BJ
You answer in support was uproarious to say the least!!
You answer in support was uproarious to say the least!!
...your storm just arrived a few minutes ago. At least my rain guage will get some use!
Dave
"The waist is a terrible thing to mind."
Dave
"The waist is a terrible thing to mind."
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Originally posted by Mrs.M:
_BJ_
You answer in support was uproarious to say the least!!
I was holding back
When I worked for a computerized point-of-sale company we used to use the 'green shoes' one! That was, of course, after we made them tell us that yes, the computer was plugged in and turned on 
Made my day!
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your storm just arrived a few minutes ago
Not mine, Puppy! it is all but over and I think the brunt is on the east coast. It was here around 11 EST. Now, we only have sprinkles! I can see by Dave's temp that he is getting hit there! it was 82 a while ago!
Ok, now it is raining again, PUppy! Earlier, the wind was really blowing and the waves were pretty big over the Gulf. Sure wouldn't want to be out there fishing!
Dave, you are sooo welcome!! Guess what...I have more to send you!
...very much 
Dave
"The waist is a terrible thing to mind."
Dave
"The waist is a terrible thing to mind."
Does anybody have a "Noahboat"? I think we are going to need it soon down here! It is still pouring..and this is thr dry season!! 
Dave, such a nasty look, shamey!
Dave, such a nasty look, shamey!
Have you seen San Francisco? Their cars are swimming!
Mother Mary Says, 'HONESTLY! you're just ruint!'
No, how much are they getting?
Looks like they have mostly coud cover now, BJ. We are still getting torents of rain!
to allI live in Modesto, in "sunny" California. We too are having a "big" storm. Wind gusts hit 78mph in northern Ca.
Jake
Jake, this is what we have been having in south Florida too. There were tornado sightings this AM and wind gusts to 70.
Mrs M..... Have you ever been in a tornado or hurricane? My friends in Texas lost their house. The only thing left was a 4 foot section of hallway. VERY SCARY. I think I'll stay in weather dull Ca.
Jake
PS: Getting a little risque with your pics. Its about time!!
JakePS: Getting a little risque with your pics. Its about time!!
Ca does have hurricanes, you know..and earthquakes!..Yes, I have been in many hurricanes. No big deal, Jake.
I have been in several small California Quakes & missed Seattle in 2001 but was only 75 miles from the center of the Alaska quake in 64.
It was 9.2 on the Richter scale, the second largest ever recorded. The biggest was in Chilie in 64 a 9.5.
It was 40 years ago on Good Friday and I got it in my mind better than last Friday. It was March 27th, I had left work at Elmendorf AFB and drove home to the little community of Government Hill. It was about 5:30 when I drove into the driveway and the ground shook - I thought a tire fell off the pickup. I opened the truck door and ran for the house, I am told this was the wrong thing to do. I opened the front door and took one step- -I flew across the room and behind me was my refrigerator. I was pinned between the L of my kitchen counter as the drop ceiling in the kitchen came down. I was choking on insulation. It was a modular house put together with a staple gun. I just felt I had to get out. I pulled myself up on the counter - my hand was crushing one of my tropical fish which were flopping around. I got down on the floor and picked up a stainless bowl and scooped a little water out of the bottom of the broken fish tank. the room was shaking. I was under the collapsed ceiling and the kitchen light was still on. I saved 3 fish as I crawled to the front door. I was going to run out but the house was vaulting up and left almost on top the truck. Then the ground opened up and swallowed my Blue Spruce like a peanut. The pickup was sitting with everything from inside the garage piled over it only the front window was cracked. As the earth settled there was a hole 30 feet wide and fifty deep running across where the road used to be. I sat in my doorway covered with shards of glass holding my Angel Fish with his wiskers broken off saying the Lord's prayer. Across the street Helen Palmer was on her knees in the front yard holding her son and Baby. Only the Baby and I were crying. Her son had just gotten off the schoolbus. His Elementry School was broken in half & collapsed a few blocls away. Like a broken cracker. 131 people were killed. Like several times during the War it was just not my time. I could write a book about this six minutes but just want to let it go. I walked away. All the fish died - I flew to Seattle then to Sequim to be with my Dad. I was at the breakfast table eating pancakes and Apricot sauce from the backyard. Dad was *****ing because I had abandoned his old Studebaker pickup ..Two days before I was in an Earthquake. 40 years later it's like yesterday.
It was 9.2 on the Richter scale, the second largest ever recorded. The biggest was in Chilie in 64 a 9.5.
It was 40 years ago on Good Friday and I got it in my mind better than last Friday. It was March 27th, I had left work at Elmendorf AFB and drove home to the little community of Government Hill. It was about 5:30 when I drove into the driveway and the ground shook - I thought a tire fell off the pickup. I opened the truck door and ran for the house, I am told this was the wrong thing to do. I opened the front door and took one step- -I flew across the room and behind me was my refrigerator. I was pinned between the L of my kitchen counter as the drop ceiling in the kitchen came down. I was choking on insulation. It was a modular house put together with a staple gun. I just felt I had to get out. I pulled myself up on the counter - my hand was crushing one of my tropical fish which were flopping around. I got down on the floor and picked up a stainless bowl and scooped a little water out of the bottom of the broken fish tank. the room was shaking. I was under the collapsed ceiling and the kitchen light was still on. I saved 3 fish as I crawled to the front door. I was going to run out but the house was vaulting up and left almost on top the truck. Then the ground opened up and swallowed my Blue Spruce like a peanut. The pickup was sitting with everything from inside the garage piled over it only the front window was cracked. As the earth settled there was a hole 30 feet wide and fifty deep running across where the road used to be. I sat in my doorway covered with shards of glass holding my Angel Fish with his wiskers broken off saying the Lord's prayer. Across the street Helen Palmer was on her knees in the front yard holding her son and Baby. Only the Baby and I were crying. Her son had just gotten off the schoolbus. His Elementry School was broken in half & collapsed a few blocls away. Like a broken cracker. 131 people were killed. Like several times during the War it was just not my time. I could write a book about this six minutes but just want to let it go. I walked away. All the fish died - I flew to Seattle then to Sequim to be with my Dad. I was at the breakfast table eating pancakes and Apricot sauce from the backyard. Dad was *****ing because I had abandoned his old Studebaker pickup ..Two days before I was in an Earthquake. 40 years later it's like yesterday.
My sister-in law lived in San Francisco during the last big quake. I remember her telling me stories, very simular, Mory. The only quake I was ever in was actually in Indiana!! Very small, but it did move our log home off the foundation a few inches. We were all very shook to say the least!I'll take the hurricanes, thanks!
That last one here was very interesting. The restaurant I was working at is built half on one of the lakes, supported by pilings. I was in the lobby checking in a wine delivery when the rolling started. From my vantage point I could see the ceiling moving in the opposite direction that the floor was moving in! Then the sealing gaskets around the floor to ceiling windows started popping out, and the liquor started bouncing off the shelves in the bar. Our 'double decker' highway is still moving and will probably have to be demolished. Only one person died - of a heart attack.
The prior 'big one' we had in the early 60's avoided me totally. I was late for school and was running across the field when it struck. Evidently the ground was moving in concert with my footfalls - I didn't feel a thing. It was a little confusing when I arrived at school to find everyone lined up in the playground
Sometimes you need to be reminded that your existance is no less fragile or wonderful than the moth that buzzes your porch light or the ant that interrupts your picnic.
Mother Mary Says, 'HONESTLY! you're just ruint!'
The prior 'big one' we had in the early 60's avoided me totally. I was late for school and was running across the field when it struck. Evidently the ground was moving in concert with my footfalls - I didn't feel a thing. It was a little confusing when I arrived at school to find everyone lined up in the playground
Sometimes you need to be reminded that your existance is no less fragile or wonderful than the moth that buzzes your porch light or the ant that interrupts your picnic.
Mory - You are a wonderful storyteller! What a life you have had.
BJ, yes this is a clear truth!
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Sometimes you need to be reminded that your existance is no less fragile or wonderful than the moth that buzzes your porch light or the ant that interrupts your picnic.
LittleBit: Isn't ther Queen Mary berthed near You?
BJ: A Very Clear Truth..for sure..