you coulda just said "I moved before you were born!" I was born Dec '74 in North Carolina. We moved to P'Cola in '76. My stepdad graduated from Escambia, back in '61 or so. They were the Rebels back then, not sure when they changed to the Gators (which was it while you were there?)
And for the weather part... Here's what I had to drive home in yesterday afternoon. (well, actually, this was a bit west of where I was, I got lucky and only endured one cell shortly after leaving work. Going along the interstate, I was clear. Crossing the bay was awesome though! I could see a huge cell to the north, and to the west and south I could see about 4 or 5 smaller cells. I've never seen that many different columns of rain from a thunderstorm before!!!)