Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

64 going up to 86 today.
Some quiet time this morning, then sharpen the blades on the JD, and mow lawn for five hours. Groan.
At least my new teenage helper starts today; gosh I hope he turns out ok. Seems to have a lot more potential than the others.

I have already gotten lucky...have a good new friend. But yes I am looking for more than that and this is not the right lady. Which doesn't preclude her from being a wonderful friend. Remember, I've been married three times and while I'm not commitment shy, I have no interest in a fourth at bat. Perhaps I don't trust myself...Besides, try going through two divorces and staying solvent. Lot of incredibly good times behind me, and some hard lessons too.

I understand the under the stairs part, and the tub. Not sure the fiberglass surround in the bathroom under the stairs is going to cut it, but it's a matter of what's best among not so hot choices. Do lower sections of chimneys collapse? I wondered about crawling into the large fireplace I have. Might want to clean it out first...
My home was built on an 8 acre bulldozed opening in woods, so trees on all four sides, but set back from house; good thing. So I have some windbreak, but a tornado
isn't likely to be slowed down by that. Just throw enormous piles of debris all over the lawn...I was told in the last big hurricane the last owner had to put the rake on his tractor and drag it over the entire property; the woods were in the lawn. But the house only needed new shingles, which is/was a good sign.

Tornado safety is becoming a bigger deal to all of us as the frequency and severity of these storms seems to be increasing.
We all need a plan, and I don't have one. I've owned five homes with basements, and now no basement, no houses do here, and with a frame home,
Mother Nature really could huff and puff and blow my house down. The barn and sheds are frame; I'd have to build an internal safe room. But I think better to have
the safe room in the house ,where hopefully the backup generator would keep the lights on. Stuff you think about, and when it happens, wish you had thought a little more. Maybe there is already a thread on this. I for one would not like to live in Kansas or Oklahoma. Too many years in the insurance business to constantly worry about all that risk.

 

[wngsprd]

59 and a little fog, going to 85 and sunny.

Don, are those gaillardia flowers? Bees look like something to stay away from.

Drew, we use the crawl space - we have more headroom under our house and a steel frame for part of it so it works well, especially since we have no basement. For tornado alerts, our smart phones automatically receive a signal and start screaming alarm sounds. We've had to go under the house 3 times already this year. If your crawl space is unworkable, you've got a deep ditch, so maybe run under your bridge when you get that rebuilt...wet, but supposed to be a safe place unless it's too far from your house.

 

[Ed of all trades]

Good Morning All. 60 this am going to 82 with no rain. Finished unloading the big box trailer yesterday and can now start on the storage units. Will take it easy today, Lots of Lazy Boy time, might even slip in a nap.

Don, pretty flowers, what kind are they? Around here if you had a hive like that you could call any number of bee people and they would come and get them for you and put them in a hive and take them home.

Have a great day. Ed

 

[ronjhall]

Tornado safety is becoming a bigger deal to all of us as the frequency and severity of these storms seems to be increasing.
We all need a plan, and I don't have one. I've owned five homes with basements, and now no basement, no houses do here, and with a frame home,
Mother Nature really could huff and puff and blow my house down. The barn and sheds are frame; I'd have to build an internal safe room. But I think better to have
the safe room in the house ,where hopefully the backup generator would keep the lights on. Stuff you think about, and when it happens, wish you had thought a little more. Maybe there is already a thread on this. I for one would not like to live in Kansas or Oklahoma. Too many years in the insurance business to constantly worry about all that risk.

It's always a good idea to have a plan. For Tornado safety we have cellar entrance to our Michigan basement. All metal with way to lock the double doors from inside. Our house is cement block construction. With a couple of door arches made out of brick and concrete. Should be safe places to hide in a tornado. Biggest worry is all the windows. Going to be glass flying all over the place.
Since 1950 there have been 112 recorded tornadoes. That's within a 50 mile radius. Closest one about .5 miles away in 1960's wiped out corner of a woods. Then disappeared.
You can look up Tornado history in your area with a Google search.
I think we are prepared. But have not bought emergency food or water.

 

[daugen]

bottles of water, flashlights, matches, etc etc. Really ought to be one week's worth of subsisting without utilities.
if the last hurricane here put two feet of water on the ground, there is nowhere to hide at ground level. I have to get above the water.
For a tornado, assuming no ground water, the sturdiest thing I thought would be my chimney. Thinking what is left when houses get totally demolished.
Then in a bathtub. It's when the bathtub goes airborne that I get concerned. More than a little...
Maybe i should build a little concrete block bunker down by the barn. These things don't last that long but I think I'd like to be inside something seriously strong.
Maybe even enough to withstand a big oak tree falling on it. Now that would have to be strong...
Hmmmm.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

It's when the bathtub goes airborne that I get concerned. More than a little...

Install two belts on the bathtub, Drew. One for you, the other to hold the mattress on top. Oh, and make sure that the helmet is Snell rated. And don't forget to put an oar in there in case it comes down in the water.:laughing:

 

[RedNeckGeek]

70F @ 5:30AM. Sunny. High 102F. Winds light and variable.

May have finished welding on the Vanagon yesterday, but also found a headliner bracket with a couple dozen spot welds that needs to come off. Think I'll use that zirconium flapper wheel this time, as it cuts fast and leaves a nice finish. Ran it through another fifty or sixty welds yesterday and it's still holding up well.

Hope everyone has a peaceful and relaxing Sunday!

 

[daugen]

Install two belts on the bathtub, Drew. One for you, the other to hold the mattress on top. Oh, and make sure that the helmet is Snell rated. And don't forget to put an oar in there in case it comes down in the water.:laughing:

I can do that, I'm a boater...

 

[newbury]

bottles of water, flashlights, matches, etc etc. Really ought to be one week's worth of subsisting without utilities.
if the last hurricane here put two feet of water on the ground, there is nowhere to hide at ground level. I have to get above the water.
For a tornado, assuming no ground water, the sturdiest thing I thought would be my chimney. Thinking what is left when houses get totally demolished.
Then in a bathtub. It's when the bathtub goes airborne that I get concerned. More than a little...
Maybe i should build a little concrete block bunker down by the barn. These things don't last that long but I think I'd like to be inside something seriously strong.
Maybe even enough to withstand a big oak tree falling on it. Now that would have to be strong...
Hmmmm.

Drew build an above ground "root cellar".
Or buy something like Survive-a-Storm Shelters Panelized 4x6 Above Ground Tornado Safe Room - Survive-a-Storm Shelters

Pour a thick pad and put it at 3 or 4 feet above ground level.

 

[toppop52]

duplicate, sort of...