This will not be fun.....

[Maryak]

Well,

At the opposite end of the spectrum, we had a bushfire which came within metres of my daughters home. 2 water bombers and 4 helicopters + 20 fire engines managed to stop it before her and 4 of her neighbours went up in flames also her horses and pet sheep, dogs, cats and chooks all OK.

I gotta say that water bombing that close to houses creates its' own set of problems as when the water hits the ground it displaces a whole heap of burning embers some of which ended up on her roof my hat etc. The emergency fire pump earned its' biccys today keeping the roof  wet and in one piece.

Best Regards
Bob

[steamer]

Geez Bob!   Be careful out there mate!   Wish I was there to help!

Dave

[90LX_Notch]

Bob- I'd take a blizzard over a fire any day.  Stay safe.

Freezing rain here today.  The deck, driveway and roads are all ice.  The kids have off due to the ice.  Unfortunately, my wife only had a two hour delay, she's a teacher in a different school district, she just left for work and said the roads are like an iceskating rink.  Now I sit here and worry until she calls and lets me know she arrived safely.

This global warming crisis is really amazing!

-Bob

[ScroungerLee]

Freezing rain here too. I can't even walk down my driveway, which is a steep paved hill.

Lee

[Alan Haisley]

Dave I'm glad you got through clean up ok and so quickly. That generator must have worked a treat on keeping the power on 

Yo redneck
Eric

Never lost power Eric!  I was lucky!

Officially, we got 29"...but it was powder on the way down...so it didn't take out the trees and wires...

Dave

My experience is that owning a generator, keeping it in working order, and having fuel for it serves to counteract one of Murphy's laws. Years back I bought a generator - after an October ice storm when it was too late, of course. Owning that generator kept the local power lines from failing as long as I owned that house.
Alan

[Mosey]

Local power lines already fell, now I have 2 generators.

[DaveH]

This global warming crisis is really amazing!
-Bob

Yep, bring it on, I live a mile above sea level I quite fancy living next to the sea 
 
DaveH

[90LX_Notch]

Now CBS 2 News out of NYC is running the stories about "where were the plows!"  The Long Island Expressway was shut down for two days.  How can this be?!    Don't they get what the scope of what just occurred?  They are just like the politicians.  Sensationalize everything.  The best one was a young fellow who became stranded in his car without a jacket.  He called the police three times for help.  The area was warned for days that the storm was coming.  How do you go out without a coat?  Idiot!

[Don1966]

Gee! Guys looks like your having a bang off a time. Bob, is,t it just like the local government not being ready? For Katrina they couldn't get there act straight to help stranded people . To busy getting on the news thanking each other. I quests they had to think about first. So I know how that goes.
Well... be safe guys all of you, I hope all goes well for you.

Don

[steamer]

Now CBS 2 News out of NYC is running the stories about "where were the plows!"  The Long Island Expressway was shut down for two days.  How can this be?!    Don't they get what the scope of what just occurred?  They are just like the politicians.  Sensationalize everything.  The best one was a young fellow who became stranded in his car without a jacket.  He called the police three times for help.  The area was warned for days that the storm was coming.  How do you go out without a coat?  Idiot!

Typical victim......no people don't get it....sorry Bob....That's how a lot of people died in the Blizzard of 78...stranded in their cars...so I have to give the gov a piece of credit....well only one...he banned travel before it really hit...and that worked well....I doubt it was his idea though.

[Tennessee Whiskey]

Ol Pal, hope that generator amulet kept the lights on during the ice.
Don't get me started on the media. I refused on camera interview with all the stations. Wasn't in the talking mood. One even told me he really wanted an interview cause "I was the perfect bleeding heart story." Needless to say his station reported we near totally destroyed and wouldn't be reopening after I told him there might be few things fixing to bleed, but, it wasn't gonna be me. No, you are right people just don't get it. Yekon the fumes off of Rapid Tap is what makes us here a little better?

Yo Redneck
Eric

[steamer]

I worked for a large machine tool manufacturer years ago, and there was this plaque.  The print for this plaque had a part number...but it wasn't on any machine in the building.....if you were a smart a## ...and shot your mouth off...or didn't have a clue you didn't have a clue...one of the "graybeard" engineer would assign a change to this drawing...and the change was required to be completed immediately by the offending smart A^^.......When that person pulled the print...here's what the print of the plaque said

                                                  I "BE SURE TO ENGAGE BRAIN BEFORE ENGAGING MOUTH" I

Worked most of the time...unless you were one of those types who goes out in a February Blizzard without a coat on!

Dave

[Tennessee Whiskey]

Dave, did I just see that y'all are gonna get it again? Get that generator ready,so, you can stay on the grid. You know this ain't fair. I have a grandaughter that's gonna turn 20 this year and she hasn't ridden PawPaw's sled but a coulpe of time in her life. I guess y'all just have all the fun PS when you can PM me an update on "things".

Yo Redneck,
Eric

[steamer]

Im good Eric....see PM

Dave