We have been getting a bit of rain recently. It unloaded for a couple hours before and right after I got to work. I did have the saw logs in my truck tarped off. But the wind took care of that for me. Fml
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I think you are talking about Rebecca. Don't hear from her too often.Extra: Did you forget about Fiona?
I never woulda thought she had Nova Scotia in her sights, but she is going to clobber it tonight and tomorrow.
We have a member up there, but I can't remember her name.
I thought Fiona turned toward Europe after it passed Bermuda
Thats gonna be a rough weekendTell Rebecca to buckle down.
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That's a surprise... I guess Fiona has a little kick left. Doesn't look like #9 is doing much. It's in the feeding tough though... could turn into a monster.
Hot and dry here, temp was about 90.
Hot and dry here, temp was about 90.
TD9 is forecast to be a major hurricane when it impacts Florida
Look out Keys!
Yesterday it was forecast to hit just south of Tampa as a Cat 3 - 111 to 129 mph sustained winds, higher gusts.
As of 11:00 today the track has shifted north.
We live above Jacksonville right on the state line.
With the current track, we will get hit, and if it is a Cat 3 it will probably still be a Cat 1 when it gets to the farm.
As of 11:00 today the track has shifted north.
We live above Jacksonville right on the state line.
With the current track, we will get hit, and if it is a Cat 3 it will probably still be a Cat 1 when it gets to the farm.
We have lived with hurricanes for 70 years.
Wife even rode out Irma when I was in Kansas City at my annual 5th Infantry Division reunion. Just her and the animals.
It was still a high Cat 1 or low Cat 2 when it got our farm. Wife and dogs hunkered down in the bathroom. Horse turned loose from the stall, chickens were on their own.
Irma took half our roof shingles with her when she left.
Wife said it was pretty rough. Power was back on in less than a week. We have the best power company in the country - Okefenokee Rural Electric Membership Co-op.
She gave me the word and I bought as many 5 gallon gas cans as the Lowes near our reunion hotel had - six. Filled them with gasoline and brought them 1,000 miles home.
Wife even rode out Irma when I was in Kansas City at my annual 5th Infantry Division reunion. Just her and the animals.
It was still a high Cat 1 or low Cat 2 when it got our farm. Wife and dogs hunkered down in the bathroom. Horse turned loose from the stall, chickens were on their own.
Irma took half our roof shingles with her when she left.
Wife said it was pretty rough. Power was back on in less than a week. We have the best power company in the country - Okefenokee Rural Electric Membership Co-op.
She gave me the word and I bought as many 5 gallon gas cans as the Lowes near our reunion hotel had - six. Filled them with gasoline and brought them 1,000 miles home.
Ian hasn't got fat yet, but is getting into the good-stuff in the 'feed-trough' about now.
The key part is how much it eats and how 'fat' it gets.
It looks like FL outbid us on this one, but the bidding is still open.
Didya' notice they shifted the forecast path more to the west today?
That was us!
The withdrawals are getting worse!! We sure could use some rain here!!!Ian hasn't got fat yet, but is getting into the good-stuff in the 'feed-trough' about now.
The key part is how much it eats and how 'fat' it gets.
It looks like FL outbid us on this one, but the bidding is still open.
Didya' notice they shifted the forecast path more to the west today?
That was us!
Be safe RPD
Nova Scotia got someThe withdrawals are getting worse!! We sure could use some rain here!!!
.Fiona even delivers to Canada.
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The Florida Keys will get the east side winds and storm surge!
It's that time of year! I've used 2 cans of diesel and 2 cans of gas in the last month. I'll take and fill them monday.
It case any hurricane newbies are reading. Don't forget about gasoline in vehicles. Between dad and I we have 5 vehicles here on the farm, we only need one. That gives me another 100g of gas for the generator if the power goes off for a week or two. It's happened before so I keep a couple of siphon hoses in the shop.
Hot and dry here, upper 80's.
It case any hurricane newbies are reading. Don't forget about gasoline in vehicles. Between dad and I we have 5 vehicles here on the farm, we only need one. That gives me another 100g of gas for the generator if the power goes off for a week or two. It's happened before so I keep a couple of siphon hoses in the shop.
Hot and dry here, upper 80's.
I did all mine beginning of September, but since we are "mow-a-holics" I only have one 5-gal jug to refresh.
And +1 on the 30 gallons in the truck tank.
It stays full.
Beautiful! 80 , sunny, gorgeous!
Hot, hahaha!! 98° here right now!!
The bad thing is all the gas for my truck I earn at my part time job. 100% of my Social Security goes into the house general fund, I gat not one cent of it.
And, don't ya know, being out of work for two months drained every bit of my savings. I even had to pawn two rifles.
I've got $15, a half tank of gas, and my next paycheck comes next Thursday. Gas stations will be dry by then, plus the storm is supposed to start getting bad here on Wednesday.
Oh well. God has never let me down in my entire life, even when I let Him down. I'll be OK.
It varied today between 66 and 77. The high was later in th eday when the sun came out. Most of the day was cloudy and we were up in the mountains a little. Had a little shower while we were out
If you get in a bind get a message to me. It'd be a long day but I'm within a days drive...
11:00 PM, Saturday latest update from National Hurricane Center has the track shifted more westward.
The cone now is centered on the Big Bend area of Florida.
If this holds we will still be on the bad side of the storm, but if so it should be in the neighborhood of a typical Florida summer thunderstorm - 3 or 4 inches of rain and maybe 60 mph winds. Anyone who has been here a while will have no problem with this.
The cone now is centered on the Big Bend area of Florida.
If this holds we will still be on the bad side of the storm, but if so it should be in the neighborhood of a typical Florida summer thunderstorm - 3 or 4 inches of rain and maybe 60 mph winds. Anyone who has been here a while will have no problem with this.
If you live near say, Fort Rucker, please pay attention to the track. It keeps shifting westward.
Now they are saying it will be a cat 4!!
After looking at the latest data... I may not be able to get to Jacksonville from here. Looks like we're going to be on opposite sides of this. And there's no interstate between us either, all US and State hwys util I get to I-10, a half day.
If it hits Cat4... Lets hope it doesn't.
It will be bad, that's for sure.
Everybody in the area keep your heads down. Keep us posted as best you can if any of us can help in any way
Many people get 'possessed' tracking the exact location of where the eye will go.
If it is 400 miles wide, it doesn't have to hit an exact bullseye to make hundreds of thousands of people's life miserable.
This is why I keep harping about 'how fat' is it?
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It is 63F, will git up to 82F today.
It's starting to look like hurricane Micheal from 2018. If it swings further west...
Agree with @Supervisor42 These storms are huge!!! Sometimes I start seeing changes in the clouds here when storms are 500miles away. I'll start getting rain bands before landfall and I'm a few hundred miles from the coast. In the navy we once played a war game for 3 days inside a hurricane, more than a dozen war ships involved. Yep, they are BIG!
Agree with @Supervisor42 These storms are huge!!! Sometimes I start seeing changes in the clouds here when storms are 500miles away. I'll start getting rain bands before landfall and I'm a few hundred miles from the coast. In the navy we once played a war game for 3 days inside a hurricane, more than a dozen war ships involved. Yep, they are BIG!
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