Good morning!!!!

[PJSprog]

One friend in Melbourne FL was chiding people on Facebook yesterday for the mad rush to buy up all the bottled water, noting that "The water coming from your faucet at home is still perfectly good and nearly free by comparison." He said he's filling every bathtub, sink, and container he can get his hands on.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

The models seem to be converging and it doesn't look good at all for Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas:

Hurricane Irma an Extreme Storm Surge Threat to the U.S. and Bahamas by Dr. Jeff Masters | Category 6 | Weather Underground

And there are two more on the way, Jose following in Irma's wake, and Katia down in the Gulf that aims to give Mexico a hard time. Both are worth keeping an eye on...

 

[toppop52]

Randy, have you brought in a hospice nurse yet? They can tell when her time is near.

She's in comfort care at the nursing home, similar to hospice.

 

[toppop52]

Big rain storm last night, beautiful day today, low humidity and low 70's.

 

[ronjhall]

She's in comfort care at the nursing home, similar to hospice.

My mother was is same type of care for her final days. Worked out well because it was same people that had been caring for previous 2 years. Very caring people.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 56F this morning, clear calm. high temp today was 84F (DP 56F) moderate wind, sky remained clear. Bike ride this morning, worked on cleanup from trip, lunch at stepdaughter's house, nap and vacuum out car and truck.

 

[farmer2009]

57 currently. 71 for the high.

Chicken litter is gone. 21 loads. Not sure of tonnage yet.

Birds weighted good and performed well. 567,000 pounds of chickens only managed to eat 998,000 pounds of feed. Mainly corn, some wheat and soybeans mixed in. Company came to me wanting to install windows in the barns. So the birds can have natural daylight. They're willing to finance it and pay us an allowance for the next 3 years to offset cost. So actual cost to us should be minimal but I'm still waiting on prices. They've had some test houses for 2 years now and said all barns will eventually get windows.

Waiting on cows to start calving. Any day now.

Thoughts with those in Texas, Florida and east cost. Have an ex-aunt (I guess that's correct, uncles ex wife but mother to my cousins) that rode the storm out on St. Thomas island in the Virgin Islands. My cousin said she was ok but going to have to be evacuated by boat to another island before she could get a plane back to main land. She tried to evacuate as soon as orders were given but couldn't get a flight out.


Don and toppop best wishes to your families.

Drew. Safe travels. Might be worth some stilts for generator. Will make it easier to service. No bending and buckets fit under it better.

 

[sodamo]

Long waiting day, sears didn't arrive until after 3, called about 1 saying he was running late. Has a trainee in tow. New carb and manifold on the mower. Showed him the belt I replaced this weekend so getting no cost replacement for that. Have one on order via eBay but I'll take another for no cost.

 

[RoyJackson]

2017-09-08, 0353

50 degrees right now...high in the mid-60's and 80% probability of rain.
Well, at least it's Friday!

 

[Eric Salop]

Ed, you must be having a hard time keeping everything together while your wife is ill. At times like this I am really sorry that I can't offer any help with prayers as I lost religion at an early age, but I know there are lots of good, Good Morning folk who all be more than willing to help you out. Don't forget either those that don't post, instead being content to simply read these pages, as I'm sure many of those will be praying for your family too.

farmer2009, your 1.76 feed to chicken conversion ratio sounds very good. They talk about having to farm insects in future to get better ratios as the population increases. That certainly wouldn't be my preference, anyone who has ridden a bike at speed knows that insect after taste only too well !
Be interesting to hear more about the chicken windows. Would that only be on the north face ?

lenny, pickaroons are not something I have ever seen anyone using. Loggers are meant to be tough, but that is a serious self-acupuncture tool :laughing:


Got a bit of a surprise when I used the jet washer yesterday. The concrete I was cleaning has only been brushed over in the past. I was aware of it being potmarked but didn't realise it was quite so bad until the holes were blasted clean of sand, with pebbles coming out in some places too, leaving about 20 holes up to an inch deep to each square yard. It is quite a thick slab and doesn't get any vehicles over, so would be a bit of a waste to dig it all up and start again, although I'm not sure what is best to do next. Any ideas greatfully received - now who is going to say just fill the holes back up with sand and look at it again in another 10 years . Doesn't look too bad this morning anyway - all the holes have been filled by the rain.