Yeah Toad,
An I still ain't got my house of 26 years rebuilt since Charlie,----- Government.......
I'll get outta here if it ever gets as bad again....
Safety Valve wrote:Maybe it will wash the trash and debris left over from Katrina away so we can move on with the rebuilding.
Now that is a idea!
This is what I have been looking at http://hurricane.accuweather.com/hurricane/index.asp?partner=forecastfox&traveler=1 seems to be great site. Also like to point out the Water Temp. red aint good!!! All my RR stuff secure
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Well, the waters of the gulf is warm. Dean will get strong.
I think Dean will pass to south of Cuba and then turn north just off the Yucatan and hit into Texas or LA and eventually north or west. We are very hot here in arkansas and remember the heat before Katrina arrived.
If Dean is turned before Cuba she will hit Florida or into Ga.
I dont see any reason for Dean to hit the eastern seaboard this time but only the Lord knows what it will do.
My gut ain't never been wrong......so I am still moving on with closing up and picking up.
When I was a cop I went with my gut and still here
Well I just payed the ol'surance agent a visit today, an up'd the coverages a bit, I hope Jimmy if'en he's a name, and Dean both hit here square on, so's I can collect and get outta here.
Ain't got the woman around to ask me to stay this time, I'll just get in a nice motel or at a friends house an ride it out......I'm in a mobile.
When it's all over, I'll just call the appraiser, an let him handle it all, don't never plan to deal with an insurance company ever again by myself, ain't a one of'em honest.......been there.....
Byron
Hey Bill/Frog,
latest report seems to indicate Dean might be goin on by us, but who knows from there, maybe to follow Erin, maybe you best up them rates a bit too.....
user="ToadFrog&WhiteLightn"]Did I hear you say we having a Hurricain-Keg-RR party?
They might even have some beer hold up in a cooler somewhere out there tooo!!!!!!
EMPIRE II LINE wrote: user="ToadFrog&WhiteLightn"]Did I hear you say we having a Hurricain-Keg-RR party? Who's Buying, I'll bring ice, gim'me directions........Than again maybe the ol'former FEMA folks still got some ice left over from Katrina?????They might even have some beer hold up in a cooler somewhere out there tooo!!!!!!
Just bring hammock
An sleep right on through......ZZZZZZZZZZZZ
The perfect accessory for the keg, Hartland Planter Kit. If the water gets to deep the keg will float, oughta be empty by then, and the train can keep on goin'.
WHen greybeards start to roll past my front door I know then that we are all a-fixing to stand between perdition and the deep blue sea.
Otherwise I dont worry about it. If winds are supposed to get above 100, we usually relocate elsewhere in the mountains for a few days. After all the building code says the house needs to withstand 80 mph gust for 3 seconds... anything over that becomes an insurance problem.
Hurricanes and Noreasters are a staple of life where I grew up and it is not a problem. Katrina gave us a feeder band that ripped our area for 30 minutes and I sware that rain was "Upwards", not sideways or down.
Now the elders still tell stories about storms past with a gleam in thier eyes and try to scare the wee ones with stories of shrieking wind and tearing roofs.
It's the tornados and the scream of the air raid siren that gets us moving with some haste.
Let it rain, let it blow and the girls thier cradle blankets to tear. =)
dougdagrump wrote: The perfect accessory for the keg, Hartland Planter Kit. If the water gets to deep the keg will float, oughta be empty by then, and the train can keep on goin'.
Have fun with your trains
Rain bands still here and Houston is a mess.
One Randles (sp, food store) in Clear Lake near NASA, roof fell in and is feared one person DOA.
Bands are dropping 4" - 8" in less than 30 min.. RRs unite! Help others!
user="ToadFrog&WhiteLightn"] Rain bands still here and Houston is a mess. One Randles (sp, food store) in Clear Lake near NASA, roof fell in and is feared one person DOA.Bands are dropping 4" - 8" in less than 30 min.. RRs unite! Help others!
Looks like Deans want'en to follow Erin here maybe, like they hit us back in04 one two and three, hope not fer you folks sake......
Houston sits close to sea level and every time the dew drips in the morning, the city floods. You gotta have a Texas sized problem or none at all. =)
You think by now they would have figured out how to deal with these things.
Im worried sick that the Dean will turn around the back side of Cuba and hit New Orleans all over again.
EMPIRE II LINE wrote: user="ToadFrog&WhiteLightn"] Rain bands still here and Houston is a mess. One Randles (sp, food store) in Clear Lake near NASA, roof fell in and is feared one person DOA.Bands are dropping 4" - 8" in less than 30 min.. RRs unite! Help others! Well I just decided to check over here before retir'in, you able to stay above the water at least ????Looks like Deans want'en to follow Erin here maybe, like they hit us back in04 one two and three, hope not fer you folks sake......Byron
Water in yard....not a biggy though cause it does drain well.
Yeah there was a dubble or tripple hitter back in 04'.
I feel the lowest place is what they in Galveston call the strand 1' above sea level if my ole brain remembers what the marker said.
Insert:
Weather Underground
into your browser, They do a much better job using the NOAA data including current near-time hurricane hunter aircraft data.
Florida can forget this one. Texas, ye have a monstor. Earlier today the GFDL Model had it coming into Arkansas as a 50 knot storm, but 168 knots before landfall somewhere near NO to the west. Before that one, the earlier model has it at 144 knots into NO proper.
Now the new model animates the storm to hit into Houston/San A. It changes several times a day so we are not going to know for sure what this thing is going to land on... it seems to be staggering towards Jamacia and growing insanely fast.
I for one would like to see this thing hit into the Mexican Mountains and get ripped apart.
Safety Valve wrote: Insert:Weather Undergroundinto your browser, They do a much better job using the NOAA data including current near-time hurricane hunter aircraft data.Florida can forget this one. Texas, ye have a monstor. Earlier today the GFDL Model had it coming into Arkansas as a 50 knot storm, but 168 knots before landfall somewhere near NO to the west. Before that one, the earlier model has it at 144 knots into NO proper.Now the new model animates the storm to hit into Houston/San A. It changes several times a day so we are not going to know for sure what this thing is going to land on... it seems to be staggering towards Jamacia and growing insanely fast.I for one would like to see this thing hit into the Mexican Mountains and get ripped apart.
Have not tried that one SV.
Yeah, as my gut would have it feeling it's coming and very HARD!
In AM will be placing up window coverage because this year we got 2 different types that are plastic (Storm Busters & other can not remember). They seem way better than wood/tape but there $$$$.
At any point we will either get a direct hit or the dirty side of the storm, my heart sinks (and for alot of things in this state) when I know of the clean up I've done before and helped others clean up. And with this illness I am not "fit" enought and I know that but must go on. At 35 yrs old I should be able to do many things...
ok I am rambling again......Frog from the Swamp
dougdagrump wrote:Well, so far it looks like Texas will dodge this one. However Accuweather shows the projected path as crossing Mexico and emerging into the Gulf of Ca as a low pressure center. Depending on what kind of strength remains that could make for an interesting event. The waters of the Gulf of Ca is almost like crawling into a hot-tub, if memory serves me correctly the last time a hurricane came up the Gulf it essentially killed the railroad that John Spreckles, sugar baron, was/had built between SD and Yuma.
UURGH! This means one thing for So Cal folks...humidity!! alot of it! Oooooowww I hate humidity! You cant do a dam thing outdoors without becoming drenched in sweat. Yeech!
[ user="vsmith"] dougdagrump wrote:Well, so far it looks like Texas will dodge this one. However Accuweather shows the projected path as crossing Mexico and emerging into the Gulf of Ca as a low pressure center. Depending on what kind of strength remains that could make for an interesting event. The waters of the Gulf of Ca is almost like crawling into a hot-tub, if memory serves me correctly the last time a hurricane came up the Gulf it essentially killed the railroad that John Spreckles, sugar baron, was/had built between SD and Yuma. UURGH! This means one thing for So Cal folks...humidity!! alot of it! Oooooowww I hate humidity! You cant do a dam thing outdoors without becoming drenched in sweat. Yeech!
Welcome to what it is here all summer long. Or at least about 6 months outta the year or more...
That,s why my plans include a future "O" scale layout in the A/C'd trainroom also.....
Fat lady ain't sang yet!
How long you been living? Ok, so, when has the weather man/woman been right?
Da Frog in da Swamp
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