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donjr

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The world is coming to an end. Sandy is coming. And we're right in the bullseye here in N. Maryland . The TV news is going nuts. The 'advice' is driving the citidiots into a feeding frenzy. After the derecho hit last summer, BGE is already under fire for repair work and calling out of state contractors. Lowe's and Wally World are getting a run on generators and batteries. Water, milk and toilet paper will disappear before noon today from store shelves. Sump pumps must be checked. Get gas and oil for the chainsaw now. Whoops, add that to the list. Get a chainsaw and blower to cleanup afterward. And don't forget boots and raingear. We're looking at First Warning Weather. "We're scrambling to board up and get boats out of the water. The weather isn't affecting traffic yet, but get ready. It will into the weekend. Stay tuned for an update...."

So, it's gonna rain. It'll be a pain to feed for a few days. Cows will stay in the barn and be bedded. Even they ain't that dumb.

And the box stores will grin all the way to the bank.

I just can't understand how mankind managed to make it this far. You would have thought Darwin would have weeded us out better by now. Guess I better get out and fuel up the loader and batten down the hatches....
 
You do what you want but Implore you don't take this lightly if you are close enough to be reached by the storm surge. I stayed when Hugo hit Charleston in 89. We were lucky the storm went directly over us but the folks North of Charleston got a 20 + ft surge of water. that killed alot of folks. I remember I promised my wife as we lay on the couch in the middle of it that she would never have to go through this again cause we would not stay next time.
Ron
 
There's not taking something lightly, and there's mass hysteria.

Unfortunately, Darwin has been regulated out of business. The truly stupid people can't off themselves anymore because everything is built to such ridiculously "safe" standards.
 
I was in HUGO and met it as i started down Fancy gap on I 77 on my little trip to Charlotte N C. for a of all things and equipment auction. We made it to the sale and after a couple hours of them tryen to get some generators running so they could get there computers up and running they called the sale and we went home . I was also in the one that came thru Richmond Va. loading machines out of a printing company while the storm was raging , had planed on stayen in the building thru it but cops came and ran us all outend up driving up 95 that night in 95 and 100 Mph winds and rain . Had a tree limb come flyen and took out the right head light . Drove thru two of them , nope not fun at all.
 
I stayed, My Mother and Father Went to Harleyville SC 40 miles east of Charleston, and my youngest brother and his family went to Charlotte NC and the eye of the storm went across us all.
Ron
 
Well it is an economic stimulus!!!

If you are in a low lying area then I would move to higher ground. I saw the damage caused in Miss. and LA after the big hurricane hit there 6-7 years ago. A big storm surge is nothing to joke about. I don't want anyone to be hurt or killed by not being warned. Even with all the warnings some fools will stay put and get hurt or need rescued.
 
I told ya mate! It's the bloody great a pox eclipse! Hide the silverware! I know it can be stolen- that's how we got ours!
And put the Bugs Bunnie doll in a breadbag or something water tight....
Seriously, after that 2 feet of vanilla ice cream on the still green leaves...almost exactly a year ago, a cat one, warm rain, hey worst things have happened to better people....
 
I know others got it alot worse, but I was on the west side of the eye in Greenville SC. Had pretty high winds, and LOTS of rain. I remember it well!
 
Hugo passed by Charlotte, ripped up the middle of NC, then pounded VA. They say Frankenstorm has a BUNCH of water in it and when it hits the cold front coming thru the midwest, we may all see SNOW! As much as a foot of it in WestVA.
 
Sure glad I have that standby Kohler generator just in case the power goes off. In 2003 our power was off 2 weeks when that storm hit. Hal
 
I was in the Army at Ft Bragg in 1954 when one of these storms hit that area. It rolled over a mobile home. Still had to report for duty. Hal
 
Looks like another slow day on the news channels,let's see if we can blame this on....Bush or external_link, or maybe Mitt.
I'm sure O'Malley (Gov.in Md) will blame it on somebody else, if we have any problems.
 
Went through a class 4 Hurricane aboard a destroyer back in '88 or '89....man what a ride. The forces behind a storm like that are scary enough when on dry land, but that's nothing compared to experienceing one up close and personal onboard a 'bobber' that's just over 400 feet long, maybe 60 feet wide, and that's floating around in it.........
 
As opposed to the Air Force in the Tampa Bay Area after WWII they close several bases in the area, leaving the ONE on the water open, where it's vulnerable to a storm surge. When a Hurricane comes they evacuate the aircraft and all people living on base and then order the ones that live off base to come in to operate the base and do the clean up. And oh yes the commissary BX and dining halls are closed so you have to go home to eat or bring your own food to work with you.
 
I went thru a pretty good storm on a Cleveland class in '68 in the north Atlantic. Carriers in the fleet were taking greenies over the flight deck. And then, later in a Polaris type in the upper Atlantic in the early 70's. Sure was a difference in the ride at 400', but every now and then we still felt the surface waves.
 
I was down at Homestead AFB in the Fall of 1975 for water survival in Tampa Bay. Beautiful base back then until Hurricane Andrew flattened it in 1992.
 
What happened to all the generators and plywood that everyone bougt in the last ten years of terror weather forcasting?
Seems that I would buy plywood once cut it to fit and store it.
 
Am near 700' in elevation. Storm surge from ocean expected at 10'. Am piling up cow patties for extra safety. Currently need wood for rotten transom in boat. Please send.
 
O'Muttley won't have time to blame someone else until month. Right now he's calling a special session of the legislaters to push through a hurricane tax bill. He has trouble passing up on something this big...
 
LOL, leave the buildings though please, we don't want to pay to have those rebuilt, also given the history, architecture etc., but the current occupants can go, you think they would just leave if we asked nicely, or do we really need this big ole storm to get involved LOL !!!!
 
I thinkin there may be some good fishin around there once the ocean level starts to rise from the greenhouse effeck.
Ron
 
GEEZ old age is getting to me. Tampa Bay would have been McDill AFB. Landed there emergency fuel in 1980.
 
Cranky Don! Don't tell Lyle you need wood for a boat, he'll nail together a Baltimore Clipper from pictures he seen in a book once... count me out of delivery... I get sea sick. Funny how more comes out than seems to have gone in??
Often wonder how come people in flood prone areas don't build their houses in a barge, let it circle at anchor till the storm's gone, then as the water goes down, tug it inline to where it was- drop a couple more anchors- rehook the water and sewer lines etc... or did I just invent a good idea for once?????
 
Once you've seen a 40'+ swell being pushed by 80+ mph winds you gain some respect. Where I live the old telephone poles mark previous storm surges. End of my road the top marker is 4 or more times the cab height of my F350. Granted that was a historic storm. Its been in the back of my mind all day. I have a full size wood chipper,saw mill, and a skid steer + sitting at 10' above sea level. Historic storm hits its 15' underwater. Tonight I sat at Septic install watching deer drinking a beer. Sunday I'll move my stuff if need be I expect others will head to Walmart or where ever to get their "stuff".
 
I can remember when I was a kid in the 50's, hurricane Hazel was moving in to NE, PA My Dad and Grandpa closed the shutters on the house and nailed them shut. They even nailed the front door shut. I believe the barn doors were blown off the track.
:D
 
Hugo was very unkind to central NC. It took down lots of trees and laid the crops down. It ripped and twisted tobacco, including mine.
 
owemuttly will likely extend the hours of early voting in the minority areas, which always get hurt the worst, from any natural disaster. We all know god has it out for minorities!
 
On the Pratt we had green water crossing so high they were just shy of taking water down the forward stack. A few years later I rode out what I was later told was one of the systems that made up "the storm of the century" onboard the USS America (CV66). It was amazing that there was a storm sever enough to make a carrier rock. It wasn't nearly as bad as the ride on the destroyer, but it was a fun ride....especially for those guys that had never been aboard a ship small enough to actually rock.... Heck we had our picnic tables on the mess decks sliding all over the place, racks in the berthing comparements that weren't attached falling over dumping the occupants in the floor, etc, etc.

Funny thing, I had a guy on the mess decks ask me if I had been on a small ship before. When I told him I had and asked why, he told me to look at what I was doing with my left hand. I'd never paid attention to it but I was eating with my right hand and using my left to keep the tray level so the contents didn't spill when the ship rocked. Then there was the guy in the rack that wasn't anchored. Told him when I walked past and saw it rocking that he needed to secure it and he got smart and told me I didn't know what I was talking about.....When I heard the crash later I simply walked over and said "I told you dumb a$$" and laughted my a$$ off at him lying there in the floor....
 
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