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Hurricane Frances mementos being sold on eBay include wind, rain, and sand.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, September, 2004
By Nancy Imperiale, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Sep. 6--There was wind, rain and even a fallen tree for sale.
More than 95 mementos of Hurricane Frances were available on eBay, the online auction site, by Sunday afternoon.
Many sellers were serious entrepreneurs hawking a variety of "I Survived Frances" T-shirts.
But more interesting were the quirky items being offered tongue-in-cheek by storm survivors, looking to break the monotony.
Like wind in a tub.
"You are bidding on ONE container of wind," posted the seller, who had more than 20 bidders paying up to $8 each on four tubs of wind.
"I will close the container during the heart of the storm, then I will make...
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