Hurricane Irene

[Mud Mechanik]

Hey NChooch, put the still in the attic and head for the hills. Good luck to ya brother, I hope you and the family fair this one well.

[Prairiepiss]

Take the still with you. It would be the first thing in my trailer.

Good luck to you and yours NCHooch.

[rtalbigr]

Several years back was workin at FT Bragg, NC when a hurricane came thru, damned if I can remember her name. Dont EVER want to go thru that again. Rain was horizontal at bout 100 mph. Was stuck in the motel for four days before I could get back to the job site.

Pack the family and the still and get the hell out!

Big R

[Tater]

Several years back was workin at FT Bragg, NC when a hurricane came thru, damned if I can remember her name. Dont EVER want to go thru that again. Rain was horizontal at bout 100 mph. Was stuck in the motel for four days before I could get back to the job site.

Pack the family and the still and get the hell out!

Big R

If it same one I remember it was Hugo.We were left without power close to two weeks.

[WalkingWolf]

Stay safe guys -- sending our best from Hurricane alley. As the season grows longer we tend to start seeing more activity in the Gulf -- Crossing my fingers as I type.

[banter_king]

Hugo hit hard hours inland. Usually we never worried about hurricanes where i grew up. That was a crazy time.

[ammo man]

Never, never underestimate one of those babies. I did. Big mistake. I live in East Texas about 150 inland from the Gulf, and never worried before because they usually played out by the time they got here. However, Rita, I believe the name was did not cooperate. She put two trees on my house. Not major damage, but bad enough. And the electricity was out if I remember correctly over two weeks. I did have a good generator on hand, and I have my own water well so I survived, but needless to say not without problems.

As I said never underestimate a hurricane. The next if it happens, I am hauling ass. Not very pleasant with the wind rocking the house and trees falling on it.

Bert

[Mud Mechanik]

Looks like Irene has set her sights on Rads neck of the woods

[rad14701]

Looks like Irene has set her sights on Rads neck of the woods

Won't make it this far inland... I'm at the extreme western edge of the state, not the eastern edge...

Felt yesterdays earthquake though... It was by far the longest of the ~6 I've felt...

[Mud Mechanik]

That is good news being on the Western edge. How bad was the earthquake?

[rad14701]

That is good news being on the Western edge. How bad was the earthquake?

The earthquake was the one in Virginia that was registered at 5.8 at the epicenter, roughly 350 miles from here... All it did here was to make the building sway a bit and made things rattle enough to let you know something was happening... The office chair I on which I was sitting was moving in all directions, trying to roll out of the permanent depressions in the plastic carpet protector...

[LWTCS]

Ocean is kicking up a bit this afternoon.

[blind drunk]

Not meaning any disrespect and I wish everybody the best, but came across this -

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Hoping it was as bad as the photos indicate.

[Mud Mechanik]

Being from the gulf coast, I deal with hurricanes every year, I'm sure earthquakes are worse because there is no warning.

[LWTCS]

clean up could take years.

[hackware]

having walked thru the eye of camile, survived typhoons in the indian ocean, 2 major and 7 minor earthquakes, i would take earthquakes any day over hurricanes...

earthquakes either get you, or they don't, within minutes, and it's over...

[rtalbigr]

Looks like most of it will miss you LW, but I hope your takin precautions to protect that beautiful still you got, and of course you and the Missus.

Big R

[LWTCS]

Thanks,

I'm good. My house is CBS construction with pour'd cells every 5ft,, along with all the cells adjacent to doors and windows pour'd too.
Hip roof with 3/4 inch plywood nailed with # 10d ring shank nails.
9 pound (cannon ball) rated storm shutters and a stand by generator that will run the entire household minus 1 or 2 non essential circuts. And 600 gallons of propane in the ground for the after math.........

[Prairiepiss]

Thanks,

I'm good. My house is CBS construction with pour'd cells every 5ft,, along with all the cells adjacent to doors and windows pour'd too.
Hip roof with 3/4 inch plywood nailed with # 10d ring shank nails.
9 pound (cannon ball) rated storm shutters and a stand by generator that will run the entire household minus 1 or 2 non essential circuts. And 600 gallons of propane in the ground for the after math.........

And I got a singlewide in tornado alley. I feel so unprepared now.

[rtalbigr]

Thanks,

I'm good. My house is CBS construction with pour'd cells every 5ft,, along with all the cells adjacent to doors and windows pour'd too.
Hip roof with 3/4 inch plywood nailed with # 10d ring shank nails.
9 pound (cannon ball) rated storm shutters and a stand by generator that will run the entire household minus 1 or 2 non essential circuts. And 600 gallons of propane in the ground for the after math.........

Been in construction most a my life. Ya did it right.

Big R

[LWTCS]

Its all SOP round here for the newer houses.
AHJ Won't even allow Gable Roof unless the gables are CBS and capped with a steel and concrete tie beam.
Got continuous blocking at the ridges and the first course of sheathing from the sub facia to 48" in. This insures continuous nailing on all four sides of each plyboard round the perimeter.

[hackware]

Thanks,

I'm good. My house is CBS construction with pour'd cells every 5ft,, along with all the cells adjacent to doors and windows pour'd too.
Hip roof with 3/4 inch plywood nailed with # 10d ring shank nails.
9 pound (cannon ball) rated storm shutters and a stand by generator that will run the entire household minus 1 or 2 non essential circuts. And 600 gallons of propane in the ground for the after math.........

i'd be afraid of tiny tornadoes sneaking in through those unpoured holes...

and only 9 pound...?

[LWTCS]

The testing criteria calls for a 9 lb ball shot from cannon at a speed of 120-140 MPH. That would be considered a small missile impact rating.
Tornado is another animal. Can't protect against 250 MPH.....nobody could afford to build such a dwelling.

[Mud Mechanik]

When Irene gets over all of the hot air in DC, she may become a superstorm

[rtalbigr]

MM, if that happens it will self-distruct. Then again maybe it'll blow congress away and save us from more of their illogical governance.

Big R

[Mud Mechanik]

MM, if that happens it will self-distruct. Then again maybe it'll blow congress away and save us from more of their illogical governance.

Big R

Thats the hope

[AKAAB]

So far, a couple of small feeder bands and one good here at AKAAB Acre(s). I just had to go out and do my spring gutter cleaning when I realized none of the water was going down the spouts. Yea, me!

We dodged a big hit here in South Florida. Hope the rest of you fare well.

The surfing looks great in Jupiter, but local news just broke in with news of a possible drowning. Darwin is shaking his head...

[LWTCS]

Think it's a kite surfer Paul....I'll check the news

[AKAAB]

Ch25 says it was misreported, but eight people were injured at the Boca Inlet when they were hit by a wave on the jetty.

[blind drunk]

This guy has a 6th sense with the weather. Heard him on the radio yesterday, you guys may already know of him. He's been bang on, so far from what I can tell. He doesn't give away much for free though.

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