This calls for one of my favorites... Have a chilled bottle of Konig Ludwig Weissbier... This is really good stuff.
-Photograph by Kevin Parson
hon30critterI can hardly imagine how bad things must smell.
I think I was a bit unclear about this. The sewer that was up-filling the road was the Storm Sewer, not the Sanitary Sewer.
It still smelled bad, but not near as bad as the other one!
I was off work today, first time after six days of stress.
We drove to Tampa for the day. One nice thing about Hurricanes, compared to other other situations, is that you can take a "vacation" from the devistation. 2-3 hours on the road and you can be somewhere normal and enjoy yourself.
We ate at Burger King, drank good coffee, went to Brocotto's for sandwiches, went to IKEA and walked around, and had a great day.
We bought REAL COLD ice without waiting in line for an hour!
Then we drove back home and found we had electricity!
Good day.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
I just took a hot shower for the first time in over a week.
Beginning to feel human again. Time for bed.
Good to hear from you again, Kevin.
Ed. Thanks for keeping us informed.
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
Kevin,
Really great to hear you are "back in business". You and your neighbors have definitely been thru a major life altering situation.
I can relate to how you felt driving to an untouched area and enjoying hot food, and hot water, etc.
When "Ike" (to the best of my recall) hit us we lost electricity and water. I had a generator and had stored 5 gal buckets of "commode water". But on the third day we just decided to leave, and made reservations at Fredericksburg (Tx). We made a lunch stop at Brenham Texas and hit the Dairy Queen.
What an unimaginable joy it was to have cold drinks, hot food, AC, and working commodes! Absolutely a real joy!
Glad you are back, and please know that you were sorely missed and a lot of good folks were seriously concerned about you and you family.
ENJOY !
Mobilman44
Living in southeast Texas, formerly modeling the "postwar" Santa Fe and Illinois Central
NorthBritGood to hear from you again, Kevin.
Thank you David. It is real good to be back.
mobilman44I had a generator and had stored 5 gal buckets of "commode water".
I think I had ten 5 gallon buckets of comode water on hand for this one. I used them to weight down some building materials in the backyard during the storm. We used all but three before water came back.
We are still under a boil water notice, and that will remain until 72 hours after the city reaches 100% water restored to residents. Still drinking bottled water, and using it for the ice trays as well.
mobilman44Glad you are back, and please know that you were sorely missed and a lot of good folks were seriously concerned about you and you family.
Thank you for all of that.
We have a lot of family here on my wife's side, and we are all are OK.
SeeYou190We have a lot of family here on my wife's side, and we are all are OK
That's good news Kevin!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Good Morning Everyone! Zoe, doughnuts are on me this morning in celebration of Kevin's good news!
Kevin, glad to hear how you made out. Hopefully life gets back to close to normal soon for you.
Found out yesterday a guy at work has a house in Ft Myers he plans on retiring to in a year or two. Sounds like he was one of the lucky ones there. I guess the house has minimal damage, but he said he has 4" of sand in his front yard. I guess the beach front restaurants they used to walk to are all completely gone. Just vacant lots.
Mike
Donuts! Tasty Donuts! A hole box of Donuts.
I do not know if the frost is on the pumpkin...
Our garden master brought all of the pumpkins and squash in last weekBut there is frost on the windshieldsBut then, we do not make pies out of the windshields!
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
KEVIN, good to see you here again !
Let us know if you need anything.
I have tons of 4 X 8 plywood .... it's all in 1/87 scale, so shipping will be easy.....
Seriously though, we are glad your still with us .
Rust...... It's a good thing !
A big thanks to posting updates on Kevin's situation. So glad that Kevin and his wife are ok and getting back into some sort of normalcy.
Good to seeyou190 ( get it )
glad you fared as well as you could during storm.
Been there , done that, have the t shirt.
I even when thru IKE here in KY. lost power and trees.
Kevin. Welcome back. Good to hear that you fared reasonably well, considering that The Cape tooka direct hit from a Cat 4.
Air conditioning, refrigeration, hot water, and communication certainly helps makes things livable again.
I'm actually surprised they got the power restored so quickly in the area of a direct hit. Lots of new telephone poles put up?
Hoping the dead animals are not abandoned pets.
Be well and good luck.
- Douglas
Yea!! The diner space-time continuum has returned to normal and Kevin's back and doing OK! Even though your area and your railroad projects will take years to recover, life is great when you and wife escaped with your health.
Lion, you had frost last night -- we're getting it tonight. Even though it will only get down to 28°F, it's our first time of the season below freezing. In the winter when it's 35° below zero, this would seem like a summer day.
Dave, that's a neat video of a marine railroad. I've never seen something like that.
I had some more skin cancers taken off yesterday, so I look like I got hit over the head quite a few times. I can tell people my wife and I had an argument.
This photo is from Nebraska in autumn. I'm not sure why our state doesn't get many tourists here to see the trees change color! I guess it would help if we had trees.
Have a great Friday, everyone.
York1 John
Good Afternoon,
Kevin, glad to hear you are ok and didn't sustain much damage.
We had a hard frost here last night, got down to 20F. My wife covered her flowers with 3 layers and most survived. They are largely in pots so we could crowd them together,
Running the RS3 with a freight, first time in about a year for that loco. I never did see a real one as CN ran GMD units here in the '50s, GP7 and 9s mostly plus some F units. The MLW locos were kept in the east.
Brent, we wouldn't mind an older Westie but they are rarely available. Only 2 breeders here now. Hard to not compare another when you had one that knew 139 toys by name. From what we have read he was literally one in a million for intelligence for any breed.
Supposed to get up to about 65F on Monday so another week of above normal temps. Has been dry in Sept after a very wet spring and summer.
CN Charlie
Good morning from the sunny, warm West Coast.
Still haven't turned on the furnace and it will be into the 20s today.
The wife and I have noticed my son and his girlfriend coming out more often for the weekends and staying a night or two. They are always welcome, but yesterday my son told me they are done with living in the city. By living in the city he thought he could go to all the games for hockey, soccer, and football which he did a lot. He never had to pay as he has free access with his press pass and even though he stopped writing he went just to be with his buds. It was the only thing he enjoyed about the city. He said the noisy concrete jungle and being armpit to armpit in the Borg Cube finally got to him.
Sleeping with the windows wide open without a sound to wake you every night is a better choice he said. Not to mention where he is, walking anywhere means endless standing at the corner waiting for the light to change. He just wants to walk out the door with a dog where he doesn't need to worry about traffic and sidewalks. I am surprised it took two years.
I need to ride the Deere today and do a little leaf chopping. First, bacon and eggs.
All the best to all.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
DoughlessKevin. Welcome back. Good to hear that you fared reasonably well, considering that The Cape took a direct hit from a Cat 4.
And here is "Florida Man" standing outside in the eye of a Category IV hurricane!
SeeYou190 And here is "Florida Man" standing outside in the eye of a Category IV hurricane! -Kevin
Is that the expensive palm you planted recently? Seems to be holding up. In general, palm trees do pretty well in hurricanes.
Robert
LINK to SNSR Blog
ROBERT PETRICKIs that the expensive palm you planted recently? Seems to be holding up. In general, palm trees do pretty well in hurricanes.
Those are a set of forked trunk Dwarf Date Palm trees. I don't know how old they are. They were already mature when I bought the house 23 years ago. They grow very slowly.
My Coconut palm that I planted three years ago did not survive this storm.
It never got close to maturity.
Kevin, great to hear everyone is ok, and great to hear from you.
Glad the house did ok.
Sheldon
ATLANTIC CENTRALGlad the house did ok.
Yes, the house did very good. I seriously doubt it will ever see another category IV strike in my lifetime.
The roof needs replaced. I think I am going to get a 175 MPH roof this time.
There was lots of debris. Anything not branches or shingles came from someone else's house.
-Photographs by Kevin Parson
Everything is cleaned up now. I hope in one year the landscaping all comes back in OK.
Hi John,
York1Dave, that's a neat video of a marine railroad. I've never seen something like that.
I have to give credit to Ed for the video. Thanks again Ed.
Good morning Diners. A large coffee please, Chloe.
Dawn has 'got through' Covid and my chest infection has eased somewhat.
The heavy rainfall we have had for the past week or so has subsided. (Hopefully)
Now a case of mopping up minor damage. (No way like Kevin's challenges.)
Hope to get into the train room tomorrow.
Thoughts and Peace to Alll who Require.
hon30critter Hi John, York1 Dave, that's a neat video of a marine railroad. I've never seen something like that. I have to give credit to Ed for the video. Thanks again Ed. Dave
York1 Dave, that's a neat video of a marine railroad. I've never seen something like that.
Ed, my apologies for my mistake. I mixed up posts, one with a picture and yours with the video. Again, that was an amazing video of something I've never seen before.
Glad to hear you are OK Kevin. Any updates on your storage unit and the damage there? Had water get in a storage unit once and wiped out a lot of books and NG Gazettes and my copy of Up Clear Creek on the narrow gage plus about three boxes of theological books plus damaged other stuff. We did not realize until it was badly molded. I feel your pain. Maybe just a bit of encouragement your boxcar is still running over at the little Choo Choo shop in Spencer NC- just saw it Tuesday.
Jim
Good afternoon diners.
Kevin - Glad to hear there was no major issues from Ian.
Photo's - So Flickr is still giving me a 403-Forbidden error. Their tech support has no idea why. So, let me try this:
EDIT: Nope....
Been very busy of late, but still working on layout a bit here and there.
Hope all are well, best wishes to all not, and all enjoy the day!
Ricky W.
HO scale Proto-freelancer.
My Railroad rules:
1: It's my railroad, my rules.
2: It's for having fun and enjoyment.
3: Any objections, consult above rules.
Ricky (and others getting Forbidden 403)
To get round it I post a few words, then go into edit and post the picture in then.
It seems to work - most times.
Good afternoon from paradise where it is 21c.
I usually wash the truck with the pressure washer every year or so, whether it needs it or not. However, some elephants must have flown over and used it for target practice so I had to get the PW out a mere 3 months after its last blast. I should have started with a shovel.
The daughter is going out with her friends and they love cruising in the old beater, don't know why but it attracts a lot of attention for them sometimes. It must be that 7.3ltr diesel monster that tells people they're not to be messed with.
I went and put some diesel in the truck so the girls can have fun and filled all the gas cans. I have 110 ltrs on hand for power failures and other possible coming events. Hockey season has started and I don't plan on sitting in the dark. The Toyota Hybrid will go a couple of thousand km on that much.
We have a Chevron a few km away in the middle of nowhere with six pumps that have marked diesel for the farmers. It may be worth buying a farm just to get the super cheap diesel.
I may go do the fall hockey season bar stock up as I think we will be back to normal with the Saturday night crowd in for hockey. Other than going to fill the truck today, I can't remember the last time I left the joint.
All the best to all