Re: [RC] [RC] The End of the World, Final - Truman Prevatt
Better get ready since it seems that Ivan my end up close to Atlanta
and he may be packing the same winds. Thank goodness he won't hit where
Charley did - which was what he was projected to do only a few days
ago. That would be the second and probably fatal blow to those people.
Of course our gain is a loss to the Gulf coast. That's the damn problem
when one of these big suckers gets into the Gulf - the only way out is
over land so some one will get hammered.
To all on the nothern Gulf coast, be safe. We know what you are going
through. It gets down to not a question of if but "when" and "how bad."
Truman
Laurie Durgin wrote:
Glad your family
and critters are ok. -
Just to let you know not only is FL get hurricane effects.When Opal hit
here (70 mph winds) , just outside (was then)Atlanta metro, We lost
power for 10 days!That was before we bought a gernerator. Anyone who
lives in the SE in rural areas and has a well and is on the end of the
power grid(read , not subdivision) needs a generator or a water source.
You need one just big enough for the essentials , well, refriderator
and a few lights and the microwave. We ended up take 'baths' in the 24
foot swimming pool, and stringing up clotheslines.
Or have relatives you can go live with or enough money to move into a
motel, but then there are the animals....
Now Howard since you moving to Tn. You will meet up with "ice storms"
where lines go down, roads don't get cleared till the sun heats them
up , and everyone buys up the bread. You may also need a heat source
as it gets cold fast with no heat in ice storms. We have a woodstove
and always keep 3 days of wood to make it thru April --in case.
And this last storm we lost power for 15 hours, and I am really no
longer in the country, it is all subdivisons swallowing us....
The End
(about time)
-- "It is necessary to be noble, and yet take humility as a basis
"It
is necessary to be noble, and yet
take humility as a basis.
It is necessary
to be exalted, and yet take modesty as a foundation."
