Good morning!!!!

[ronjhall]

Drew, you going to park tractor next to house incase you need it for evacuation.

now that's a good idea. Step right out the front porch into the cab...
Now there's a good reason to buy a new M10,000; so the floor is high enough in floods.

Do not forget, flowing water can wash just about anything away. Even a big tractor.

 

[UpstateSC_Papi]

Morning from the more safe Upstate of SC! If any body coming up from the Low country needs a place to say, let me know. We can't offer much but will help if we can!

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 74F @ 6:15AM. Sunny. High 84F. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph.

Remember that when the power goes off it's very likely that cellular phones will stop working as well. And if land line poles go down, there will be no communication that way, either. Some cell phones have on board AM or FM radios, though, and they can be charged from a car battery. Better to have a portable, battery powered radio, or even better, one of those with a hand crank on it. And the little blow up solar Lucy lights are very nice after dark when the power's out. A backpacker's water filter could come in handy as well.

Not sure how useful a keg of beer would be in a weather emergency, David. I think I'd want my wits about me if the unexpected happens.:confused3: But it sure would be nice to have a cold one after a hard day of cleanup after the storm passes.

I have friends that just moved to New Bern, NC, fleeing the politics of Kalifornia and Oregon. Looks like they're in for a very soggy welcome.

Finished a couple of brackets for mounting the headlight on the old BMW yesterday, and ordered a high tech LED H4 bulb for it. Also LEDs for the turn signals and parking bulb in the headlight reflector.

Grocery run to town this afternoon, and will stop to check on the mechanic again. I forwarded information on fixing the last computer fault code to him Sunday, but haven't heard back. He's been working on it for two weeks and I found the answer with a ten minute Internet search, and confirmed it with a question posted to a Subaru conversion forum that was answered in an hour. :banghead:

 

[lostcreekranch]

All forecasts indicate that Florence will be a major rain event, like Harvey last year. Florence is expected to make landfall and stall.

Our ranch is 100 miles inland, from the coast, and we got 39” of rain and winds of 70 knots +. Ranch was high and dry but, roads in and out were flooded for a week.

We got 51” of rain, at our house in Richmond. Water got to bottom of the driveway at it’s maximum but, homes only a few blocks away had 6-8’ of water in them.

Almost 61” of rain was measured just east of Houston .... a record. This was a 1000 year storm and Florence has the potential to test these records.

6 inches of rain fell from Hurricane Harvey in Texas, shattering U.S. storm record - The Washington Post

 

[RedNeckGeek]

In other news, AT&T recently demonstrated AirGig, its plan for spreading high speed Internet to the hinterlands:
AT&T plans AirGig boost for rural, suburban broadband in 221 - CNET

Deployment is still two years out, but it does look fairly promising...

 

[CWB Wyo]

Not much of a change in the weather, low 40's in the mornings and highs around 80 in the day time and partly cloudy.

Wishing everyone the best that is in the path of the hurricane, stay safe.

Going up and doing some work for a different neighbor this morning.

Hope everyone has a nice day.
CWB.

 

[PJSprog]

56°F and partly cloudy this morning, going up to 79° today. Enjoying this mild weather.

Glad to read that you guys on the coast are taking the necessary precautions and preparations. Sounds like this one will be a Duesey. Same for David out in Hawaii, who seems to have the beer situation well in hand as well. :laughing:

Welcome to the Good Morning thread, Charlton and Michael. You guys be safe, too.

 

[lostcreekranch]

In other news, AT&T recently demonstrated AirGig, its plan for spreading high speed Internet to the hinterlands:
AT&T plans AirGig boost for rural, suburban broadband in 221 - CNET

Deployment is still two years out, but it does look fairly promising...

That’s interesting, thanks for sharing. My power line awaits!

 

[UpstateSC_Papi]

Welcome to the Good Morning thread, Charlton and Michael. You guys be safe, too.

Thanks!!

 

[toppop52]

Morning from the more safe Upstate of SC! If any body coming up from the Low country needs a place to say, let me know. We can't offer much but will help if we can!

Even Yankees fans?

Seriously, that’s very gracious of you.:thumbsup: