Thank You, Tropical Storm Debby!

Hello LilyOnTheLam.com Readers:


I am happy to report that at the time I am writing this that the sun is shining in Tampa Bay, Florida.  After many days of heavy rain, I am savoring this short moment of sun as the Weather Reports say we will have more rain for at least the past two days.  I am grateful that the Tropical Storm has not drastically effected my friends or myself - other than keeping me inside and off the roads and overwater highways.  But many of my fellow Floridians have not been as lucky - flooding, sinkholes, high wind and tornado property damage.  Florida has declared a state of emergency.  We are grateful to have shelters available for residents who have had to leave their homes due to the tropical storm.  If you'd like to help, donate or volunteer to the Red Cross is one way to help support the nation for emergencies.


But if you're a frequent Lily On The Lam reader, you will know that I tend to look at things in a unique way.  (This is my delicate way of saying I tend to be a snarky smartass - did you read my post on how Uber-nerd television character Steve Urkel from "Family Matters" broke my heart?)  In keeping with this snarkiness, while Tropical Storm Debby has devastated many people in Florida; I have to take a moment to thank Tropical Storm Debby.  You see, my blog is nowhere near the most popular and widely read blog in the world.  I average 75-125 visitors a day to my website.  Correction - I average 75-125 sexy, intelligent trendsetters a day to my website.  I like to think of LilyOnTheLam.com as a "boutique blog" where only the elite and refined are reading my blog.  I'm not "for the masses," I am "for the elite."  (If you are outraged by these statements, please have all your family, friends, work colleagues and every stranger you know read LilyOnTheLam.com - that will teach me a lesson!)  While I am not the most widely read blog in the world, I had set an unannounced personal goal to reach 25,000 blog hits for my little old website by the end of July.    


Sunday night, when I decided to walk from my home to a nearby flood area and then posted some flood pictures on my blog, I had no idea that my pictures would bring so many people to LilyOnTheLam.com.  I reached 25,000 hits five weeks early and in a mere 18 hours, my Tropical Storm Debby post ("#TropicalStormDebbyCanSuckIt") had received more views than the most widely read blog post (a review of Sarasota's Duval's Cafe) on LilyOnTheLam.com.  


It took 18 months for my review of Duval's Cafe to amass the largest number of page views of all the posts on LilyOnTheLam.com.  My Tropical Storm Debby post not only met that top number but has way surpassed it, in only 18 hours.  So while Tropical Storm Debby has caused a lot of devastation to Floridians, it has helped bring readers to my little boutique blog.  I call this "focusing on the silver lining versus the storm cloud."  Welcome new readers to Lily On The Lam, when you're done looking at the flood pictures - check out some more of my posts.  Ukrainians love me, find out why!


I hope you all are staying dry and warm and that your property is doing the same.  Be well, LilyOnTheLam.com readers and thank you for all the page views!      


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