Not bad here today, a bit milder than what we've had in recent weeks, forecast high is something like 87* F... 
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The "bad"/"right" side will skirt the whole west coast!Idalia update:
Has anybody noticed that they have adjusted their 'cones' westward?
I think they have been reading my posts.
Since she is finally real, I can get a reading on her 'fatness', which is important:
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...Still no pretty 'eye'
Oh, and she has speeded up to moving at 14mph
Just hit 100°, this is a brutal cold front!!
Heard from daughter this evening (she lives a little north of Tampa)...The "bad"/"right" side will skirt the whole west coast!
No longer in a flood-zone since moving out after the divorce.
Gassed up her car yesterday, and actually upped her food storage to 2 days worth
Giving the dog an anti-anxiety med tonight.
OMG!! She finally got her eye!Idalia update:
...Still no pretty 'eye'
Oh, and she has speeded up to moving at 14mph
Snapped this from TWC and it shows actual wind speed, not their 'future radar':
Of course, since it is TWC, they immediately started harping about what peril Charleston Sathcarolina is in, since ya'know, that's where all the 'important people' are.
I hate TWC
Thunder and lightning earlier so loud it shook the roof of the shop! A sprinkling of rain and now wind blowing the dirt from harvest up to our friends in Canada 
! The nice part is after our triple digits yesterday, today was a high of 77.
! The nice part is after our triple digits yesterday, today was a high of 77.
I got a shower last night, nothing major. Helped cool things off some. I don't think i'll even get rain from Idalia. Think it'll kept bearing NE.
What of our fl member, ricey? Anyone heard from him? broke in ga will probably get wet too.
What of our fl member, ricey? Anyone heard from him? broke in ga will probably get wet too.
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The Carolinas are getting it now!!
100° still in the cold front !
Southern GA was getting hammered with Rain. I heard a report of one stretch from Valdosta North getting 9" of rain in under 2 hours. That ALOT of water.
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Mid 40's this morning and a high of 64. Perfect working weather.
Yep, I think they been reading our playbook.
We need to hear from @rice paddy daddy , he's in NE Florida, right where Idalia went thru.
High of 80, had some light showers this morning. Pleasant day.
And new member, Ifitaintbroke is in south Georgia! They got a good hit!Yep, I think they been reading our playbook.
We need to hear from @rice paddy daddy , he's in NE Florida, right where Idalia went thru.
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I’ve got a cousin in South Carolina, she says it’ll hit them tonight…might be already. It was so pleasant out…at 97 degrees. It felt GOOD. Well yeah I’m comparing that to 107 feels like 113. So pleasant. Help me @Pearl I must be officially Texan.
Other family had severe thunderstorms and tornado warnings yesterday. All is well.
Other family had severe thunderstorms and tornado warnings yesterday. All is well.
I watched a live feed from a group that had people scattered all over Florida on the west coast and big bend area. Also tracked the storm on a live radar. I'm hoping it stayed west of RPD. My cousin lives not a great distance from him, she made it thru in decent shape as of around noon.
Just heard from Cuz. They are fine, just lots of limbs blown down. Power outage for several hours. Hopefully that's all RPD is dealing with
Heck, I'm freezing Patch, lol!! There is a huge difference between 100° and 114°! Really amazing, right on spot for me! Patch, you would be cold if you moved up north!!
It looks like the crapstorm will miss us!
If it had kept on the track that was forecast two days ago we would have gotten hammered.
Luckily, it wobbled as most hurricanes do, and passed by us about 50 miles north. It was still a Cat One when it went by, and we were on the right side, the bad side, but we only got gusts to about 50 mph and not much rain at all.
Power was out from a little after 12 noon until midnight, which is why you didn’t hear from me earlier.
I waited several hours to see if power would be restored, but about 5:00 pm I went ahead and drug out the extension cords and fired up the generator I keep out in my workshop.
We’ve got three freezers full of food, last year one died on us and we lost $1,000 worth of meat. Soooo, I got off my lazy butt and fired up the genny.
I haven’t been out towards the back yet to see if any trees came down on any of the fences. We didn’t hear any fall, I think we’ll be good.
Thanks for thinking of me, that touches my heart. And I’m not being facetious either. I mean it.
Luckily, it wobbled as most hurricanes do, and passed by us about 50 miles north. It was still a Cat One when it went by, and we were on the right side, the bad side, but we only got gusts to about 50 mph and not much rain at all.
Power was out from a little after 12 noon until midnight, which is why you didn’t hear from me earlier.
I waited several hours to see if power would be restored, but about 5:00 pm I went ahead and drug out the extension cords and fired up the generator I keep out in my workshop.
We’ve got three freezers full of food, last year one died on us and we lost $1,000 worth of meat. Soooo, I got off my lazy butt and fired up the genny.
I haven’t been out towards the back yet to see if any trees came down on any of the fences. We didn’t hear any fall, I think we’ll be good.
Thanks for thinking of me, that touches my heart. And I’m not being facetious either. I mean it.
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Great to hear good news from ya @rice paddy daddy !!!
Sounds like everything worked out well. Tomorrow maybe you’ll have a sunny day. Back to business as usual. Hope all your critters did okay.
Sounds like everything worked out well. Tomorrow maybe you’ll have a sunny day. Back to business as usual. Hope all your critters did okay.
Autumny and wet here today, after a nice few days.
Hottish, 100°, sunny! That's the forecast for the next two weeks!!
Good to hear from you RPD. Your report is very close to what my cousin told us. Glad it wasn't any worse.
We had a cool front move thru. Low to mid 80s thru today. Upper 80s thru the weekend. 60s at night. Humidity is in the 40% range. Really nice days.
We had a cool front move thru. Low to mid 80s thru today. Upper 80s thru the weekend. 60s at night. Humidity is in the 40% range. Really nice days.
Sadly, one of our oldest hens was dead this morning, from natural causes. She was almost 10 years old.
A Plymouth Barred Rock, she and her sister lived by themselves in their own little coop. One or the other would still gift us with an occasional egg, even at their age!!
My wife said the survivor was beside herself when she went out at sunrise this morning to feed & water all the birds.
The wife will give her a day to grieve, and then move her in with another 4 oldies that are almost her age.
Our hens provide us with eggs to eat, we take good care of them, and it's sad when they die. My wife learned how to kill and process them, but neither one of us likes doing it, so we just let them live.
God put it on my heart to love animals one particularly bad night in Vietnam when I was sure that I would die at any second.
Glad to hear all is well under the circumstances!
Wondering which one is the real Pearl
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47 here this morning. Might hit 70 later today.
