Random Ramblings

Two GLORIOUS days of sunshine in a row?  I could get spoiled to this!!!

How's the basement? Sun drying anything up or is the water just sitting there?

It's gotten quite blustery up here in PA . . . I'd almost think I was back in north Texas 

You must be getting what blew (literally) through here yesterday.  On a related note, if you happen to see a porch light that looks like an old lantern come blowing through, please send it back my way.

messiaen77 wrote:

You must be getting what blew (literally) through here yesterday.  On a related note, if you happen to see a porch light that looks like an old lantern come blowing through, please send it back my way.

MikeInFla wrote:

How's the basement? Sun drying anything up or is the water just sitting there?

Luckily, the worst of the flooding around us was near major rivers and creeks.  Those low lying areas are still in danger as they are releasing tons of water through the dams around us.  Yesterday and today, Percy Priest Dam was pumping 125,000 gallons per second!  That is a lot of water to inflict on the rivers and creeks below, but they have to do it to get the pressures off the dams.


The sunshine has helped.  Between pumping yesterday and storm drains having a chance to run out, my basement is muddy but not wet anymore.  The several feet of water has subsided.  Praise the Lord!!!

Good news.

Glad things are drying up for you Chris. You can send some of your water over here if you like. We're in the middle of a drought. It's very dry. My lawn is no more and the trees are losing their leaves even though we're still in high summer just cause it's SO dry.

Jen5 wrote:

Glad things are drying up for you Chris. You can send some of your water over here if you like. We're in the middle of a drought. It's very dry. My lawn is no more and the trees are losing their leaves even though we're still in high summer just cause it's SO dry.

We have more than enough water right now with the weather February on record.  Percy Priest Dam in Nashville was pumping 150,000 gallons PER MINUTE yesterday to get pressure off.  They will be doing that until noon today.

No floodings here.
High pressure gives us very sunny but dry weather.
I love the sunshine.
The sun makes me feel better.

Sorry, Eric.  Haven't seen your lantern porch light.  Those Canadian geese probably took it . . . they're such troublemakers.

Spent the day in Biloxi, Ms. today. Had lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe and then some time along the beach.

It went down below 0 again. Happily, my racing tractor started and I was able to get to work. The roads are clear but driveways and parking lots are pretty icy because of the melt-freeze.

Hardkore wrote:

Spent the day in Biloxi, Ms. today. Had lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe and then some time along the beach.

Niice

This week the roofers brought over a trailer to throw my shingles in when they tear them off. But they haven't started on my roof yet. Today my wife stayed home from work and I am glad she did. She told me the roof was leaking in the dining room pretty bad. So I rushed home and went on the roof to reposition the tarps. I was only way from work for 14 minutes! Thank God I live close to work! I'll be glad when this hurricane mess is over.

Also, I have a pretty big shed/barn. During the storm it blew off the concrete blocks (and it had a huge hole in it). I paid the company who made it to repair it (which they did in Novemeber) but that repair man had no way to get it back on blocks and re-level it. I paid for that as well. I had been calling them every week since Oct to come and put my shed back on blocks. Last week I sent them a nasty e-mail saying I would contact the Better Business Bureau and my congressman to complain. They still didn't reply so that's what I did last Friday. Today a man from Tennessee called and said he would be here on Saturday to re-level my shed and put it back on blocks. So I guess it worked! However, the trailer/dumpster the roofers put in the yard blocks off access to the backyard! So I will worry about that on Saturday. If it comes down to it I can have my neighbor move that trailer for me to clear access to the backyard.

Weather is kinda crazy.  We've just had the warmest February day on record!

Where are you Fundy? We're stuck in the polar vortex and it's not fun. 

Mike, sorry to hear how hard it's been, hope it gets taken care of.

Black Rider wrote:

Where are you Fundy? We're stuck in the polar vortex and it's not fun. 

Mike, sorry to hear how hard it's been, hope it gets taken care of.

Fundy is from the UK.

I wonder if I'll have to break out the vendor stick today.

Just tell 'em: free stuff or get out!

kerrick wrote:

Just tell 'em: free stuff or get out!

Oh, we do more than that 

Man if I could get back all the time I've spent listening to vendor presentations...  Eh, at least I got paid for it haha.

kerrick wrote:

Man if I could get back all the time I've spent listening to vendor presentations...  Eh, at least I got paid for it haha.

We don't let vendors into our business unless they are actually bringing a product or software we can use....and lunch. 

Staybrite wrote:

kerrick wrote:

Man if I could get back all the time I've spent listening to vendor presentations...  Eh, at least I got paid for it haha.

We don't let vendors into our business unless they are actually bringing a product or software we can use....and lunch. 

My brother gets to do a lot of lunch 'n' learns because they get a lot of that on the mechanical side. Civil, not so much, apparently.

I got home from work yesterday and something looked different.... Could it be? What? Is this actually happening? There were bundles of shingles on my roof! Yay! They started!

But it isn't all good news... They removed some of the tarps. They have started but haven't done much so I suspect it was late in the afternoon.... And we got rain last night and took in some water in the kitchen, dining room and laundry room. So I was up at 3AM this morning repositioning tarps on my roof. 60% chance of thundershowers today and that isn't good at ALL. I sure hope they come back this morning and do some work. I am leaving work around noon today to go home and check things out and "bird dog" them. I really hope the rain hold off and that they show up today. I've always had a bad experience with roofers.