Along with the obvious fast burning hay, barns contain dried out timbers that should ignite quickly as the heat builds. Space between barn siding {cracks between boards}, particularly old building should provide incoming oxygen for a fast moving fire too.....Open at some spots on main floor down to lower section of barn provides good draft as well. And not to mention main floor, open barn doors of large size.
Most barns that I remember back in our home area that had spontaneous combustion fires started, were totally destroyed, even with multiple fire co.'s on site....
Quentin
afternoon
well mother nature has provided us with some thunderboomers this afternoon.Matt and I got a little wet when coming home from running errands.As for barn fires I have heard about people with burn barrels to close to the barn and they catch the barn on fire.Cw thanks for supper.Time to get things around for work.
stay safe
joe
Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").
Puter has a short in its git along - actually it is in the roadrunner box. So many fade at any time.
Joe - we don't have that many barns any more, so people put their grills on their balconies (a strict no-no from fire dept) and burn their houses, condos, apts and garages down! Well done on that burger, please!
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Afternoon.
Larry, We are beginning to get suspicious because the guy was laughing about it and showed no unhappy emotion at all as stated by our fire chief. Maybe it was set on purpose???
Have any of you herd of the book Little Sandy Sleigh Foot? When the excavator operator was tearing it down about ohhh… 2 or three hundred copies fell out. Most all soaked with oil, and water. We saved 5, I got one too. Dr. Crane wrote this book.
Well, THE LAST DAY OF SUMMER VACATION FOR ME… Tomorrow we will mount the cream filled Twinkie with a flashing strobe light on it, and ride it to the place of doom. I’m going to double, and triple check all my stuff tonight. But… There’s still time for a little MSTS before that!
Have a good evening all, and if you have time, wish me luck tomorrow as I start my first day of 8th grade.
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Justin, good luck starting 8th grade tomorrow. Make sure you get to bed early tonight, and get a very good nights sleep and rest. You'll more than likely need it for tomorrow.
Supper menu tonight:
1. Chefs salads (two, one with turkey, one with chicken)
2. Garden salad
3. Hamburger Helper Beef Noodles (and #2 will go very well with this)
I'm very glad I gave our flowers, shrubs, and garden a very good soaking this morning, as it looks like the only ones in our area getting any of the thundershowers is well south of us, south of Elizabethtown and heading east.
Everyone have a good evening, and stay as cool as possible. Out of courosity, any of you been watching the Who Wants to be a Millionaire? with Regis Philbin? We've been watching it. It's a nice break from all the reruns that are on this time of year.
Have not been around much, but things appear to be back to normal (however that's defined)....corporate people shortage is creating a wierd set of dynamics compounded by the financial times we are in.
Got to help Uncle Pete fend off a bogus damage claim compounded by a City/County GIS blunder and people putting too much faith in GIS....never dull around here.
Going for an extra large portion of #3 with a #2 salad chased down by several gallons of gatorade. (as for #1, CANNIBALS!)
Mookie Joe - we don't have that many barns any more, so people put their grills on their balconies (a strict no-no from fire dept) and burn their houses, condos, apts and garages down! Well done on that burger, please!
http://www.9news.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=121430&catid=222
Gee - had one of those this morning.....(Better story was the bear tearing apart a parked Harley hog to get at a piece of leftover pizza in the saddlebag storage bin)
ModelcarAlong with the obvious fast burning hay, barns contain dried out timbers that should ignite quickly as the heat builds. Space between barn siding {cracks between boards}, particularly old building should provide incoming oxygen for a fast moving fire too.....Open at some spots on main floor down to lower section of barn provides good draft as well. And not to mention main floor, open barn doors of large size. Most barns that I remember back in our home area that had spontaneous combustion fires started, were totally destroyed, even with multiple fire co.'s on site....
Lets not forget the "farmers" that always have their tractor, and other various gasoline powered equipment stored in the same 'building"; along with all kinds of "nice" chemicals......always makes for some interesting excitement!
Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!
And cows. One thing that often gets saved, though, is the milkhouse - location of some of the more expensive equipment on a dairy farm.
We used to count on several barn fires in a season. Any more, though, most such barns are either no longer used, or have been replaced with structures less likely to burn. Hay is often baled in large round or square bales (which pose a problem all by themselves, even if there's no buildings nearby), rather than the standard bales that will fit in the usual hay mow.
Better make sure I know where my gear is. We'll probably go out tonight...
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
I believe the large round bails are predominant in many areas now. Some are even wrapped in plastic and remain outside.
Big thing where I live right now are the big square bales (3'x3'x8'), they stack nicely, and are somewhat easier to transport. I know of one person in our area who does custom baling for the area, as the equipment is not cheap (he told us several years ago his tractor, baler, and accumulator cost about 250k total.). Big savings in labor, farm families are not as big as they used to be....
Saw the thermometer hit 116 degrees today in Waco, TX, went inside the truck stop about 6pm, came back out at 8, and temp was still 103, and it took over a half hour to get the truck comfortable inside again. Headed back towards Cincinnati tomorrow, going to try a different route, see if it's shorter or quicker than the way I came out.
Randy Vos
"Ever have one of those days where you couldn't hit the ground with your hat??" - Waylon Jennings
"May the Lord take a liking to you and blow you up, real good" - SCTV
rvos1979Saw the thermometer hit 116 degrees today in Waco, TX, went inside the truck stop about 6pm, came back out at 8, and temp was still 103
Randy, that's hot...! Your story reminds me of many years ago we were running truck tests {transmissions}, out of Kingman, Az., and on our route we went out across route 68 and up over the pass and dropped down to Bullhead City. We would turn there at the Dam and start back to the top of the pass....What was it, about 9 miles if I remember correctly and I remember seeing amb. temps climbing that grade at a 100 degrees at 10 oclock at night....Warm. {And down at Bullhead City it wasn't "dry" heat}...ha.
Randy; you got that right bout them lawmakers . While they were busydoing that , I wonder if they were cool enough.~~~ Gotta go ( big brother is watching ) (~~~~~~~ , ~~~~~~~ ~~~.
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cherokee womanLurkers need to check in once in awhile, so we know you're still alive and kicking.
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OUCH!
Yep, still here...
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locomuttLets not forget the "farmers" that always have their tractor, and other various gasoline powered equipment stored in the same 'building"; along with all kinds of "nice" chemicals......always makes for some interesting excitement!
The farmer I knew best had a different system. He kept his gasoline tank between his house and his garage, and filled not only the tractor's tank, but his cars' tanks and his sister filled her car's tank from it.(no road tax on farm gasoline).
All the farm buildings were across the road from the house, and he kept his tractor in a separate building (I think it was the one he had kept his T-Model in),
Johnny
bubbajustinDr. Crane wrote this book.
Bubba, you named a man I had not thought of in fifty years or so. I saw Dr. Crane's daily column (not that I read It) in our newspaper.
Good Tuesday morning, everyone. It's a very muggy 75 degrees here in Louisville this morning, with the chance of t-showers/storms later on this afternoon. Temps are to be in the upper 80s.
Coffee, juices, lemonade, Gatorade, iced teas, and hot water for tea are ready.
On the breakfast bar this morning: cantaloupe, watermelon, toast, bagels, bear claws, and the boxes of cereal are on the counter.
Today is Produce Tuesday, and I definitely don't expect too many people to show up this morning: mainly because all the schools are back in session, and Moms/Grandmas have to stay at home to get the kiddos on the school bus, or take them to school.
Everyone enjoy the 'cooler' breakfast, have a good morning, and all of you take care. I'll see you all later, after I get through with Produce.
Hi and good morning. 74 and pea soup fog in Carolina this morning. It is so thick I can't see the neighbors house.... U S 301 is awfully quiet this morning .Not good for the to school crowd. We have a major high school a mile and a half north of us, and in the best of conditions, traffic is chaos. I am praying for no accidents in this mess.
When I look at the school parking lot, I remember how difficult it was in 1965 to get permission to drive a POV and not use the bus. You could count the POVs on one hand and still have fingers left. Now, the parking lot there has hundreds of POVs each day.
Nuff reminiscing, tines a wastin'. Everybody take care
Tom
COAST LINE FOREVER
It is better to dwell in the corner of a roof than to share a house with a contentious woman! (Solomon)
A contentious woman is like a constant dripping! (Solomon)
Morning
good rain last night.Some say Northern Indiana(kendalville) got 6 inches of rain.Cw thanks for breakfast.Time for a nap.Later we are going to go see matts cousin bryce.He turns 3 today.Matt wants to make sure he knows how to eat chocolate cake.
Tom - When I was in HS, the kids with cars available was miniscule, much less the number that drove to school. As you say, nowadays there are a lot of them driving.
Supposed to be a nice day today, with the threat of T-Storms from that slow moving cold front late in the day.
Then most of the rest of the week is suppose to be wet.
I'll be over in the corner booth with my tea and bearclaw, if anyone wants to commiserate.
More on student's cars:
One of my daughter's professors and the Environmental Science Dept. Chairman - Ben Hayes, Ph.D., with lots of work at Colorado State, as I recall - during her senior year [1999-2000] at Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, came there from a previous position at Bucknell University, which is just up the road [U.S. 15] a few miles at Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.
Prof. Hayes used to say that while he was at Bucknell, whenever he wanted to shop for a new car, he'd just go down to and walk through the student parking lot, and ask them !
FWIW, I seem to recall from a Trains article - by Fred Frailey ? - a few years ago that one of the sons of BNSF's then-Chairman and CEO, Rob Krebs, was a student at Bucknell at around that time.
- Paul North.
6" of rain in northern Indiana overnight.....!! That's surprising once again. My rain gauge had a "trace" of water in it this morning....Humidity is top level here though this mornning and temp now is at 79 degrees.
They still have us as possible rain sometime in the day and tomorrow and so on....But we basically are still very dry.
Tom....If you can see route 301 from your home....We've been right past you in previous years. Perhaps several times. That being one of the basic routes to Florida years ago before the onslaught of Interstates.
Students driving priviate cars to H S.....Hmmm. Not many had access to family autos in my time to bring them to school...Drive, yes, but not available to bring to school on a daily routine.
mmmm..Rocky Ford melons/ cantaloupes are now coming in from the fields in SE Colorado (diningcar and I will have to go get a case or two)...methinks CW is a bit too far east to see these...
When I was a senior, I got off two hours early. Rather than sit in study hall for that time, the folks lent me the family car, and later an old pickup. Getting authorization to drive it to school, tho, was like getting a budget through congress. Nowadays, there are more kids driving tha.\n there on the busses.
mudchickenmmmm..Rocky Ford melons/ cantaloupes are now coming in from the fields in SE Colorado (diningcar and I will have to go get a case or two)...methinks CW is a bit too far east to see these...
You got that right, mudchicken; only problem is, you've also got my mouth watering. Sounds like some gooooooood eating! My last couple of times at the grocery, and at Produce this morning, no cantaloupes. Dagnabit
Going off the regular Tuesday menu today. Just don't feel like fixing all the Mexican Fiesta tacos, burritos, etc., (Too hot & muggy). So today, we have:
Beef stroganoff, your choice of broccoli w/cheese sauce, or peas & carrots, and garden salad.
Desserts today: Apple, cherry and peach cobblers, and strawberry dumplings.
While I was over at Produce this morning, you looked for awhile that we were going to get some rain. But the dark clouds just went on and we got nary a drop.
With regards to students driving personal vehicles to school, we had quite a few where I went to high school. My twin got to driver his senior year, because he was working part time for a local family owned pharmacy as their delivery driver.
Well, I had a great first day of 8th grade today. I met all my teachers, and for the most part, they are all very nice with high expectations.
Johnny,
Dr. Crane, and his family, were like the Kennedy’s today. I have herd about the newspaper article. Also, You can call me Justin.
CW, thanks for supper! Beef Stroganoff sounds delicious! Well, off to TRAINZ SIMULATOR!
Take care,
Justin
well we helped our friend get out of a jam then we went to see Bryce. He is going to the fair for his birthday tonight.We did watch q 501 go by their house before they left.The rail train crew with the B&O caboose is still working in Defiance too.Next week csx will be replacing ties.Cw thanks for supper tonight.Time to get ready for work.
Forty-five up here at Snowbird this morning; it's up to sixty-five now. According to the weather reports, it has been comfortable down in the valley--ten degrees warmer.
As to students' cars at school, even when I finished high school, fifty-five years ago, maybe one or two students drove to school. The rest either walked or rode school buses--the bus drivers, of course, drove to school.
When I was in college, boarding students were not to have cars on campus. Day students, of course, were allowed to drive their cars to the college. If one of my friends needed a car, he could walk over to the president's house and borrow his father's car. Another friend (also a boarding student) would go over to his home (about a quarter of a mile away), and get his own car (I even borrowed his car once)..It's quite different there now.
Quentin, I am about 200 yards from U S 301 and about 3 miles south of Florence. You shoulda waved and brought a pizza or something..... Times have sure changed in the schools, Johnny. Like I said, those with permission to drive to school were few and far between. Today, between 0730 and 0830, traffic can be backed up a mile or more at the school whilst the students try to get in or out. I found out the hard way to give meself an extra half hour when trying to get by in the morning or when they let out. I guess today they consider driving to school a right and not a priviledge. Also, school busses are on the road picking up or letting off from around 1000 all the way through 1800. Never have figured out the ryme or reason for that. Who goes home at 1000????????????
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