that it is not all that obvious. So to help, here is a thread to help as a quide. How to become a contributing member of FaunaClassifieds.

    And for the record, I will be shutting down the Google Adsense ads on January 1, 2025.
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https://www.ventusky.com/?p=25.1;-81.6;4&l=wind-10m&t=20220929/2100

Worth keeping an eye on if you live along the Gulf of Mexico or anywhere in Florida. When I checked it yesterday (Monday) it had a bullseye right on Crawfordville, FL. Now it is swinging further east to be coming in at Tampa Bay. But it's a forecast over a week in the future, so it could really make landfall just about anywhere.
 

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Well damn..... :ack2:
 

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Forecast is moving landfall further west. But I sure wouldn't wish an encore on Mexico Beach....
 

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The GFS tracking model shows landfall moving even further west, to the western Gulf coast of Louisiana. Subject to change without notice.
 

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And now they are moving the landfall estimate back east again... :face_palm_02:
 

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I've been watching and honestly after 48 hours you can't trust the model. At this time it doesn't even really enter the gulf, it brushes the southern tip of Florida and then goes up the coast. This time tomorrow it'll be different.
 
I am kind of limiting my viewing to the GFS model, because they are ALL different. I guess I just find it interesting how just this single model can put the landfall prediction all over the map, and all over the calendar. Started out with landfall expected on Sunday morning. Now it is predicted to be Thursday night. Of course, WHERE it is predicted to make landfall has moved yet again too. :face_palm_02:
 

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bcr229 said:
I've been watching and honestly after 48 hours you can't trust the model. At this time it doesn't even really enter the gulf, it brushes the southern tip of Florida and then goes up the coast. This time tomorrow it'll be different.
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exactly. When I worked in insurance claims we didn't start watching NOLA until about 48/36 hours before expected touch/landfall just cause the models change so quickly and it's so tough to predict.
 
Why don't they just throw darts at pieces of paper on the wall? They certainly couldn't be any less accurate than the way they are doing it.

The below is showing landfall on Wednesday morning now.
 

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And here we go back to landfall at Tampa Bay again. Landfall at 8:00pm on Wednesday 09-28-2022. :rolleyes:
 

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And 'round and around we go... Now they are showing landfall back near my area. Landfall at 2:00pm on Friday, 09-30-2022. :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
 

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Moving a little bit west. Again...

Landfall at 2:00am on Friday, 09-30-2022.
 

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And then back towards the east again, with landfall near Cedar Key on 09-30-2022 at 11:00am. :rolleyes:
 

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And here we go... Back to the forecast track with the storm taking a bead right on our house. :(

Landfall predicted on 09-30-2022 at 2:00am.
 

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But wait!! They aren't done moving that prediction quite yet! Now it has moved much further west.

Landfall on 09-30-2022, around 7:00am.
 

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Ah, moving eastward again. Landfall, 09-30, 05:00am.
 

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And a little bit more eastward... Landfall, 09-30, 08:00am.
 

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Sigh.... :ack2: Now back to coming down our street again. 09-30-2022 at 08:00am.
 

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