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Post by AlanC on Sept 1, 2008 6:06:56 GMT -5
Since I still have electricity, I would like to start the daily. The storm was not as bad as predicted by the NWS but was pretty much what a local weather guy said. We have our neighbors (H,W,C,D) with us overnight. It has been a long weekend....waiting for Mr.G. Hopefully, he won't be with us much longer.
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Post by timfarney on Sept 1, 2008 6:22:48 GMT -5
I thought landfall was supposed to be mid-day today?
Tim
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Post by theevan on Sept 1, 2008 6:32:31 GMT -5
'Bout 9am for the eyewall ashore they're saying, below Houma LA.
Thankfully the girth of Gustav got knocked own in size when his core started crashing the coast. We'll get a good blow and a gooder rain. I'm glad the worst will be over by nightfall this evening. A strong hurricane in the black of night with no power is not my idea of fun & relaxation on the Gulf coast.
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Post by Doug on Sept 1, 2008 6:58:05 GMT -5
I'z here glad ya'll are hanging in.
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Post by sekhmet on Sept 1, 2008 7:04:34 GMT -5
good to hear from you guys in LA. Indeed.
It's crisp and beautiful here. Gustav must have blown the sun north. Predicting a hot sunny day. We're off to the north peninsula to explore with some friends.
Have great days.
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Post by Cornflake on Sept 1, 2008 7:19:46 GMT -5
Morning, all. It's still dark here.
I remember going through a major hurricane as a kid. Best of luck to those in the path.
Diane and I will collaborate on sawing up a big chunk of pecan that came down as a result of Thursday's storm. They now say the winds reached 100 mph. Then I get to go to the office. Tomorrow, the presentation of evidence in a long jury trial I've been in concludes, so we have to settle jury instructions. This isn't my ideal holiday agenda but trials are like that. I'm not complaining.
Have a good day.
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Post by billhammond on Sept 1, 2008 7:28:47 GMT -5
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Post by timfarney on Sept 1, 2008 7:29:26 GMT -5
Morning, all. It's still dark here. I remember going through a major hurricane as a kid. Best of luck to those in the path. Diane and I will collaborate on sawing up a big chunk of pecan that came down as a result of Thursday's storm. They now say the winds reached 100 mph. Then I get to go to the office. Tomorrow, the presentation of evidence in a long jury trial I've been in concludes, so we have to settle jury instructions. This isn't my ideal holiday agenda but trials are like that. I'm not complaining. Have a good day. Excuse me? You have a wife who will help you cut up a chunk of fallen tree? I've had two wives and two daughters and I've never seen one behind a lawn mower. I'm doing something very wrong... Tim |
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Post by mnhermit on Sept 1, 2008 8:26:44 GMT -5
Morning - good to hear from all those in the path of Gustav and that you're all safe. Hope it stays that way.
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Post by Cornflake on Sept 1, 2008 9:37:55 GMT -5
"Excuse me? You have a wife who will help you cut up a chunk of fallen tree?"
She's sawing at the moment because I'm bushed. The part of the pecan that had broken was five to six inches in circumference at the base. It hadn't broken cleanly and it was still connected, thirty feet up. With a ladder and an extension saw I eventually managed to saw it loose.
Then it lodged in other branches. I had to keep sawing off parts of it at the bottom until I could get enough leverage to work it free. The muscles used for sawing are probably the weakest part of my body.
Diane's sawing up the chunks. She never shrinks from the gritty stuff. It's quite a bit of good pecan wood. Too bad I'm not a woodworker.
Blah blah blah....
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Post by Village Idiot on Sept 1, 2008 9:46:29 GMT -5
It's good to hear that you folks in Gustav's path are hanging in there. Keep us posted when you can.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2008 9:48:47 GMT -5
Good Morning
Back to the shop for a while today. Yesterday I glued up stock, today I will square and cut the blanks to size. If I get all the blanks the same exact size milling the slot for the tuner button becomes much easier.
To me, this is the fun stuff, I get to make something that I have designed.
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Post by billhammond on Sept 1, 2008 9:54:00 GMT -5
By, the way, it's ...
LABOR DAY
in the United States, and this Union Worker reports for duty at 3:30 p.m. today!
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Post by RickW on Sept 1, 2008 10:06:33 GMT -5
Sounds like it's not as bad as everyone thought. Hope it says that way.
Grey day today, maybe sunny later. Getting fish for the aquarium - first time ever our kids have had pets - if you call fish pets.
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Post by sekhmet on Sept 1, 2008 10:56:22 GMT -5
Going here today. Haven't been there for years and years. Gonna get some pretty pictures.  |
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Post by Dan McLaughlin on Sept 1, 2008 11:16:14 GMT -5
Have fun Kate! Have good ones all. Good to hear from LA - hang in there folks.
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Post by sekhmet on Sept 1, 2008 11:18:41 GMT -5
Dan, you should come up here and go on a photo jaunt with me. You are not so far away.
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Post by knobtwister on Sept 1, 2008 11:27:53 GMT -5
For which you're getting 3 and 1/2 time pay I hope.  Sunny and a little cooler here. Hope no one gets severally Gustov'd. I'm hoping Hanna is a mild but extremely wet tropical storm that camps on our heads for 2-3 days. Some of the local lakes are down almost 30 feet. Don |
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Post by Cornflake on Sept 1, 2008 11:28:25 GMT -5
Wow, sekh. What a gorgeous place. Enjoy.
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Post by billhammond on Sept 1, 2008 12:14:14 GMT -5
For which you're getting 3 and 1/2 time pay I hope. Don I work 5 hours and 20 minutes and get paid for an 8-hour shift. Of course, I have to work at night and there won't be any cafeteria service, but that's all just part and parcel of producing a "beloved" newspaper, which is its own reward. |
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