Waiting, once again.

[Michael Terrell]

Waiting to see what path Dorian will take.

Waiting for the county to decide if we have to evacuate, or if we are to shelter in place.

Waiting for yet another extended Power failure.

It figures that I will have a doctor's appointment during the upcoming mess.

 

[Michael Terrell]

On Friday, August 30, 2019 at 8:11:13 AM UTC-4, Winfield Hill wrote:

Michael Terrell wrote...

It figures that I will have a doctor's appointment
during the upcoming mess.

Bummer. I see the landfall has been delayed from
Monday to Wednesday early AM. So for some it may
be business as usual on Monday. Oh, wait, Monday
is a holiday. And evacuation Tuesday morning.

I can no longer drive long distances, so all I can do is wait to see if the open the Special Needs shelters. At least there aren't many kids there. It is intended for the disabled and those who need daily medical care.

 

[Winfield Hill]

Michael Terrell wrote...

It figures that I will have a doctor's appointment
during the upcoming mess.

Bummer. I see the landfall has been delayed from
Monday to Wednesday early AM. So for some it may
be business as usual on Monday. Oh, wait, Monday
is a holiday. And evacuation Tuesday morning.


--
Thanks,
- Win

 

On Fri, 30 Aug 2019 04:19:34 -0700 (PDT), Michael Terrell
<terrell.michael.a@gmail.com> wrote:

Waiting to see what path Dorian will take.

Waiting for the county to decide if we have to evacuate, or if we are to shelter in place.

Waiting for yet another extended Power failure.

It figures that I will have a doctor's appointment during the upcoming mess.

Before we had ships with radio transmitters, and cars and paved
highways, there was no way for people to know that a hurricane was
coming in, and no way to get out of its path. The great Galveston
storm of 1900 was a surprise, with no way to escape, about the last
big one to arrive unexpected.

Unfortunately, even tracking a storm by satellite and radar is still
not highly predictive of its strength or path.

 

[Rick C]

On Friday, August 30, 2019 at 8:39:44 AM UTC-4, Michael Terrell wrote:

On Friday, August 30, 2019 at 8:11:13 AM UTC-4, Winfield Hill wrote:
Michael Terrell wrote...

It figures that I will have a doctor's appointment
during the upcoming mess.

Bummer. I see the landfall has been delayed from
Monday to Wednesday early AM. So for some it may
be business as usual on Monday. Oh, wait, Monday
is a holiday. And evacuation Tuesday morning.

I can no longer drive long distances, so all I can do is wait to see if the open the Special Needs shelters. At least there aren't many kids there. It is intended for the disabled and those who need daily medical care.

Is it that you can't be in a car for long distances, or that you can't drive yourself? I haven't been keeping up with this storm, but I know I would do what it takes to get out if the storm was expected to be serious. Not many die in such storms, but it happens and a lot more so when the forecasts get worse shortly before the storm arrives. Even if you don't die, the week or few after a storm are not pleasant.

--

Rick C.

- Get 1,000 miles of free Supercharging
- Tesla referral code - https://ts.la/richard11209

 

[Michael Terrell]

On Friday, August 30, 2019 at 10:43:25 AM UTC-4, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:

On Fri, 30 Aug 2019 04:19:34 -0700 (PDT), Michael Terrell
wrote:

Waiting to see what path Dorian will take.

Waiting for the county to decide if we have to evacuate, or if we are to shelter in place.

Waiting for yet another extended Power failure.

It figures that I will have a doctor's appointment during the upcoming mess.

Before we had ships with radio transmitters, and cars and paved
highways, there was no way for people to know that a hurricane was
coming in, and no way to get out of its path. The great Galveston
storm of 1900 was a surprise, with no way to escape, about the last
big one to arrive unexpected.

Unfortunately, even tracking a storm by satellite and radar is still
not highly predictive of its strength or path.

The cruise ships have all changed course to be away from Florida until this clears up. As you said, sometimes things happen so fast that there is no time to prepare. When I was in grade school, we had a flood in SW Ohio in an area where no one remembered it having happened before. Our home was the only one in the subdivision not to flood, while most had over three feet of standing water.Our house was a 'National Prefab Home' of which tens of thousands were built at the end of WWII for the returning troops. The water stopped less than a half inch below our floors. My mother helped our neighbors clean their homes as it receded, and ended up with Infectious Hepatitis for her efforts. A new school that was next to mine was flooded, as well.There was just two feet difference in elevation, but the older school had a full basement that would have been difficult to clean up and put back to use. It was amazing that just six inch high ridge of dirt had stopped some areas from flooding. That new school had people out in the rain building a dyke out of sandbags but they couldn't keep up with it. By the time they finished it was about ten feet high, and separated the building from the athletic areas.

The permanent cure was to dredge the creek that had flooded its banks to widen it a little, straighten a few sharp turns and make it over twice as deep.

 

[Michael Terrell]

On Friday, August 30, 2019 at 2:00:16 PM UTC-4, Rick C wrote:

On Friday, August 30, 2019 at 8:39:44 AM UTC-4, Michael Terrell wrote:
On Friday, August 30, 2019 at 8:11:13 AM UTC-4, Winfield Hill wrote:
Michael Terrell wrote...

It figures that I will have a doctor's appointment
during the upcoming mess.

Bummer. I see the landfall has been delayed from
Monday to Wednesday early AM. So for some it may
be business as usual on Monday. Oh, wait, Monday
is a holiday. And evacuation Tuesday morning.

I can no longer drive long distances, so all I can do is wait to see if the open the Special Needs shelters. At least there aren't many kids there.. It is intended for the disabled and those who need daily medical care.

Is it that you can't be in a car for long distances, or that you can't drive yourself? I haven't been keeping up with this storm, but I know I would do what it takes to get out if the storm was expected to be serious. Not many die in such storms, but it happens and a lot more so when the forecasts get worse shortly before the storm arrives. Even if you don't die, the week or few after a storm are not pleasant.

I can only ride or drive about 50 miles at a time due to the damage to my legs. There isn't enough leg room in any vehicle I've tried, for me to sit very long without getting severe cramps. At least at home, I can stick a firm cushion on my desk to prop up my legs for a while to reduce the swelling.

 

[Rick C]

On Friday, August 30, 2019 at 2:31:10 PM UTC-4, Michael Terrell wrote:

On Friday, August 30, 2019 at 2:00:16 PM UTC-4, Rick C wrote:
On Friday, August 30, 2019 at 8:39:44 AM UTC-4, Michael Terrell wrote:
On Friday, August 30, 2019 at 8:11:13 AM UTC-4, Winfield Hill wrote:
Michael Terrell wrote...

It figures that I will have a doctor's appointment
during the upcoming mess.

Bummer. I see the landfall has been delayed from
Monday to Wednesday early AM. So for some it may
be business as usual on Monday. Oh, wait, Monday
is a holiday. And evacuation Tuesday morning.

I can no longer drive long distances, so all I can do is wait to see if the open the Special Needs shelters. At least there aren't many kids there. It is intended for the disabled and those who need daily medical care.

Is it that you can't be in a car for long distances, or that you can't drive yourself? I haven't been keeping up with this storm, but I know I would do what it takes to get out if the storm was expected to be serious. Not many die in such storms, but it happens and a lot more so when the forecasts get worse shortly before the storm arrives. Even if you don't die, the week or few after a storm are not pleasant.

I can only ride or drive about 50 miles at a time due to the damage to my legs. There isn't enough leg room in any vehicle I've tried, for me to sit very long without getting severe cramps. At least at home, I can stick a firm cushion on my desk to prop up my legs for a while to reduce the swelling.

You would have liked my Pontiac woodie. The drivers seat back had cracked so I took it out and moved the passenger seat over. The passenger side rear seat has about six foot of leg room, lol!

A van with middle seat removed might do the job.

Sometimes when I hear about others' health problems I feel very lucky. Sorry for your problems.

--

Rick C.

+ Get 1,000 miles of free Supercharging
+ Tesla referral code - https://ts.la/richard11209

 

>I can only ride or drive about 50 miles at a time due to the >damage to my legs.

Could it be the front of the seat ? When I was sick certain cars bothered my lags. Seems to me the front of the seat was too high. Had the same problem when I was riding in the truck with the Hillbilly, I cannot have my legs dangling or anywhere near it. That is because they do not tolerate the pressure well in the back. Fifty nine and on the decline.

 

[Robert Baer]

Michael Terrell wrote:

Waiting to see what path Dorian will take.

Waiting for the county to decide if we have to evacuate, or if we are to shelter in place.

Waiting for yet another extended Power failure.

It figures that I will have a doctor's appointment during the upcoming mess.

Almost a guarantee it will happen, and in the following order:
doctor's appointment made, 100+ mile radius total power out, total
shutdown of roads, doctor's appointment, door found closed and bolted.

 

On Fri, 30 Aug 2019 04:19:34 -0700 (PDT), Michael Terrell
<terrell.michael.a@gmail.com> wrote:

Waiting to see what path Dorian will take.

Waiting for the county to decide if we have to evacuate, or if we are to shelter in place.

Waiting for yet another extended Power failure.

It figures that I will have a doctor's appointment during the upcoming mess.

It might not make land in Florida.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EDTWKADU4AIE38E?format=jpg&name=small


It's fun to watch the computer track projections. They are all new
every day.

(I'll regrain from commenting on computer climate projections.)

When I was a teenager, Betsy was scooting West towards Texas, and a
famous pompous NOLA weatherman assured us it would miss us. Then it
did a 90 degree turn to the north, and the eye passed over us late in
the night.

 

[speff]

On Friday, 30 August 2019 07:19:38 UTC-4, Michael Terrell wrote:

Waiting to see what path Dorian will take.

Waiting for the county to decide if we have to evacuate, or if we are to shelter in place.

Waiting for yet another extended Power failure.

It figures that I will have a doctor's appointment during the upcoming mess.

Stay safe.

 

[Bill Sloman]

On Sunday, September 1, 2019 at 12:36:58 AM UTC+10, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:

On Fri, 30 Aug 2019 04:19:34 -0700 (PDT), Michael Terrell
terrell.michael.a@gmail.com> wrote:

Waiting to see what path Dorian will take.

Waiting for the county to decide if we have to evacuate, or if we are to shelter in place.

Waiting for yet another extended Power failure.

It figures that I will have a doctor's appointment during the upcoming mess.

It might not make land in Florida.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EDTWKADU4AIE38E?format=jpg&name=small

It's fun to watch the computer track projections. They are all new
every day.

(I'll refrain from commenting on computer climate projections.)

John Larkin can't get it into his head that weather projections and climate projections work differently.

When I was a teenager, Betsy was scooting West towards Texas, and a
famous pompous NOLA weatherman assured us it would miss us. Then it
did a 90 degree turn to the north, and the eye passed over us late in
the night.

When John Larkin was a teenager, the weathermen didn't have satellite images to work with. They help.

--
Bill Sloman, Sydney

 

On Saturday, August 31, 2019 at 10:36:58 AM UTC-4, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:

On Fri, 30 Aug 2019 04:19:34 -0700 (PDT), Michael Terrell
terrell.michael.a@gmail.com> wrote:

Waiting to see what path Dorian will take.

Waiting for the county to decide if we have to evacuate, or if we are to shelter in place.

Waiting for yet another extended Power failure.

It figures that I will have a doctor's appointment during the upcoming mess.


It might not make land in Florida.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EDTWKADU4AIE38E?format=jpg&name=small


It's fun to watch the computer track projections. They are all new
every day.

(I'll regrain from commenting on computer climate projections.)

When I was a teenager, Betsy was scooting West towards Texas, and a
famous pompous NOLA weatherman assured us it would miss us. Then it
did a 90 degree turn to the north, and the eye passed over us late in
the night.

It's not going to make landfall there. But it is threatening a huge swath of coastline from north Florida all the way to North Carolina. The coastal wetlands there are really low elevation and serve as habitat for millions of birds and other wildlife, with more than a few species already critically endangered. So it's looking like it will be another environmental disaster.

 

[bitrex]

On 8/30/19 10:43 AM, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:

On Fri, 30 Aug 2019 04:19:34 -0700 (PDT), Michael Terrell
terrell.michael.a@gmail.com> wrote:

Waiting to see what path Dorian will take.

Waiting for the county to decide if we have to evacuate, or if we are to shelter in place.

Waiting for yet another extended Power failure.

It figures that I will have a doctor's appointment during the upcoming mess.

Before we had ships with radio transmitters, and cars and paved
highways, there was no way for people to know that a hurricane was
coming in, and no way to get out of its path. The great Galveston
storm of 1900 was a surprise, with no way to escape, about the last
big one to arrive unexpected.

Unfortunately, even tracking a storm by satellite and radar is still
not highly predictive of its strength or path.

This one destroyed my grand parent's summer cottage on Mattapoisett,
there was only maybe three days warning.

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938_New_England_hurricane>

 

[Whoey Louie]

On Friday, August 30, 2019 at 10:43:25 AM UTC-4, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:

On Fri, 30 Aug 2019 04:19:34 -0700 (PDT), Michael Terrell
terrell.michael.a@gmail.com> wrote:

Waiting to see what path Dorian will take.

Waiting for the county to decide if we have to evacuate, or if we are to shelter in place.

Waiting for yet another extended Power failure.

It figures that I will have a doctor's appointment during the upcoming mess.

Before we had ships with radio transmitters, and cars and paved
highways, there was no way for people to know that a hurricane was
coming in, and no way to get out of its path. The great Galveston
storm of 1900 was a surprise, with no way to escape, about the last
big one to arrive unexpected.

Unfortunately, even tracking a storm by satellite and radar is still
not highly predictive of its strength or path.

That's not true, certainly not in terms of giving lots of notice to save
lives. The accuracy from about 2 days out has been very good. And
for sure even before that, they have the likely places it could hit
identified. The problem today isn't the forecasting, it's people
choosing to disregard them or less frequently stupid officials not having
proper plans, not issuing the right directives as the hurricane approaches.

It's interesting in so many of these hurricanes or other heavy rains
that were correctly forecasted, how afterwards there are endless pictures
of cars that are covered with water. Obviously they were left in low
lying areas, near the beach, etc. How hard is it to just move them
to an area that isn't prone to flooding? Totally stupid. And then
other people wind up paying for a lot of them through insurance.
IMO, insurance companies should just deny most of those claims.

 

[Whoey Louie]

On Saturday, August 31, 2019 at 10:36:58 AM UTC-4, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:

On Fri, 30 Aug 2019 04:19:34 -0700 (PDT), Michael Terrell
terrell.michael.a@gmail.com> wrote:

Waiting to see what path Dorian will take.

Waiting for the county to decide if we have to evacuate, or if we are to shelter in place.

Waiting for yet another extended Power failure.

It figures that I will have a doctor's appointment during the upcoming mess.


It might not make land in Florida.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EDTWKADU4AIE38E?format=jpg&name=small


It's fun to watch the computer track projections. They are all new
every day.

IDK what projections you're looking at, but the many hurricane forecasts
that I've followed, they get tweaked, but they are definitely not all
new every day. And they always provide plenty of notice to people
that get affected by them. It is the weather, you know.

(I'll regrain from commenting on computer climate projections.)

When I was a teenager, Betsy was scooting West towards Texas, and a
famous pompous NOLA weatherman assured us it would miss us. Then it
did a 90 degree turn to the north, and the eye passed over us late in
the night.

Wasn't that back when they used telegraph?

 

[Whoey Louie]

On Saturday, August 31, 2019 at 12:51:28 PM UTC-4, bloggs.fre...@gmail.com wrote:

On Saturday, August 31, 2019 at 10:36:58 AM UTC-4, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
On Fri, 30 Aug 2019 04:19:34 -0700 (PDT), Michael Terrell
terrell.michael.a@gmail.com> wrote:

Waiting to see what path Dorian will take.

Waiting for the county to decide if we have to evacuate, or if we are to shelter in place.

Waiting for yet another extended Power failure.

It figures that I will have a doctor's appointment during the upcoming mess.


It might not make land in Florida.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EDTWKADU4AIE38E?format=jpg&name=small


It's fun to watch the computer track projections. They are all new
every day.

(I'll regrain from commenting on computer climate projections.)

When I was a teenager, Betsy was scooting West towards Texas, and a
famous pompous NOLA weatherman assured us it would miss us. Then it
did a 90 degree turn to the north, and the eye passed over us late in
the night.

It's not going to make landfall there. But it is threatening a huge swath of coastline from north Florida all the way to North Carolina. The coastal wetlands there are really low elevation and serve as habitat for millions of birds and other wildlife, with more than a few species already critically endangered. So it's looking like it will be another environmental disaster.

ROFL

Now even a routine hurricane is supposed to be an environmental disaster.
Hurricanes are part of the environment.

 

[bitrex]

On 8/31/19 1:24 PM, Whoey Louie wrote:

On Friday, August 30, 2019 at 10:43:25 AM UTC-4, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
On Fri, 30 Aug 2019 04:19:34 -0700 (PDT), Michael Terrell
terrell.michael.a@gmail.com> wrote:

Waiting to see what path Dorian will take.

Waiting for the county to decide if we have to evacuate, or if we are to shelter in place.

Waiting for yet another extended Power failure.

It figures that I will have a doctor's appointment during the upcoming mess.

Before we had ships with radio transmitters, and cars and paved
highways, there was no way for people to know that a hurricane was
coming in, and no way to get out of its path. The great Galveston
storm of 1900 was a surprise, with no way to escape, about the last
big one to arrive unexpected.

Unfortunately, even tracking a storm by satellite and radar is still
not highly predictive of its strength or path.

That's not true, certainly not in terms of giving lots of notice to save
lives. The accuracy from about 2 days out has been very good. And
for sure even before that, they have the likely places it could hit
identified. The problem today isn't the forecasting, it's people
choosing to disregard them or less frequently stupid officials not having
proper plans, not issuing the right directives as the hurricane approaches.

It's interesting in so many of these hurricanes or other heavy rains
that were correctly forecasted, how afterwards there are endless pictures
of cars that are covered with water. Obviously they were left in low
lying areas, near the beach, etc. How hard is it to just move them
to an area that isn't prone to flooding? Totally stupid. And then
other people wind up paying for a lot of them through insurance.
IMO, insurance companies should just deny most of those claims.

There are too many cars to move them all out of an area on relatively
short notice. Even if the roads could support the amount of traffic
there are more cars than able-bodied adults available at any given time
to drive them all out.

I don't think it's a matter of desire nobody wants their car to be
flooded out I don't suppose. but it's a resource/logistical problem that
can't be solved either by government or citizens operating in
coordination, on short notice, effectively.

 

[Michael Terrell]

On Friday, August 30, 2019 at 3:13:18 PM UTC-4, Rick C wrote:

On Friday, August 30, 2019 at 2:31:10 PM UTC-4, Michael Terrell wrote:
On Friday, August 30, 2019 at 2:00:16 PM UTC-4, Rick C wrote:
On Friday, August 30, 2019 at 8:39:44 AM UTC-4, Michael Terrell wrote:
On Friday, August 30, 2019 at 8:11:13 AM UTC-4, Winfield Hill wrote:
Michael Terrell wrote...

It figures that I will have a doctor's appointment
during the upcoming mess.

Bummer. I see the landfall has been delayed from
Monday to Wednesday early AM. So for some it may
be business as usual on Monday. Oh, wait, Monday
is a holiday. And evacuation Tuesday morning.

I can no longer drive long distances, so all I can do is wait to see if the open the Special Needs shelters. At least there aren't many kids there. It is intended for the disabled and those who need daily medical care..

Is it that you can't be in a car for long distances, or that you can't drive yourself? I haven't been keeping up with this storm, but I know I would do what it takes to get out if the storm was expected to be serious. Not many die in such storms, but it happens and a lot more so when the forecasts get worse shortly before the storm arrives. Even if you don't die, the week or few after a storm are not pleasant.

I can only ride or drive about 50 miles at a time due to the damage to my legs. There isn't enough leg room in any vehicle I've tried, for me to sit very long without getting severe cramps. At least at home, I can stick a firm cushion on my desk to prop up my legs for a while to reduce the swelling.

You would have liked my Pontiac woodie. The drivers seat back had cracked so I took it out and moved the passenger seat over. The passenger side rear seat has about six foot of leg room, lol!

A van with middle seat removed might do the job.

Sometimes when I hear about others' health problems I feel very lucky. Sorry for your problems.

My first car was a '63 Pontiac Catalina convertible. It had plenty of leg room, unlike today's vehicles. I currently have two trucks. A 1997 Dodge Dakota that has slowly become uncomfortable to drive, and a 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan with the electrically adjustable front seats. It was the most comfortable vehicle the I could find, since my swollen legs won't bend very much.