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Flooding scarce in Georges' wake With no reports of flooded homes in Pinellas or Hillsborough, "It basically seemed like a non-event,'' a meteorologist says. Times staff writer © St. Petersburg Times, published September 28, 1998 ides were only slightly above normal, said Tom Paylor, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Ruskin. "It basically seemed like a non-event," he said. There were no reports of flooded homes in Pinellas or Hillsborough counties, and the streets were dry in beach towns and in St. Petersburg's Shore Acres community. "Life is as normal as it could be after a hurricane," said Tim Kehoe, who works at the front desk in the Sirata Beach Resort in St. Petersburg Beach. All but four of the 20 guests who left in mid-vacation have returned, he said. Hotel staff have put beach chairs out again and unstacked the furniture in ground floor rooms. Most people around the Tampa Bay area seemed to be resting Sunday after several days of hurricane hysteria. But Nick Caste, a manager at Scotty's building supply store on 22nd Avenue N, suggested that people peel the tape from their windows before the weather heats up again. If the tape leaves behind a residue, Caste said olive oil or peanut oil should make it easier to scrub off. An acetone solvent or mineral spirits also can be used to clean windows that aren't covered by protective films. Business | Citrus | Commentary | Entertainment Hernando | Floridian | Obituaries | Pasco | Sports State | Tampa Bay | World & Nation © Copyright 1998 St. Petersburg Times. All rights reserved.