ThunderThighs wrote:The pilot doesn't stay on either.

Good morning all. NE'sters, stay safe.

More than likely a bad thermal couple

lplady wrote:Yes Ma'am, you're correct.

As of 5pm today we're under State of Emergency. Expecting possible flooding, loss of power, and the likes in our area. Far from ocean but local river and creeks can be an issue just as they were with Irene.

In the same boat as most people. Hoping for the best but as prepared as possible for the worst. My prayers sent out to all in the path of Sandy especially the NJ coastliners. Doesn't look so hot for them.

Oh and good morning!

Off to get some chores done. ttyl

Not like I'm going anywhere the next few days. lol

Good luck, stay safe to you as well as to all others in the path.

pooflady wrote:Things I should be doing and aren't.

Christmas cards

Dig through three foot high pile in the corner of the bedroom and see what I have for Christmas.

Measure old drapes and try to figure out how I'm going to get a picture of them to put on Craigslist. And what to ask for them. They're custom made and cost $500 ten years ago. You think $50?

You can always ask...

Iceback wrote:Good luck, stay safe to you as all others in the path.

Thanks. Our area will probably just be a messy clean up at most. It's the other closer areas to landfall that might not be as lucky.

D'name, are you expecting flooding in your area?

Iceback wrote:You can always ask...

Not sure why but when she posted that...I got an image of the nun from Sound of Music buying the drapes and making clothes. lol

Afternoon, evenin', g'night.


whatever.

dontwantaname wrote:Last one, I swear....

You can watch news 12 if you lose power, on your computer.
The computer that runs off a router that runs off electricity.
I see a flaw in this plan!

lol. well some people are able to use their phones as an internet hotspot.

dontwantaname wrote:Wouldn't that make the phone battery die faster?
I just saw a map of the area of possible wind damage. It went from fairly far up in Canada to Tenn to Chicago. That is huge and each power company is sort of on it's own.
Power co said it can be a week to 10 days before the power if fully restored.

One reason I like a landline. Granted, if the poles are down, it won't do you any good. But the big blow we had here a few years ago, our electric was out and the cell phones ran down or didn't work, but our land line did.

dontwantaname wrote:I still have the land line and I have an old rotary phone under the bed. I need to buy a push button one before they stop making them.

Unfortunately, I realized there will be no one to call because everyone else only has cell phones.

911, if needed.

dontwantaname wrote:Wouldn't that make the phone battery die faster?
I just saw a map of the area of possible wind damage. It went from fairly far up in Canada to Tenn to Chicago. That is huge and each power company is sort of on it's own.
Power co said it can be a week to 10 days before the power if fully restored.

Landlines and old school phones are pretty fail proof.
I have a car charger so I can keep a cell charged. Well I have a generator and the caapability of storing 3 days worth of gas so as long as the towers are up...
I also have a 12 volt DC to 120 volt AC inverter so I can run voltage variation sensitive stuff off my car battery.

Hi everyone, Was just watching weather and am hoping there are a lot of exaggerations going on. However, wishing everyone in this storm's path stays safe. For sure in Florida they often make more of weather events than actually occurs, but this one seems very big and fierce. Hopefully, it will make a sharp turn and go out to sea - skipping Bermuda of course. I need to read back now because I haven't been here for awhile. Hugs to all.

klozitshoper wrote:Hi everyone, Was just watching weather and am hoping there are a lot of exaggerations going on. However, wishing everyone in this storm's path stays safe. For sure in Florida they often make more of weather events than actually occurs, but this one seems very big and fierce. Hopefully, it will make a sharp turn and go out to sea - skipping Bermuda of course. I need to read back now because I haven't been here for awhile. Hugs to all.

You need to visit more often.

Back at the beach. Baby shower was fun. Be safe northerners!

Mornin', folks.

ThunderThighs wrote:Morning Az. Hope your Monday is a dry one.

It's raining, but not very hard.

ThunderThighs wrote:Are you high enough up that your house will be ok?

Oh yeah; no probs with high water near us.

ThunderThighs wrote:Heh, you make it sound like when we lived on the mountain. If the rain got up to us, start looking for the ark.

"Riiiiiiiiiiiight!! What's an ark?!?" ~ Bill Cosby's Noah routine

AZGman wrote:It's raining, but not very hard.

Yup.

Morning Wootville.

I'm heading back to sleep. Hopefully this time around it'll be successful with no interruptions.

good morning everybody! Looking for coffee...

dontwantaname wrote:How loud are the smaller, newer generators? One problem with losing power is the noisy generators.

Honda powered ones are quiet.
Expensive but quiet.

Good morning all

ThunderThighs wrote:It's 65 in my office but I refuse to turn on the furnace yet. Going to be 80 again in a couple days.

Do have the space heater going though.

"I'm a space heater
Bet you weren't ready for that
I'm a space heater
I'm sure you know where it's at.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah"

We still powered up. serious strength of storm hits this afternoon. Basically, it's jammin' straight at us. a leetle north. My guess is SkekTek is worse off, but whether it turns south at all before the north turn determines our fate.