#105511 - 09/13/07 12:42 PM
Re: It's good to be prepared
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Geezer
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Loc: SOCAL
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Congrats on being prepared for it and not drowned out today. It might be pretty bad today for the guys who went to bed last night with no worries.
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#105519 - 09/13/07 01:58 PM
Re: It's good to be prepared
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Rapscallion
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Loc: Anchorage AK
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Good to hear you missed the brunt of it. Watching the storm track last night, I wouldn't have been surprised if I were east of you. ETS includes being well informed, which sometimes means not relying on others to tell you when trouble's coming.
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#105522 - 09/13/07 02:13 PM
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It's good to hear that you and your family are ok. I only saw word on Humberto yesterday afternoon and it appeared to be a weak tropical storm. When I watched the weather radar this morning it appeared very organized for just a weak tropical storm - it gained strength quickly during the night if it became a Cat 1 Hurricane.
After I heard that it would steer far east of Dallas, I didn't give it a second thought. Guess we should all be more careful of these storms. It could have easily changed course as well as strengthen.
Good thoughts also sent to Wildman, wherever he happens to be in the Gulf.
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#105531 - 09/13/07 03:18 PM
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Loc: Sacramento, CA, USA
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Glad to hear you didn't have to use your canoe to get from the living room to the kitchen. Although from your blog page it sounds like you have some experience navigating "shallow" water. Cheers, ~Nemo
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#105541 - 09/13/07 04:43 PM
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Registered: 11/26/06
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On the downside, I was hoping for heavy rains to make it easier to pull out a bunch of shrubs. Oh well. On the upside, you didn’t get category 1 hurricane winds to rip the shrubs out for you.
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#105630 - 09/14/07 06:13 AM
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Cranky Geek
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Glad you got missed.
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#105653 - 09/14/07 03:52 PM
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Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 11/09/06
Posts: 2851
Loc: La-USA
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I am just glad that you have missed out on the brunt of Humberto!! My boat was in CC for this one & I am dealing with family problems in Ark. My wife had a lot of rain to deal with but wasn't worried because of the preparedness level that we have achieved.
Keep your feet dry, everybody!!!!
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#105674 - 09/14/07 06:40 PM
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Rapscallion
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Loc: Anchorage AK
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It was amazing how quickly that thing developed, and where it did. Not what you'd expect there at all, but I guess it can happen. From what I was seeing of the track on tv before I went to bed that night, it already looked to me like it had turned due east and was going to build up. That was about 10:30 my time which would've been about an hour before your last. I was thinking at that time "Man, the folks around Lake Charles are gonna get pounded".
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