Fay, like many other storms do not want to visit Pinellas county and that is just wonderful.
Here in St. Petersburg, we did not even get one rain drop while the rest of Florida got more rain than we could have imagined in our wildest dreams.
These are pictures that I took in Sunset Beach Treasure Island on Tuesday 8/19/08 while Fay was north east of us.
I could not help it, temptation was to big, I had to skip work for an hour and go down to the beach. The wind and the clouds were scary but at the same time, it was beautiful to feel mother nature.

What great pictures!!!
Thanks for sharing.
Don't blame you for skipping work.
I know.. When the water started to get to my bathroom, I ran down South to Ana Maria Island in Bradenton, Florida and it was beautiful. If I was a surfer I would have been in surfer paradise...
Ahhh! I am jealous! The Gulf of Mexico is the closest thing to a beach in the Houston area. And by all means, you should have taken a break to enjoy the beautiful beach. Life is too short to pass up moments like that!
Thanks for sharing the pictures. I especially like the last one with the waves!! :)
Great photos! We are just getting the tail end of the storm now and we appreciate the pain. See my blog for my "Rain Delay" post...
your friend in Charlottesville!