Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

feel fortunate to sit here with hot cup of coffee, showered and shaved, ready to see what the world looks like when the sun comes up.
Gen still roaring, probably about four inches of rain so far, thankfully there are a few lulls in between downpours, and as I expected this amount of rain so far is getting absorbed. What continues to come will not be.

Internet/cable down, went out almost immediately, my ancient little Verizon Mifi carrying on just fine.
Having problem with surge current on one a/c unit, keeps cutting out my pc upstairs apparently when the voltage drops, some protective device in the UPS whose battery is MIA. Laptop does fine though.

no rain at the moment, sounds strangely quiet. And then that low train like rumbling sound where the wind reminds you lots going on out there.
Phil glad you were far away from that explosion, sounds awful, prayers for those affected and hurt.

 

[Ed of all trades]

Good morning all. 69 going to 75 with a 50-80% chance of showers. Got the fence fixed yesterday and pumped the pool down a bit and when i tried to turn the valve to filter the gasket failed. Went to the pool place and got the wrong gasket and will go back and get the right one today. Try to get it in between showers.

No dipstick cars. I have been told that when Cat sells a new dozer they make 25% of the expected profit. Parts and labor make up 75% of expected profit. Sounds like the car industry is learning that as well. More things to go wrong.

Drew, you are not alone, all of our prayers are sending you help, prayer sent.

Prayers for those effected by the gas explosion.

Have a great day, prayers sent to all in need. Ed

 

[Buppies]

70 high of 80 today breezy rain moving in late

Prayers for all those in harms way

 

[Buppies]

I think the knot broke Toppop

 

[Buppies]

I was told Ed Cat will sell Equiptment at cost knowing repair and parts will make it up

 

[Buppies]

Pretty good flooding all around you Drew be safe please

 

[Thomas]

60F heavy fog low 80's for high.

Got the main lawn trim had to hustle darkness comes early now.
Family gray fox 6 a show up last evening playing barking chasing one another and feeding,indeed a sight to watch...better than anything tv shows have to offer.
E muffin feed little critters slow roll to work.

I'll call TLE Kubota dealership make appointment have them come on out do complete service from front to back,check everything no matter what it takes..been 9 years. :ashamed:

Enjoy the day all.

Thoughts/prayers those dealing w/nasty storm.

 

[toppop52]

Drew, glad to hear you are fine. We are getting a few light sprinkles from outer band, but as weak as it is now we will not see much. My brother in Elizabeth City got lucky as well.

75 going to 79 with showers and moderate NE winds.
Looks like my day trip to Front Royal tomorrow for the 4 year old grandson’s birthday is on.

Continued safety folks, God bless.

 

[ronjhall]

Poured first cup of coffee. 64° with fog this morning. Heading to 81° with afternoon sun. Got windows cleaned. Today is lawn cutting day. Nothing else planned.

Mphm, saw that story last night. Hope they get the problem under control and everyone is safe. Prayers sent.

Drew and others in the way of Flo stay safe. Prayers for your safety.

Thomas, my tractor is 16 years old. I have never had it back to dealer for maintenance. I like your idea of having dealer come out and do it. Tractor is right at 500 hours. I have all the fluids and filters to get it done. Need to do a antifreeze change also. My arm says do not do it. Closet dealer is about 20 miles away. Need to call and see if they do field service.

Good Morning All.

 

[daugen]

Pretty good flooding all around you Drew be safe please

you bet, like in New Bern, next big town South of here, has 10 feet of water coming into the town; have to wonder
if much of the same isn't about to come up the Pamlico River shortly and flood all the downtown streets in Washington.
I'm sure the EMS there is doing water rescues. What really creeps me out is seeing couples out walking around in flooded streets.
Man is that a good way to get electrocuted if some wire happens to fall nearby. Really really bad idea unless you have no choice.
And the picture takers frankly looked a little clueless. Near a marina, probably sailboaters. heh heh heh **
actually a really bad time for anyone with a boat. Easily damaged in the marina and even up on the "hard". People do dumb things with stands
and if the boat next to you falls over likely your boat will be damaged.

I emailed my insurance agent, who because I used to be one, and a company underwriter, get along wonderfully telling him
good luck as he was about to be the most popular man in town. I'm sure he's written a ton of flood insurance, have to have it on a
Fed backed loan. And much of the town is in 100 year flood zone, which we now know isn't something you can depend upon.
With global warming comes more severe weather and more serious floods. Folks near the water better take a tour of Holland
and see how it's done...

** Ford vs Chevy, Red vs Blue, Stinkpotters vs Ragbaggers, there are just some natural opposites in life
that you just have to keep your sense of humor with. Did you know that all sailboaters are so cheap they steal all the toilet
paper out of the marina bathrooms? Did you know that all powerboaters have giant guts loaded with gold chains and guzzle beer?
Ah, always room for some friendly joshing.

a little boat story:
In 1972 I was invited out by a college fraternity mate, on a 90 foot sloop night cruise owned by the original owner of Hilton Head resort. Drove all the way down there from PA and right after dinner went out on this beautiful polished wood trim boat, which just gleamed in the moonlight. And there was a full moon out, of course. Almost intoxicating by itself. In addition to the wine.

I'm exhausted, but the boat was big enough it had real seats, which most smaller sailboats don't. They have perches, often with thinly
padded foam. Not much better than a Quaker bench... But this yacht I was on was simply marvelous, sluicing through the water under sail with just the splash of the water to hear and the creaking of lines when a gust of wind gave you a shove forward. Now that was boating...
So I think sailboats are great, when the fan is finally clogged for good, we will all be back to sailing anyway...
Solar powered boats will be the hot ticket; albeit a slow ride.
Look how so many of you have really great electrical yard tools now.
they already have solar boats, just have to get the cost down.
Which means they will come from you know where..

time to put a rain slicker on and go for a walk.

 

[Buppies]

Drew you are right opinions everyone has one or two. I’ve had decent luck with British cars great luck with German cars except for one brand. Bad luck with chevy good luck Ford and Dodge. However I never say never so who knows I might buy a BMW again or a GM product. Again be safe there’s only one of you

 

[LouNY]

you bet, like in New Bern, next big town South of here, has 10 feet of water coming into the town; have to wonder
if much of the same isn't about to come up the Pamlico River shortly and flood all the downtown streets in Washington.
I'm sure the EMS there is doing water rescues. What really creeps me out is seeing couples out walking around in flooded streets.
Man is that a good way to get electrocuted if some wire happens to fall nearby. Really really bad idea unless you have no choice.
And the picture takers frankly looked a little clueless. Near a marina, probably sailboaters. heh heh heh **
actually a really bad time for anyone with a boat. Easily damaged in the marina and even up on the "hard". People do dumb things with stands
and if the boat next to you falls over likely your boat will be damaged.

I emailed my insurance agent, who because I used to be one, and a company underwriter, get along wonderfully telling him
good luck as he was about to be the most popular man in town. I'm sure he's written a ton of flood insurance, have to have it on a
Fed backed loan. And much of the town is in 100 year flood zone, which we now know isn't something you can depend upon.
With global warming comes more severe weather and more serious floods. Folks near the water better take a tour of Holland
and see how it's done...

** Ford vs Chevy, Red vs Blue, Stinkpotters vs Ragbaggers, there are just some natural opposites in life
that you just have to keep your sense of humor with. Did you know that all sailboaters are so cheap they steal all the toilet
paper out of the marina bathrooms? Did you know that all powerboaters have giant guts loaded with gold chains and guzzle beer?
Ah, always room for some friendly joshing.

a little boat story:
In 1972 I was invited out by a college fraternity mate, on a 90 foot sloop night cruise owned by the original owner of Hilton Head resort. Drove all the way down there from PA and right after dinner went out on this beautiful polished wood trim boat, which just gleamed in the moonlight. And there was a full moon out, of course. Almost intoxicating by itself. In addition to the wine.

I'm exhausted, but the boat was big enough it had real seats, which most smaller sailboats don't. They have perches, often with thinly
padded foam. Not much better than a Quaker bench... But this yacht I was on was simply marvelous, sluicing through the water under sail with just the splash of the water to hear and the creaking of lines when a gust of wind gave you a shove forward. Now that was boating...
So I think sailboats are great, when the fan is finally clogged for good, we will all be back to sailing anyway...
Solar powered boats will be the hot ticket; albeit a slow ride.
Look how so many of you have really great electrical yard tools now.
they already have solar boats, just have to get the cost down.
Which means they will come from you know where..

time to put a rain slicker on and go for a walk.

Heard from my daughter in Jacksonville this morning, power went out about 10 last night, but other then hot and stuffy all doing well.
Best wishes to all in the storms path.

If those hog lagoons over flow, dilution may be beneficial, sure hope so.

 

[ronjhall]

you bet, like in New Bern, next big town South of here, has 10 feet of water coming into the town; have to wonder
if much of the same isn't about to come up the Pamlico River shortly and flood all the downtown streets in Washington.
I'm sure the EMS there is doing water rescues. What really creeps me out is seeing couples out walking around in flooded streets.
Man is that a good way to get electrocuted if some wire happens to fall nearby. Really really bad idea unless you have no choice.
And the picture takers frankly looked a little clueless. Near a marina, probably sailboaters. heh heh heh **
actually a really bad time for anyone with a boat. Easily damaged in the marina and even up on the "hard". People do dumb things with stands
and if the boat next to you falls over likely your boat will be damaged.

I emailed my insurance agent, who because I used to be one, and a company underwriter, get along wonderfully telling him
good luck as he was about to be the most popular man in town. I'm sure he's written a ton of flood insurance, have to have it on a
Fed backed loan. And much of the town is in 100 year flood zone, which we now know isn't something you can depend upon.
With global warming comes more severe weather and more serious floods. Folks near the water better take a tour of Holland
and see how it's done...

** Ford vs Chevy, Red vs Blue, Stinkpotters vs Ragbaggers, there are just some natural opposites in life
that you just have to keep your sense of humor with. Did you know that all sailboaters are so cheap they steal all the toilet
paper out of the marina bathrooms? Did you know that all powerboaters have giant guts loaded with gold chains and guzzle beer?
Ah, always room for some friendly joshing.

a little boat story:
In 1972 I was invited out by a college fraternity mate, on a 90 foot sloop night cruise owned by the original owner of Hilton Head resort. Drove all the way down there from PA and right after dinner went out on this beautiful polished wood trim boat, which just gleamed in the moonlight. And there was a full moon out, of course. Almost intoxicating by itself. In addition to the wine.

I'm exhausted, but the boat was big enough it had real seats, which most smaller sailboats don't. They have perches, often with thinly
padded foam. Not much better than a Quaker bench... But this yacht I was on was simply marvelous, sluicing through the water under sail with just the splash of the water to hear and the creaking of lines when a gust of wind gave you a shove forward. Now that was boating...
So I think sailboats are great, when the fan is finally clogged for good, we will all be back to sailing anyway...
Solar powered boats will be the hot ticket; albeit a slow ride.
Look how so many of you have really great electrical yard tools now.
they already have solar boats, just have to get the cost down.
Which means they will come from you know where..

time to put a rain slicker on and go for a walk.

Being a powerboater all my life. I still have liked a few evening sails. No noise other than the ripple of water passing along the hull.
That being said. A local radio personality for years. JP McCarthy was giving a report on the tugboat races that are run on Detroit River every year around July 4th. A Rag Bagger called in making a statement about the amount fuel wasted during the race. JP's response was that " Sailboaters think the wind is free and everything else should be free". JP had a Hatteras or similar yacht. :thumbsup:

 

[toppop52]

Drew, we all know blo-boaters never bathe and the women have armpit hamsters larger than the cats they keep on board!
Don’t get me started on Cortina drivers! LOL

You know I’m kidding!

 

[Bird]

Maybe we were just lucky but we have owned over the years seven British cars no real problems. So Eric should be happy

I've only owned one British car; a 1962 Austin Healy Sprite, and I had lots of problems with it. It kept getting run into by other drivers who didn't see it.:laughing: Several times when I got off work, I found it bashed again where it was legally parked. And it got severely damaged twice when I was in it, sitting still.

 

[daugen]

fun little walk around the property, got some very wet feet, let up enough a few times I could take a pic,
usual junk everywhere, picked up a lot of broken pine limbs on driveway.
This is just round one, going to be windy today and the more rain, the more likely the trees will go over.

had to do a little ditch maintenance, get those logs out, ditch flowing a lot of water

going out in a little while to shut down generator and check oil. It's been on 12 hours and I try to check that often.
Never have to add oil but always check. Lawn starting to get covered in lakes, dumped 5.25 inches out of rain gauge.

the blurry picture is what it looks like when caught in a downpour
warm out, felt good actually

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

fun little walk around the property, got some very wet feet, let up enough a few times I could take a pic,
usual junk everywhere, picked up a lot of broken pine limbs on driveway.
This is just round one, going to be windy today and the more rain, the more likely the trees will go over.

had to do a little ditch maintenance, get those logs out, ditch flowing a lot of water

going out in a little while to shut down generator and check oil. It's been on 12 hours and I try to check that often.
Never have to add oil but always check. Lawn starting to get covered in lakes, dumped 5.25 inches out of rain gauge.

the blurry picture is what it looks like when caught in a downpour
warm out, felt good actually

Thanks for the update. Looks like you avoided the worst of the wind. Just be prepared for tons of rain.

 

[riptides]

71 outside this AM. Heading to upper 70's with rain. Power is out. Trees down due to ground saturation up the road.

And this is not anywhere near the hurricane, nor do we have windy conditions. It has been just that wet here.

Mower is suppose to come back today. Irony in there, somewhere.

Hope all have a safe day and better weekend. Hope all fare the hurricane as well as can be expected.

 

[CWB Wyo]

It cooled off again this morning 34°. Yesterday turned out to bad, a lot of smoke and ash from fires in Utah. Visibility was down to about a mile. Today is supposed to be in the 80's with 20-30 mph winds and sunny.

Don't have any real plans for today. May go up and help a neighbor work on his place.

Hope everyone in the path of the hurricane gets though it without any major problems. And the rest of you get a good start to the weekend.
CWB.

 

[PJSprog]

68°F and clear skies this morning, going up to 89° today.

Be careful going out, Drew. Flying debris is indiscriminately unfriendly. Hope everyone else over there is safe as well.

Never owned a British car. However, if I ever have the discretionary funds and space, I'd love to have an MG Midget. I've always liked tiny cars.